Anyone Pro cash shop?

[Fizzie]

Wasn't this meant to be a thing today? o.O

[Welsper59]

"their game"

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I.. just... c'mon really? You really don't see it?

Also, Heavensward is not small bits of mounts and vanity, its a massive content dump and next chapter/stage of a story that could be standalone. Of course it'll be blended in with our current main story but its focus is on Ishgard and its war, not what we just did/been doing during vanilla.

Maybe it's because I just skimmed it or something, but I'm not seeing whatever is wrong that required you to point out "their game". Is it supposed to be "my game" or something? Because... that would be wrong...

[Amberion]

Some people are just way too salty. As long as the purchasable items don't interfere with the gameplay in any way I'll be happy.

Who's gameplay? Or are you saying that everyone plays for the same reasons you do?

As long as they continue to add hairstyles/glamour items in-game the way they have so far and use the cash shop on top of that, I think people will calm down and get over it. I'm pro cash shop but I'd hate to see every new glamour/hair/dye/etc go there.

So, as long as they have similar items in-game, it's ok? How about an exclusive instance? There are after all other instances with other gear/items. And not everyone plays for the instances.

[Violyre]

As soon as they announced it, I just thought "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

So while all these complaints happen and people quit because of something they can easily ignore, I will sit in town with my Y'shtola minion before I take off on my Slepnir mount.

[Naelle]

Who's gameplay? Or are you saying that everyone plays for the same reasons you do?



So, as long as they have similar items in-game, it's ok? How about an exclusive instance? There are after all other instances with other gear/items. And not everyone plays for the instances.

I'm not sure if you're serious. Having the option to buy a hairstyle in a cash shop isn't hurting anyone. Selling content (read: dungeons/quests/primals/etc) and hair/glamour costumes/face paint are completely different.

[Cynfael]

There are so many Chicken Littles spouting wild-ass assumptions about the vanity cash shop and prattling on about how it's going to devour the game's soul that it's a miracle the forums haven't crashed under the unmitigated tide of bitching and caterwauling.

It's this simple:

If, following the cash shop's release, there is a corresponding reduction of new vanity items introduced to the game in comparison to previous patches while the cash shop inventory grows, by all means raise a stink. It may or may not change their business direction, but there'll at least be a point to be made.

If the game continues to be updated as usual and player-crafted glamours continue to be in demand despite additions to the cash shop, then there probably wasn't anything to get worked about in that regard.

If future cash shop additions turn out to be mostly legacy content or existing premium content (e.g. Moogle Attire, Loyalty cosmetics) made available in another way, then it will be hard to claim that "prepaid" development time is being diverted for this purpose.

Basically there are a lot of ifs, so it would be nice if people left their silly slippery slope arguments and other nonsense at the door and just waited to see what's coming before taking up arms, celebrating, or continuing not to care much either way.

[Kimikryo]

AAAAAAALL this QQing about a shop that sells ingame items.

This "you have to earn it" ... stop it.. no stop it.. what is wrong with you. "Earn it" for Special minions and mounts?
Are you guys just whining in hope someone offers you cheese and crackers?

In which world do you life that "Buying a mount or a minion" equals Pay to win? You dont win anything by that but a minion or mount that is as usefull as every other non companion chocobo or minion ... not at all, it just looks different.

You don't want it? dont use it.

You are NOT entitled to get a free Yshtola minion, you are not entitled to get a Sleipnir mount.

I wouldn' buy the slepinir though .... missing several legs.

[Titor]

I love cash shops, for mounts and such. If there is a mount that I really like and want, I would rather work ~2 hours at ~minimum wage for a guaranteed mount that I could have that night instead of farming an extreme primal for hours and hours on end with a 1% drop rate rolling against 7 other people (also assuming that any farm group you get with is competent to run multiple times). You could run that primal 100 times flawlessly, get a 1% drop rate and only have a 1/8 chance of winning it. Then you do it another 100 times.
If you are super speedrunning and clear the primal in 5 minutes, 5*100=500/60 ~= 8 hours of farming for a statistically one time drop. This is also doing the same exact thing over and over.
At minimum wage (and assuming they go by WoW's pricing for mounts of ~20), you could have gotten around 4 mounts guaranteed in that time.

[Miya_Carbuncle]

I'm 100% for CS as long as it stick with vanity stuff, or if the in-game bonuses are very meager.

I just really, really hope certain vanity things don't become available there; even things I don't have. Examples include the legacy chocobo (despite the fact I really want one) and the cait sith minion. They should stick to being legacy and pre-order exclusives.

With that said I desperately hope they don't recycle previous pre-order goodies ever again. The PS4 was understandable because the PS3 kinda stinks for FFXIV, but I really don't want my kitty to be meaningless. You know? *pets kitty plushie*

[affenmensch]

+ on Pro Cash-Shop
+ on getting the Pets and the Odin Mount on rls date