Despite Square Enixs best efforts to keep the troubled MMORPG alive and relevant player support for Final Fantasy XIV continues to dwindle.
Final Fantasy XIV players will soon have to pay a monthly fee in order to continue adventuring in Eorzea, and Square Enix used the phat loot card in order to entice them, by revealing the job-specific armor that will be included in the upcoming patch 1.21 and a few more details.
Square Enix announced that the company is working on implementing additional payment options for Final Fantasy XIV in early january.
Square Enix released today a new trailer featuring the new primal battle that will be included in the 1.20 version of Final Fantasy XIV, slated for release on wednesday.
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<br /> The definitely promising patch notes for the update have also been published.
One of the most recurring complaints about Final Fantasy XIV is that it has no auction house. Square Enix decided to stick with the Market Wards system, that has been similar to an auction house since the inclusion of a seach system, but lacked the ability to purchase items from a centralized location.
<br /> The problem is going to be addressed soon.
Square Enix will begin charging for Final Fantasy XIV subscriptions in early 2012, says the company. After spending more than a year in a seemingly indefinite free-play period, accounts will cost $9.99 per month beginning January 6. This discounted rate will last until Square Enix deploys its version 2.0 update – but with that patch more than a year away, don't expect the game to break the $10 barrier for a while yet...
Square Enix Just announced that Final Fantasy XIV users will have to start paying a discounted monthly fee starting on January the 6th, 2012.
Square Enix have provided an update on planned version 2.0 for Final Fantasy XIV, which will see the MMO go through some major overhauls and changes to improve it and provide the experience SE promised and what the players expected.
Last September, Square Enix launched its latest MMO in the Final Fantasy franchise, Final Fantasy XIV, to a disastrous reaction -- so bad that the company has yet to begin charging players fees for the game.
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<br /> In October, Square Enix announced that the game would begin charging this month or next, and that the game would be upgrading to version 2.0 in 2013.
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<br /> Gamasutra queried producer Naoki Yoshida, who replaced Square Enix veteran Hiromichi Tanaka at the project's helm late last year, for more details on this unusual transition.
Square Enix published today a large batch of details about the changes to the armory system and to the way classes work in Final Fantasy XIV that will come with patch 1.20.
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<br /> In addition to that the full translation of the Q&A with Naoki Yoshida at the second Letter from the Producer Live has been published.
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