Eastern Cherry Trees

[Vexander]

Their version of reasonable pricing and yours are very different. Add about $14 on to that.

I said, 'Even if.' I have no doubt they'd be higher, but $15 seems far too much for a housing item. A full set of gear on the mog station goes for about that much. I could see the trees going for $5 realistically.

[Dustytome]

I said, 'Even if.' I have no doubt they'd be higher, but $15 seems far too much for a housing item. A full set of gear on the mog station goes for about that much. I could see the trees going for $5 realistically.

That's how much the current housing items in the cash shop are. I agree it's too much, but if you ask for them to go on the cash shop then know it's not likely going to be in a price range you deem reasonable.

That was kind of my point, though... ?

I don't see why the seasonal housing items shouldn't be treated like the seasonal outfits/bardings and put on the cash shop alongside them for around $5 or so, give or take a couple dollars.

Those function differently and are bound to your character. I know they already have items in the cash shop already for housing which they seem to be testing the waters with. They don't want people buying/selling the cash shop items in game and that's going to be a mess with two different items (if they change the cash shop version id/bind it) that are the same.

[Sakuraluna]

They don't want people buying/selling the cash shop items in game and that's going to be a mess with two different items (if they change the cash shop version id/bind it) that are the same.

Pretty sure they've done this before though with the usagi kabuto and the dream outfit from the first Christmas event if I remember correctly. Editing the cash shop version so that it can't be sold or traded while leaving the original version as is seems to be how they address that issue. If they added the trees I'd assume they'd do the same there.

[Dustytome]

Pretty sure they've done this before though with the usagi kabuto and the dream outfit from the first Christmas event if I remember correctly. Editing the cash shop version so that it can't be sold or traded while leaving the original version as is seems to be how they address that issue. If they added the trees I'd assume they'd do the same there.

They have before, but it's been quite awhile since they've had items like that. At this point the current glamour gear is all bound. I'm curious what all the people vying for it to go onto the cash shop would deem too expensive, because I can't see it anywhere near the $1-3 people seem to be suggesting. They know the trees are popular and housing is limited, so sales are going to be limited. That leaves them with gouging the price to get the most out of those limited sales.

[Sakuraluna]

They have before, but it's been quite awhile since they've had items like that. At this point the current glamour gear is all bound. I'm curious what all the people vying for it to go onto the cash shop would deem too expensive, because I can't see it anywhere near the $1-3 people seem to be suggesting. They know the trees are popular and housing is limited, so sales are going to be limited. That leaves them with gouging the price to get the most out of those limited sales.

Based on their history of selling old event items on a cheaper price scale than original cash shop only items, and the current pricing of housing items, and taking into consideration the popularity of these trees (because you know they're going to cash in where they can) I'd say the price would more likely be around $8 to $12 usd, probably on the higher end. I could be wrong, but it's what I'd expect anyways.

I'm not necessarily advocating that they put it on the cash shop as much as accepting that it's the most likely place it'll go, given the way they've handled event items in the past. If they do surprise us and add the trees back into the game I'd be thrilled, but putting them on the cash shop would serve to make them more widely available while not totally crashing the market, and at the same time it would put a real world (gameplay/time-based) value on the trees as being less than what they're selling for on many servers as most players could more easily spend $12 than farm up 10m+ Gil on a single tree, which could benefit SE pretty well considering what future housing wards and options might look like as well as players having the option to use multiple trees per yard.

Of course, putting the trees back in game for the duration of the event would have the same effect of bringing the mb prices down to a more reasonable amount too though. I'd honestly prefer if they did that. I just don't see it as likely to happen.