Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
I think that asking to pay for this game at the moment is pure Sci-Fi. It would make the game a bigger fail than it is right now.
Unfortunately I agree, they still have a huge list of things I think they would need to do to make this game successful with a monthly subscription.

1) Fix the battle system
2) Fix the armory system
3) Add classes
4) Add these dungeons
5) Add chocobos
6) Add Airships
7) Add a keyboard friendly UI.
8) Add a lot of long quest lines.
9) Open up Ishgard
10) Get rid of fatigue
11) Add player housing
12) Add the missing genders
13) Add a mailbox
14) Adjust the market wards or add an auction house
15) Add linkshell management abilities.
16) Add more weapon skill and spell animations
17) Fix memory leaks and other stuff to make he game run better
18) Fix the updater

And that's just off the top of my head. I believe they need to do everything on that list before they start charging. Most of the stuff I listed was in the NA release of FFXI