This is just appalling

[Ogulbuk]

It bothers me greatly that they are selling eastern themed outfits right before an eastern expansion. Like the outfits were made for the expansion, then they put them on the mog station instead.

Do you really think there wont be eastern themed gear in Stormblood?

[Aramina]

Do you really think there wont be eastern themed gear in Stormblood?

Nope. None at all. We are going to have an entire eastern themed expansion with no gear that would fit the theme.

Clearly.

[SendohJin]

Do we really need to go over this again? Cash shop items are made for the cash shop. If the shop didn't exist neither would these items.

Odin's horse and the red/white magitek armor would not exist without the cash shop? the white magitek armor ridden by a boss in the first 8 man dungeon in the game, yeah okay, whatever you say ...

[Kuroneko_Jutah]

Odin's horse and the red/white magitek armor would not exist without the cash shop? the white magitek armor ridden by a boss in the first 8 man dungeon in the game, yeah okay, whatever you say ...

It'd still cost dev time to code as a player mount. Time they weren't otherwise willing to pay for without the existence of the Mog Shop team.

There is a budget entirely independent of the primary development team exclusively for making the Mog Station items. They have to vet each one internally over whether or not it's profitable.

That's not even going into the fact that a huge chunk of the more recent (and expensive) cash shop items are imported from the Korean/Chinese versions of the game in the first place, so the pricing structure has to stay the same or Korean/Chinese players will throw a shit fit just like you all are doing right now.

[Mature]

It's glamour items and emotes. Nothing critical. Just don't purchase it and move on.

This answer is the most appropriate for this thread and everyone that complain about it.

[akaneakki]

all these items are completely optimal. If you don't like it suck it up and don't buy it.

This is always the reply -most- people use. Many people I know wants it and wont buy it for serval reasons. Too much for glamour items, since we already pay sub and we all know most free to play MMO's you have to buy things in game store to unlock things, such as item slots and glamour/vanity to keep the game going. But since we all pay sub and 13 euro/18 dollars for a glamour is a lot for some people. I don't have money issues, but I think they should be cheaper. Just because me and you can afford, doesn't mean everyone can shit out money buying everything off the mogstation. As Op mentioned, square enix does business. Their job is to get much money as they can, but they would gotten a bit more or maybe a lot more if they sold them cheaper. I also think getting last years event gear from mogstation is stupid, unlike in FFXI you could get the previous gears items from the NPC's.

This answer is the most appropriate for this thread and everyone that complain about it.

I hope you aren't serious. There are people who wants the glamour too, but cant simply afford it, is that so extremely hard to get? I can buy 2 of them right now and still have money, but that's not my point here, my point is... many can't afford and you already pay sub, why do they have to pay for items that cost more than the month sub itself?

[Dustytome]

It'd still cost dev time to code as a player mount. Time they weren't otherwise willing to pay for without the existence of the Mog Shop team.

But it was already a player mount. They just did a color change to the skin unless there was some detailing I missed that makes the model, animations or something different? (Honest question I didn't look that closely at it)

[SendohJin]

It'd still cost dev time to code as a player mount. Time they weren't otherwise willing to pay for without the existence of the Mog Shop team.

oh yeah, it's not like they had a black one they could recolor or anything. please, if that takes massive dev time they need to go back to take coding lessons when you already have the framework and the color palette.

[Kuroneko_Jutah]

oh yeah, it's not like they had a black one they could recolor or anything. please, if that takes massive dev time they need to go back to take coding lessons when you already have the framework and the color palette.

Unless you work in graphic design or assets yourself stop talking out of your ass. Fucking armchair game devs.

[Naunet]

Why do you care so much about what other people do with their money? Genuinely curious here, since you seem so upset over others spending their money however they see fit.

It affects our game experience because it means more things get designed for the cash shop rather than for the game itself.