Online Store is Getting Worse!

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

"The world is shit, so do nothing to try and make it better."
How very nihilistic.

Tell me have you heard of this game called Final Fantasy 14? The story in it does a pretty good exploration of nihilism and it's themes.

Nah, it's just realistic, in our capitalistic society. The first thing to get cut to make numbers look better is low tier employees, not the upper management's salaries when their decisions are what cause the problems.

[Mika_Zahard]

Yes you're right, and by that that same token I can call them out for double dipping and being generally greedy.

And you're free to do so.

But people WILL buy it, and that'll be enough for SE to continue the trend, for us, mere penny consumers, matter not compared to the big ocean whales and fools with their gold.

[SentioftheHoukai]

People who have thousands to drop on f2p and mobile games. People who have thousands to drop on golf, social drinking, and other expensive hobbies.


People love to talk about how expensive XIV is. It's not.

As a hobby, gaming is incredibly cheap. You spend almost nothing.

If I buy 2 Lego sets a year, it's more than I spend on XIV, by a long shot. Especially when it's the bigger sets.

Oh yes, because Bugatti's exist and Rick Ross and Drake and all the other prolific rappers and hip hop artists buy them suddenly FFXIV is the cheapest thing in the world.

....What? I just followed the train of thought you provided to its logical conclusion.

No, loot crates are terrible, they prey on people and can drain vulnerable people's life savings. No one should be OK with loot crates.

Pfft. You keep on telling yourself that the Mogstation and it's perpetually rising prices aren't any less predatory.

THEY FOLLOW THE SAME CONCEPT. Grubby magpies of consumers with no self-control. Loot crates, Mogstation, same difference really. They're merely preying upon the bad habits you provide them and continue to justify on their forums.

So.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Xaphire]

$22 is still outrageously overpriced. That's a month and a half's sub.

it's also less than an hours' work - it's not that expensive. It isn't something I'd spend money on personally, but it's not expensive. You sound like the person bitching that the emotes that were bundled in with statues were somehow oppressing them because they couldn't afford them.

As it's been explained a number of times in the past, the group that works on mogstation items do just that. No, these items wouldn't find their way into the game if the mogstation didn't exist, because the team that creates them wouldn't exist.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Oh yes, because Bugatti's exist and Rick Ross and Drake and all the other prolific rappers and hip hop artists buy them suddenly FFXIV is the cheapest thing in the world.

....What? I just followed the train of thought you provided to its logical conclusion.

That's not what I said... At all...

I was literally only comparing hobbies that most people have.

Reading is incredibly expensive if you buy every book. I've spent more on books than I have XIV in the last year lol.

It's simply a point of comparison.

You keep being you tho.

[Kenky]

it's also less than an hours' work - it's not that expensive.

Really? Where do you work that gives you more than $22/hour? Because I can guarantee that's quite the outlier in most countries.

[Mika_Zahard]

Really? Where do you work that gives you more than $22/hour? Because I can guarantee that's quite the outlier in most countries.

Agreed, in some countries you dont even make 22 a day.

[Xaphire]

Really? Where do you work that gives you more than $22/hour? Because I can guarantee that's quite the outlier in most countries.

The median hourly wage of the province I live in is the third lowest in the country - and it's exactly $22.00/hr. The lowest is $21.63.

[Xaphire]

Agreed, in some countries you dont even make 22 a day.

Which is a shame, but then I'm sure mogstation cosmetics aren't marketed at them.

[ameliaw]

Agreed, in some countries you dont even make 22 a day.

In my country the minimum wage is about $11 per day, and most people earn close to minimum wage lmao