Well, BDO also has optional subscription, as far as I know.
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Welp, looks like the salty concern trolls are about. Regular as clockwork, every time an Item releases on the Mogstation.
How dare a company sell things, the Horror.
Never liked "But in other place is worst. So it's ok". Because someone could argue "but in that other game X and Y compared to FFXIV" (and I already know a possible answer: go play that game).
So far, the balance of stuff that you can get in-game justify subscription + paid expansions (at least to me). The moment stops being like that I will move on. Will see what happens over time.
BDO is a $10 buy-to-play game.
FFXIV is a $60 game with a $12-15 monthly subscription.
You could buy $180 dollars worth of microtransactions in one year in BDO and still only be paying the same amount of money you pay just to access FFXIV for the same amount of time.
You know what else is in bad taste? Comparing the price of a Funny Video Game Mount to the commodification of a human need by greedy megacorporations which results in the deaths of thousands of children forced to drink sludge after bottled water companies take all their potable water. Like, yeah, it's a pretty expensive little Fake Pixel Carriage, but got dang is that a horrendous allegory.
And here I was hoping for a highly requested mount since 2.0 would get added in game to be earnable through gameplay. :(
Not really feelin' the rising celebratory spirit now.