F2P games have a lot of issues too. They're good for effing around. However they turn the game into pay to win games, with all kinds of locked shit, though some are better than others. SE could still do both which would make the fee unbearable like secret world when it first started out, as they have that annoying model on iphone, and a smaller MMO (I forgot what it was called).
I plan on playing it for the free month plus 2 which would make it about the price of a normal game. If it's amazing (as in one of the best FF's) I'll continue to pay, if not it'll have been a fun experience for 3 months. The alpha I played was a lot of fun though. I do wonder if MMO's did a smaller fee like 5.99 if they'd get more people just forgetting to cancel since the expense would look small enough for people to sneeze at.







