New Mogstation Items (Magitek mount recolours inc.)

[DragonSlayer45]

News flash: Just because its "optional" doesn't mean it can't be obtained in game through some means. This could have easily been attainable in the Gold Saucer, some trial, or through achievements. Square Enix is sliding across a very slippery slope. I can't wait for glamour gear to disappear entirely from the game and be cash shop exclusive from now on.

[ViolaKruger]

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents since I heard a mention of SWTOR's "cash shop"!

My partner and I played SWTOR for about two years, and then left it for this game when they announced their new expansion, KOFTE, was story, single player focused.

Anyways, in the time that we played, glamour was a lot of fun. Admittedly, my partner loved the glamour items, however it is very, very different there from this cash shop.

In SWTOR, there is the cartel market. You purchase packs that give you 5 items usually, but only 3 of those are actually armor, weapons, minions, or mounts. Now, they separated everything via a rarity scale. This makes it so you can get complete garbage, or one ultra rare item. Well, RNG is a troll, so it is very, very difficult to get an ultra rare from a pack. So many people, including friends I had, spent hundreds of dollars every couple of weeks to buy packs in hopes to get their items. If they didn't get what they wanted, they could potentially sell some items on the market to get in game currency. However this further perpetuated the RMT situation. It got so bad, that one of my friends got banned for trying to sell an item in trade chat.

Anyways, apologies for the rant.

TL;DR: MMOs are trending towards cash shop items. It is unfortunate, but I am happy to see that I can directly purchase the item I want without depending on RNG or spending millions of gil on the marketboard. I am happy they are still adding things to gold saucer, but if I miss an event, I am more than happy to spend the money to get an item. It is a "punishment" of sorts.

[seraf]

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The thing is that you will not make everyone happy no matter what.

If you add the Mounts to Trials then you get people who complain about RNG and how they never win their rolls or see the drops.

If you add it to the Gold Saucer then you get people who complain that 1 Million MGP is too expensive and that they will never be able to grind enough to afford it.

If you add it as an Achievement similar to the Parade Chocobo or Gilded Magitek then you get people who complain that they never get commendations because they're a DPS or something.

If you gate them behind content like PVP which is very unpopular then you will get people who complain about being forced to do content that they don't enjoy just for a mount.

What is SE supposed to do?