Lightning Returns Again (Thank you Square)

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European Severs were paid for with cash shop money, as stated by the Dev team.

But please, go on, tell me how cash shop money isn't going towards improving the game.

Oh, you mean those servers that were called European servers but were actually in Canada? And remained there for long after FFXIV had become one of the most successful subscription based MMOs?

I'll say it again for you. Less content per patch than ever since the cash shop went up, with announcements made for even less content to come after the EU servers were moved, while the cash shop itself is getting faster additions as time goes on.

I don't know why a history of MMOs with cash shops diverting funds away from non-cash shop related content creation, plus the knowledge of how businesses, particularly large ones generally work (profit is #1 priority, if customers will allow it and it profits, do it), plus the fact that Yoshi himself has said that his team is underfunded by SE, plus the knowledge that SE is using FFXIV as its cash cow still keeps it so hard to believe for so many people that maybe the cash shop isn't being used so innocently and may not have all of its profit reinvested back into the game.

Edit: And let's not forget everyone's beloved server limitations excuse for everything with no sign of that going away anytime soon!

But as I've said, believe what you like. Corporations are not entities that share an individual's morals. I have yet to see a game have a drastic increase in content quality/quantity alongside cash shop increases.