Why is the Cruise Chaser mount from the Mogstation?

[Krotoan]

TBH I know Yoshi P is not in charge of what goes on the store, but I want to know if they at least consult him for input or did they do there own research into what will be good for what goes up.

From what little he says they interact but the mog station head outranks him (and scares him):
https://www.mmorpg.com/interviews/eo...cap-2000106271

Q: Will we get a certain outfit from the mog station?

A: Does everyone want that? Not a lot of response from the crowd. So with the Mog Station it is ruled by a powerful empress. More power than I am. She has mentioned creating this uniform and gear would be very difficult and costly. Basically said if everyone promises to purchase this new item we might consider making it. Would you promise to buy it? (The crowd had mixed reactions). I guess I’ll have to do it.

So if she says it happens.. I'm pretty sure it happens and unless he wants to try and but heads with higher ups (VERY unjapanese) he just lets it go.

[technole]

From what little he says they interact but the mog station head outranks him (and scares him):
https://www.mmorpg.com/interviews/eo...cap-2000106271


So if she says it happens.. I'm pretty sure it happens and unless he wants to try and but heads with higher ups (VERY unjapanese) he just lets it go.

Uh no.

YoshiP's official title at SE is Vice President of Creative Business Unit III (FFXIV/XVI teams), and he is on the Board of Directors. Even if he has the youngest tenure on there, he's at the table with CEO Matsuda. Considering MMO is a large line item on the earnings report, he'll do whatever it takes to keep the profits going.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

Uh no.

YoshiP's official title at SE is Vice President of Creative Business Unit III (FFXIV/XVI teams), and he is on the Board of Directors. Even if he has the youngest tenure on there, he's at the table with CEO Matsuda. Considering MMO is a large line item on the earnings report, he'll do whatever it takes to keep the profits going.

Even on boards of directors, there is often discrepancy in levels of power between board members, either by achievement or seniority. Being a board director also doesn't supersede decisions made by the board itself, if they had come to an majority agreement to say, tell Yoshi-P to listen to the Mogstation head. I personally doubt it, but I have seen it happen in other companies before, so i wouldn't dismiss the possibility.

Speaking from my time as a game developer that had a separate team who handled microtransactions though, it's very likely the Mogstation head & Yoshi-P co-ordinate and discuss ideas the mogstation wants to do and Yoshi-P signs off on things to make sure the mogstation team doesn't make something the lead dev team was planning to do, as that would be a complete communication failure between teams and just cause issues.

Alternatively, there's a good chance someone on the main dev team has a 'scrapped idea' list they maintain about outfits, minions or mounts they wanted to create and add into the game but couldn't due to various reasons; whether lore, time or 'not feeling right' based, which the mogstation team then scans through and selects ideas based on without input from Yoshi-P.

One way or another, CC was never planned to be in-game, if the mogstation handn't picked it up, it was very likely to be sitting in the endless void of cut content.

[Alexandre_Noireau]

One way or another, CC was never planned to be in-game

Sorry, but it was already.
The model is there. Everything was ready for it to be a mount in game.

They literally just took it from the game and put it behind a paywall.

This delusion that things are made only for or thanks to the cash shop needs to stop.

[Gameovers]

Sorry, but it was already.
The model is there. Everything was ready for it to be a mount in game.

They literally just took it from the game and put it behind a paywall.

This delusion that things are made only for or thanks to the cash shop needs to stop.

But it's the truth. Just because a version of the model was there doesn't mean it STILL wasn't planned for anything but the store. Otherwise it'll been put or used elsewhere. The fact it's not proves otherwise. Plus it's been five years. Chances are it was never going to be put in game as a player mount otherwise.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Sorry, but it was already.
The model is there. Everything was ready for it to be a mount in game.

They literally just took it from the game and put it behind a paywall.

This delusion that things are made only for or thanks to the cash shop needs to stop.

Consider This...the Models Purpose was just to be a Unique Boss in the Alexander Raids Series.
They did not originally plan for it to be a mount, and until 4 years later now it is a mount.