So...about that white magitek mount

[Zari]

A lot of people here seem to think that them threatening to unsub will do something. They seem to forget that most of the population of the games barely, if ever, touches the forums, and I havent really seen anyone in game complaining about it and I've already seen a decent amount of the new magitek mounts. Most people in game really don't seem to care much and the minority (the forum goers) seem to think that the few of them possibly unsubbing (most of which wont actually) will do anything to change SE's mind

[Eidolon]

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there's really nothing to prove one way or another if the 'majority' agrees with those saying they'll let their sub lapse, or if the majority is happy and content doing content. As I said - there are plenty of games that have had the logic of "Let the whiners unsub! everything's perfect!" as they crashed and burned.

All I'd suggest is to show respect for the opinions of those who say it as such - don't disrespect them, because all you're doing is cutting your nose to spite your face.

With any luck, if people do unsub, and the reaction is drastic enough, then SE will fix the issue. If it's not a serious enough issue in SE's eyes, then they will keep going the way they are and if they ever DO push people away they'll eventually stop.

But I really hope this trend of disrespect for people stops.

[HReincarnate]

I honestly don't understand why everyone is salty about 2 mount recolours being sold for a meager $12

It's understandable really - Sleipneir alone made them over half a million dollars (28k+ people with the mount x the price...), if these sell anywhere close then that's worth more than any person that gets all bent out of shape and unsubs over this.

[h0tNstilettos]

The thing you NEED to understand is that it's not only OPTIONAL, it's that you pay for OPTIONAL stuff on a game with a monthly sub. Also, it's $12 for a reskin (and a reskin that existed in the game already for that model).

I don't think you get why many people prefer pay to play MMOs over free to play MMOs. It isn't because a monthly sub MMO is suppose to ensure that EVERYTHING is included in that and nothing in a cash shop. It's to ensure there's no pay to win items in a cash shop. That mount is not pay to win, nor is anything else in the cash shop of FFXIV, so SE is in no way obligated to include it with the monthly sub. Most free to play MMOs will actually have items in the shop that effect gameplay. Yeah, I get that you prefer everything to be included in the sub cost, as I'm sure all of us wish it was, but you made it sound like you are surprised that a non-pay to win item is in a cash shop in a sub-based MMO.

[CyrilLucifer]

I honestly don't understand why everyone is salty about 2 mount recolours being sold for a meager $12

Oh, it's understandable all right. Understandably and absurdly overpriced for a basic recolor that was already in-game since 2.0, that is.

[Houston009]

Yay, a $12 mount that may be used for a week and then quickly be forgotten!

[AkashiXI]

if this mount was farmable through CM, i bet tons of people would return to it to farm it

I disagree, I feel it'll go to the wayside. That being said, making something drop a glamor item that's directly tied to the story is a horrible idea. All the new players running it for the first time will be met with even more scrutiny towards watching cutscenes. And not everyone will go in undersized, you *will* see people abuse Duty Finder.

[SpookyGhost]

That being said, making something drop a glamor item that's directly tied to the story is a horrible idea.

To be 100% fair, CM and Prae were both horrible ideas to begin with.

[Greedalox]

It boils down to -I want mount, they give me lots of mounts, I want THIS mount, ohno it costs money, SE is a greedy corporation who hates their players and is literally Hitler. That's what I see here.

Go ride a dragon.

[AkashiXI]

To be 100% fair, CM and Prae were both horrible ideas to begin with.

So let's make it worse by adding a mount with a low% rate? That sounds... counter productive.

On topic: I don't care about the mount personally, I never liked the original or the gold I collected. That being said, vote with your wallet. My fiance works for a mobile gaming company, and guess what: when an item doesn't sell in their cash shop, they change their future algorithm for the item (in this case, mounts). Odin's mount must have sold so well that they think these will too, which is probably the case. Once again, simply don't buy it and make one collective thread complaining about it, not 10.