Mogstation and New Content

I can't understand people defending the MogStation....

How are those items optinnal ? This is content as much as any armor, mount, dance etc...

SE is just getting more and more greedy as time goes.

Because you can still play the game without them.
Optional =/= necessary

Watch the London Keynote, Yoshi talks about it. The mogstation has paid for the EU data center (thank you!) and other features. It isn't pay to win and Yoshi said never will be so I have zero issues with it.

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Originally Posted by Aronys

Because you can still play the game without them.
Optional =/= necessary

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Mate, we could all look like minecraft characters by default and the game would still be playable.
Most of us wouldn't though, because vanity actually is pretty important in a game like this.

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Originally Posted by Ry0uSh1n

TL;DR - The mogstation is pure greed. Before mogstation introduction a players subscription entitled players to all new content not tied to a promo or event outside the game. Now, the mogstation will be where all new content goes that is not tied to events or promo's outside of game.

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What people who make these posts fail to accept is that all that stuff in the Mog station would not exist as player useable content without the Mog station. "All new content" will not be exclusive to the Mog station and stating such is just ridiculous. Asking for the Mog station to go away is tantamount to saying you don't want any of that optional stuff to exist as player usable content. You may think thats not what you're asking for but it is. The bean counters at any game developer will say "this is your budget. you can make as much content as this budget will cover. Anything else has to be scrapped." The "anything else" is all that stuff in the Mog Station. The only reason the extra stuff in the mog station exists (barring old holiday rehashes) is because the bean counters said "you can make this extra stuff outside the budget if we can sell it for a profit".

I can't explain it any simpler than that.

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Originally Posted by Jandor

Mate, we could all look like minecraft characters by default and the game would still be playable.
Most of us wouldn't though, because vanity actually is pretty important in a game like this.

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The game offers plenty of vanity items already. The mog station ones are extra. Do you go to a restaurant and expect that something extra would be free just because it fits with your meal?

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Originally Posted by Aronys

The game offers plenty of vanity items already. The mog station ones are extra. Do you go to a restaurant and expect that something extra would be free just because it fits with your meal?

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Why do so many people have this weird compulsion to compare things to restaurants? FFXIV isn't a restaurant.
What sort of restaurant kicks you out unless you subscribe?

Unless you pay for food? Uh... every single one? O.o

Srsly, point me to a restaurant that gives away free food. It's lunch time here.

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Originally Posted by Aronys

Unless you pay for food? Uh... every single one? O.o

Srsly, point me to a restaurant that gives away free food. It's lunch time here.

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No, not unless you pay for food, obviously. Copies of FFXIV aren't free.

Yes... a subscription means you get to play each month. You get one month of playtime when buying the game initially. The game offers you more content every 2-3 months, and even events in between. So, you basically do get something every month. For which you pay a subscription for. But if you want extras on the side... you pay more. Which is why the items in the mog station are called "optional".