Thread: Possibility of XI discount for XIV players?

I don't want to beat a dead horse or start a flame war concerning this topic, but I would at least like the community team/devs to hear me out.

I had just recently come back to Final Fantasy XIV after a long break, but by no means am I a stranger to the game. I've alpha and beta tested the game as well as played for quite a while when the game came out in September of 2010, but could not find a fan base due to the demise of the immediate release. I came back to the game in January and have deactivated my character (Misfitwonder of Carbuncle) on Final Fantasy XI. It's good to be in Eorzea and I can't wait until 2.0!

However, all enthusiasm aside - I've been keeping a close eye on Vanafest 2012 this weekend, and while the thought of a new expansion and new jobs are very tempting, there's still one thing that's really holding me back from playing Final Fantasy XI again. I'm still waiting for someone on the dev panel to say "oh! we're going to be lowering the subscription of XI". TBH, as great of a game as Final Fantasy XI is, it is really hard to justify paying the $12.95 for a 10-year old game that could very well be on life support due to their players flocking to other MMORPGS, including but not limited to Final Fantasy XIV. I'm just afraid that a new expansion may not be enough to bring the XI community back, especially with members' hatred against Abyssea "ruining the game". "Seekers of Adoulin" comes out in 2013, and at the time...I have no ambition on jumping back to XI until that time arises, and even at that point will still be a consideration.

Right now, with the XIV legacy campaign, XIV currently costs less per month than XI. XIV will be a brand-new experience as well as a brand new game with the release of not only 2.0, but the imminent Playstation 3 release as well. However, as I've said before, this may be beating a dead horse, but I would like to still see some incentive for playing Final Fantasy XI in conjunction with XIV again. When I first bought the collectors edition of XIV, the original caveat of playing both games enticed me, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that I would not be paying (at the time) over 25 dollars for both games per month, but rather 20 dollars per month (12.99+7 see: http://www.shacknews.com/article/652...final-fantasy/ ). Will an incentive like that eventually return?

Sincerely
Little Troublemaker (Gugnir)

I think I do see an issue with it since XI players may feel cheated that they aren't being given a chance at a discount for a game that's been out for 10yrs yet an fresh new MMO is offering a discount, but not only a discount also the option to have access to more characters. So even without the discount in XIV the pricing when compared is:
XIV Entry=12.99 1char on each server 8 chars
XI=12.99 +7 additional characters=20.00

XIV Standard=14.99 8 char on 8 servers/max 40 characters
XI=12.99 +I don't want to think about it but ya it's 40 so that's <_< a lot of money 52.00/53

So ya with the above in mind I think simply removing the cost of a character ID and making FFXI cost 12.99 for 8 characters or maybe 16 characters would be enough of an incentive to make people think about playing again since I personally have 3-4 mules that I did shut down to just 2 but that's still 15.00 to play monthly lol. I rather not play a game in which most of my time is spent idling waiting for this to do meanwhile here in XIV I can easily pickup levels or start crafting all for the low price of 9.99 a month and when 2.0 kicks in I will have the option of additional characters without having to pay an extra dollar for them

Ignore my post I didnt finish reading the original OP...sorry

There is already a discount... Did they end it?

At launch, anyone with a FFXIV sub got a discount on their XI Sub if they linked their POL to their SE account.

FFXI has a discount for those subscribed at both FFXI and FFXIV. If you are sub'ed in both you will pay only 7 bucks for FFXI sub.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/topics/ffxiv/