In-Game Mogstation

I think it would be a good idea to not only be able to preview Mogstation (clothing) items in-game, but be able to purchase items as well.

The problem is, I don't know which outfit to get for the holidays. I may be getting multiple ones, or I may end up as an adorable reindeer.

Having an in-game Mogstation will make it easier to buy things (not having to log in), and make better, more informed purchasing decisions (previewing items on MY character).

I wouldn't mind having an in-game try-on shop for all the outfits that are on Mog Station. Some i would like to be able to try on and customise with other things before deciding to buy them. At the moment it's just a matter of asking other players in-game if they have said outfits and try them that way.

Not for me. I get the convenience it offers but I'd rather micro-transactions be kept away from the game as much as possible. In the other MMOs I have played, integrating a micro-transaction system in the game itself often leads to a much more elaborate cash-shop system.

God I wish there was a dressing room for mogstation in game. Hoping that someone who has the shoes from that one set you're on the fence about sees you asking for a link in /area instead of just being able to try on the item yourself is kinda awful. Its not so bad on my main since Balmung's hubs are pretty much mogstation catalogs, but my alts on other servers have it rough.

I kind of like that the mogstation marketing is kept out of game...

I also wouldn't mind easy ability to preview the mogstation items...

I like this idea but we would have to accept 1 less dungeon per patch for them to make this new content... oh.... we already have 1 less dungeon already...

I would like a list of mog station clothes to preview in game just like we can preview dyes. Like a vendor with no currency options. But I don't want them to waste development time on figuring out how to integrate money transfers into the game.

I'd love this too, be nice to preview the hairstyles also.

I would rather they not dedicate resources toward this, and rather on content my sub pays for.

Provided it was implemented in a non-intrusive way, I'd like it since some things just don't go with the ideas I had in my head. Perhaps a preview option could be added to the Aesthetician or a new summoning bell of sorts that lets us preview all glamour and simply lists where it's available; i.e. "Randomly dropped from The Drowned City of Skalla" or "Purchased from the Mogstation." The latter option would at least be nice in allowing us to try on any outfit in the game even if we don't actually own it yet.

I think this would be a nice feature to see mog station stuff in game before buying.

I loathe the Mog Shop and want it kept as far away from the game as possible.

However, since they already pull character data for the Lodestone displays, perhaps they could do something similar for the Mog Station- when you're logged in to the cash shop your character model is available with the same dressing room preview available in the game, so you can try on outfits in the shop itself.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

Provided it was implemented in a non-intrusive way, I'd like it since some things just don't go with the ideas I had in my head. Perhaps a preview option could be added to the Aesthetician or a new summoning bell of sorts that lets us preview all glamour and simply lists where it's available; i.e. "Randomly dropped from The Drowned City of Skalla" or "Purchased from the Mogstation." The latter option would at least be nice in allowing us to try on any outfit in the game even if we don't actually own it yet.

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I like that idea. Like a catalogue of all available clothes in the game. Knowing where it's obtained is also a great idea. That way I could include dungeon drops I might not have in planning glamour and farm more specifically, if I like something.
Wouldn't even need a new system for that, just add a tab to the market board.

I'd rather have no mogstation.

No thank you to in game mog station unless it is hidden by default unless turned on. No ads, no specials, no prompts. I'd prefer an in game preview of all dyes, glamours, emotes, and skill previews, even the ones you have yet to unlock and it tells you where to unlock it or buy it via hover. Nothing would be applied here, just a preview of what is possible.

The emote and skill preview thing would be a little window with video, showing your character doing certain skills or emotes with the currently selected glamours and dyes.


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Well. No. No at least like SWTOR. For the love of god. That Cartel Market shit windows pops in front of your nose for every step you do. They can do it, but please, hide it in a system menu or something.

One issue with an ingame Mog Station would mean that SE will use it to advertise the cash shop items ingame. I have played some F2P/B2P games where the cash shop icon is big, flashy and whenever you log in or play for few hours, you will see ingame pop-up advertising the Mog Station.

I understand where you are comming from, OP. But I fear the marketing department will use your idea and twist to fit their needs. I feel that this is an pandora's box and I for one am not looking forward to ingame ads.

