Microtransactions are here to stay. And they are a good thing.

[DefendPopPunk]

And you have no proof that formerly free things were "held back" to put them behind a paywall.

I could be wrong but the sleipnir mount was in-game since 2.0.

Also, the wedding mount was shown off way before the cash shop was announced, so it was being worked on for quite some time, if that matters at all. *shrug*

Do you think people sit around and research Final Fantasy 14 like some of you, or maybe just skim the forums briefly every couple days? TO ME, who conforms to the latter, it sounds like you're a little jealous about the craftsmanship the OP put into the first post in this thread.

I mean, you only posted to say: boring, been done, you're stupid. Just sayin.

What. The. Hell.

No, I don't think that. Also, assumptions are nice, I guess. No, I'm not jealous. And the word craftsmanship is being used a little loosely here, it seems. I'm just saying, there have been quite a few threads about this in the past, where a lot of crap he's saying has already been said. In fact, he's been saying these same things in the threads that are currently active in the first page of general forums, Mr. Non-researcher (I guess?). Which leads me to wonder why he felt those replies he already posted deserved a thread of their own.

Lastly, I don't recall saying the OP was stupid but thanks for putting words in my mouth. That's always fun. Just sayin.

[Jynx]

I could be wrong but the sleipnir mount was in-game since 2.0.

You are not wrong.

Odin has been able to morph race to match the player race that killed him last, easilly implemented as a mount so much as I doubt much or any work really went into it. This is the first and most prime example of how easy it is for the company to cut content that was perfectly feasable to add to the game without a price tag.

It's been a killer to the argument that they wont cut content from the game to set it behind the cash shop paywall.