Cash shop confirmed

[Orbiaus]

so buying an item with rl money isnt earning it? what?

You guys are overreacting. They arent suddenly putting all content into the cash shop.

No it's not earning it.

[RiverTams]

No it's not earning it.

Pretty sure I earned my sub by leaving my home to go to work. So if I buy a cash shop item, I damn well earned it.

Unless you have your parents pay your sub then you wouldnt understand that spending money when you actually work for it is actually something you earned.

[Orbiaus]

Pretty sure I earned my sub by leaving my home to go to work. So if I buy a cash shop item, I damn well earned it.

Unless you have your parents pay your sub then you wouldnt understand that spending money when you actually work for it is actually something you earned.

No you bought the item. You didn't earn it.

[RiverTams]

No you bought the item. You didn't earn it.

I bought the item because I earned it by working in real life. Like you would earn your playstation, or pc, or monthly sub to play ffxiv. I have hope you're a little smarter than this. right?

[Orbiaus]

I bought the item because I earned it by working in real life. Like you would earn your playstation, or pc, or monthly sub to play ffxiv. I have hope you're a little smarter than this. right?

They should sell level 50 characters and gil too! Since spending money means you earned it right? Who needs to do coil either! They should sell the raid gear, you went to work, you earned it!

[ShinigamiZero]

They should sell level 50 characters and gil too! Since spending money means you earned it right? Who needs to do coil either! They should sell the raid gear, you went to work, you earned it!

Exactly how I feel about what was said lol

[Edli]

I bought the item because I earned it by working in real life.

C'mon now, you can't be serious. Achievements in a game shouldn't be affected by whatever riches you have in life. They're games, there is a fairness to it like in every game. It doesn't matter if you are rich, poor, white, black, blue, male, female. In a game all that is irrelevant. Earning something in a game means becoming good at it and getting it by playing. What you're saying is I earned something in the game because I have money.
Who knew those crappy facebook games would have such an impact on the whole gaming industry. Earning stuff in a game because you can pay with money XD

[RiverTams]

C'mon now, you can't be serious. Achievements in a game shouldn't be affected by whatever riches you have in life. They're games, there is a fairness to it like in every game. It doesn't matter if you are rich, poor, white, black, blue, male, female. In a game all that is irrelevant. Earning something in a game means becoming good at it and getting it by playing. What you're saying is I earned something in the game because I have money.
Who knew those crappy facebook games would have such an impact on the whole gaming industry. Earning stuff in a game because you can pay with money XD

Actually if it wasnt because of real life riches you wouldnt be able to achieve anything in the game, nor even have a character. (Pretty sure your sub, your system, internet, home etc, costs ACTUAL REAL LIFE MONEY)

Do I still need to further explain myself something as simple as to why i earned an item I bought with real life money?

fyi I don't even own a facebook, bad assumption I am that kind of customer.

[Edli]

(Pretty sure your sub, your system, internet, home etc, costs ACTUAL REAL LIFE MONEY)

That is what you earn for your money. You earn the game itself. What is inside the game though is earned only through gameplay mechanisms which ignores whatever position in life the player has. The game has its own rules and you earn stuff by becoming better at the game. In chess doesn't matter if on one side is a king and on the other a peasant. The rules are the same for everyone. That is the difference which you don't get apparently. Or at least that is how it used to be before facebook games showed to everyone that games can be used to exploit the collecting nature of gamers to milk them more. I didn't imply that you play facebook games, I meant those were the ones that started this trend for everyone else to follow.

[tocsin]

No you bought the item. You didn't earn it.

If I could press a dislike button, I would. I work in real life to pay for my sub, and any items I want. I earned that $5.

I'm not saying I should be able to put money to get ahead of hard work. but if paying money earns me a pretty little odin pony, which doesn't make me any more powerful than I was before, then who should say I cant?

I do however support them being accessible in game. maybe a atma sized drop rate.