Cash shop confirmed

[myahele]

Agreed, not many people wanted cash shops. Maybe ease up on RNG drops for crafts/ gathering.What really got my attention was how we could buy the other scion minions. Its kinda obvious that they were developed for the anniversary event.

Sleipnir would've probably be a rare drop fro Odin EX. Makes me think the new dyes will probably be in the cash shops.

[WizardShotTheFood]

Someone please explain to me what meaningful difference can be said to exist between any of the following for purposes of "S-E is selling purely cosmetic stuff to make money and that is bad because of Reasons":

1.) Adding an ingame minion code to a $50 soundtrack.
2.) Giving the moogle costume to people who spend $20 on the Fanfest premium stream.
3.) Straight-up selling a minion for $5.

[ValkyrieL]

they need to allow odin mount to be obtainable IN-GAME. I'm very disappointed with this new additions to shop.
The community needs to realize that this is the FIRST step on a future trend. if Odin mount is cash shop exclusive than expect a LOT more cash shop mounts.

[CYoung187]

Please people, do not buy these options, it will only encourage SE to expand their cash shop. Please do not buy.

This is greedy as hell.

[saeedaisspecial]

There really isn't even any argument against this other than: I pay a sub. I don't want it.

Good. So do I. If you really can't break the bank to get a mount for a one time purchase of $19.99 (by Blizzard numbers), then save. Don't want to save? Not my problem. People just want to play the selfish card and be all: "I worked hard for this, it's mine to show off". Offer it to everyone for an optional payment (And a really minor one at that. Really.) and they flip.

It doesn't hurt anything. So long as nothing game breaking goes in there, or the stuff doesn't have a timer, why not? Everyone is free to use it. "I don't want it, just because" it really a stupid excuse.

You are so missing the point it's painful, this has nothing to do with wanting to show off hard work and lord it over others.
The thing that is wrong is that there will be cash shop exclusive items. How the heck can you argue that people against a cash shop are selfish when the alternative (which you're defending) is even worse since no one even gets an opportunity to work for anything?

[Lexia]

Unless I missed it I didn't see half this much complaining when SE locked extra retainers behind a paywall.

[Asierid]

You are so missing the point it's painful, this has nothing to do with wanting to show off hard work and lord it over others.
The thing that is wrong is that there will be cash shp exclusive items. How the heck can you argue that people against a cash shop are selfish when the alternative (which you're defending) is even worse since no one even worked for anything?

Go ahead and buy it then? Hell, I'll even gift you one myself since its easy.

It's exclusive the same way the EX mounts are, you don't see people who still haven't touched an EX complaining about your content, leave theirs alone.

[WizardShotTheFood]

Please people, do not buy these options, it will only encourage SE to expand their cash shop. Please do not buy.

This is greedy as hell.

Buy everything that I don't already have. Got it.

[saber_alter]

Someone please explain to me what meaningful difference can be said to exist between any of the following for purposes of "S-E is selling purely cosmetic stuff to make money and that is bad because of Reasons":

1.) Adding an ingame minion code to a $50 soundtrack.
2.) Giving the moogle costume to people who spend $20 on the Fanfest premium stream.
3.) Straight-up selling a minion for $5.

there isn't. people are complaining about it because its a cash shop in a p2p model and they assume that its set in stone that no p2p model is allowed to have a cash shop.

if i were in yoshi-p's shoes, i would give this the okay as well. there is money to be made in a non p2w additional content shop filled with cool stuff.

[Quesse]

Hate the idea of a cash shop of any kind.

Crappy personal housing implementation was the first straw, this is the second. One more stupid decision like this and I'm probably done for good.