A warning to FFXIV players

[astrabun]

I have seen a lot of people defending the mogstation recently because of comments made by people who came from WoW. With the recent mount that has come to the mogstation it's gotten even louder. Let me explain the reason they are upset and saying something because we've seen and heard it all before and most others have too if you've played a game in the last 4 years. This is a nudge they are gonna keep taking steps over the line to see how far they can move it. Being an ablest and going "oh its not as bad <insert comment about WoW token here" is missing the point entirely the cash shop in WoW used to be almost a mirror of yours now a few mounts and outfits and maybe a boost depending on when you were around. The WoW token is what happens when you just let companies keep taking steps over the line we didn't just start with a WoW token. WoW didn't start as a bad game, My advice is instead of going "omg WoW bad haha" and then proceeding to make the same mistakes we did in allowing blizz to not only go this far but also allow the ffxiv team to make the same mistakes is Honestly Idiotic. Wake up for a moment and realize what this mount represents and how far they've already gone. They arn't gods you shouldn't worship them they did good with their game but the cash shop is actually awful. The WoW token and other things in that shop are "Optional" too btw if you wanna have that mentality.

[Rokke]

You are 6 years late

[Alexandre_Noireau]

It is never late to change.

Thank you.

[TeraRamis]

Paragraphs are the friendliest of friends.

[Bacent]

The jump potions let people catch up to friends sooner, they don't get you to the end content, but just speed it up.

The mounts/outfit/emotes/music rolls have no impact on the game. It also gets the company a bit more money since they don't get all of the revenue from the game, and some of it is moved towards other parts of the company. Some of the items added were even Chinese Exclusive and MANY people wanted them. There's also items from past events, so while you can't get achievements from those events, you can still get a majority of the items.

Many items are also added because of enough people asking for them.

WoW allows players to buy stuff to sell inside of the game. XIV doesn't allow players to do that, and any sites you usually see that happening on is with a stolen account/ect

Plus any changes made to classes is pretty much for all content. Nothing like what WoW had where you worked on one item that changed how your class played (New skills or power ups) that became obsolete the next expansion. Items from previous expansions are glamours basically, and bragging rights.

Wake up for a moment and realize what this mount represents and how far they've already gone. They arn't gods you shouldn't worship them they did good with their game but the cash shop is actually awful. The WoW token and other things in that shop are "Optional" too btw if you wanna have that mentality.

Your post screams 'BE WOKE SHEEPLE'.

I know you have your concerns, but you act like everything you say is going to happen, and this part reads like one of those people on the corner of the street screaming about the world endings and it's hard to take is with much seriousness...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

There are 11 unique mounts and 6 unique outfits that have been added.

There are some chinese/Korean exclusive mounts, and recolors of in game obtainable mounts.

There are also some korean/chinese server exclusive sets that have been added by player request, and the NPC outfits.

That averages to less than 1 unique outfit and less than 2 unique mounts per year since the cash shop was added late 2014.


Please. The sky is not falling.

[Wavaryen]

Cash shop is the most fair way to give a mount. Not only can anyone easily get it, no time invested needed, and it is something players wanted. lol.


Are you all really going to use WOW failures as a justification on you wanting to get your way? I hate to tell you this, but WOW cash shop had very little to do with its failures. You could argue the wow token sure, but the mounts? The mog? You out of your mind if you think that ruined the game.



This mount did not cross any line. I know some of you don't like it, and that is fine...but many people do like it and are very happy that they can buy the mount instead of have to grind for it. So to them, are they wrong? Clearly they are not as the company supports them, and it is so well loved that I see tons of people using it. The mog site almost crashed, and mail running late with it.


The community spoken, and most people are happy with it. So acting like the company did something wrong, or this is some line they cross. I just don't get it. If you want it that badly. Spend the money, support the game and be happy. Don't pretend like your monthly fee is enough to keep this game going. The developers said they need the mogstation as well. So suck it up and buy the mount.

[seraf]

Mogstation stuff has been around like 6-7 years and it’s a non issue to the quality of the game.

[Ayuhra]

Well I will do my part by continuing to not buy store mounts.

...Not that any of them really pique my interest anyway.

[Atreides]

I actually hate it more of they add feast mounts. At least the shop mounts are optainable by everyone and not a selected few win traders or diehard pvp players that spam it all day.
If I had to pick I'd say make it a TEA reward but an Ultimate content reward is also something that is not obtainable by everyone.