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Quote Originally Posted by Gunspec View Post
I'm ok with optional items to a point. The first store item I remember in WoW was a minion, the first month proceeds of which were donated to the make-a-wish foundation, which Blizzard had collaborated with multiple times in this past. That was a nice touch, and the pets and mounts that followed were gradual and unique enough that it didn't seem like they were deliberately making cuts from the base game. It was only around 4 or 5 years ago that they went mad with power.

FFXIV started by introducing a Slepnir store mount at the SAME TIME they introduced an Odin battle. While not as hard as the previous primal extreme fights, Odin was the first primal not to drop a themed mount, despite being the only primal that road a mount. That felt like something that deserved to be in the base game, in my opinion, and is the main reason I've hesitated to embrace the new stuff that has appeared on the mogstation.
The Odin mount is the only thing that I don't like being in there.

It would've been much better being a drop in the Odin trial, or even given as reason to do the Odin fate, which many people have no reason to do anymore.

Old event items however and the minions, I have no problem with. Same goes for anything original that is added, which they are really lacking. Sleipnir just left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouth.