Give trialists more functions

[SXTC]

Right now trial players can't:

- Trade
- Reply to private messages (or send them)
- Join Free companies
Amongst other choices.

However this ruins the experience for a lot of trial players who because of this do not get a sense of community behavior which may be off putting to them. If they met people in game and made friends, they would be more likely to stick around and subscribe.

I would say give them more options but limited so bot users can't abuse this:

- Allow them to join FC's, but forbid them to actually own/start one.
- Allow them to trade but only with people who are in their friendslist or FC.
- Allow them to reply to private messages but only to people in friendlist or FC.

I'm convinced that when people meet people that treat them with kindness, they will have a way better experience and the people they meet might even convince them to subscribe.

[Jeeqbit]

There is an easy solution if they get to the point of wanting those things, which is to buy the game. It is a free trial, and one of the most generous a game could provide, giving them enough content that many trial players will take years to get through it all.

Being in an FC allows them to do submarines for RMT purposes.
Being able to trade, even with friends, allows them to trade gil for RMT purposes.

The being able to reply bit is probably alright, but the chat restrictions in general are to prevent RMT spam unless they pay SE money.

[BigCheez]

I do think that people on free trial should be able to use /reply but not /tell. Other than that, I think the free trial is more than generous enough. Remove any more restrictions and you're basically creating a free 2 play tier rather than a free trial.

[SXTC]

I never stated they would get all options as trialists, obviously some options should remain grayed out.

[SXTC]

I do think that people on free trial should be able to use /reply but not /tell. Other than that, I think the free trial is more than generous enough. Remove any more restrictions and you're basically creating a free 2 play tier rather than a free trial.

It's already a free 2 play game. There is no limit on the free trial next to the fact that you get none of the expansion classes/guilds.
But to make the game too handicapped is to give new players the impression the game is supposed to work like that... flawed in design.
It may potentially give the wrong impression and ruin the experience to the degree where you wouldn't subscribe. I still remember 10 years ago... I held off on subscribing for almost a year based on not enjoying the game... till I got tempted to subscribe the game felt so much different to the point where I didn't understand why I didn't subscribe earlier.

[Nero-Voidstails]

the only thing I could say to be able to add for free trial is the option to make a party and thats all they want the rest do like any other and PTP simple they have more content to do then the one that pay to play

[BigCheez]

It's already a free 2 play game. There is no limit on the free trial next to the fact that you get none of the expansion classes/guilds.
But to make the game too handicapped is to give new players the impression the game is supposed to work like that... flawed in design.
It may potentially give the wrong impression and ruin the experience to the degree where you wouldn't subscribe. I still remember 10 years ago... I held off on subscribing for almost a year based on not enjoying the game... till I got tempted to subscribe the game felt so much different to the point where I didn't understand why I didn't subscribe earlier.

If it was a free 2 play game, I would still be able to play if I stopped paying my sub.

It's a pay 2 play game with a monthly subscription fee. There is a very generous free trial in place to allow players to try the game before deciding if they want to buy the game and take on a subscription to gain access to the full range of features. I don't want this to become a free 2 play game because I don't want the anti-consumer monetisation that comes with the f2p model.

The current free trial is more than enough and does not need to be expanded. If someone is on free trial and feels that they like the game but wishes they had access to more social features, they can buy the game.

[Mikey_R]

It's already a free 2 play game. There is no limit on the free trial next to the fact that you get none of the expansion classes/guilds.

The game is NOT free to play, it is a pay to play service with a very very generous free trial.

Once you buy the game, you have to pay the subscription to continue playing, hence, it is not free to play. I think this is a very important distinction to make so as not to give the wrong impressions.

[tsuchii]

They can join link shells. They can have a 3rd person create a party for them. The 300k gil limit is enough to fund the teleportation fees you need to finish the free trial MSQ.

Honestly, the free trial trial already provides a lot of content. That's more than enough. If that's not enough to convince them to purchase, nothing will be.

[Kohashi]

The main reason why they have so many limits is because of the RTM bots and business going on. They used to have all of those rights but yeah..