Will there be more attire of Story NPC via Mog Station?

[TankHunter678]

Asking for a costume to be thrown in the mogstation makes it more likely to happen as the dev time gets immediate return in terms of money and solves the "want it now" desire that many people have when it comes to costumes like these. The alternatives would be...

Asking them to make it craftable, which will deny a lot of people the ability to get the outfit due to outrageous overblown gil prices until the outfit gets added to Aquapolis for the raw droprate to fill the supply needs.

Asking them to put it into Gold Saucer, which is unbearable for a lot of people and would place the outfits either out of reach or months away even with weekly challenge help.

Asking them to put a quest in, the least likely possible way for it to get implemented as this costs considerably more dev time and can spiral out of control where people start asking for all outfits to get their own quests.

Asking them to put it in Veteran Rewards, where it will be so far back in the list that 90% of the population will not get it unless they are willing to drop a lot of money to buy game time up front, or by the time they do get it they do not want it cause they are burnt out on the game.

That being said anyone who does want it in the mogstation would not be against it being made craftable and a Aquapolis drop as well. Implementing the outfits in those 3 areas is the easiest method of putting in new glamours with the least amount of dev time required and maximum possible ease of acquisition. So long as there is the ability to get it within a reasonable timeframe (or the moment the impulse hits and the wallet opens).

[FallenArisen0990]

Exactly. That's what I was implying. You shouldn't be rewarded for being a mentor. They are trying to motivate you to keep mentoring, but offering rewards only draws the bad kind of mentors in.

Ah, I misinterpreted what you really meant, my apologies.

[KitingGenbu]

2- It gives the company a little extra income.

Fixed your second point for you. I love how people love to toss that around yet have no proof that the money from the cash shop goes into the developmental budget. Maybe people do not realize how successful SE really is...

[PharisHanasaki]

Fixed your second point for you. I love how people love to toss that around yet have no proof that the money from the cash shop goes into the developmental budget. Maybe people do not realize how successful SE really is...

We know for sure SQEX isn't injecting any more money into FFXIV. Do you know what percentage of our subs go to dev budget?
I think we don't either. We can only assume more money means the dev team gets a higher budget, whatever % of the share they get.

[MagiusNecros]

Better idea guys.

How about they make quests and completing them allows you to purchase such and such attire on Mog Station!?

Keh keh keh.

I'll see myself out.

[PharisHanasaki]

Better idea guys.

How about they make quests and completing them allows you to purchase such and such attire on Mog Station!?

Keh keh keh.

I'll see myself out.

Lol. I'd love to see people grinding for a chance to buy an item on the Mog station xD

[KitingGenbu]

We know for sure SQEX isn't injecting any more money into FFXIV. Do you know what percentage of our subs go to dev budget?
I think we don't either. We can only assume more money means the dev team gets a higher budget, whatever % of the share they get.

So the logic is that players should spend more money in the cash shop to increase the chance of SE giving the development team a bigger budget? Okay. In an ideal world that logic would make sense, but in reality, if the revenue is increasing while the team can still work within the set budget, chances are the team will just get a raise but not a budget increase...

[cammi]

Better idea guys.

How about they make quests and completing them allows you to purchase such and such attire on Mog Station!?

Keh keh keh.

I'll see myself out.

Huh? WHY? So you'll have to do a quest just to unlock that? THat's........ no. If people are asking for skins to be put in the store cause they hate the grind why are you asking for them to make it so they have to grind? Do you hate the idea THAT much for skins? Damn.

[PharisHanasaki]

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It's a business on top of all. SQEX has screwed so much in the past, they seem to be learning from that. They are giving this team free reign for the most part. But if the game doesn't sell well, they'll simply cut it. I do not want that for FFXIV. Why does it bother you so? the 13 bucks I spend on this game mostly is roughly what I spend to watch one movie, that's 2 hours vs a whole month of playtime. Plus you buy a drink and popcorn. Do you really think the popcorn is worth that much? It's probably where they make the most profit.

They are not tempering with the game, they are simply putting cosmetic items on the cash shop. It's not an xp potion, or a free pass to HW. It's gear. Level 1 gear with no stats. Plus they update the mog station shop once a month, and sometimes is to put up items you could get on a seasonal quest. It's not like we get a whole lot of content via the cash shop.

[Jynx]

They are giving this team free reign for the most part.

We are of differing opinions on this matter. I honestly feel the Business branch of SE is heavily breathing down the necks of the developers.

While you feel a MMO should be modeled after a movie theater a market that I should need to remind you is desperatly clamoring to stay relevant in this day and age where they nickle and dime you every chance they get for profits. I feel a MMO experience should be more akin to a proper subscription service akin to something like netflix you pay a base price what you get is clearly labeled on the price tag and any additions are what they feel will keep you paying that subscription.