Trend towards Microtrans

[Jetstream_Fox]

It amazes me the amount of sourness that exists towards the cash shop.
I think it's very naive to think that the subscription you pay has to go only towards stuff you want and your sub fee is inclusive of absolutely every single piece of content.

Does the existence of the cash shop hinder your ability to play the game at any level? Is there a need to purchase something in order to unlock content in the game? No. Everything is accessible. That's what your subscription supports and you should be happy with that.
If there's a secondary cash shop, then so be it, everything in there is optional. If you actually surf through it there's only mounts, emotes, clothes and random potions. None of it has any impact on the game. I think some people need to stop feeling so entitled just because you pay a monthly subscription.

Imagine if Netflix or Hulu decided to make all Hulu and Netflix original series a side service and required you to pay for each new original you wanted to watch, on top of your already established service fee. Aside from that being incredibly ineffective as those originals work as elusives in order to sway customers to each respective service. It would essentially be "double dipping" consumers. Hulu actually has a bit of shade thrown at it, as it has two services one that offers commercial free streaming and one that has commercials, same exact shows yet the commercial free service cost 11.99.

Now with FF14 the sub we pay grants us access to the servers, character creation, and 2 free retainers. But we can buy more retainers, glamour packs, dyes, emotes, music, and mounts. People aren't mad that there is a cash shop, people are mad that some of the cash shop items aren't able to be obtained in game. For example if you want the gear the Knights wear in The Vault, you have to shell out real money, instead of them dropping the gear as a very rare drop, have it crafted, or obtained through story mode. Again look back at my example with Netlfix or Hulu, there would be an uproar if Netflix decided in order to watch Stranger Things season 2, you'd have to pay 5.99 to have access to season 2, but season 1 is included in the fee.

The only things that should be in the cash shop is name changes, server transfers, weddings, and fantasias. Since those services have to do with your account, and limited server availability, they do not function like buying a Mog Mount or buying an emote.