Acceptable Cash Shop Items: Suggestions!

[Zumi]

It feels like double dipping when they charge a sub fee then release a bunch of mounts/pets/vanity items on the shop. Activision/Blizzard is notoriously bad for doing this, they save all the best looking most animated mounts and pets for the cash shop even though they have a $15 a month sub fee. They tested the waters with celestial steed people called them sparkle ponies and made 80m dollars in 1 day selling them for $25 a pop. Then it continued with many more mounts and pets every few months.

Honestly I hope SE doesn't start doing this because I really shouldn't have to pay more money to have access to everything in the game.

[Skull_Angel]

because vanity items already come from ingame recipes, achievement rewards, event rewads and dungeon drop. No need to create a cash shop for it

Yes, and from my understanding more is to come through those means, but where is the argument against adding even more with a cash shop if the company chooses to?

It feels like double dipping when they charge a sub fee then release a bunch of mounts/pets/vanity items on the shop. Activision/Blizzard is notoriously bad for doing this, they save all the best looking most animated mounts and pets for the cash shop even though they have a $15 a month sub fee. They tested the waters with celestial steed people called them sparkle ponies and made 80m dollars in 1 day selling them for $25 a pop. Then it continued with many more mounts and pets every few months.

Honestly I hope SE doesn't start doing this because I really shouldn't have to pay more money to have access to everything in the game.

It basically is [double dipping], but aside from pocketing that money made it goes to further developing goods and services the company puts out, as well as going to legitimate charitable causes in some cases (ie; some of Blizzard's shop items). It's been shown to be very profitable for those companies.

I'll say it again as well; while I'm not for or against the idea of cash shops when done right, the idea of P2W is unappealing.

[Taruranto]

Yes, and from my understanding more is to come through those means, but where is the argument against adding even more with a cash shop if the company chooses to?

Because by "adding" stuff with the cash shop, they are taking out stuff that could be obtainable in the game itself.

Honestly, it already iirks me that I have to wait months to get the Goblin Helm legitimately without paying for it in advance.