FFXIV could single-handledly save SE if they handled the cash shop better

Just add like 5 new dances or other emotes to the cash shop each month for $7.99 each.
Do FOMO cash shop rotations on them, re-introduce 1 old statue emote for $21 each year for a single month.

I agree that they should add the in-game rewards that were tied to purchasing or pre-order certain pieces of merchandise. Beyond that there's no need to milk the cash store with FOMO item rotations. If anything, lower prices across the board but implement the cash store directly into the game client so people can purchase directly from the game. That would also allow users on PlayStation, Steam, and Xbox to use their store credit to buy XIV cosmetics.

I think if they made stuff like body tattoos or vfx packs for jobs in the cash shop they would make bank. obviously I'd rather them just add these in the game normally though, but I'm just saying. Honestly they could really just go browse the popular mods people use and make those as cash shop items lol I'm surprised they don't do this already since they know people use mods.

Yeah let's milk the cash shop harder in a game where people pay for expansions onto of monthly sub fees ND retainer fees yeah!

Cash shop idea: Job Stance changes. EI, take Dark Knight for example What if the weapon drawn was the default male over the shoulder idle pose instead of the awkward angle they hold the sword at right now?

Stuff like that. I'd pay for it.

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

If they just made every current item account-wide (and for limited use items, gave them a cooldown instead of being finite), people would likely buy more because for a lot of folks, they don't see the value in buying something for only one character or the risk of losing something that could only be used a certain number of times/be lost if removed from housing.

Even fantasias would probably sell more if they repackaged it as something you could use once every 30 days once you've bought the special vial, same with job and story skips.

Wait, how would this make the cash shop better for players again?

The only real way would be account bound everything including past bought items and lower all prices by a flat 30% off so more ppl can buy more items for better value. Also, I'm already annoyed at the limited time collab for Fantasian so I don't see how increasing FOMO by adding it all the time with rotating items would be an improvement unless trolling players.

Finally, in my dreams, SE would bring back the old statue emotes for $7, like other ppl have had them for years now, along with a physical statue for a bonus too.

They could make plenty of money by throwing the majority of things in store anyway, for example;

Add more reskins of modern clothing or whatever egirls/boys are currently wearing.
Add a Neon Hair Dye palette expansion that adds another section of available colours to use at the aesthetician, can probably do the same with eye colours and so on.
Edgy face paint/tattoos.
Maybe some 'rare' vanity rotating wardrobe collection that is triple the price of a regular outfit too.
Vanity fashion accessories, idle/resting emotes, the list goes on...


I am certain a majority of FF players out there would empty all the remaining balance in their bank account if those kinds of things were offered in the cash shop.

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Originally Posted by Aidorouge

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

If they just made every current item account-wide (and for limited use items, gave them a cooldown instead of being finite), people would likely buy more because for a lot of folks, they don't see the value in buying something for only one character or the risk of losing something that could only be used a certain number of times/be lost if removed from housing.

Even fantasias would probably sell more if they repackaged it as something you could use once every 30 days once you've bought the special vial, same with job and story skips.

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I'll be in the category of proving you right. Because I would actually buy more from the cash shop if it was all account bound, yep. At the moment, I'm sleeping on virtually all cash shop items aside from mounts and don't plan on ever getting anything again because they're not shared on alts (and none of the mounts have been of interest). But if everything was shared, I would treat myself here or there every so often to some goodies, yeah.

(Your 'special vial' idea is brilliant, man I wish that was a thing...)

Also the housing limit thing is a great point, I feel like the limited thing and the idea that it could be lost is a huge deterrent.

Anyway - yeah, no, expanding the shop and all of the ideas in OP's thread aren't going to help and would make things worse, I don't support it one bit.

no.

all they need to do is add cashshop items like ESO that change the special effects of abilities.

also, giving the shadowbringer a purple glow like the ShB intro would bring all the DRK players back