Mog Wardrobe 3&4 feedback.

[Loris]

Chiming in to say that I unsubbed today, for the final time, after 12 years of on/off play. Its not specifically the fee for Wardrobes 3 & 4, its the slippery slope that this starts with cash shop nonsense.

[Svens]

Why don't they just make us pay for our mog lockers with real money as well?

/s

[Olor]

Where is this info coming from anyway? I don't see any announcements...

[Sirmarki]

Where is this info coming from anyway? I don't see any announcements...

The main website, on the front page news...

[Cesil]

Where is this info coming from anyway? I don't see any announcements...

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/env...obe/index.html

[Mithlas]

Edit: Thanks for the source!

This is complete nonsense.

It's not our fault that playing the game requires so much inventory space - it is the fault of the designers.

[Iromi]

LMFAO oh man they wanna do stuff like this now huh? i think they may want to put charging for stuff like this to the side till they fix the population problem on the servers

[Sirmarki]

Come to think of it... Wasn't something like this done before?

When you purchased a secure key, you also got additional storage with it. Then they made it free after sometime.

[Cesil]

LMFAO oh man they wanna do stuff like this now huh? i think they may want to put charging for stuff like this to the side till they fix the population problem on the servers

Yeah see? Good to know at least I am not the only one seeing this issue lol. Priorities SE....

[Kylos]

Oh my. My experience from other games who had online shops, or were free-to-play and began offering game-changing rewards for real money .. were games that ending up losing their playerbase and don't exist anymore.

I once played a game called Mythos. I loved the hell out of that game and was addicted. It was free to play, but the same week they added an online shop was the week the game lost so many players. No one thought it was fair that you could pay your way through the game. Yes, SE has not offered us 99 Primeval Brews in Reisenjima for the sweet deal of £5 a month ... but what if they do? What if they start charging for game-breaking rewards?

That's what I'm worred about, and I'm guessing that's what others are worried about. I wouldn't have minded if they raised the monthly fee a little bit for everyone and we got the wardrobes and other cool things without any choice in the matter. But the fact it's optional? It means the system will likely expand in the future, and if anyone does buy these ... it will get worse. They will try to squeeze as much money out of us as possible. Once it gets so far, people will see it as a game where real money = game progression, and that's not what FFXI is about. We already have trouble on some of the quieter servers ... so I'm really worried now.

Luckily I only play a few jobs and don't need 4 mog wardrobes. But I feel for those who play 7-8 jobs and continue to struggle. Why should they be paying more per month because they like to play many jobs? While I can get away with it because I only play 3-4? That's the real worry here, and I see why some are angry about it. Those who encourage this "shop" mentality from SE will only damage the game in the long run.

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind if they charged for race changes, sex changes, skin colours (brown-skinned Galka anyone?), name changes, or even to delete previously used linkshell names so you can use them again (like when someone stole my old LS name when Hades merged into Cerberus ..), but to go as far as adding more wardrobes is punishing those who play many jobs in endgame which isn't fair because the most dedicated players shouldn't be paying extra.

Hell, give a new/returning player the option to have Triple EXP for a week for the sweet price of £3. Stuff to help returning players get back into the game would be cool, and I reckon some would pay a little extra to get back into the flow without having to solo old content for weeks. Punishing the dedicated players and making them pay more for something they really should be getting anyways .. is a Jean-Luc Picard facepalm.