Shinryu<p>Someone in the Steam <a href="https://procial.tchncs.de/tags/FFXIV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FFXIV</a><span> community: "I’d like to see the game go the same way ESO did—have a sub, but don’t make it mandatory. Throw in a few small perks for those who pay. Fifteen bucks a month isn’t a huge deal, but it does get annoying. They make plenty off the Mogstation already, so having a required sub just feels greedy."<br><br>Excuse me? Are they lost?<br><br>Btw, my answer was:</span></p><blockquote>They’ve got a point. In ESO, you’re not just payin’ extra for some cosmetic fluff. Drop your sub, and bang... half your game’s gone. No more dungeons, no more raids, and good luck gearin’ up. </blockquote><blockquote>Sure, you can <i>technically</i> buy those DLCs separate, but after a while? You’ll end up spendin’ way more than just buy the FFXIV Complete Edition and keepin’ a sub rollin’. That “small bonus” they talk about? Feels more like they’re (Bethesda & Zenimax) just holdin’ your content hostage. Even the sub players in ESO are the ones keepin’ the game goin’. If it was fully free-to-play, the whole thing’d crash sooner or later.</blockquote><blockquote>You're talkin' about greed, when SE only sells flashy mounts, emotes etc, which you *don’t* have to buy, while Zenimax turns half their game into a coin-operated ride. Soon as you stop payin’, you lose access to all those DLCs—but somehow that’s not greed? Yeah, alright, mate. Sure thing.</blockquote><blockquote>Btw, I actually played the game myself for a long while (on PC & console), so don’t even bother tryin’ to tell me otherwise. I’m pretty happy with how Square Enix runs things, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.</blockquote><p></p>