Cash shop confirmed

[Shikiseki]

The sad part is actually that we won't be able to stop it at this point unless people make big riots on every server or something.

[Starlord]

The sad part is actually that we won't be able to stop it at this point unless people make big riots on every server or something.

The way this 1 thread is going, might is well call it a riot lol!

[Teirshin]

The sad part is actually that we won't be able to stop it at this point unless people make big riots on every server or something.

The only thing SE would understand clearly is subs tanking like an iron weight into the Marianas trench....

... but people are both too addicted to the game and too attached to the characters they've invested thousands of hours into in order to abandon it all to make a protest of that magnitude.

And even if 10% of the subs quit, the remaining players who buy anything and everything the cash shop offers will make up the difference, and then some.

[Miya_Carbuncle]

The only thing SE would understand clearly is subs tanking like an iron weight into the Marianas trench....

... but people are both too addicted to the game and too attached to the characters they've invested thousands of hours into in order to abandon it all to make a protest of that magnitude.

And even if 10% of the subs quit, the remaining players who buy anything and everything the cash shop offers will make up the difference, and then some.

It'd also be very silly to quit for something that doesn't affect you at all in-game.

[IveraIvalice]

It'd also be very silly to quit for something that doesn't affect you at all in-game.

It doesn't affect you, clearly. But it affects the rest of us. I have to ask, did you at least read the recent pages?
Things that available only in the cash shop and not in game affect everyone. It is not a simple "if you don't like it don't use it" because it's something that we don't get anymore that would have been in the game. Where our monthly subscription fee would have allowed us to obtain these items through playing the game we no longer can and can only get them through paying more money.
Clearly vanity items to you mean nothing and everyone else shouldn't care about them either because the core of the game is still there and it's not pay to win.
But the way you play =/= everyone else's. Many people play to collect these things and to do everything BUT fight in dungeons or do raids or get gear.

[Miya_Carbuncle]

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Uh, if you care so much about them, I honestly don't know why you can't be bothered to save some money on the side to pay for them. :l Honestly though, to completely quit the entire game over something that just stands around and looks cute while you craft or something seems silly to me.

I certainly plan on saving a bit on the side for the mog plushie, personally. I think it's a sweet deal to get both an adorable plushie and a minion out of it. *shrug*

Though those players would've quit a loooong time ago when the CE and sountrack minions were released if they're so passionate about collecting them all without paying extra. Heck, one minion is pre-order only and is no longer available.

[IveraIvalice]

Uh, if you care so much about them, I honestly don't know why you can't be bothered to save some money on the side to pay for them. :l Honestly though, to completely quit the entire game over something that just stands around and looks cute while you craft or something seems silly to me.

Because we shouldn't have to now use more money on anything. For 4 years this game has been out and we got these items through playing and we got access to everything released because we pay a subscription few. Now that's been downgraded to only cover the basics and if we want more we have to pay more. That's not right.aybe it's fine in other games but when a company blatantly tried to take as much money from me as possible I don't support them. The game was not failing so this is not a tactic to survive, this is simply greed.

Wether they change it back or not, it's a plus for the company and a negative for everyone who plays. And lowers my respect for the company

[Miya_Carbuncle]

Because we shouldn't have to now use more money on anything. For 4 years this game has been out and we got these items through playing and we got access to everything released because we pay a subscription few. Now that's been downgraded to only cover the basics and if we want more we have to pay more. That's not right.aybe it's fine in other games but when a company blatantly tried to take as much money from me as possible I don't support them. The game was not failing so this is not a tactic to survive, this is simply greed.

Wether they change it back or not, it's a plus for the company and a negative for everyone who plays. And lowers my respect for the company

...Do I really have to repeat myself to you? Nothing has changed. There have been both free and paid for minions since launch. Also, you're taking this waaay too personally and you seem to be forgetting that this is in fact a company with huge game budgets and large staff.

[Teirshin]

It'd also be very silly to quit for something that doesn't affect you at all in-game.

...yet.

The fact that they arent selling P2W yet doesnt mean they wont, and do you honestly believe SE isnt going to sell anything and everything they can to make more money?

Even if they somehow avoid that path, whenever they come up with something nice, they'll have a choice of making it earnable in game, or sell it for cash on the shop... Gee, I wonder which one the bean counters will push for.....

Its a bad move, period, and bodes ill.

[Miya_Carbuncle]

...yet.

The fact that they arent selling P2W yet doesnt mean they wont, and do you honestly believe SE isnt going to sell anything and everything they can to make more money?

Even if they somehow avoid that path, whenever they come up with something nice, they'll have a choice of making it earnable in game, or sell it for cash on the shop... Gee, I wonder which one the bean counters will push for.....

Its a bad move, period, and bodes ill.

*hands you a tinfoil hat*

I don't see any proof backing up your statement. SE seems to care much more about their game and the customers a heck of a lot more than other MMOs I've played. Yes, they are a company trying to be successful (oh no), but that doesn't automatically mean they'rte going to go overboard with it.