【FF、PSO2、IMAGINE】Comparison of playing fees for "Final Fantasy XIV: The New Eorzea" starting now.

Nyanpasu.

I have been playing PSO2 for a little over a year now, but I believe that even the most interesting games have an expiration date, and after playing the same game for over a year, I started to feel like I had nothing left to do.

After much trial and error, I decided to play Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea: The New Age, the most popular MMORPG in Japan.

The FF series is a major domestic game title, but the blogger has never played it before. The fact that it is a subscription-based game, as opposed to an item-based game, was another factor that made me hesitant to play it.

The following are the conditions that the blogger is looking for

1. Must be made in Japan
2. Must be 3D
3. Must be an MMO or MORPG
4. It must be compatible with a gamepad.

I did a lot of research and couldn't find any titles that met these requirements, but I noticed that "Final Fantasy XIV: Eorzea" has a free trial campaign that allows you to play the game for 14 days for free. I will take advantage of this and try a trial play for the time being.

I've also been blogging on FC2 in conjunction with my PSO2 play, but since the theme is different, I've decided to renew my blog and make my debut on Blogger.

Since this is the first time for me to blog on PSO2, I have been writing only safe articles to avoid criticism and information that prioritizes earning PV numbers, but this time, I would like to write freely about whatever I want to write about without regard to PV numbers.

In this first blog entry, I will compare the prices of playing "Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE", "Phantasy Star Online 2", and "Final Fantasy XIV: The New Eorzea".

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真・女神転生IMAGINE

Rare items can only be obtained through gacha. Gacha fees start at 300 yen per gacha, and the contents are disclosed so that one rare item will always be won if you turn the gacha 100 times.

If you are lucky, you may win a rare item for an outlay of a few thousand yen, but consider that you will often turn from 20,000 to the maximum limit of 30,000.

There is also a gacha available only to players who have paid, called "elective gacha," but we feel that the winning rate is relatively high for this type of gacha.

Of course, charged items can be traded with the in-game currency, Makka, but the in-game economy is hyper-inflated and tens to hundreds of millions of dollars are the norm.

Even if you don't play the gacha, it is difficult to play comfortably without paying for items that increase movement speed, rental warehouses for items, rental warehouses for demons, and the automatic item collection function.

Even if you don't turn the gacha, you will need to spend about 2,000 yen per month.

Of course, not only this game, but other games that charge for items can be played without paying to some extent. However, what you can do is very limited. In order to play the game in earnest, it is necessary to pay a certain amount of money.

In this sense, IMAGINE is one of the most expensive online games in the item-based system. However, since some items are often distributed free of charge through campaigns, it is possible to reduce the amount charged to some extent by taking advantage of them.

Items that are almost indispensable for playing (items of a limited duration)

COMP expansion card α (30 days) 900 yen

　This card allows for automatic loot acquisition, remote storage, and automatic recovery for 30 days.

A ball of speed (7 days) 200 yen x 4 800 yen

The movement speed of you and your fellow demons will be 1.5 times faster for 60 minutes.

Demon Warehouse Ticket (30 days) 600 yen

　This ticket allows you to rent a demon warehouse for a limited time.

Item Warehouse Ticket (30 days) 400 yen

A ticket to rent an item warehouse for a limited period of time.

In a simple calculation, you need to pay 2,700 yen per month, and you also need to be prepared to spend 300 yen per gacha for weapons and equipment, so in a sense, the service has a ceiling.

Although the service has been in operation for eight years and has a proven track record, it is visibly depopulating and could be terminated at any time. It will be difficult to attract new members unless the fees are eased to a level similar to other services.

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ファンタシースターオンライン2

As the management itself has stated its policy of eliminating the difference between paying and non-paying players as much as possible, I think this is a very conscientious game that is designed so that non-paying players will have no trouble with the basic game play.

However, there are some inconveniences that can occur if you do not pay. For example, non-paying players cannot trade or sell items on the market. This is probably a countermeasure against RMT.

Unlike Imagine, however, rare items are all in-game drops that are left up to luck. All gacha items can be purchased with in-game currency, so you can play comfortably if you only pay for the Premium Set for 1,300 yen (30 days) + α.

Almost indispensable charged items

Premium Set 30 days/60 days/90 days 1300 yen/2300 yen/3300 yen

This is a special ticket that enables you to trade items, my room my store, and various exclusive services for 30 days.

Other items that are useful if you have them and charge for them

Expanded Warehouse (for a limited time): 500 yen and up

Item Pack Expansion Max Set - 1,600 yen

Pass for additional skill tree 500 yen

Ticket to acquire mags: 300 yen

Naturally, there are also gachas (scratch tickets), but they are sold at 200 yen per ticket and 2200 yen for a ticket with premium (for 12 tickets), which is a good deal. However, most of the prizes are related to avatar appearance and additional emotes, so you don't need to have them for basic play.

http://pso2.jp/players/catalog/aboutitem/

ファイナルファンタジーⅩⅣ　新生エオルゼア

http://support.jp.square-enix.com/faqarticle.php?id=5381&kid=64539

There are two types of service courses for the new FFXIV, each with different contract periods, usage fees, and number of characters that can be created.

In order to start the game, you will need to purchase either the packaged version or the downloadable version.

To continue from the free trial on Windows (30 days of playing rights included)

Normal Edition / 4,104 yen

Collector's Edition version / 6,161 yen

If you continue the service after that, it will be a fixed monthly service.

◆Entry

Contract period: 30 days

Usage fee: 1,382 yen

Number of characters that can be created: 1 per world, 8 per service account

Standard

Contract term: 30 days / 90 days

Fee: 1,598 yen for 30 days / 4,471 yen for 90 days

Number of characters that can be created: 8 per world, 40 per service account

Unlike the item-based subscription system, where you can play without paying, you will definitely be charged.

I had assumed that the subscription system would be more affordable for serious players, but I also have the impression that the initial cost burden is quite large.

Also, surprisingly, as with the item-based system, there are some items that are charged separately. It is important to note that the flat rate system is not necessarily more reasonable.

総評

If you want to play without spending any money at all, we recommend Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE or PSO2, both of which charge for items. If you want to spend some money but still play seriously, we recommend PSO2 or FF XIV.

Since it is not realistic to play Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE without paying, it is necessary to pay for items, and it is not sensible to pay tens of thousands of yen for gacha.

At any rate, my impression after logging into FF XIV is that I am very excited by the large map and boxy worldview, so large that I don't know what to do. I mean, I don't know what to do. I get lost everywhere I go.

But the anticipation of traveling to an unknown world is very uplifting. The more things I don't know, the more fresh I feel.

Even though it was not my first time to play the game, because I often watched Nico Nico Live broadcasts, I had a very different impression of the game when I actually experienced it.

Also, FF is a series with a reputation for its high level of graphics, and I was impressed by the beautiful graphics that surpassed those of PSO2. I am impressed by the beautiful graphics, which are even better than PSO2's. Although fun does not always equal graphics, I would not play a game unless it has a certain level of quality.

I still have a lot to learn about the game, but I think it will be easier to understand its advantages and systems by comparing it with other online games I have played.

I'd like to start off by posting some of the beautiful graphics.