FINAL FANTASY XIV Companion 9+

umm why is there even a free mode??? the only thing you can do is chat literally? you can NOT move items from one place to another and you can only sell one item a day or buy a item??? tf is the point of this other then to grab our money??? i went in thinking i could do pretty much everything a premium member could aside from the amount of nuts obtained per day and the amount i could hold. but no its literally useless unless you pay the 5$ and then your paying 5$ for a choco bag and a retainer when you could get two retainers for 4$.... i really fail to understand SE’s logic on this one. because the app is effectively useless (unless paying the 5$) and i dont need a chat application for ppl who have the same app when i have discord for that.... tfffff... And why isnt there in game chat support like rgere was pose to be that was the whole reason everyone was excited for this app. not so we have another discord taking up space on our phones..... please fix all the things i listed and ill give 5 stars. fix atleast some of them and ill give atleast a higher rating

All in all, having an app like this is a fine idea, but there’s not a lot to do with it. I like the idea of an app that allows players to communicate and schedule with one another, especially in FCs and Fellowships, but there’s virtually no other reason to have this app. Everything it does well, is done already by Discord or other community apps, and while I guess maybe accessing one’s inventory and market board without needing to log out is appealing to someone out there, I can’t imagine any kind of practical use for it here.

I think there is a place for a Final Fantasy XIV companion app, this just isn’t the best use for one. When thinking of things I’d use a companion app for, I think of maybe making online store purchases to have waiting for me when I log in next, or maybe having a newsletter detailing in-game events, maintenance schedules, or sales or new items in the online store or Mog Station. It may also be a good opportunity to use the daydream feature and preview costumes on a screen that would allow for better visuals. As an app, it’s functional, but there’s no reason to really want to have it right now.

This is also a bit of a nitpick, but having a blurry image of my character staring at me all the time on my Home Screen does not give me joy. Perhaps replace it with an idle animation, or an animated aetheryte crystal. Something to make the visuals a little more dynamic.

I think this app is a great idea, I love being able to talk to friends on the go even when I’m not logged in. The kupo nut system is nice, I just wish maybe the free version had a little more incentive to be used, and $5.00 a month for an extra sub is a bit much for an app for a sub based game as it is. Perhaps give more kupo nuts for the free one, or like a weekly bonus for logging in each day- an extra 3 or so. I probably won’t be using the market transactions so something else to consider would be maybe implementing a way to use the kupo nuts or coins outside of that, maybe for small things in mogstation like a dye for every 5 or so, just something else. Also would be nice to be able to hold more kupo nuts at a time, I can’t remember right this second how many we can hold but I do remember thinking it wasn’t enough. I know it’s in early stages and people are complaining but I do think this is a nice handy little app! Please keep working on it, and don’t let the negative feedback from entitled bratty fans ruin yet another good thing devs have come up with. Thanks for the hard work guys!