Do you want a cash shop in FFXIV?

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Failtrol?! But I'll bite I'm bored..

No.. As it usually costs more to have everything then a dam sub from what I've read when people actually work out what they spend a month.

Actually yes... If its just for vanity/cosmetic items for people with cash to blow, no harm in that.

[Preypacer]

Failtrol?! But I'll bite I'm bored..

No.. As it usually costs more to have everything then a dam sub from what I've read when people actually work out what they spend a month.

Actually yes... If its just for vanity/cosmetic items for people with cash to blow, no harm in that.

An issue with it being "just vanity/cosmetic items" is that there are people who would want those vanity/cosmetic items. And if they do - presuming those items are exclusive to the cash shop, and can't be obtained by playing the game (quests etc) - then those people would basically incur a higher cost to play and enjoy the game as they want than others do... which makes it a bit unfair, in my opinion.

The people who couldn't care less about vanity/cosmetic items will continue to pay their sub fee and that's that. Those who would like to have those cosmetic items would have to pay their sub fee, plus however much the items cost... or do without them.

Even as someone who isn't interested in vanity items myself and wouldn't be affected personally, I'm not okay with that.

It really irks me when I see people say "Well, as long as it's vanity items that I'm not interested in, I don't see a problem with it. Let the devs get some extra money". I haven't seen that specific statement here yet (though I haven't read all the posts yet either :-p), but I've seen it a lot in other MMO communities regarding this topic. The blatant and shameless hypocrisy of it is amazing to me. "It's okay to charge others for stuff... as long as it's nothing I want". Amazing.

Another argument I see come up a lot is, "If you don't want to spend the money on those items, then just don't buy them." Fine. However, the bigger point is.. why should anyone be required to spend extra money to get them at all? Especially since SE will already be getting a monthly fee from us.

I think it's much better to just have the items in the game, included with the same fee everyone pays, and let those who want those items participate in the content required to obtain them... even if it means spending gil to buy it off the market. Let those items remain available by simply playing the game.

There's something very "wrong" about the idea of being charged extra for resources that are already created and available in the game that you're already paying for.

To that end, I say hell no to a cash shop.