I want an official response.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

OK then. If they're optional, how about we take glamour away and put that in the cash shop? I mean, it's optional after all. Dyes? Optional. Unique armor models? Optional. Hairstyles? Optional. Coil? Optional. Extreme modes? Optional.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Nowhere fast.

The whingers tend to forget that they got almost a full year of content updates outside of what is usually saved for expansion packs, including new quests, stories, JOB, outfits, events, accessories, appearances, construction differences in Revenants Toll, raids, dungeons, minions, mounts, etc.

I'm not happy with some of the cash shop items, but I do understand that SE has been generous with a year full of content for no cost to me apart from ongoing subscription - which btw, pays for my character to remain active and recieve Game-fixes, it does not entitle me to any of the things i listed above.

They put a few items up that aren't necessary to your game progression and won't negatively impact it what-so-ever, unless you're from one of the I-want-everything herds.

If people want to trade the eternal bond item for gil, it doesn't hurt you at all, nor does it hurt the economy, the exchange will inevitably (unlike rmt) normalise through market tax and vendor payments.

TBH, i don't think people here actually understand what does and doesn't hurt economies, Money sitting in peoples bank is money that is stagnant and not moving.

[silentwindfr]

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exept for 14 month as legacy i did pay 139 euro (more or less) with my subs, the price of 2 to 3 full game, do the content added cover this much? not really
do i underestimate the work done? nope
do i feel stealed to see content developped with the subs end in the cash shop? totally!
do i feel they haven't used our subs for solve most of the trouble? yes, before ff14 the company was in the red and after the release of the game they have begin or restart the production of a lot of game... where do you think this money did come from?
do it's yoshida and him team fault? sadly no! they are employee, even if yoshida is producer/director, he is still an employee, he can only do with what SE give him.
do i think that SE is affecting the futur of FF14 because of them choice? totally! and when i say SE i'm not thinking to yoshida and him team. i think the people at the head of the SE lack the knowledge and understanding needed for support a mmorpg and see it like a game on mobile (we can feel it in the financial report, since FF14 is placed in the same category than the game on mobile and ios *sighs*)

the trouble lie here, the marketing team and financial part of SE affect badly what FF14 is becoming, even the fact that we need to go in the mog station for the free version of the eternal binding is a way to advertise for the cash shop...

[Squa11_Leonhart]

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i broke down your argument.