What are you paying a subscription for?

[Vidu]

I'm paying a little under 200€ a year for the game and while thats certainly a lot of money over the past 12 years at this point, I think I'm absolutly getting my moneys worth - I dont know about the relative value of 36 AUSD, so a little difficult to compare, but a little over 15€ a month seems like a very fair price fo rthe amount of entertainment the game provides for me.

To answer the question what that entertainment is... well, first of all I'm still very interested in the lore and story of the game! Then there are the friends I play with, specially a little casual static. But also: FFXIV is very "cozy" - by which I mean: I know the game so well, I know the mechanics so well, I know most systems so well that its very relaxing for me to play the game. If I feel like playing a game but I'm limited on time or energy, FFXIV is a great fall back. An hour isnt enough for me to get into a new game, but if an hour is all I have, I can always find something to do in Eorzea. Thats in part why I dont understand people complaining about the game being to much of the same over and over again - for me thats part of the appeal, to be honest. If I want something different, I can pick one of the hundreds of untouched games in my Steam library... but at least I dont want different things all the time, I quite enjoy the comfort of knowing what to do, what to expect (to a certain degree) and being able to have stuff to do in the game that allows me to make a little bit of progress in 30 minutes, while having the option to keep me busy for hours (raiding, farming, decorating) at the same time.

So I'd say I'm paying my subscription for my "comfort game".

[PercibelTheren]

I pay for the ability to play with my FC. We have some sort of FC event 4 or 5 times a week. Otherwise I would only resub for MSQ every expansion, I guess.

[Nav_Fae]

I can honestly say without a shadow of doubt, over the 10 years I have played this game, the money I have spent on myself, my own accounts across all characters, some of my friends accounts and characters (such as buying them mog station items or covering their sub with game time cards), I probably have spent well over 10,000usd on this game over the years if I added every little minute thing up. Quite possibly higher.

[Seraphor]

What maths are these?
Subscription is £7.70 or $13 a month. That's £30/$52 per patch or £92/$156 per year.

I get at least 70+ hours of content each patch, if not significantly more when I'm really into it, which is what I would get out of any single player game, which would cost around £50-60, so almost twice as cost effective.

[Raikai]

Roleplaying keeps me invested, but if it wasn't for that I'd probably only sub on the patch .55 for the story (so I could experience the story without the patch cliffhanger interruptions), then at 7.0, and then again at 7.55.

Combining the state of job homogenization + pve formulae repetition for 4 expansions now, grows old and that by itself wouldn't really hold a sub for me.

[MistyMew]

to keep my house ....but its getting old and silly now, very close to letting it go.

I play a new character and on a different server but even so, the game is stuck in the same routines and styles. Its not developing.
My true friends don't play the game anymore but they do on others so its hard to stay here.

FFXIV has had its hayday long ago I think

[Gararr]

to keep my house ....but its getting old and silly now, very close to letting it go.

I play a new character and on a different server but even so, the game is stuck in the same routines and styles. Its not developing.
My true friends don\\'t play the game anymore but they do on others so its hard to stay here.

FFXIV has had its hayday long ago I think

It will be a sad day when/if you leave the game, since in general I've seen you on the forums for a fairly long time (easily recognize the sig since either HW or SB); you tend to be a force of positivity and wanting to see the game do better. So just throwing a thanks in there and wishing you well if you ever do choose to head off.


Aa for me; it's probably the RP groups I have so the $15 is less for.the game and more the social aspects. The game is definitely getting grating with how slow and underwhelming content is recently. And I still feel island sanctuary was a MASSIVE mistake.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

If anything, this game is a bargain. I have thousands of hours, from one game and it often prevents me from spending $60, $70 or more on another "AAA" game that I may not even like, which is sure to have microtransactions itself. So many games in my steam library with so little time played and so much money spent. In FFXIV I get art style that I for the most part like, compelling story, great music, lots of goals to chase, and great interactions with great people (until I come to the forums)

Everquest was $15 a month in 1999. FFXIV is steal for entertainment. Been to a movie theater lately? $20 or so for a single ticket for a 2 to 3 hour movie that you are not guaranteed to even like. Not to mention the outrageous price of snacks.

I'm the same, played for 9 years and it was only recently i hit the wall when it comes to staying interested enough

Wow, you only got 9 years of entertainment out of one game? What a rip off.

Ya know, at some point, its okay to walk away from a game or any other hobby if it no longer feels worth your time or money.

Thats in part why I dont understand people complaining about the game being to much of the same over and over again - for me thats part of the appeal, to be honest. I quite enjoy the comfort of knowing what to do, what to expect (to a certain degree) and being able to have stuff to do in the game that allows me to make a little bit of progress in 30 minutes, while having the option to keep me busy for hours (raiding, farming, decorating) at the same time.

I feel the same way 100%. I've seen and heard so many online complain that FFXIV needs to experiment and try new things. Frankly, I prefer knowing basically how each expansion is gonna go down for the most part. There is a formulaic pattern and I appreciate it.

[Ilyn]

Until about the last time they added new wards I would only play for a month during story patches and go back to other games , especially since there was no eureka/bozja content this time around . Then I got a house, joined FC and now have static doing savage content .. mind you it wasn't something I went looking for or have the motivation to do . I personally couldn't care less for raiding but I still show up for them and don't care much if my house gets demo'd so I remain subbed until the eventually dissolvement after this tier

[Celine_Aurora]

I started in Endwalker so for now I still have a looot of activities to catch up on in downtime. I do my Savage prog, and as a solo PF hero that's a good chunk of time. I can start on the two forays on old relic grinds and progging through all three DD. I also do the social thing, of course.

Will it be enough to keep me subbed until 7.0 uninterrupted? Who knows!