The whale mount is up on Mogstation

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The current state of FFXIV is a consequence of how some people were welcoming with open arms everything that SE did with the cash shop without a second thought, and they'll keep pushing the line more and more, while giving less and less. The phone app is a direct consequence of that acceptance. As it's the now gone veteran program, which was offering these same things that nowadays SE tries to sell us in the cash shop (what a nice coincidence, right?). Or how they have no urge to fix the inventory issues because that would mean less income from retainers. I could keep going on, but overall what I'm saying is that the cash shop is affecting the game more than a lot of you think.

Worst thing is that some of us warned people years ago, yet here we are, with so many things gone or not properly fixed.

The current state of the game is because SE diverts funds to other projects. You think that will change without the Cash Shop? In fact, it's far more likely to impact the game worse. For example sake, I'll use simple numbers. Say FFXIV generates 50M a year while 5M comes from the Mogstation. If that 5M were taken away, do you think SE will merely eat this loss... or will Yoshida find himself with a smaller budget for 5.0 to make up the lost income? EA has certainly proven they will opt for the latter every single time. The sheer amount of cut content that was leaked on to Reddit back when BioWare was developing Mass Effect 3 is jaw-dropping. EA didn't give a damn. They wanted the game finished in two years even if it meant cutting content.

When it comes to less content. The Mogstation isn't what will get their attention. Unsubbing from the game entirely will.

I'd just like to have the chance to obtain a 2-seats mount without either having to spend 21€ or having to go through the hell that is the 2000 mentor roulettes achievement.

Now this I agree with. It would be nice to have at least one two-seater mount not locked behind extreme grinds or money. Granted, there is the Amber Draught Chocobo, but even that requires the whole friendship thing.

[Lastelli]

Now this I agree with. It would be nice to have at least one two-seater mount not locked behind extreme grinds or money. Granted, there is the Amber Draught Chocobo, but even that requires the whole friendship thing.

Honestly, I'll be pretty upset if the final doggo mount won't be a 2-seater. I mean...I already know it won't be, but I'm still gonna be upset. Is one single "free" 2-seater mount per expansion asking too much of them? Would too many 2-seater mounts be too much for the servers to handle?