Final Fantasy XIV is being advertised as a game with extensive free trial (yes, Square Enix actually buys advertisement on Reddit to promote the game and it's free trial)
However, should you join with a friend (and let's be honest: people are most likely starting MMORPG with a friend or a company) or recommend the game to a friend, you'll quickly find that they can't party up, they can't add each other to friends list, they can't even send a tell to you.
"But if we enable all this to free trials, they will just start advertising RMT!!11"
No, there are bunch of ways around it. Simply add "Authorize incoming actions" into context menu of another player. Upon clicking on it, for a limited time (until you log out) this person will be able to send you friend requests, send you tells and party requests even on free trial. And once you are on each others friend lists? You can freely communicate with each other without need to autorize each other.
Other players will not be spammed with these requests because they simply will not even see who and even if they got that authorization.
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However, should you join with a friend (and let's be honest: people are most likely starting MMORPG with a friend or a company) or recommend the game to a friend, you'll quickly find that they can't party up, they can't add each other to friends list, they can't even send a tell to you.
"But if we enable all this to free trials, they will just start advertising RMT!!11"
No, there are bunch of ways around it. Simply add "Authorize incoming actions" into context menu of another player. Upon clicking on it, for a limited time (until you log out) this person will be able to send you friend requests, send you tells and party requests even on free trial. And once you are on each others friend lists? You can freely communicate with each other without need to autorize each other.
Other players will not be spammed with these requests because they simply will not even see who and even if they got that authorization.
Continue reading...