Cruise Chaser: Another insanely overpriced mount on the cash shop.

[Swimcito]

Give us a break, Squeenix. There's no reason you need to be charging $30 for mounts.

(Well no reason that doesn't involve greed and double dipping.)

$30 seems a bit steep...

I just bought it for €21 which is about $25...

why the price difference ? if we even pay more taxes on Europe

[Swimcito]

I agree, this weekend looked like they were doing their best impression of Activision by adding one of the coolest mounts ever to the cash shop while at the same time adding an earnable mount in game from the Moonfire Faire event that's just a reskin of the 2017 Xmas event bear.

I've bought a few store mounts over the years but can't bring myself to encourage them any more, as cool as the mounts are. It's been 2.5 years since Gold Saucer got a new mount to buy with MGP, all I do is the fashion report and I'm sitting on millions with nothing to spend it on. When Leviathan Unreal came out instead of adding a new mount for faux leaves they just gave us an alternative way to buy the 4 year old Ixion mount, little wonder it's hard to put together a party of people who want to bother with the weekly clears. It frustrates me to see them making completely unique and cool mounts for the cash shop like Peacock, Spriggan, and Cruise Chaser while there's plenty of content in the game that wants for new rewards to incentivize players.

And they still make money by adding mounts as in game rewards. People who want the mounts are going to do the content, which they pay a sub to do. Fewer people would let their sub lapse between patches if there were more desirable rewards to earn by playing the game.

Yeah, they better not start a trend, and give also cool mounts in-game ....

[Gabadabs]

Uhhh, double dipping means they're already getting a monthly sub. Why do they need cash shop on top of that? And I despise the argument that cosmetic is an excuse to price gouge people for things like that.



I didn't expect it to be different and that's the sad part, IMO.

Also it's only a two seater. >_>

I wouldn't really call it double dipping, honestly. It's optional and doesn't have an impact on the game, while helping to fund maintenance/development.
Do I wish they were cheaper? Absolutely. I just don't think it's this horrific thing that we all need to be particularly upset about. Because you can get plenty of awesome mounts via gameplay, not with money.

[Ultaniku]

I do understand the gripe somewhat from not being able to get it in game. It is a very cool mount, but it’s a multi seater account wide mount. I didn’t expect it to be a cheap mount. I do love it though, been ferrying my friends around.

[MeldinX2]

I think it's fine. I would understand that some people would have rather it be earnable in game just because it is a raid boss and it would make sense for it to drop there. And that some people have a attachment to the cruise chaser. But at the end of the day it's a business and it will probably sell really well. All this said i do think they should add more mounts as reward in game for activities that players don't engage in. For example more mounts and hairstyles for PvP would be cool. Giving people a incentive to acually play some PvP. Maybe even increase the cap on Wolf Marks and sell a mount for 40.000 marks.

[ForctyusGold]

i mean. its optional, cosmetic . just tell yourself you dont need it .

[EtherRose]

Here we go again about the Mogstation. Complaining about optional items that you don't need to buy but get mad about it because you want it mainly for free.

Also just a friendly reminder, again, Yoshi-P has no control over what they sell or do with the Mogstation. It is separate from FFXIV development. So it is annoying when people comment and act like it's all Yoshi-P's fault because "They release more stuff in the mogstation than actual content in the game."

[technole]

Another "I don't have $30" so I have to whine about it post.

It's okay enough of us have or will have bought it so they know it's working and will continue to add more $$$ to make you even more salty. They even made whales to buy, for us whales.

[Lanadra]

Does it come with Forward and Back?

[SigmaOZ]

Optional items are pretty much a scam, they are ridiculously overpriced for a game with such old looking graphics, can't say I haven't wasted money buying unnecessary things from the Online Shop but that doesn't mean I accept and support them.


I can buy a whole game for the price of this mount, I have no idea how players are so blind buying so little for so much.