Anyone Pro cash shop?

[Eggnook24]

I've seen numerous threads on the negative aspects, but any positives that might come out of this?

[TessaJalloh]

i am. Always have been. There's nothing wrong with offering optional services for a little extra money. their announced prices are a fraction of competetors too.

[Ilitsa]

I personally see no bad to come of it, the existence of a cash shop does not automatically result in the non-existence of in-game additions. Yes, they'll likely add more minions and mounts as time goes on, as well as vanity stuff (like last year's Halloween goods), but that doesn't automatically mean that they'll never add anything directly into the game as well. I welcome anything that generates as much revenue as possible for this team, because that makes the game thrive, no matter what. Even if it "goes to just line their pockets" that's profit either way, and that shows SE that people WANT to play this game, and that is a GOOD thing.

[Budi]

None. There isn't anything positive about it, unless you have way too much money, and buying the items with real money is more enjoyable to you, than actually playing the game and earning them.

[Riepah]

Some people will tell you that the income from the cash shop will make the game better for everyone.

Personally, I think those people just don't realize that the stuff they're buying from the cash shop was made using our subscription money and should have been put in the game for us to aquire in the first place, not sold for more money. From now on, some development hours will flow into making minions, mounts etc. for sale in the cash shop, hours that would have otherwise flown into making minions, mounts etc. for us to earn in-game.
So far, I felt like paying our subscription granted us access to everything the game had to offer. Well, not anymore, now.

[DefendPopPunk]

More vanity options. Not having them take up spots on loot tables for mobs, recipes for crafters, drops from chests etc etc they can go nuts and have a ton of different options.

More money for SE? If it helps them stay in the black, well, they continue to exist, put out products, and we continue to consume their products. Everyone wins?

Obtain missable items. Quit for a few months and missed those events? Well, now you don't have to wait a year for the event to roll around again to pick those items up.

Don't play much but still want some cool looking minions? Well, you don't have to spend what little time you play earning gil to buy that minion for 10 million gil. Just 5 dollars.

Same for mounts and other vanity items, I suppose.

Less crafting recipes is a *good* thing, now?

Well, we don't know what kind of limitations they have on the backend when it comes to how many recipes they can actually create/store for each class. Just saying, it's potentially a benefit.


disclaimer: These are just the pros I could think of. I don't support the idea of a cash shop, but I'm not blind to the fact that there are pros/cons to almost everything in life.

[Riepah]

Not having them take up spots on loot tables for mobs, recipes for crafters, drops from chests etc etc they can go nuts and have a ton of different options.

Less crafting recipes is a *good* thing, now?

[Ilitsa]

Some people will tell you that the income from the cash shop will make the game better for everyone.

Personally, I think those people just don't realize that the stuff they're buying from the cash shop was made using our subscription money and should have been put in the game for us to aquire in the first place, not sold for more money. From now on, some development hours will flow into making minions, mounts etc. for sale in the cash shop, hours that would have otherwise flown into making minions, mounts etc. for us to earn in-game.
So far, I felt like paying our subscription granted us access to everything the game had to offer. Well, not anymore, now.

Wrong. Subscription fee -only- pays for your access to the servers of the game. It does not entitle you to anything more than their game, and the patch updates. Are you going to attack them for making you buy Heavensward as well?

Less crafting recipes is a *good* thing, now?

I don't even see the point of the "less crafting" You can't craft the ghost costumes anyways.

[Riepah]

Wrong. Subscription fee -only- pays for your access to the servers of the game. It does not entitle you to anything more than their game, and the patch updates. Are you going to attack them for making you buy Heavensward as well?

I take it you consider yourself lucky that they don't ask us to pay for every patch, hmm? It's so kind of SE to provide us with patches and content free of charge.

[Merylx]

i am. Always have been. There's nothing wrong with offering optional services for a little extra money. their announced prices are a fraction of competetors too.

May I ask where I can find this info? For example, how much will they be charging us for the Sleipnir mount?