Hi all,
With the eternal bond bracelets, it is now possible to buy a highly valued item in game with real money and sell it to other players.
Therefore it is now possible to easily afford houses by buying a bracelet or two and then selling them.
As it currently stands, houses seam to me like the main reason people would do this as there is little need for such large amounts of currency outside of purchasing houses. (some people are selling these bracelets at about 10 mil)
Personally, I've been saving money for ages, working hard with my crafting and farming content to be able to save up for the large, 40 mil houses and for £11 of my money, I could get an easy 10 mil, it is very appealing to me to just buy these bracelets and sell them on so why not simply allow us to purchase house deeds?
Can we buy houses in the cash shop please?
Printable View
-
12-10-2014, 07:56 PMAlisteraCan we buy houses in the cash shop please?
-
12-10-2014, 08:01 PMMattiux
oh god...
you can't be serious. -
12-10-2014, 08:04 PMCoatl
You already can. Just buy a platinum bracelet and sell it and you'll have enough gil to probably be close to affording a mansion.
-
12-10-2014, 08:07 PMVirevolte
I find this way of thinking kinda depressing.
Oh well, if that's how you have fun. -
12-10-2014, 08:12 PMThistledown
OMG yeah I'd pay $15 for a tiny cottage thanks
-
12-10-2014, 08:25 PMAlisteraWell... as an adult who works a full time job and has many responsibilities outside of work, 40 million is a lot for me and my eternal bond partner to fork out. After farming for months, we barely have about 15 mil between us in total. This was obtained through hours upon hours of farming and making gil in game and most of it has been rather repetitive and is rather boring now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virevolte
I'ld much rather buy the house with real money at this point and be able to stop sinking so much time into this as at the moment, time is more valuable than money.
In addition, allowing players to buy expensive ingame items with real currency would remove all the gold bots / RMT, making the game better for everyone as a whole. -
12-10-2014, 08:27 PMStrejdaTom
I believe you will be able to buy it soon. Ability to buy ingame cash trough cash shop (hello platinum wristlets) is only a pre-step. :))
-
12-10-2014, 08:29 PMrappa
Yes please, my large house feels lonely in the neighborhood
-
12-10-2014, 08:31 PMExsequens
It'll probably be an "optional" feature in patch 2.5 or something.
Look forward to it. -
12-10-2014, 08:35 PMBishop81Well, technically houses are "optional", you can play the game fine without a house - heck, there aren't enough plots to go around for it to be "mandatory".Quote:
Originally Posted by Exsequens
-
12-10-2014, 08:36 PMRose-Wild
No. Go play a free to play. That's what you want.
-
12-10-2014, 08:38 PMAlistera
I think by buying individual items through the cash shop of high value as opposed to buying things that can be sold to other players will help the economy too and restrict what you can or cannot buy.
For example, with the bracelets, you could sell them for money and then buy a load of high ilevel gear and materia and make yourself BiS for raids. Which I don't think is how the cash shop should be.
However, if your just buying a deed that is bound to you, there is no way to sell it off and buy other things with it. -
12-10-2014, 08:42 PMMomomiMomi
I'd be very surprised if they did this. One of the main points of housing is to be a gil sink.
-
12-10-2014, 08:53 PMJanhyuaI am sure yoshida be like, NO!Quote:
Originally Posted by MomomiMomi
Then SE be like, YES!
Remember the ADS mount you guys wanted? Sure why not? Just copy paste a ADS and slap on on top of $20 see? Free money -
12-10-2014, 08:56 PMMomomiMomiOr people could just buy bracelets, sell them, and buy a house. Gil sink kept intact, SE makes money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janhyua
-
12-10-2014, 09:28 PMBishop81That said, I'm sure they can dream up another gil sink.Quote:
Originally Posted by MomomiMomi
Anything from as simple (and transparent) as increasing repair cost or taxing the houses to more obfuscated schemes. -
12-10-2014, 09:49 PMAlef321
why not, its only Vanity am I right?
"You don't need houses to get high lvl stuff"
am I doing this right?I think everyone on the forums talk like this. :S -
12-10-2014, 09:53 PMAtreides
If we keep accepting everything they throw at us they'll eventually sell everything as optional.
Hey the expansion is out and we decided that you only need 1 hotbar to progress in this game, you can unlock the others though, they are "optional".
What? You want to level because it's part of the game? But you can play it just fine as lvl 50, however you might be interested in our otional leveling service so that you may reach 60.
I know this is exaggerated but I'm just saying "optional" is really far stretched. -
12-10-2014, 10:25 PMVirevolteMaybe your goal is a bit maladjusted to your playstyle then. As I see it, how much gil you're making depends on how "well-versed" in craft you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alistera
If it takes you months to get 15 millions (and I don't mean that as a critic or whatever), maybe you should have tried to get a small or medium one to begin with.
Well, that's not what you want, but it would have fit better your playstyle in my opinion. And you can always try to get a bigger one after finding a way to make money quicker.
I can't see how becoming ourselves RMTraders would be a good thing. Kinda sad that's the only way you have left to achieve your goal. -
12-10-2014, 11:18 PMBishop81It's "OK" and "optional" ... until it's something you care ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alef321
-
12-10-2014, 11:23 PMJandor
Houses are vanity so it's fine. Everything that's not BiS should be available for cold hard cash!