“non-essential” premium content, does SE want this kind of reputation if it continue?

[Remedi]

You wouldn't play XI because they would sell you additional (optional) character slots on an account, but you play XIV where they will sell you additional (optional) character slots on an account? I'm not quite following.

I know you were trying to make some point with this in the other thread as well, but XIV's cash shop history and future is vastly different from XI where they will only sell you additional alts (like XIV does), and 2 additional gear storage bags.

Looking strictly at XIV's cash shop, you can see the progression over the years. Started as cosmetic only. Added retainers. Added job-boosters. Started making items single-character only vs. account wide. Yes, it's been a fairly slow progression, but they are continuing to test the waters to see what they can get away with in the cash shop.


Also, wtf people. First I'm a troll, now I'm setting myself up as an 'untrustworthy narrator'. I'm not talking crazy things here, but sharing another side of the argument.

You are wrong on the cash shop, the extra retainers were the first extra service added afaik, in fact they aren't even on the cashs shop,
Same with shared and one player only items. they were all there

So yes, you are a untruysthorthy narrator because you are not saying how things really went to foster a slippery slope agenda or how things for the worse when they really aren't. The only real slippery slope I'll concede is the skip potions WHICH BTW reported to have poor sales and lead Yoshida to say in the latest LL that they are going to prune or look at MSQ (well perhaps not exactly because of it but a good chance it helped).
Also SE has told us that profits of mogstation would be used to further improve servers, which I admit you need to believe what they said and they might aswell lie to us, but at that point you need to prove that they are spending the money in other ways, because everything else becomes just a rumor.

as for the FFXI part.
If you consider storage to be a worse offender than a character slot I don't know what to say, I'll say that it was more than 15 years ago and there were other reasons for me not to play FFXI, but admittedly the fact that I could have mutliple characters without an extra pay was an enticing prospect that WoW had

People are definitely right when they say: selling retainers (bag space) and leveling potions is essentially opening Pandoras Box.

The point I'm trying to make however is that the pandora's box was opened 15+ years ago.
Saying that this is a new low for SE. after the extra service for FFXI and especially after All The Bravest is not right.