Cash shop confirmed

[Dhex]

If you paid the additional 50$ for an OST that's the same as what you have in the game and got a unique minion for it - it's a-ok.

If you just wanna toss 2$ on a unique minion/mount it's bad.

(???)


I think the old event gear being cash shop is just to eliminate vendor and event quest bloat as time progresses - and to make the events free to have a little more of that "one-time-only" participation impact.

[Amaret]

Feel free to read some of the posts in the thread and you might begin to understand.

"I don't have moneyz for Sleipnir" "I'm gonna leave beacause i see the paywall now not like they already did it with cd's" "The next patches only will be for Cash Shop!" "ITS GONNA BE F2P IN FEW MONTHS, I CALL IT NOW!1!!1!11" "It's going to be p2w!" "I pay 12 bucks, the Dev's life belongs to me".

Thats what i read.

[Barboron]

Wow. Do you guys rly believe the 12 bucks you pay in month only goes into development of ff xiv? just wow.

So the whole thing i get is, that ppl are getting buthurt about a vanity item behind a paywall? A thing which existed since day 1 (CE) in FFXIV?
Gonna be fun to see 90% complaining here running around with Sleipnir next week.

The difference with CE items, artbook, plush moogle and so on is that you get something physical too. Also, considering the CE was also the launch of the game so it would have been initial funding since they wouldn't have had subscriptions. But now we are actually paying them on a monthly basis. SE are throwing out that big 2.5million players number, not us. I would be inclined to believe that's not true though but it's their number.

"I don't have moneyz for Sleipnir" "I'm gonna leave beacause i see the paywall now not like they already did it with cd's" "The next patches only will be for Cash Shop!" "ITS GONNA BE F2P IN FEW MONTHS, I CALL IT NOW!1!!1!11" "It's going to be p2w!" "I pay 12 bucks, the Dev's life belongs to me".

Thats what i read.

If that's all you read, then you are not very business orientated. A cash shop proves to be of huge potential for vanity items. If you are going to reply with the "oh, it's just vanity" then you are leaving it safe to assume that the only thing you see doing in this game is raids. Yoshi-p mentioned in previous live letters end-game includes more than raids, it's crafting, gathering, and any other content beyond the concluded story line. To me, this includes vanity items.

Want to say that it's optional? Well....so is coil. Forums are optional too, how about we charge €1 per post?

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

"I don't have moneyz for Sleipnir".

"I dont have times for farm".

[IveraIvalice]

"I don't have moneyz for Sleipnir" "I'm gonna leave beacause i see the paywall now not like they already did it with cd's" "The next patches only will be for Cash Shop!" "ITS GONNA BE F2P IN FEW MONTHS, I CALL IT NOW!1!!1!11" "It's going to be p2w!" "I pay 12 bucks, the Dev's life belongs to me".

Thats what i read.

Learn to read

[DenariusJay]

The ONLY thing that confuses me about all this is that all this stuff about cash shops has already existed in this game. Ya'll make some convincing points but I think your about a year too late. Retainers is already teetering on the P2W'ish side and fantasia has been around too. You can buy CE's and the OST to get extra stuff not attainable any other way in the game.

It's already here, its been here. Why the sudden QQ?

[Amaret]

Learn to read

Aww, okay, where is the point i missed?

[tocsin]

"I don't have moneyz for Sleipnir" "I'm gonna leave beacause i see the paywall now not like they already did it with cd's" "The next patches only will be for Cash Shop!" "ITS GONNA BE F2P IN FEW MONTHS, I CALL IT NOW!1!!1!11" "It's going to be p2w!" "I pay 12 bucks, the Dev's life belongs to me".

Thats what i read.

I wish I could upvote this more. it is useless complaining. actually, the main reason why its going to now 900 posts, is because people who actually want to support the game further than their "server access fee" and their one time payment for all content available at patch 2.0 with real world money that can be useful instead of claiming support with "Play Time" keep supporting it, much to the chagrin of anti-capitalists.

[mekia]

If they put the new race behind a paywall, you would be so willing to accept it? Whats the diference between a race or a mount, both are just "vanity" so it shouldnt be a problem. But it is, why? because is content, and content is supposed to go in the game, not a cash shop. The problem is not the cash shop itself, selling vanity gear, minions and mounts? perfect. But only when they are in game already, cash shop exclusive are a problem.

tbh all i read is "i don't have the money to spend on a mount QQ". And those idea's you bring forward are ridiculous. Cash shop works fine in other game people accepted it and fine. And your "IF they" or "MAYBE they" wont fly because you just put the extreme on to this which wont happen. Either buy it or don't.
Not even Blizzard after so many years with cash shop have added nothing but Mounts and some stupid helmets.

[mekia]

Learn to read

Maybe learn to understand and not just close yourself up and huddle up in a corner.