Major trap in the bonus for FFXI subscription bonus

[TheGrandMom]

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I hate myself because that won't stop me from playing...

lolololol Lemming!

[Balfree]

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Yeah, seems like that's the only way to go...

makes me confuzed.

[Etra]

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I swear if I knew before hand about this shit I wouldn't have bothered with the game at all.

This is unforgivable.

All the shit they pulled we forgave and gave them the "its beta/its work in progress" excuses and now this?

I have to over pay my fees by forcing me to use god damn over priced euro instead of the dying dollar AND jump through fucking hoops to pay those bastards their damn monthly fees?!

What the hell is this Clickandbuy crap? its riddled with hidden fees like a financial death labyrinth!

And even If I go with Playspan I'm still going to buy Crysta every month? what the hell?!

Just take my damn CC and charge me monthly to play, I don't want to go through this crap to play your damn game.

I'm freaking pissed off... this company unbelievable...


I hate myself because that won't stop me from playing...

I feel the same way. :c I refuse to use Clickandbuy because of all the hidden charges they do end up charging you down the line. So now I gotta go find me some Ultimate Gamer cards and pray that everything works okay. You know its bad when the consumer just wants to jam their money down the business' throat, but the business wants the consumer to sign with an outside source company with a horrible reputation instead.

[Ziero]

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So you can cap your skill points even faster and be forced to go do something else? No thanks, thats useless to me...but I guess if you're a super casual player you might get some use out of them.

Actually because I think they look cooler.

Until I get myself some orange shades, I'll probably be sticking with the goggles. Especially while mining and crafting, they're the perfect look for stuff like that! (honestly, I didn't even know what they did)

Though to be fair, I actually am a fairly "casual" gamer, and will be especially so with XIV. Plus I wanna level a bunch of stuff anyway (Mar/Pug/Glad/Smith/Gold/Armor/Mining off the top of my head) so having a skill boost will certainly be nice.

As for payment, I'll prolly just use the Paypal Crysta option crap. Buy a few months worth, and if in 5 months (when leftover Crysta finally evens out) I'm still enjoying the game, I'll go and buy a few more months worth.

Still, the whole Crysta crap system has me worried this will blaze the trail for Item Mall type antics, and that kinda stuff will be an instant turn off. I mean, I can see service type fees (world transfers) and RL collectible item shops being kinda cool...but the second they start selling virtual crap for rl cash is the second I start reconsidering my account.

[Malacite]

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So you can cap your skill points even faster and be forced to go do something else? No thanks, thats useless to me...but I guess if you're a super casual player you might get some use out of them.

Consider for a moment what the highest level synthesis recipes will be like, and you'll be damn glad you have those goggles. But I've already paid for my CE in full and I'm not pre-ordering the regular on top of that.

[TheGrandMom]

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Consider for a moment what the highest level synthesis recipes will be like, and you'll be damn glad you have those goggles. But I've already paid for my CE in full and I'm not pre-ordering the regular on top of that.

Mal, skill points are limited by the fatigue system. So what's the rush?

" Based on this, we have implemented a "threshold value" concept. These thresholds are regulated by a one-week timer that begins counting down the instant you earn skill/experience points."

[Malacite]

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Mal, skill points are limited by the fatigue system. So what's the rush?

???? Faster Skill ups = less synthesis attempts using expensive/rare ingredients required.

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What the fuck ... I was just looking at Crystal, I hate this shit. MS, Nintendo and Sony do it (Well, Sony uses actual dollars at least) where you have to add fixed values of money to an account to buy shit...

Please tell me, what exactly is wrong with just billing my CC the amount like you did with XI?

[DakAttack]

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???? Faster Skill ups = less synthesis attempts using expensive/rare ingredients required.

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What the fuck ... I was just looking at Crystal, I hate this shit. MS, Nintendo and Sony do it (Well, Sony uses actual dollars at least) where you have to add fixed values of money to an account to buy shit...

Please tell me, what exactly is wrong with just billing my CC the amount like you did with XI?

How does that make you feel?

[Malacite]

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I'm still going to play 14, at least for a while but ... yeah this shit's not cool SE. I don't like having to pay an extra $7.00 (since the monthly is $13.00 and the lowest increment that will cover it is $20) and quite likely end up with left over points that may never get used...

I don't really care for using ClickandBuy or any of that other external crap. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH POL'S BILLING SYSTEM, APART FROM THE WEIRD MONTHLY TIMING! God damn you SE, they are doing this deliberately so people will spend Crysta on other shit most likely. God, I fucking hate it.

[Ziero]

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Mal, skill points are limited by the fatigue system. So what's the rush?

The Fatigue system for skills is class based, if you change classes after reaching the limit, the new class will start fresh. As you gain Skill on the new class, the threshold for the previous one starts to go down on it's own. And, as Mal pointed out, with crafting you literally get more "bang" for your buck as you can boost skill increases with less synths, thus risking less mats.

Plus, they look cool.

I'm still going to play 14, at least for a while but ... yeah this shit's not cool SE. I don't like having to pay an extra $7.00 (since the monthly is $13.00 and the lowest increment that will cover it is $20) and quite likely end up with left over points that may never get used...

The math has already been done, after 5 months of buying the least amount possible, you'll use up all your saved Crysta. It's still a stupid system though.

And PoL sucked cause you needed to have it installed just to work with, change or check your account. The new system is web-based meaning it's easier for players to access while at the same time providing more security and utility for SE.

However the current options still suck.

[Mhurron]

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I'm mad as hell but I'm going to be a little pussy about it and give them my money anyway.

... but I'm mad as hell.

[Balfree]

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same here.

mad as hell

but will shower them with goldz

[Aeni]

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I'm not aware of any crafting fatigue nor am I aware of any fatigue associated with experience gained through crafting. I think crafting just got the class exemption status of the year award.

[Ziero]

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Crafting is a skill that gains Exp, thus it falls under the same restrictions. The thing is though that the actual threshold is pretty damn high so most people won't really be affected by it.

[Aeni]

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Crafting is a skill that gains Exp, thus it falls under the same restrictions. The thing is though that the actual threshold is pretty damn high so most people won't really be affected by it.

I have not heard of any players hitting this threshold during beta. A lot of JP players were pushing level 30 in crafting and level 35 (physical) gained from crafting (and doing leves for money) in a week. Either there's a bug in the system or SE is telling us that we should all *wink wink* craft instead.