SE Please implement a Chonoscroll/PLEX system in FFXIV: ARR

[debola]

Really? Have you found the magical way to play without it?

Yh. rl money doesnt affect the game in any way atm. what way do u think it does?. #justasking

[Abriael]

Yh. rl money doesnt affect the game in any way atm. what way do u think it does?. #justasking

You need it to play the game. It affects it at the most basic and radical level.

Without even mentioning the fact that gilselling is a reality, and SE didn't manage to stamp it out in anyway, so even on that level, it already affects the game.

Furthermore, people that have more money can easily multibox using two accounts (I know several that do), in many cases doubling their gil income, or keeping an account to craft all the time and make millions while they play and enjoy adventuring content on the second.

It's even easier now that they removed the expiration timer from crafting, requiring very little attention and a click every few seconds.

Hell, Square Enix themselves provided those that have more money to get a collectior's edition with two nice accounts ready to be multiboxed.

[A_Hortensia]

You need it to play the game. It affects it at the most basic and radical level.

Oh, paying for service is effecting the in-game on a radical level?

Really? Have you found the magical way to play without it?

Yes, I found a magical way to play SE's games without giving them money.
Oh wait, no I haven't because I'm not a wizard and I actually want to pay the company for their product.

Also; dual boxing doesn't magically double your profits.
Unless you're using a bot, you're only using one character at a time.

This individual is paying 2 subscriptions, (kind of like your idea), except he's actually playing the game to get gil.

[Abriael]

Oh, paying for service is effecting the in-game on a radical level?

Absolutely. If you don't have the money, you can't play. Can't be more radical than that.

Yes, I found a magical way to play SE's games without giving them money.
Oh wait, no I haven't because I'm not a wizard and I actually want to pay the company for their product.

Also; dual boxing doesn't magically double your profits.
Unless you're using a bot, you're only using one character at a time.

This individual is paying 2 subscriptions, (kind of like your idea), except he's actually playing the game. to get gil.

Nope. You don't need to use a bot to use two characters at a time. That's the large difference between multiboxing and botting. All you need is two PCs, Two Screens, Two keyboards (some very skilled multiboxers managed to do it with several, but it's not really needed, or you can do it on one PC if it's very powerful).

if you go around doing quests and dungeons on one PC and keep your character crafting on the second, that's perfectly doable. You're not using any external program, because all you have to do is to press the arrows and enter on the second keyboard once every few seconds, so you're not botting.

It allows you to focus on adventuring while still making millions of gil with crafting at the same time.

Other examples are levelinking with the two characters (putting a character on follow, no external program, no botting). It effectively doubles the gold earned. Spiritbonding is another... The examples are multiple. And there are PLENTY people in the game that do it.

[A_Hortensia]

I know full well what dual boxing is.
You're still playing the game to progress in the game.

Absolutely. If you don't have the money, you can't play. Can't be more radical than that.

If any individual isn't willing to put forth their money to help put food on the tables of the families of developers who work their asses off making our game fantastic:

Then get the ____ out. We don't want you here.

There are many alternatives, they won't be Final Fantasy though.

[Abriael]

I know full well what dual boxing is.
You're still playing the game to progress in the game.

And you get an advantage putting in more money, but spending exactly the same amount of time.

If any individual isn't willing to put forth their money to help put food on the tables of the families of developers who work their asses off making our game fantastic:
Then get the ____ out. We don't want you here.
There are many alternatives, they won't be Final Fantasy though.

What an elitist statement. But ultimately not very realistic.

With this system people that would pay their account with gil would still work for it. Just in a different way (gathering gil). By paying gil to those selling the chronoscroll/PLEX item, they provide the motivation for them to give more money to the developers, rather directly helping put food on the tables of the developers who work their asses off.

Also, as an episode of extra credits very aptly stated, even players who don't directly pay are a resource for developers, as they *are* by all means and purpose *content* that helps keeping the game crowded and lively, making it more attractive.

For someone so worried about helping put food on the tables of the families of the developers who work their asses off, you're very quick at dismissing a method that would help retaining subscribers, which equates to putting food on the tables of the families of the developers who work their asses off.

[Maxthunder]

And you get an advantage putting in more money, but spending exactly the same amount of time.



What an elitist statement. But ultimately not very realistic.

With this system people that would pay their account with gil would still work for it. Just in a different way (gathering gil). By paying gil to those selling the chronoscroll/PLEX item, they provide the motivation for them to give more money to the developers, rather directly helping put food on the tables of the developers who work their asses off.

