Cash shop confirmed

[Yumi_umi]

Just make the odin mount a reward in subs.
That way u r "technically" paying real monies & at some point each player will eventually get it. No cash shop sooooo everyone wins!
Y everyone gotta be so dramatic about it.

[Roris]

I'll teil you what.. SE can have their stupid cash shop for all I care. But the moment they start throwing advertisements for it on the start up screens and loading screens, that's it it's over. I don't want to see a single advertising on cash shop items while I start or play the game that I already pay a subscription for.

You can bet it will at least be on the launcher the day 2.4 hits.

[SirEdeonX]

Their not making any one buy or do anything for that matter. If it's a secret to all of you, this would be one of the only P2p games without a cash shop, as I said, they finally have extra content, like old content from past festivals, we never would have seen that otherwise, it's nice I now have that option if I missed it and really wanted that item.

Again, just because everyone jumps off a bridge, doesn't mean you should.

And selling previous event gear is a good move. I don't mind that, because I payed for a subscription and completed the event. And it makes me happy to know people will have the opportunity to get gear they missed.

However new stuff? I find it impossible to accept that.

[Riardon]

I came to this game exactly because it's a P2P game. I don't agree with cash shop even if it is just vanity items. I tend not to trust companies who say this is just vanity items cause as I saw they add more and more items in cash shop later. Also I don't agree with the F2P model. P2P is more honest.

[Sadana]

slippery slope.

I'm not keen on the idea at all. Like others have said, getting bonus in-game stuff with actual items (soundtrack, art book, etc.) is fine because it's just an extra. Having to buy old event gear when previously it's been available through the event npc merchant for some gil doesn't feel good (alts, new players, what about the stuff that can be put on the mb?).

And yeah, having to buy cool stuffs with RL money... where does it stop? :/

[Tupsi]

So you won't mind if they do this with any future items? So say... they make some awesome new raid loot then instead replace all the skins on them with crappy level 1 skins and instead sell the skins as glamour items in the cash shop. You wouldn't mind that?

It's funny how much you people blow this out of proportion when no MMORPG as of 2014 has done this unless it was already doing it from the start. It's time to get over it and realize this is optional and will be optional. Hey did I have to buy Second Coil gear or decent graphics after they added Fantasias to the Mog Station...the cash shop that already existed? Did i have to buy Ramuh's fight and gear after they added purchasable Retainers?

No?

Okay then.

[ThanatosPrimordialis]

I don't know what I find more appalling, the fact that SE is actually doing this, or the fact that there are people who actually seem happy about it. First of all, adding a cash shop is a big slap in the face to all paying subscribers. We're essentially being told, "your monthly subscription is no longer enough; you may no longer access all content unless you pay us extra." Doesn't matter if it's vanity or otherwise. For over a year, our subs have paid for us to access the game in its entirety, without being excluded from any content.

[Stignodding]

Again, just because everyone jumps off a bridge, doesn't mean you should.

And selling previous event gear is a good move. I don't mind that, because I payed for a subscription and completed the event. And it makes me happy to know people will have the opportunity to get gear they missed.

However new stuff? I find it impossible to accept that.

Well I feel sorry for you man, it sounds like your looking for a pay to win type environment. If they let people buy the gear I worked months in game getting, that's what would make me un-happy. Thank god their not, their letting people buy stuff that is purely for show.

[Stignodding]

Well I feel sorry for you man, it sounds like your looking for a pay to win type environment. If they let people buy the gear I worked months in game getting, that's what would make me un-happy. Thank god their not, their letting people buy stuff that is purely for show.

Jumping off a bridge? I think your finding your self in agreeance with what I'm saying about no, just because other people are using the cash shop dosn't mean you have too. It's completely optional and separate from your experience.

[Tupsi]

I don't know what I find more appalling, the fact that SE is actually doing this, or the fact that there are people who actually seem happy about it. First of all, adding a cash shop is a big slap in the face

The grand majority of you were begging SE to add purchasable Fantasias and extra retainers and even complained when you could only buy a limited amount. Did you suddenly forget about that?