Gold Saucer mounts - it's been a while

The last time a mount got added to the Saucer was over two years ago, back in Stormblood. The developers of this game have garnered a lot of good will from the community, and deservedly so, but i must say that it's very disheartening to see so many mounts being added to the cash shop while the Gold Saucer remains so behind in updates. For people like me with tons of MGP reading the patch notes and seeing that a dancing pole was all the saucer got is very sad.

I wish they at least added the 3.0/4.0 boxes to mgp rewards, but that probably won't happens as they may have gils value...

Was wondering if they had a time line on that was expecting new mount for EW and I was disapointed :/

The most recent Gold Saucer mount was actually added ~6 months ago, not "over two years". (Magicked Card)
Not really that unreasonable for SE to be focused more on the brand new expansion's launch than target big updates to niche content right off the bat.

If we're talking just "need more things to spend MGP on", I'd much rather them add untradeable consumables (ex. Cordials) to the prize lists than more 1-time-buys like cosmetics/furnishings anyway. (Though I'm still dreaming of my 9999999MGP "It's actually just Godbert carrying you around himself"-mount. Do it SE!!)

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Originally Posted by Mirvana

The most recent Gold Saucer mount was actually added ~6 months ago, not "over two years". (Magicked Card)

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That's technically true but you know that's not what he meant.

Really though, while I am disappointed by the lack of new items I'm not terribly surprised by it. Those of us who are MGP caped are in the VAST minority. Most people haven't bought out the whole store and for them the current selections are just fine.

The Magicked Card doesn't really count. That's an achievement card, OP is talking about MGP mounts.

And indeed for those it's been forever and no new ones seem in sight. I remember theories for both Cerberus and CC going there, but they ended up being DR savage and cash shop.

All the latest additions cost a pita of MGP and are mostly useless, so it does feel indeed like there's absolutely no point anymore in earning MGP, since there's nothing to spend it on/aim for.

Word. Every time I see "New prizes have been added to the Gold Saucer" in the patch notes I get so excited! Then I race there, sort by only new items, nothing in Prizes I, go to Prizes II and it's like "Lalafell fart in a jar: 100,000 MGP" and nothing else, and my spirit crashes back down to earth.

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Originally Posted by Calysto

I wish they at least added the 3.0/4.0 boxes to mgp rewards, but that probably won't happens as they may have gils value...

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I wish those boxes didn't exist period. I would rather that things remain difficult to obtain no matter how much time passes with the exception of armor/weapons because they quickly get obsolete.

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Originally Posted by Eriane_Elis

I wish those boxes didn't exist period. I would rather that things remain difficult to obtain no matter how much time passes with the exception of armor/weapons because they quickly get obsolete.

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None of those things were difficult to obtain. Just time consuming and/or expensive because of the rarity.

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Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

None of those things were difficult to obtain. Just time consuming and/or expensive because of the rarity.

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No they weren't (although RNG is a big factor) but the fact remains that they are making it easier to obtain. It would be better in my opinion if they stopped offering things you can obtain one way by another means such as if you can obtain a minion by clearing something, it shouldn't be made available in a moogle scratch thing in the firament or loot boxes. Everytime they do this it devalues whatever they give away. Like take the Copycat bulb. You can get that from a lootbox now instead of Eureka. When retainers bring back craftable loot, then it makes it worse for crafters because right now the market is over saturated with loot and crafted goods. Let's say a table is worth 500k gil, then after the next patch it's worth 200 gil because retainers can now obtain them.

I'm all for doing this for content that is essentially inaccessible (old diadem) but would rather see it moved over to some other challenge. The market is pretty bad right now and it has to do with how easy it is to level omni craft/gather and the freebies that you get from retainers and GC lootboxes is what I'm getting at.

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Originally Posted by kejakalope

Word. Every time I see "New prizes have been added to the Gold Saucer" in the patch notes I get so excited! Then I race there, sort by only new items, nothing in Prizes I, go to Prizes II and it's like "Lalafell fart in a jar: 100,000 MGP" and nothing else, and my spirit crashes back down to earth.

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I'll be completely honest, that'd be a really cool (tho gross) housing item or emote.

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Originally Posted by Eriane_Elis

No they weren't (although RNG is a big factor) but the fact remains that they are making it easier to obtain. It would be better in my opinion if they stopped offering things you can obtain one way by another means such as if you can obtain a minion by clearing something, it shouldn't be made available in a moogle scratch thing in the firament or loot boxes. Everytime they do this it devalues whatever they give away. Like take the Copycat bulb. You can get that from a lootbox now instead of Eureka. When retainers bring back craftable loot, then it makes it worse for crafters because right now the market is over saturated with loot and crafted goods. Let's say a table is worth 500k gil, then after the next patch it's worth 200 gil because retainers can now obtain them.

I'm all for doing this for content that is essentially inaccessible (old diadem) but would rather see it moved over to some other challenge. The market is pretty bad right now and it has to do with how easy it is to level omni craft/gather and the freebies that you get from retainers and GC lootboxes is what I'm getting at.

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Copycat bulb price hasn't really fallen (on my server) because it's box RNG is as bad as it's eureka RNG.

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Originally Posted by Eriane_Elis

I wish those boxes didn't exist period. I would rather that things remain difficult to obtain no matter how much time passes with the exception of armor/weapons because they quickly get obsolete.

