So, Mog station here we are

[Pepsi_Plunge]

For every "it's from Mog Station" there could be "it's from the level 80 dungeon" or "it costs several million gil on the marketboard" which is just as prohibitive to a new player being able to access it any time soon...

Sure, but that's fine because it is also a goal to work towards it. I still remember when Suzaku was released and I first saw the mount... I was only level 50 that day, still working through the ARR patches on my way to Ishgard, but I instantly knew: I want that mount and one day I will get that mount. And while it sure took a while, I always knew I could get it, I could earn it just by playing the game and getting good at it. And in the end I reached that goal.

And while I still treasure this fire doggo and keep it under "favorites" to ride it sometimes, I never bought that Carbuncle. Because - and even while I actually bought other items from the mog station myself later on - I still associate it with something unpleasend that nearly made me cancelling my subscription, while I associate the Kamuy with only the good memories of a new player working toward my goal and reaching it. And those goals are still the point for me to keep playing. They were the point back then, they were it even for doing Eureka (I only ever did it because of the Ozma mount) and they are also my motivation for raiding.

TL;DR: I don't mind waiting and working toward an item I really want because that's what's motivating me in the first place. But if it ever reachs the point where all the things I want are only sold in the mog station, I would be quitting the game because then I have no goals left in it other then throwing real money at an item-shop.