So...about that white magitek mount

[Twilite]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

Well if it makes you feel better, I currently work for a grocery chain and have been for the last 17 years. I have nothing to brag about school wise since I didn't enter college.

[Yasuhiro]

Making this a Castrum Meridianum drop would be horrible. People we farm it just like the EX primes, which would only worsen the experience for new players as they could well get kicked for slowing down farm groups.

Is this just a NA thing? or does this happen everywhere?
New players can just make a report for abusing the kick feature can't they? People should be more selfaware if they're running story content in duty finder.

[szalkerous]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

Is it that much of a shocker that a bunch of professional tech geeks play video games online?

Also, I'm a regular software engineer (who admittedly would love to work on game engines if the Boston area ever got a real game industry) so I guess I get a free pass :P

[TouchandFeel]

Funny how everyone on this forum works in IT department or as a game developer, producer or sociologist.

I've been on these forums for a while and this is not at all the trend I have seen.

First, I have not seen anyone else state they are or have been an actual game developer asides from me. I have seen a few people say they are in school for or are taking game development classes, but that is completely different than actually having worked in the industry.
There may have been some people that said this that I have missed but it is definitely not even close to a majority.

As for people working in IT, its not surprising considering that techie people are often drawn both to IT jobs and to video games. Also IT jobs are a huge subcategory of the modern job market with many subsets under it, so with how many people in general these days work in something that could be labelled as IT related, encountering these people will happen fairly often.

I haven't seen anyone say they are a sociologist, but I have seen people that were in college bring up doing a project or paper for a sociology class, often about gaming trends in certain societal groups. Again, taking a course in college does not equate to being a professional in the field.

Overall the two main general occupation groups that I have seen forum members mention being a part of are retail and IT, both of which are a pretty large portion of the job market so is to be expected for the most part.

P.S. If your comment was intended as facetious, well people acting as if they are authorities on such things on a video game forum, particularly a MMO, is par for the course.

[Leandras]

People NEED to understand something, it is OPTIONAL. You don't HAVE to have it , you don't HAVE to have it and you don't HAVE to pay for it.

It is OPTIONAL....

I am gonna buy it cause I like it . It's my choice as I'm not bothered as to how much it is. I don't have to have it but I want it.

Playing the game is simply optional too and that's where the problem lies with that wonderful word. It can be applied to anything within the game and the only difference between whether you agree with me or not will simply come down to where your tolerance for these optional services ends.

They could rent retainers. Doesn't matter as you can still do business without any in shout and party finder.
They could start selling 500% exp pots. Doesn't matter as you can still level the normal way and give yourself a pat on the back for doing it the way it was meant to be done.
They could start selling max level crafting. Doesn't matter since you'll get the feel of how crafting works while leveling up normally.
They could sell you a handy zodiac weapon package that can skip the previous steps of the relic weapon quests so you can enjoy the current step at it's best.
They could start selling sets that were tuned to meet dps checks. Doesn't matter since it's merely giving your group the peace of mind that they don't have to farm dungeons daily in order to experience their raid content as it was meant to be. For those that don't want to pay then you can simply pay with time by grinding

In the end they can sell all these things. Yes, there will be backlash if they did but it still very much keeps up with the optional theme that they've taken. Which is why it bothers me when people just point to the OPTIONAL word in their marketing and tell us that nothing could possibly go wrong because the marketing department told us it wouldn't.

PS The hairstyle was a gift from a close friend before you jump on that and call me hypocritical.

[Zephanoa]

I support everything that they've placed in the cash shop so far. Why? Because it goes to the game. Seems like a no-brainer to me. I'd like them to discuss what they are (now) going to put that money towards.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I hope you guys haven't seen Payday 2 if you are strongly against optional items.

[whiskeybravo]

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 pay $170 a month for TV and Internet.. But I still have to pay $5 or whatever for a pay per view movie. (which I don't, but the point is still the same.. Monthly sub doesn't include "optional" items)

[Voltyblast]

I will firstly say that my red baron was a gift and I was strongly against it, but my friend and I decided to have one of each so I accepted it the gift: I didn't want to accept it at first but thanks to her I've been restarting to play so, it's the least I can do.

But with that said, I am against this idea of selling "recolored" mounts (let's face it, it's a recolor) and mainly because this will make them think that we will buy anything. But I suppose this is a Final Fantasy afterall...

If anything, I'm wondering what people would do when SE will put private housing on the mogstation for real money charged upon your current subscription. It's optional so you don't have to buy it, even though it's terribly made.

But it's optional right?

R-r-right?

[szalkerous]

I hope you guys haven't seen Payday 2 if you are strongly against optional items.

They have soaked me for so much DLC. Granted I wait for Steam sales, but still.....