Also, as an episode of extra credits very aptly stated, even players who don't directly pay are a resource for developers, as they *are* by all means and purpose *content* that helps keeping the game crowded and lively, making it more attractive.

For someone so worried about helping put food on the tables of the families of the developers who work their asses off, you're very quick at dismissing a method that would help retaining subscribers, which equates to putting food on the tables of the families of the developers who work their asses off.

I think the biggest and most pressing question is: What you do get/gain from a system like this. Why are you pushing so hard for this. Personally we dont need this kinda of system no matter what kind of reasons or excusses anyone can come up with. I believe there's more to this than what you are saying and I highly doubt this is for SE or other players benefits. It would be nice if the mods would come close this thread as all you are doing is bumping it for your own agenda.

[A_Hortensia]

Uh-oh! Abriael is cracking; got you to also use the bold font. I feel pretty awesome now!

Cool what I can do when I get upfront about the issue instead of pompously dismissing it like a certain someone!

You know what? It is an elitist statement, because I believe before XI was the best game, and now I think FFXIV will be the best game. Best also meaning elite, even though you already know what it means I figured I'd just sidetrack and inform you anyway because that's what you've been doing to other people. My way of thinking is also elitist because I'm only talking from the experiences of only 2 MMOs that I've ever played for more than a day. Label it, and then deal with it.

I don't want free loaders who don't carry their weight; I want everyone to be in this adventure together at equal customers.

Also, people are using the term RMT as a noun referring to the cheaters/botters/spammers. Except the reality that RMT is just "Real Money Trade". The moment you use USD to get gil, you have also just become an RMT.

There's no way you can make "Spend USD, get gil!" sound good.

When FFXI players did everything there was to do (unlikely) they took a break. The content, people, and experience would lead them to come back. FFXI was/is a huge success. They have nothing to worry about.

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By the way, axemtitanium: It is nice to think developers appreciate every player individually. I personally believe they do, you don't, that's cool. They sent me an e-mail saying: "Hey Eric, sorry XIV is terrible, we understand that you love the hell out of us and our series and we feel really bad. Because we have so much pride from being the best all the damn time, we're going to fix this, because we feel like we let you down." I think SE cares a lot. I think we should also care a lot!

[axemtitanium]

Yh. rl money doesnt affect the game in any way atm. what way do u think it does?. #justasking

Do you remember the Atomos exploit? I believe it should still be fresh in people's minds. All of a sudden, massive amounts of new currency was introduced into the economy because NPCing items CREATES currency. Do you remember what happened to market ward prices right after that? Prices for certain materia doubled because people could afford to spend more on it. This is called inflation and it happens when large amounts of currency are introduced into circulation.

What does this have to do with RMT? Well RMT relies on doing this on a massive scale constantly. The Atomos exploit was nerfed twice in 1 week. While it may seem like the RMT bots aren't harming anyone by running around doing leves, it's actually causing significant damage to the economy. Let's say an average leve has 5k gil as a quest reward. This is money that is introduced into circulation because quest rewards are money from nothing. RMT generally does this in full parties of 8 with leve sharing. So that equals 40k gil per leve. They also get 8 leves per day per character (64 leves per day). That equals 2.56 million created gil every day for free, just from doing leves. This doesn't even take into account revenue generated from item drops and rewards from the leves. And that's just with 8 characters, but typical RMT operations run many more than that. RMT is bad because it relies on methods that introduce new money into circulation, devaluing all other currency in circulation and thus causing inflation. Said another way, RMT is like people exploiting the Atomos drops all day every day since the beginning of the game. If that's not bad the for economy, I don't know what is.

It probably goes without saying, but the reason they do this is because people employ RMT services. It's an undeniable fact. You definitely know at least one person who has purchased gil in this game. That is how real money ties in with a game economy. Conversely, while a PLEX system is technically RMT in that it essentially trades real money for game money, it does so without causing inflation because it does not introduce additional currency into circulation. This method promotes transfer of wealth without the downsides of the above described RMT methods.

I know full well what dual boxing is.
You're still playing the game to progress in the game.



If any individual isn't willing to put forth their money to help put food on the tables of the families of developers who work their asses off making our game fantastic:

Then get the ____ out. We don't want you here.

There are many alternatives, they won't be Final Fantasy though.

The exact same number of subscriptions will be paid for. While it's nice to think that the developers appreciate every player on an individual level, it's really not the case. Square Enix cares about the number of "paid for" subscriptions and that's it. This system might convince an endgame player to continue his subscription by spending gil to make someone else pay for his sub and that's one more $10 fee that SE has retained, rather than letting it lapse.