So much hate for Tera on these forums lol. Tera was always fated to be F2P from the get-go, even in Korea. The devs wanted to release it as such and even said so back in 2007 but the sub model was still powerful due to WoW. Aside from that, NA Tera's Executive Producer has stated that he wanted Tera to be F2P before it launched in the US so it was only a matter of time.

SE is adamant about keeping FFXIV as P2P but don't fool yourselves into thinking F2P isn't an option they "might" consider. Yoshi-P has said so himself that F2P isn't entirely off the table in a previous interview but that SE's main focus is of course, the sub model.

Some of the comments over the gameplay and what they perceive as garbage from Tera and even 1.0 really give me a chuckle. 1.0 was garbage to me yet I still gladly payed and played until shortly before 1.23 since it did have it's decent moments.

@Twiddle: Play better.