Cash shop confirmed

[Nemhy]

There are a few concerns that I have regarding this new system. Not going to campaign against this decision since I'm fairly certain this will not be just scrapped. However, there is something that can be added that I (and many of my peers) would appreciate and be more accepting of this system.

Stuff like the Sleipnir Mount (hell ANY future mounts, really), minions not yet in the game, cosmetic clothing should NOT BE CASH SHOP EXCLUSIVE. Either make them rare drops/recipes in the game, or utilize the Veteran Rewards! As it stands, majority of the vet rewards past the Behemoth mount are pretty underwhelming! It's a great way to reward long time subscribers who may not have the disposable income to shell out cash in bursts. Would also fit the theme of the Vet rewards being cosmetic/visually nice goodies!

Now here is where things become mostly hypothetical! If you are not interested in such talk, then you don't need to read anything else. Lets say the Cash Shop comes out premium looking gear/mounts (they have more particle effect ect). Close to the same, or maybe even a bit better visually than something released via crating recipe or rare drop. Myself (and a few others I'm sure) find it very demotivating/disheartening to invest gil, (whether it be melds to get rare materials or what) and time spent grinding into items that can be easily one-upped by someone with a deeper IRL wallet. Yes, it's purely cosmetic items but there's no way I feel alone in thinking this! Please don't go down this route ever please, terrible way of doing things ESPECIALLY FOR THE P2P GAME.

Going to end this with a very well said quote. Awareness of such a potential practice needs to be known by all players spending their hard earned money to play this game.

From now on during the development process this will be a constant question. Do we make this item available in game, or shall we just sell it to the players?