Problem with "Optional" Items in the Cash Shop

[Naunet]

I think the OP fails to realize the vanity a lot of people have when it comes to this game. And to glamour items in this game.

This is WHY people are complaining about the Mogstation, because most of us do enjoy glamour as a huge motivation for play. We also see items in the Mogstation as decreasing the value of our sub (the more they add, the less your subscription purchases), and see the prices on the Mogstation as far too high for what you get (especially when compared to other MMOs).

[HyoMinPark]

This is WHY people are complaining about the Mogstation, because most of us do enjoy glamour as a huge motivation for play. We also see items in the Mogstation as decreasing the value of our sub (the more they add, the less your subscription purchases), and see the prices on the Mogstation as far too high for what you get (especially when compared to other MMOs).

You're misinterpeting my post. OP says we don't need anything other than what the game provides us for progression. Why even bother with any sort of glamour or optional items. They aren't exclusively talking about cash shop optional items. People are not likely to play such a basic game with no shinies because people enjoy the shinies in life. That's why I'm saying they don't seem to understand how vain individuals can be.

Value is a subjective measure. And adding items to the cash shop has not stopped production of adding items in-game. Just look at all the event items we've gotten this year so far. A new emote for Valentine's, a new emote and glamour for Little Ladies' Day, a new mount for Easter, a new hairstyle for the Make it Rain. Just look at the Garo event, all of which is included in-game, but that could have, just as easily, been added to the Mogstation instead (as Level 1 glamour items and shiny mounts).

[AlexSag]

Can anyone show proof that they've started putting fewer optional items in the game because they've been adding everything to mogstation? We still seem to have the same events every season and roughly the same rewards. I love this game and I don't mind paying $7 for a stupid emote if some of the profit from that goes into making the game better.

I also think, one question we should really ask is, would these optional items even exist if there was no monetary incentive for the dev team to make them? If not, then shutting down mogstation or only using it to sell seasonal gear whose events have ended, just takes something away from people who are willing to pay a little extra to dress up their characters.

Lastly, I'm not sure how these transactions are much different than what happens whenever a collectors edition of a game is released. You pay additional money for the collectors edition and you get in game items that people who didn't want to pay extra money won't get.