There are sooooooo many misconceptions and things I have seen about this topic that this has to be said... This is a much to do about NOTHING... and I will explain why:
(quotes are from a poster (Sycraft-fu) with some general concerns and I use them with the understanding that I am going to clear up these misconceptions... Sorry dude but your going to have to think outside of the box to the find the answer that you all seek and I have to use you as an example of why all these arguements and complaints I have seen online have absolutely no validity and it's a problem that is acrost the entire MMO market... Not just problems with Final Fantasy XIV and Square's crazy people whom are in charge... it's because all these people posting the questions and comments suck up to the great big dong in the gaming industry... Blizzard... Oh and by the way: EA is the asshole and can guess what Bioware and Bethesda would be? Definately the Tits...Yes I just compaired the gaming market to a tranny, get over it.)
"If the agreement is X dollars buys you Y days of access"
-Not the case, Square uses a 30 day cycle period... It's the same way t-moble does their phone subscriptions. You pay from the 1st to 31th each month. You cancel in the middle of the month (say the 15th) you have untill the 30th then your account is disabled. You buy in on the 15th, your paying from the 1st to the 30th of that month... You will loose that first 15 days of that month. Same was for 11.
"Square sounds like they are still in the old "Us vs them," mentality"
-Straight out... NO. This is Blizzard vs Square. The kids vs the old boys club. Square is trying desperately to get rid of the same old WOW format, because every single MMO is a WOW clone. It's a battle for market share and money (for example: I see complaints about the FF UI but if you open your eyes you can see WOW's is almost EXACTLY the same. Drag and drop is coming for FF, WOW didn't have it from the start either... It's all about "features". The overall look and FUNCTION of FF's UI is just fine, a bit confused why they won't let me re-size the party's satus window, again... Features. Did everyone forget all those UI hacks and cheats people released for WOW independently and probably got sued for making because theirs sucks/sucked balls too?).
Square is going for some kind of gusto, the changes of MMO philosophy are all over the game:
From how you pay (using the 30 day system as oppose to keeping track of everyones different start times, whether that is a good thing or not I'm not really sure, kinda evil either way you look at it considering the FEE's you are nickeled and dimed for with both systems of pay) to how you gain exp (the new level/rank system in FF is nuts, they really are going out on a limb to change the way we play an MMO, so don't be confused by frustration because you don't UNDERSTAND how this new, insane system works. Honestly I don't find the WOW way: "level up a fully stocked character in 4 days" to be appealing... or fun. But the "not getting exp because I already spent 3 hours on a Job class today" isn't good either. They both suck.
Same paradigm as the auction house... Do you want instant gratification on obtaining that spear you want? or do you want to EARN it by scowering the land untill you find it? Two totally different philosiphies of gaming. I could easily have a fully completed character in a few days on WOW if I shell out some real mulah to get some gold, something like 12 hours to buy everything needed to start following and "earning" all the neccesary exp without ever attacking an enemy, 4 days later I'm ready for what I have seen called "end-game". Where it looks they are going to be keeping us at bay on 14 for at least a month or more untill you can actually get to the lv cap and find all those sought after equipment peices, that is of course if your not bat-shit crazy and play 24/7 while sitting on a toilet cause you won't even have time to shit. So once again... this is called Pacing... Most Square-Enix games have wonderfull pacing (look
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There are sooooooo many misconceptions and things I have seen about this topic that this has to be said... This is a much to do about NOTHING... and I will explain why:
(quotes are from a poster (Sycraft-fu) with some general concerns and I use them with the understanding that I am going to clear up these misconceptions... Sorry dude but your going to have to think outside of the box to the find the answer that you all seek and I have to use you as an example of why all these arguements and complaints I have seen online have absolutely no validity and it's a problem that is acrost the entire MMO market... Not just problems with Final Fantasy XIV and Square's crazy people whom are in charge... it's because all these people posting the questions and comments suck up to the great big dong in the gaming industry... Blizzard... Oh and by the way: EA is the asshole and can guess what Bioware and Bethesda would be? Definately the Tits...Yes I just compaired the gaming market to a tranny, get over it.)
"If the agreement is X dollars buys you Y days of access" -Not the case, Square uses a 30 day cycle period... It's the same way t-moble does their phone subscriptions. You pay from the 1st to 31th each month. You cancel in the middle of the month (say the 15th) you have untill the 30th then your account is disabled. You buy in on the 15th, your paying from the 1st to the 30th of that month... You will loose that first 15 days of that month. Same was for 11.
"Square sounds like they are still in the old "Us vs them," mentality" -Straight out... NO. This is Blizzard vs Square. The kids vs the old boys club. Square is trying desperately to get rid of the same old WOW format, because every single MMO is a WOW clone. It's a battle for market share and money (for example: I see complaints about the FF UI but if you open your eyes you can see WOW's is almost EXACTLY the same. Drag and drop is coming for FF, WOW didn't have it from the start either... It's all about "features". The overall look and FUNCTION of FF's UI is just fine, a bit confused why they won't let me re-size the party's satus window, again... Features. Did everyone forget all those UI hacks and cheats people released for WOW independently and probably got sued for making because theirs sucks/sucked balls too?).
Square is going for some kind of gusto, the changes of MMO philosophy are all over the game: From how you pay (using the 30 day system as oppose to keeping track of everyones different start times, whether that is a good thing or not I'm not really sure, kinda evil either way you look at it considering the FEE's you are nickeled and dimed for with both systems of pay) to how you gain exp (the new level/rank system in FF is nuts, they really are going out on a limb to change the way we play an MMO, so don't be confused by frustration because you don't UNDERSTAND how this new, insane system works. Honestly I don't find the WOW way: "level up a fully stocked character in 4 days" to be appealing... or fun. But the "not getting exp because I already spent 3 hours on a Job class today" isn't good either. They both suck.
Same paradigm as the auction house... Do you want instant gratification on obtaining that spear you want? or do you want to EARN it by scowering the land untill you find it? Two totally different philosiphies of gaming. I could easily have a fully completed character in a few days on WOW if I shell out some real mulah to get some gold, something like 12 hours to buy everything needed to start following and "earning" all the neccesary exp without ever attacking an enemy, 4 days later I'm ready for what I have seen called "end-game". Where it looks they are going to be keeping us at bay on 14 for at least a month or more untill you can actually get to the lv cap and find all those sought after equipment peices, that is of course if your not bat-shit crazy and play 24/7 while sitting on a toilet cause you won't even have time to shit. So once again... this is called Pacing... Most Square-Enix games have wonderfull pacing (look