Quote Originally Posted by RaquelleAvarosa View Post
In my honest opinion, when I was being sold Final Fantasy XIV, I see it as a game, that is the product I was sold, whether I play it only to get all the vanity items or not is secondary as the game wasn't sold or marketed to you that way so anything else other than access to the game and its content released in periodic patches are what I'd consider as optional.

If a player claims that he/she only plays the game for vanity and therefore being a customer, he/she should have it all, then what happens to a player who can never clear FCoB but yet yearns for a piece of armor from FCoB (for the looks) and as a paying customer with vanity as my core gameplay style, I should be able to have the item too! and as you can see, there will be no end to such an argument.
That player has every chance of getting into FCoB as every other player though. That $15 a month puts all players on equal footing and the same chance as everyone else to get that content. Have we forgot that the point of a game is the journey to get to the end as well as the items? Your argument is saying that a minion collector expects to be able to get every minion immediately or with no work. No, they know they will have to do some grinding for things like the Bluebird or Opopo minions. However they are given the same chance of getting that as every other player.... well until the cash shop which now not only means you got to pay more, but it doesn't even give a meaningful activity to get that item, it just plops it into your inventory. Grats you know how to use a credit card!