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Originally Posted by Sandpark

No thank you to in game mog station unless it is hidden by default unless turned on. No ads, no specials, no prompts. I'd prefer an in game preview of all dyes, glamours, emotes, and skill previews, even the ones you have yet to unlock and it tells you where to unlock it or buy it via hover. Nothing would be applied here, just a preview of what is possible.

The emote and skill preview thing would be a little window with video, showing your character doing certain skills or emotes with the currently selected glamours and dyes.

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As a noob, I would love this. I'm kind of overwhelmed by the whole glamour thing as I have no clue what is even availible let alone where to farm it, so I have yet to glamour anything and am just focusing on going through the game. I mean obviously I have seen clothes in game lol, but it just seems like there are potentially so many options that I would love a consolidated place to see all that's availible so I could decide what I want.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

Provided it was implemented in a non-intrusive way, I'd like it since some things just don't go with the ideas I had in my head. Perhaps a preview option could be added to the Aesthetician or a new summoning bell of sorts that lets us preview all glamour and simply lists where it's available; i.e. "Randomly dropped from The Drowned City of Skalla" or "Purchased from the Mogstation." The latter option would at least be nice in allowing us to try on any outfit in the game even if we don't actually own it yet.

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Not trying drag this too far off topic, but I've thought the same with hairstyles. I wish that the character creator would show you all available hairstyles, and maybe just have a small notation advising when a certain style is obtained via other methods. Glamours and hairstyles can look so different between the races - would be nice to be able to sample before purchase :p

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Originally Posted by SecretCrowds

Not for me. I get the convenience it offers but I'd rather micro-transactions be kept away from the game as much as possible. In the other MMOs I have played, integrating a micro-transaction system in the game itself often leads to a much more elaborate cash-shop system.

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I think you have cause and effect backwards here, to be honest.

I've often thought that the easy way for them to at least offer a preview would be to just create a category on the Calamity Salvager (or similar) that lists all the cash shop items, but for some non-existent currency. Then you could at least use the "Try On" feature for each of the items. It's not a perfect solution by any means, and the fact you can't buy it there would require an explanation, but at least it could be done with very little/no programming effort.

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Originally Posted by polyphonica

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Oh to add to this, not sure about other items but the Salvager (or is it recompense) officer let's you trade between male and female clothing. The example being Lightning and Snow from FFXIII both have attire that you can try on from this menu, even if you have nothing to trade between them. So yeah definitely can't see it being a bad thing to add more Mog Station items to these menus just get the option of trying them.

No, keep that thing away from the game.

Keep your cash shops out of my video game and in a web browser where they belong.

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Originally Posted by polyphonica

I've often thought that the easy way for them to at least offer a preview would be to just create a category on the Calamity Salvager (or similar) that lists all the cash shop items, but for some non-existent currency. Then you could at least use the "Try On" feature for each of the items. It's not a perfect solution by any means, and the fact you can't buy it there would require an explanation, but at least it could be done with very little/no programming effort.

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Description for that currency could direct them to Mogstation.

A collections tab would be interesting, has a log of every possible, dye, item, hairstyle etc . . . that is view-able and allows one to try out certain things. More or less an in game item database.

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Originally Posted by Soupa

Keep your cash shops out of my video game and in a web browser where they belong.

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This is only MMO I played that had cash shop not accessible in game. At least as far as I can remember.

I think it would be nice to at least be able to try stuff on. It doesn't even have to be done like other MMOs. It could be a simple NPC (perhaps a moogle) somewhere that says "Look at my wares!" Im sure there are tons of ideas as to how to make it more interesting, but that would at least let people try stuff.

This sounds nice, but honestly if I saw it implemented I'd fear that the only reason SE would go through the trouble is in preparation of making the cash shop itself more accessible in game for future reasons... can't say that I'd fully support it.

It is bad enough to have a cash-shop in a sub based game , so unless they make it free to play ,no thank you .

Good idea, however, i prefer dev team to focus on the content itself rather than cash shop
(assuming they will need more man hours to implement cash shop ingame)

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Originally Posted by Ayer2015

I would rather they not dedicate resources toward this, and rather on content my sub pays for.

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No need for a preview, either, for me.

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Originally Posted by Zarabeth

I'd rather have no mogstation.

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Gotta pay for your sub somehow....

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Originally Posted by Bongaboi

Gotta pay for your sub somehow....

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I know these games are expensive to maintain and all, but our subs come out of our bank accounts once every month. The cash shop doesn't pay for our access to the game.