Quote Originally Posted by Pepsi_Plunge View Post
Maybe. But still, sometimes it's better that something doesn't exist. After I started the game I saw someone riding a Carbuncle. I was playing Summoner as my main job back in the day, so I thought "Hey, that would be a great mount for me" and I asked them were I can get it. And then they told me. After I bought the game with the expension and was already paying my sub, hearing that I can't even get this mount - no matter how much I play or how good I get at it - until I pay another ~17 € for it was a massive bummer. A wasn't expecting that from a Non-F2P game, not after I already had paid like over 50 € for it.

And now imagine taking it to the extreme, standing in a place where all this people gather with their glamour and their mounts. You are new and you are talking to them "Hey, I like your outfit" "Thanks, you can buy it at the mog station"; "Hey, I haven't seen this hairstyle on character creation" "Well, you can buy it at the mog station." "What about.." "MOG STATION!".

Now would you keep playing this p2p-game after it just turned into an advertising plattform for the in-game-item-shop, right after you bought it and paid your sub? I'm not sure I would.
This argument would hold up better if FFXIV had an overabundance of glamour always thrown onto the Mogstation. But it doesn't. In fact, many of the most popular glamour outfits, mounts and minions can all be earned in-game without spending a dime extra. Look no further than the Rebel Coat, Dalmascan top or the Ao Dai. People wore those (and still do) more than a good chunk of the cash shop dresses.

People keep bringing up this extreme scenario, insisting that if we wait long enough, SE will inevitably put everything good on the Mogstation. Six years and counting, they still haven't yet. So either they're extraordinarily patient or they've found a compromise that seemingly works for most players.

Now I get being disappointed you found something you would have preferred earning in-game. But saying it shouldn't exist at all comes across selfish. To spare your own disappointment, you're essentially saying "If I can't get it in-game, then no one should have it at all." I bought that Carbuncle mount the day it came out; two actually since my BFF adored them. So I bought her one as an early Christmas gift. We both got plenty of use out of them, and I don't regret my purchase. Was it overpriced? You could argue that. So is going out to restaurants, ordering take out or having a commission done of your character.

Some people are content spending extra money on luxury things simply because they can. There isn't anything wrong with it.

Bringing that back to video games. Like said, the cost of development has skyrocketed over the years. If micro-transactions didn't exist. We'd be paying a lot more to play those games. I dunno about you but I prefer the option of buying novelty cosmetics once in and while or the sub fee being $25.