Cash shop and the situation with the game.

[TiaHariberux3]

Better be glad that u can get some event stuff on cash shop or don't put it on mogstation and cry that u cant get it. "seasonal" is like it says seasonal I would love to buy the lightning hairstyle but yea just my opinion. Stuff gets rarely added to cash shop so why do people complain. Fact is there are enough ppl who like it (like myself) so SE won't change anything. It doesn't matter what SE does since u cant make everyone happy that's life.

[Maikeru]

Do you have any evidence to back up that it's good for us? I don't think you have seen me post saying that it's the reason people quit lol. But ofc i can tell you that it's also not a reason to make you stay or make the game more attractive for new players.

I mean, you're the one who created the thread whining about it, stating it was bad for the game. You should provide the data instead. Delily didn't even say "it's good for the game", so he's not making any assumptions based on his own opinion. If people state stuff, they should back it up with some data. Otherwise, that would lead me to think:

This thread, however, just comes across as "I want Odin's mount really bad but don't want to pay for it!"

That she's right.

[Vejjiegirl]

People are saying we should be thankful that they're not ramming us up the ass with double loot drops, thankful that it's not happening in a P2P game... Absolutely pathetic.

I wouldn't be surprised if they add something like EXP+ Potions or something of that nature in the future.
People would argue that getting more exp to level up jobs isn't pay to win since it doesn't help clear end game raids.

It's the same argument people made for extra retainer services. 8 Retainers lets you sell more items on the market board a total of 160 items at once. Not only that but you can also send all 8 retainers out on retainer ventures at once getting venture items faster, Shards, Minions, Leather etc.

Do you need to buy something in the cash shop to access raids? Or certain jobs? Or to pass a certain job allowed cap? Do you need to change your race in order to play the game? Does that Halloween robe in the store give you this advantage I missed? I'm sure the mount must be faster, right?

In case my point is missed, the cash shop is with 100% items that can in no way give you an advantage over another player. Oh look, you bought the mount. Cool, it's the same speed as every other mount. No advantage. Oh you bought the event clothes. Sweet you can look like that. Did it give you +50 INT? Nupe. Oh look you're a kitty, now an Au Ra, now a Lalafell, all in the same day. Did this make you above everyone else? I don't think so.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...xtra_retainer/

In my opinion Extra retainers is pay to win since if you pay more you can get more.

We are hopefully making a step in the right direction in 3.1 with the Tradeable dyes coming. Hopefully these will be obtainable in game. If they end up being Cash only then people will probably try to exploit it like they did with the Wedding Plans.
(Buying them with real cash and selling them in game for outrageous amounts of Gil).

As for the Scion Costumes My thoughts below and warning 3.0 Story Spoilers

I really hope the reason they "killed" off the scions in 2.55 wasn't so they could redesign all of their hairstyles and clothes like they did with Y'shtola just to sell it on the cash shop.

[Reignald]

I get why they added a cash shop and it's not going anywhere. But if nothing else, I can at least appreciate they haven't gone too crazy with it. Outside of old holiday things, they've been pretty restrained with how much and how often they add unique things to it.

[Rose-Wild]

Let he who has not bought from the cash shop cast the first Stone III.

When I see people complain about the cash shop I like to look them up on the lodestone and look at how many cash shop minions and things they have from it. Hypocritical people on the internet make me laugh. Love they forget you can look them up.

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1568987/

I only have a wedding chocobo and i din't pay anything for it. The player i'm bonded with decided to give that to me as a xmas present. As much as i think my ideals are important i wouldn't cause drama over a videogame cash shop by rejecting a present from a good friend.

If i could choose i wouldn't have a cash shop at all, but if we had to have it then the only thing that can maybe be justified atm is the seasonal items.
You could argue that they use the money they get to make it different every year. Everything else does make the game worst because it makes other content less rewarding. And that's what makes it bad. If people can't understand this then they din't read my post.

[Rose-Wild]

Better be glad that u can get some event stuff on cash shop or don't put it on mogstation and cry that u cant get it. "seasonal" is like it says seasonal I would love to buy the lightning hairstyle but yea just my opinion. Stuff gets rarely added to cash shop so why do people complain. Fact is there are enough ppl who like it (like myself) so SE won't change anything. It doesn't matter what SE does since u cant make everyone happy that's life.

Flash news. You probably don't know this because like most of the people defending this stuff you joined the game recently but i have been here since release and before ALL the old seasonal items would still be there for the next year.

You could just buy them from the vendor. At some point in 2014 they added the cash shop and stopped giving them for free.

[Jijifli]

Do you need to buy something in the cash shop to access raids? Or certain jobs? Or to pass a certain job allowed cap? Do you need to change your race in order to play the game? Does that Halloween robe in the store give you this advantage I missed? I'm sure the mount must be faster, right?

In case my point is missed, the cash shop is with 100% items that can in no way give you an advantage over another player. Oh look, you bought the mount. Cool, it's the same speed as every other mount. No advantage. Oh you bought the event clothes. Sweet you can look like that. Did it give you +50 INT? Nupe. Oh look you're a kitty, now an Au Ra, now a Lalafell, all in the same day. Did this make you above everyone else? I don't think so.

[Canadane]

Now after 5 months without new content everyone should be really concerned about this kind of stuff. If anything we should be getting all that as an appology for delaying the content so much.

The 5 month time was planned. There has been no delay.

[Delily]

Everything else does make the game worst because it makes other content less rewarding. And that's what makes it bad. If people can't understand this then they din't read my post.

Really? So the fact that I can buy Bomb Earrings in the cash shop somehow makes getting the ilvl 210 sword (which I don't have) less rewarding? The accomplishment of clearing A4S is lessened because I can buy Sleipnir?

[Rose-Wild]

Really? So the fact that I can buy Bomb Earrings in the cash shop somehow makes getting the ilvl 210 sword (which I don't have) less rewarding? The accomplishment of clearing A4S is lessened because I can buy Sleipnir?

Read my post. Ty.