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Not only that, but it makes gil even more useless when literally any rare item will probably become a cheap lootbox drop in the future. Why spend millions on a fancy pet when it could cost 5k later on.

Most minions and certain mounts are tradable for a reason. It gives you something to sell if you get a lucky drop, or it gives you something to do with your gil. Or it might give you a reason to revisit old content to bolster your collection.

With loot coffers, quick ventures, moogle tomes and so on they're slowly making large amounts of old content and all crafting below max level obsolete.

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

Not only that, but it makes gil even more useless when literally any rare item will probably become a cheap lootbox drop in the future. Why spend millions on a fancy pet when it could cost 5k later on.

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Because some people want it now, and that's worth it to them. Who cares if an item gets added to a lootbox or quick venture a few years down the line? Does it somehow lessen the enjoyment you got out of said item in the meantime?

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

Not only that, but it makes gil even more useless when literally any rare item will probably become a cheap lootbox drop in the future. Why spend millions on a fancy pet when it could cost 5k later on.

Most minions and certain mounts are tradable for a reason. It gives you something to sell if you get a lucky drop, or it gives you something to do with your gil. Or it might give you a reason to revisit old content to bolster your collection.

With loot coffers, quick ventures, moogle tomes and so on they're slowly making large amounts of old content and all crafting below max level obsolete.

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Agreed. I spent months running dungeons and different things to get minions and music rolls. Ran treasure maps like a fiend, had two Capybara Pups on MB when 6.0 rolled in, instantly worth 90% less value. I'm not mad at the time I spent doing these things, because in the moment, it was fun.

I do have to say though that my drive to play the game has lessened recently as my original drive was being a completionist and taking pride in my collection where I had rare things that you have to get to Floor 150 of POTD for, for example. The Pegasus mount is what I'm speaking of. Now, you can just hope you get it in a lockbox.

Heck, I grinded for days in Pagos to get Copycat Minion and while it is still rare in the GC lockbox, you don't have to do much anymore to try to get it.

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Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

Because some people want it now, and that's worth it to them. Who cares if an item gets added to a lootbox or quick venture a few years down the line? Does it somehow lessen the enjoyment you got out of said item in the meantime?

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I know there are quite a few people that view things this way. I'm sure you have your own reasons for playing the game and get upset about something I may see as trivial, but to take something I worked hard for and just hand it out, kind of stupid in my opinion. Look at the Gold Whisker from treasure maps, it was the only thing I had yet to obtain from 70 maps. I now have no reason to go run those maps anymore. Now you've killed the value of that map on the MB for at least one person, possibly more and now achievement hunters trying to clear those maps don't have bodies to do so.

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Originally Posted by AbysmalDuck

but to take something I worked hard for and just hand it out, kind of stupid in my opinion.

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That always happens even without lootboxes though. Old EX/savage mounts become easily farmable in the next expansion, old items become craftable with a single button, relics become a solo farm, etc. The fact that something gets easier later on doesn't magically negate all the effort you put into it or the enjoyment you got out of it originally. You had and got to enjoy the rarity and exclusivity in the mean time.

Even in the real world we see this all the time. That brand new $1000 phone will be a $12 paperweight in ten year, but so what? It still means something to all the people buying one today.

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Originally Posted by AbysmalDuck

I know there are quite a few people that view things this way. I'm sure you have your own reasons for playing the game and get upset about something I may see as trivial, but to take something I worked hard for and just hand it out, kind of stupid in my opinion. Look at the Gold Whisker from treasure maps, it was the only thing I had yet to obtain from 70 maps. I now have no reason to go run those maps anymore. Now you've killed the value of that map on the MB for at least one person, possibly more and now achievement hunters trying to clear those maps don't have bodies to do so.

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You could say the same about everything mogtomes offer tbh.

It'd be nice to have some flashy consumable firework for MGP. Something on par with Ultima/ZTK/DiamondDust/etc and high priced MGP.

Anybody that regularly does GS stuff is going to have more MGP than it's possible to spend.

I don't think they intend to release another super high priced 2m+ MGP mount anytime soon, so something to repeatedly buy seems like the solution.

(And even for players that have the MGP, might not buy the mounts just because they already have better mounts)

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Originally Posted by Luin

It'd be nice to have some flashy consumable firework for MGP. Something on par with Ultima/ZTK/DiamondDust/etc and high priced MGP.

Anybody that regularly does GS stuff is going to have more MGP than it's possible to spend.

I don't think they intend to release another super high priced 2m+ MGP mount anytime soon, so something to repeatedly buy seems like the solution.

(And even for players that have the MGP, might not buy the mounts just because they already have better mounts)

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They added more stuff to wolf marks recently so maybe we'll at least get Dark Matter, Ventures, or maybe even aetheryte tickets at some point.

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Originally Posted by AbysmalDuck

I do have to say though that my drive to play the game has lessened recently as my original drive was being a completionist and taking pride in my collection where I had rare things that you have to get to Floor 150 of POTD for, for example. The Pegasus mount is what I'm speaking of. Now, you can just hope you get it in a lockbox.

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I'm not big on the boxes myself, but how does this lessen other completionist things? There's plenty of other things I'm the game that are show-offable. Things get easier to get over time, that's the way of mmos.