SE consider a free to play option

[A_Hortensia]

FFXIV was only free-to-play because SE, (a historically proud and unapologetic company) wanted to apologize to their fans for the poor condition of a highly anticipated numbered title in their franchise. However, they never had any intention of keeping the game free-to-play. Just as they had announced, when the game reached a point viewed acceptable by the company they began the subscription service and their appreciation (legacy) program.

That said, FFXIV: ARR is a completely different game than what we've all experienced thus far.
I think too many people are bringing up these idea with only 1.0 in mind.

Wasn't 1.0 FTP for most of its life anyway?

I think this is the reason that this idea has been coming up so often.

I imagine there were some people that played 14 when it was free, and didn't continue to play when the subscription fees were added on. I can only assume that these people really enjoyed FF14 for free: saw The End of An Era trailer, have seen the alpha footage of ARR, and want to experience 14 again for free as they had before.

Someone left food out for the stray cats for a while, and now they just keep coming back. Maybe?

You seem like youd fit right in the WoW and FFXI community

What does this mean? Did FFXI turn me into a monster!? ._.

I have no problem paying for something thats good however. I seen F2P games that offered more then 1.0.

Which was why 1.0 was free for so long, and they went straight work on the revamp/improvements.
But we're looking at 2.0 now, and no longer 1.0. You'll be getting your free month of 2.0 so you can make the decision of whether or not 2.0 deserves your money! If it's not your speed or not up to snuff, you can just progress through the story and then let your account lapse until they add something enticing.

A great many XI veterans like you and I did this in between big updates/expansions.

We can do it again. Seems like you're still hoping for the game to be well worth paying for. People will burn you at the stake for even suggesting that the free to play/low quality idea might be okay, though.

After all, it's not just another MMO by some company.. it's also a Final Fantasy title made by video game super power SE. Fanatics are going to want it to be P2P and the highest caliber experience possible because anything else for FF or SE seems ludicrous. (And you've played enough XI to know how crazy us FF fan-boys/girls can be, haven't you?)

Cheers