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  1. 01-10-2013 01:05 AM #1
    Lady
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    Technically, 1.0 was F2P for over a year...
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  2. 01-10-2013 01:07 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    Technically, 1.0 was F2P for over a year...
    Only while they fixed things in order to ditch that model. If that wasn't proof enough that they don't want that business model, I don't know what is. It won't happen.

    I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but I don't want to play a a game where folks can simply pay to have the best gear, when that happens, I'm out.
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  3. 01-10-2013 01:07 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    Technically, 1.0 was F2P for over a year...
    True, and then it whet p2p, and will stay p2p... the revers of what the other games are doing... I think this is a good way to go.. get people hooked on then go p2p... people who care will stay and pay.
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  4. 01-10-2013 01:09 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    Technically, 1.0 was F2P for over a year...
    It was a temporarily unsustainable B2P to keep the player base since FFXIV 1.0 was initially very bad. True F2P has in-game ways to generate revenue, FFXIV doesn't have this and is not build for it.
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  5. 01-10-2013 01:10 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    Technically, 1.0 was F2P for over a year...
    It didn't had subscriptions, but all the game content was there without limitations and they implemented no cash shop, that is not the definition of "F2P" as understood today.
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  6. 01-11-2013 08:42 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dannythm View Post
    Just read that Tera is going free to play in the US and EU, and people are commenting that they give ARR from 4 to 8 months after release to follow the same route as all the other MMO's the last years...

    I fear for the mindset of the population, not about the quality of the game, that may force it's demise...
    No fear, don't you think SE is an independent company that decides its own fate through the power of its community?
    Square Enix has been around the block for a long while, it's didn't pop out of nowhere. SE is its own company and enterprise and has branched out to create more jobs. I for one support that and don't believe they'll sell out just to save a little bit of "chump-change". They are pushing forward with good content for ARR and upping the standards for customer service.

    You just need to believe they are resisting the New F2P World Order and if your reading this SE, you have the lives of many in your hands.
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