Fat Moogle Mount on Mogstation!

[loreleidiangelo]

I wouldn't say the Ceremony chocobo is a fair comparison to the moogle as it is linked to weddings which is a big to-do for some people. Plus you do get fancy outfits and a warp ring, so you're not talking only a mount here.

But for what it's worth, Ceremony Chocobo is at 12%.

I realize the the cash shop is here to stay. It doesn't mean that we can't keep our fingers crossed that they will change how they release items for it. My posting of numbers was more to dispute the quips about "forums users being a drop in the hat" and that we have some skewed idea about how many people are really buying.

There is a plethora of reasons why someone may not buy a mount, so I'm not claiming that everyone without them shares the thinking in this thread, but the numbers do show that the ones who do purchase are definitely the minority at this point.

My assumption is more that the majority if players are neutral about it's existence rather than strongly being in favor of/in opposition of. They'll buy something if it is appealing to them, but don't buy everything. SE's slightly high (IMO) pricing model also edges out those players who are on the fence who might otherwise buy (if they do a fat Mog sale it'll be interesting to see the numbers then).

I still don't remain convinced that the majority of players can be assed about the forums, though. This is obviously difficult to prove even with the data you've given, since we don't know how many people just haven't bought the mounts because they think they're ugly or too expensive vs being anti-cash shop.

[Skivvy]

My assumption is more that the majority if players are neutral about it's existence rather than strongly being in favor of/in opposition of. They'll buy something if it is appealing to them, but don't buy everything. SE's slightly high (IMO) pricing model also edges out those players who are on the fence who might otherwise buy (if they do a fat Mog sale it'll be interesting to see the numbers then).

I still don't remain convinced that the majority of players can be assed about the forums, though. This is obviously difficult to prove even with the data you've given, since we don't know how many people just haven't bought the mounts because they think they're ugly or too expensive vs being anti-cash shop.

I think we're in agreement here.

[SagaSoluna]

My assumption is more that the majority of players are neutral about it's existence rather than strongly being in favor of/in opposition of. They'll buy something if it is appealing to them, but don't buy everything.

Funnily enough, despite how much i may seem to "defend" the Cash Shop, i actually belong to this category.

I only have bought Sleipnir and the Moogle mount.

Sleipnir because i fell in love with him ever since the cutscene from FF9 and the Moogle mount because i love everything Moogle.
I would also buy anything PSO/PSO2 related (if they inversed the Crossover) because i am in love with the Phantasy Star series and i actively play PSO2

The reason why i defend the exclusives is because to me, it is obvious that if they could not monetize them, they would not make (at least not as many) them.

So to me, the cash shop is a necessary evil.