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    Quote Originally Posted by Crimen View Post
    Considering houses can have a mailbox, I guess that's why they haven't added them.
    I love this game.

    Want to gear up for endgame? Here, have i110 gear for little to no effort!
    Want to get mail at your house? That'll be a stack of Gil or farming Thornmarch until you're senile!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
    I love this game.

    Want to gear up for endgame? Here, have i110 gear for little to no effort!
    Want to get mail at your house? That'll be a stack of Gil or farming Thornmarch until you're senile!
    The problem is everyone needs there OWN mailbox :P you can't use someone elses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
    I love this game.

    Want to gear up for endgame? Here, have i110 gear for little to no effort!
    Want to get mail at your house? That'll be a stack of Gil or farming Thornmarch until you're senile!
    Your logic is heavily flawed here... Are you really saying that ~400 soldiery and 500-750 Allied Seals are easier to get than a mailbox, which you can buy from a crafter pretty cheaply? Also, in theory, your FC has more than just you in it. Split the cost of a mailbox (which is what, 100k?) between 10 people, and suddenly it's extremely cheap.
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    I concur. Having a moogle mail in lavender beds would be nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
    Your logic is heavily flawed here... Are you really saying that ~400 soldiery and 500-750 Allied Seals are easier to get than a mailbox, which you can buy from a crafter pretty cheaply? Also, in theory, your FC has more than just you in it. Split the cost of a mailbox (which is what, 100k?) between 10 people, and suddenly it's extremely cheap.
    You'd have a point, if the mail box was the only example of this design philosophy. The game is littered with it at every turn; you only need to look at the Elite gear from Hunts for proof. Pure vanity gear costs upwards of 600 Seals, i90 costs upwards of 20.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
    You'd have a point, if the mail box was the only example of this design philosophy. The game is littered with it at every turn; you only need to look at the Elite gear from Hunts for proof. Pure vanity gear costs upwards of 600 Seals, i90 costs upwards of 20.
    Right. Uhh, I think I missed something here. Why is that bad exactly? That's how it should be, imo. Stuff that relates directly to progress in the game (ie: i90 equips) should be relatively easy to obtain so your progress isn't artificially gated behind features you may not be able to partake in. That's why all of the story primal fights are so much easier than the extreme primal fights. That's why the endgame story dungeons are the easiest level 50 content by far, instead of being as hard as Coil. Stuff that affects ability to get through the game (story quests, myth gear, story primals)? Relatively easy. Stuff to look unique (mounts, vanity) or have special convenience or minor benefit features (choco stables, mailboxes, chocotreats)? Relatively hard.

    The alternative, of course, is to make vanity items easy to get, and progress through the game hard to do. So, the Castrum/Praetorium would be as hard as second Coil, the story primals would be the Extreme versions, and Myth gear would take 1,000 Allied seals each. But, any crafter can make Spring Dresses and swimsuits with just cotton cloth at level 1, and houses (which cost 1gil) came with all furnishings unlocked for free. Is that the kind of game you're looking for? Because that's not this game...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nyalia View Post
    The alternative, of course, is to make vanity items easy to get, and progress through the game hard to do. So, the Castrum/Praetorium would be as hard as second Coil, the story primals would be the Extreme versions, and Myth gear would take 1,000 Allied seals each.But, any crafter can make Spring Dresses and swimsuits with just cotton cloth at level 1, and houses (which cost 1gil) came with all furnishings unlocked for free.
    Because that is clearly the alternative I'd rather see.

    Christ, I'm really done with the overblown hyperbole and strawman arguments people here love to make. Anyone dare suggest the game is somehow flawed and you decide that they're asking for housing to cost 1 gil, or something equally ridiculous. Utterly pathetic.

    Back on topic, this;

    Quote Originally Posted by Pyreflye View Post
    It'd be nice to have a delivery Moogle floating around somewhere in the housing Wards.
    Is exactly what they should do.
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    Last edited by Nalien; 09-13-2014 at 05:07 AM.