New items on the mog station

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Yes I used a extreme example but did anyone of us truly believed a few years ago that we would have such a huge cash shop and that we would lose our veteran rewards (one mount since then was all we got..), that we get jump potions or that we soon will have an app that has a sub fee + coins in it? I honestly did not. I believed that there would be at least some borders that they would not cross but thanks to quite some decisions I honestly can see them doing much worse then its right now. And with your argument you give them free reigns to do exactly that.

Again, it's their game. And they'll say more than likely that if you don't like it then take a break or don't play it. They're not going to change their process, or at least, their financial advisors aren't going to care that you find their mog station practices unfair. Again, I think you're being paranoid and looking into things happening that aren't really there. The veteran rewards was just an idea to keep people staying subbed longer than they liked too, and quite honestly, it was a dumb idea. That's all it was....sub [X] amount of days to earn this, and considering that housing, at least if you own one, keeps your sub hostage for an indefinite amount of time so you don't lose it, the veteran rewards was unneeded. I've used the jump potions on my one retainer when I needed to change her gathering job at the time and considering how long it took her to get to 70, those are incredibly useful when you need to switch your retainers main job out for something else you need more.

Its their product but a product is useless if nobody buys it anymore. So no they cant do whatever they want with it because there will be a time where even you and others will say "its enough". And then it will be hard or even impossible to get the good will back. Honestly I have learned enough in my study that money alone is not the most important aspect for a company anymore. To survive on this market you need more than being greedy. Look at EA. They have ruined their reputation so much that people are completely skeptic about their games. They are still earning money but how much more could they make if people still believed in them?

They can. You don't make those calls that it's useless just because you find things about it that you don't agree with. You're not a spokesperson for everyone playing the game exactly. So, please don't try to speak for me or surmise what I would say or determine is enough. What you find useless, another may find it worth-whiled. If I ever drop my sub, it's not going to be because of cash shop fear mongering like you're doing, it'll be because I'm getting tired of repeating the same repetition over and over again in terms of their content. A company seeks to make as much money as possible to stay afloat, that's basic economics 101 with supply & demand. You're partially right that there's more towards the handling of a company than money, but this IS one of the main goals of any business: to make profits. A company cannot survive based on good will alone. You can be the most honest and down to earth company ever. But, if you're not meeting supply & demand or pushing your products effectively, making the right monetary business decisions, then you're dead in the water. You cannot survive based on a good reputation alone, if you're a non-profit? Possibly. But, an actual business with stocks, checks, and balances? No way. Otherwise, other companies will eat them alive like the sharks they are.

The problem with "its only fluff items" is that the endgame of this game is owning fluff items. How many people are running a lot of stuff only for the rewards? Why could they not have put Sleipnir into the Odin trial? Or the carbuncles? Why do they had to land in the shop while people are already complaining about not having enough to do? When its the fluff items that play a big part in keeping lots of content alive, then it does hurt the game to just put certain items into the shop. Because each exclusive one could have been a ingame reward. (And lets not talk about the manderville costume..who could have been something for Hildibrand ingame)

It's not hurting the game, it's only hurting you and the people who don't want to spend the money. That's it. If it were hurting the game, then we wouldn't be seeing so many people buying said items on their first release into the cash shop. You just don't want to pay for it with your own money, that's all there is to it. That's it. You are not entitled towards items for free by paying a sub fee if everyone else has to pay for the same item. You guys continue to say that it's not right, it's unfair, it's greedy, and yes some portions of it are greedy, but it's not going away so long as people keep buying it no matter how much you wish it was.

In the end mount, pets and other stuff are important for quite some people. So they have the right to complain when something like that gets locked behind a pay wall again..exactly how people would have the right to complain if they lock other stuff behind the pay wall.

You're right, they have their rights to complain. However, that's it. It's not SE's fault, it's not your fault, it's not my fault that there are people that have to HAVE everything. If it were that important to them, then they'd more than likely pay for it.

(And honestly I still find it funny to read some posts here that state how its just luxus items and its fine that they are in there, but at the same time some of these people also posted against the app fee and the coins. x) I am not saying that one could not have different views on these topics, but its interesting how the coins that are also theoretically not hindering you to play the game are a big No no for them, but cash shop is fine.)

Items in the Mog Station are just luxury items. They're impulse buys and extras that you don't REALLY need, but they're there if you WANT them. Again, with the companion app, you're making a strawmen comparison because that's not even the topic at hand here. You're deflecting off of the Mog Station for something that's not theoretically the same thing.