Carbuncle mounts have arrived!

[BluexBird]

I much rather they be in the cash shop instead of being locked behind a Feast season, 3000 S Ranks, or 2000 Mentor Roulettes.

Question: if they had ALSO made it so that you could get it after 3000 S Ranks, would the fact that it is now purchaseable via the Mogstation make it P2W? xD

[Laerune]

Question: if they had ALSO made it so that you could get it after 3000 S Ranks, would the fact that it is now purchaseable via the Mogstation make it P2W? xD

Not P2W, since the mount is not giving the player any advantage, but it would be pay to progress (goal to obtain the mount), now if instead of the mount it was a item for crafting. An example, the item is sold via Mog Station or via long ingame grind and this item is needed to craft epic weapon, then it would be P2W.

Pay to progress is on itself is not that bad, but only if the option to get the item ingame is not locked behind a horrible grindfest. The thing is companies tend to make the grind so bad, that players are incentivized (forced) to take the easy way and pay with their wallet.

[Deceptus]

Question: if they had ALSO made it so that you could get it after 3000 S Ranks, would the fact that it is now purchaseable via the Mogstation make it P2W? xD

No because it's cosmetic and has no stats on it.