Lifetime Subscription

[Laraul]

Why would you want a lifetime subscription if your account we're banned or hacked? You would need to buy another lifetime subscription on a new account. I don't think people would opt-in on this type of contract. You give them several hundred dollars but they still have the right to terminate your account at anytime without reason.

[Nix]

Why would you want a lifetime subscription if your account we're banned or hacked? You would need to buy another lifetime subscription on a new account. I don't think people would opt-in on this type of contract. You give them several hundred dollars but they still have the right to terminate your account at anytime without reason.

You can reclaim a hacked account most of the time (The success rate is pretty high), but as long as you're not doing anything questionable then you wouldn't have to worry about getting banned

[Twiddle]

Why would you want a lifetime subscription if your account we're banned or hacked? You would need to buy another lifetime subscription on a new account. I don't think people would opt-in on this type of contract. You give them several hundred dollars but they still have the right to terminate your account at anytime without reason.

My questions to your questions are:
One, why would you worry about a hacked account if you are using an authenticator?
And two, what is it you are planing on doing that would lead up to a ban of your account?

In total FFXI and FFXIV I have been with one account for +10 years. But then again i have never taken part of anything against the ToA, for a ban... As well i have used the authenticator from day one it was on the market.

[Lexin]

Pretty sure all MMO's who have had a lifetime sub option are F2P or completely gone.

[Abriael]

Pretty sure all MMO's who have had a lifetime sub option are F2P or completely gone.

Funny thing. None of them is gone. None of them went F2P. F2P and Hybrid are not the same thing.


PS unrelated to the above: Interesting to see that some trolls continue to troll even while I'm vacationing. Not surprising though, as Square Enix fanboys that never played any other MMORPG than Final Fantasy XI and XIV won't really be able to appreciate the value of giving the customerbase *options* as SE has always been one of the worst companies on the market in that. Payments for playonline and then for FFXIV with that click & buy thang are quite a dreadful example in the market. But some will keep quaffing down gallons of koolaid

"I like to pay monthly, so everyone should be forced to".

yeah, makes perfect sense.

[Cynthis]

If I like AAR after a month of playing with my existing character then I would go for a lifetime subscription so I support this idea.

[Jinrya-Geki]

I'd rather lose less money and quit with a monthly subscription then quit with a life-time subscription.

What has been 1-2 years? Maybe longer? All I know is that if Black Mage isn't greatly improved, or if arcanist isn't fun to play then by 2.0 release, I am walking.

[Pseudopsia]

If I like AAR after a month of playing with my existing character then I would go for a lifetime subscription so I support this idea.

[SkyeWindbinder]

I'd rather lose less money and quit with a monthly subscription then quit with a life-time subscription.

^^This.

As I said before, offering a lifetime sub for a game just reeks of "Hey, we're going to try to cover our asses in case this game doesn't do so well, so buy our lifetime subscription plan and give us lots of money now!" Seriously, no one's trying to force anyone to "pay for a sub model they don't want to" (Gimme a break Abriael ). Both sides have valid reasons for either wanting or not wanting a lifetime sub model.

I, personally, think it would be wise to wait for a while after the game releases to offer it if I were SE. Well, that's if they're gonna do it, which I doubt. SE likes money too much. lol

[JillyBean]

I would absolutely buy it, but I hope it is never offered. It just seems like a bad omen.