got my copy of FFxiv (ps3) today :)
for some reason i feel nervous going into this game because ive never played a proper MMO before!
also can someone tell is the subscription fee automatically aken out each month or do you haveto renew it every 30 days?

You can set it to recurring, or you can only pay one month at a time after your initial 30 days.

If you subscribe for long durations (6 months) you get a subscription discount leading to basically like a free month.

Ive stopped playing at lv15. Not because i dislike the game but because its boring to play on my own... oh and well Kingdom Hearts 1.5 is out.
On the plus side from what i played i will definitely be coming back to it when i have the time, my final exams are in 5-7 weeks

I'm level 50, and combat never feels slow to me. I play tank, healer, and DD classes and I find myself frantically pressing buttons, making sure I stay alive, and making sure everyone else stays alive. Combat definitely doesn't feel slow at endgame. You can also boost your cooldown by getting more "skill speed." This makes your global cooldown shorter, although it doesn't go down to insanely fast levels. 

Combat feels slower at lower levels because you have less dynamic fights and less skills to worry about. I have 2-3 FULL bars of things I press for my level 50 classes. Some have more, some have less, but they all play crucial roles that require quick reflexes.

So... please look forward to it? 

:P

just fought ifrit and after losing 5 times, my party finally won. i should have recorded the victory because the tank died, the archer died, leaving me ( conjurer ) and the thaumaturge left to fight him. the part that sucked was that i ended up tanking him for the last 8mins , it was not what i expected to happen. but in the end we won :)

@stokedup, choose atomos server ok :)

Getting your first Ifrit weapon...

Dat feel...

So... I got the achievement last night for completing 1 thousand fates.

Holy shit what have I done.

OK ive set up an account for this game and its currently downloading a 2.5gb patch or whatever it is.

what i want to know is, i havnt actually gave any bank account info so how do square enix take the monthly subscription fee from you? do they use my PSN account?

Everything is handled through your square enix account via the mog station.