Mog Wardrobe 3&4 feedback.

[Castanica]

I don't say this often and I feel sick being a defender but the entitlement is off the charts here.

[OmnysValefor]

No. I will not be purchasing any additional wardrobes. While I am not remotely surprised that this scheme is being presented, I am utterly disgusted.

Do not use the term "optional" when referring to inventory space. It is insulting. Inventory space is paramount in this game and SE is entirely aware of this.

This is a slippery slope. Just stop it.

Quoting in hopes that more people read this..

[AoiX]

It's optional. Nobody gonna make you pay for those $4. If you can't afford $4 maybe you should rethink your priorities. It's just a coffee at starbucks...

[vienne]

It's optional. Nobody gonna make you pay for those $4. If you can't afford $4 maybe you should rethink your priorities. It's just a coffee at starbucks...

I doubt for most of us money is the issue.

[Deirdre]

I was pondering making July my last month in FFXI--- (amusing note there, I nearly typed it as XIV. Cash shop effect!) I don't really care for the game much anymore with the fast paced vertical progression and flavor of the month endgame approach that's been there for awhile. I did want to do all the quests in the Seekers area though, so I decided another month can't hurt.

And then I saw this today--in of itself, it's not that big a deal. But this IS a slippery slope and don't let anyone say otherwise. XIV did it. Started with retainers and fantasia, moved to mounts and weddings and dyes and most recently, pondering a level booster potion. Do you truly think they'll stop here? When it worked so easily in their other MMO?

I'm finished after July, started at PS2 release and the only time I left was to go play ARR, so SE had my subscription there too. Well I quit XIV a year ago and starting in August, I won't be paying SE subscription fees anymore. I seldom post but I felt this was an important enough topic to warrant actually doing it in, so SE reps, if you see this:

I'm leaving your game because of this announcement. After over a decade. You might want to reconsider the effect this is going to have on population, etc, but I'm sure you won't, all you will see are giant dollar signs floating in the air.

[Genz]

I won't be paying for this, since it's for people who play many jobs and I'd like to be able to actually play my Drg before thinking about another.
So work on the balance, please.

[Avina]

I'm not opposed to this, really. I find it bizarre that this would motivate to quit, as well. It's not screwing over existing players--it's not taking away inventory slots from you.

As its been mentioned, if you are currently at the cap for your inventory slots, you are a bit of a hoarder. Which is exactly what I am--but I don't care to be particularly diligent about clearing my inventory out. That's a hassle to me. Something like this may help me out a lot.

With the declining player base, the XI team is likely needing to find means to justify keeping the servers on. That means potentially seeking ways to generate extra revenue from the existing player base. This has been a move that they probably wanted to avoid, but became a financial necessity.

Over the past several years, the team has given us a lot of things for free, just for the sake of improving the quality of life. It was not long ago that we didn't have a Mog Safe 2, a Mog Wardrobe, a Mog Wardrobe 2. Or the ability to store crystals. Or a multitude of other things. We got our Mog Wardrobe 2 in February.

You can complain about XIV's cash shop model. I personally don't care for it much as well. But you can't blame them for recognizing that is a financially successful system.

Not to mention, each wardrobe is still pretty dang cheap. $2 a month. That's like, choosing to not getting a pop from a vending machine twice a month.

[detlef]

The game is a super cheap form of entertainment and as far as I know, the sub has never increased over the years so we're paying less than we did in 2002. That said, over the years we were always paying with the understanding that our sub fees were going back into game development. While it's nice that the game is still going and new content is still being released, you would think that the current sub fee should be able to cover whatever they plans they have for the storage fees.

That said, I do not have a problem with providing something like additional storage for a fee because you are only paying for convenience. You are not paying to become stronger. However, I think it should have been a one-time fee rather than something you have to pay on a monthly basis.

[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.

[xiozen]

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.

Obviously it's your choice to unsubscribe at any time for any reason... I would only like to say, my opinion, is that I do not believe the cash shop system is nonsense... it's actually financially sound as a way in which a game that has as many years and as much anchored content as FFXI currently has, searches for ways in which to keep the servers running without having to implement means which would REQUIRE the current player base to pay more. So I welcome these types of changes... because without these types of changes, the adjustments we continue to cry about "job balancing... etc." become moot, since the game would probably end.