Cash shop pricing is getting a bit much...

[RiyahArp]

So I see they released the new Nezha set in the mog station. The thing is though, if I wanted the mount, the barding, and one gender's outfit, that's $52! The clothes are also gender locked, so to have sets for both genders, that would push the price to $70. The mount is account wide, but everything else isn't.

I mean, for the price of the bundle of items, I can go out and buy FF 12, the Zodiac Age. If I don't buy the barding, I could go out and buy Secret of Mana. I know items might have been priced like this recently, but just looking at them altogether gave one huge sticker shock. I feel a little bit like I'm being priced out of the game some; yeah its optional, but I'm not sure why a bundle of optional items should cost more than a finished, retail AAA game. I mean, those items are probably double the cost of an expansion's entire digital soundtrack on itunes.

I just think you may want to be careful about prices. I don't mean slash everything very low, but maybe run sales more frequently or discount older items a bit after a period of time. I 'll drop money on the occasional fantasia, but it's getting pretty expensive to buy stuff in any real amount.

[BillyKaplan]

Yeah that was a major turn off for me too. I might get one item today but the rest I'll wait on for a sale. I get that it's because it's exclusive promo thingamabob (why does my browser acknowledge that's a word jfc) but it still hurts. I want the barding too because it's cute but I think I'll pass on that one. Sticking to getting the guy outfit for my main and the mount maybe, but not right now, most like.

[Rinuko]

It's optional though. If you really want it, you'll pay for it.
At least it's account wide this time (mount).

Note that mounts always been in this price range. I remember spending like €25? for that moogle mount and 24 for odin mount back in ARR.

[Sigma-Astra]

I could do without the outfits, but that mount...it's uh....interesting. It's a little weird though, I guess, to stick something of Chinese folklore into a Japanese-based game to me anyways.

But, I guess that boat swam up the river without a paddle already because we have the Four Heavenly Beasts to be fair.

If money wasn't so tight right now for me, I'd probably just get the mount at least, it's still the same price that I paid for my carby mount and account wide, so that hasn't gone up in price too badly. Actually...the mount is probably the better deal considering it's account wide. The stoic, totem pole pose looks ridiculously silly, even funnier looking as it flies.

You know what would be nice? Mount packages where you pay a price for like...3 at a time or something. I mean, the two carbuncle mounts could have easily been grouped into one package and the same could be said for the Magitek Reaper re-colors.

[zztoluca]

At least it's account wide this time (mount).

For how long though? They are phasing out account wide items on physical items. Its only a matter of time before mogstation follows suit.

For reference Stormblood Art Book and Eorzean Symphony were not account wide, while every previous items was.


The real issue is why isnt everything account wide? Their answer is 1.0 limitations but they give no indication of fixing it or overhauling it.

Cause $$$$

[Leloa]

They're the same price as any other glamour or mount there has ever beene though? So I don't get your title

[BillyKaplan]

I could do without the outfits, but that mount...it's uh....interesting. It's a little weird though, I guess, to stick something of Chinese folklore into a Japanese-based game to me anyways.

The game is pack filled with different mythologies and customs. Lakshmi and Sephirot are two Primals off the top of my head that are very obvious in their cultural origins.

For how long though? They are phasing out account wide items on physical items. Its only a matter of time before mogstation follows suit

That whole thing stinks worse as time passes because they supposedly said they're doing it because it's getting more and more difficult to send account wide items. Yet they've released how many of those on the mog shop since?

[RiyahArp]

It's optional though. If you really want it, you'll pay for it.

The price is getting high enough where it's hard to justify this. I mean, if the bundle were 29.99 or 39 even, its more palatable. You make sets too high though, you start entering "justify this purchase mode" in people's minds. And increasingly there's a LOT of content like this in mog; you can drop hundreds of dollars on cosmetics like this easy.

They're the same price as any other glamour or mount there has ever beene though? So I don't get your title

The set of items gives sticker shock. In the past they are usually one-offs, so $24 for a mount doesn't trigger the radar. But realizing to stay current on this I'd need to pay more than I paid for Nier Automata woke me up some I guess.

[Krotoan]

The price is getting high enough where it's hard to justify this. I mean, if the bundle were 29.99 or 39 even, its more palatable. You make sets too high though, you start entering "justify this purchase mode" in people's minds. And increasingly there's a LOT of content like this in mog; you can drop hundreds of dollars on cosmetics like this easy.



The set of items gives sticker shock. In the past they are usually one-offs, so $24 for a mount doesn't trigger the radar. But realizing to stay current on this I'd need to pay more than I paid for Nier Automata woke me up some I guess.

"stay current". Dangerous to set "all glamours" available as current in your head. That kind of thinking will cost you money. Just look at it and as yourself what you'll actually use.

[Mayku]

I agree it's too high for many of those items. They could have the choice of selling more items for less, or selling less for more...
I suppose SE prefers the cash wales to the majority of players. :/
And don't get me wrong, I bought most of the items of the mog station. Only since 2 months I stopped, the pricing is going up and up and up....At one moment, the players need to stop buying to force SE to keep it at an acceptable price.