Really? They put Shadowkeeper on the Mog Station?

[ForteNightshade]

It doesn't need to be a raid mount lmao. this could've been for a relatively easy achievement or even gold saucer MGP
Either of those would be miles better than $$$ station, for the players

Operative word being "for the players"

The reason they don't update MGP or "relatively easy achievements" with big ticket items like this is it's essentially a waste for them. Everyone has more MGP than they know what to do with. It's another reason why the achievement guy saw only a single update in over two years. It isn't worth putting new stuff in there.

As for the whole "if only people didn't buy it! Then they'd put it in-game!!" Yeah, no they wouldn't. They just wouldn't bother to begin with. Square Enix has an entire separate division exclusively for micro-transactions. Every AAA developer does. Their sole purpose is making content to sell. If it didn't sell, they'd have no reason to make it. Not saying I agree with the practice or that the cash shop isn't getting a bit excessive. Just that the reality is corporations only care about money.

[Carin-Eri]

Okay - I mean, whilst I guess I can see both sides of the argument here, I do think some are overreacting.

Seriously - to read some of these replies you'd think that SE were threatening to cancel players subscriptions for not buying these optional items.

[kaynide]

Yes.
I don't understand, is this meant to be a gotcha?

I also don't believe that the housing wards aren't paying for themselves. How many empty spots are there and how many more subscriptions does that lock in.

My point was, there are aspects of this game that are paid for by mogshop that go beyond just mogshop items. I am happy to benefit from that, whatever it even may be, despite not spending a dime.

If you aren’t, that’s your prerogative, but either way MS is here to stay, love it or hate it.

[MistyMew]

I am beyond livid that the Shadowkeeper mount is locked behind Mog Station. After I submitted ⌨️ a report in-game ️ the GMs told me to post on the Official Forums instead. Here's the thing ✅, Square Enix. Forward ⤴️ this thread to the developer who approved this and let them read this ⬇️ word by word.

You do not ❗ put cool mounts behind Mog Station , ever ⛔. Mog Station is for wealthy *♂️ casuals who play this game for ERP ⏰. Give them a crappy Cat mount or something but cool mounts do NOT belong to casuals. You're insulting all your customers by locking one of the most popular mounts this patch ️ behind a pay wall no one can afford. I feel cheated out of my $15 .

Next time ⏭️, cool mounts need to be available ✅ in content that raiders do.

lol
time to touch grass.

[Kaurhz]

Consider me surprised.

I'd have genuinely thought this to be a BLU reward for doing savage raids with said job - Not a Mogstation item. - It would be more appropriate for it to be tied to BLU, IMO.


But, I guess I know what I'm buying later.

I am beyond livid that the Shadowkeeper mount is locked behind Mog Station. After I submitted ⌨️ a report in-game ️ the GMs told me to post on the Official Forums instead. Here's the thing ✅, Square Enix. Forward ⤴️ this thread to the developer who approved this and let them read this ⬇️ word by word.

You do not ❗ put cool mounts behind Mog Station , ever ⛔. Mog Station is for wealthy *♂️ casuals who play this game for ERP ⏰. Give them a crappy Cat mount or something but cool mounts do NOT belong to casuals. You're insulting all your customers by locking one of the most popular mounts this patch ️ behind a pay wall no one can afford. I feel cheated out of my $15 .

Next time ⏭️, cool mounts need to be available ✅ in content that raiders do.

I'm surprised so many people are taking this literally... It's a comedic skit on another post someone else made when they put the Megaloambystoma behind savage.

[CNitsah]

To me, the mentality behind which mount goes to the mog station, which mount goes into the game should be something like this : if it's from another FF (like Cloud's bike, The 8 seater whale, or even the ark inspired mount), they go to the mogstation. If it's something from FFXIV (boss inspired or something like that - like this one), you get it in the game.

[Ardeth]

Ironically, people will still buy it. 14 has a massive shill culture. Every time something new comes out, it's all I see for like a week, and then it's deader than disco. The only thing that was new that I never saw was the umbrella. But every other mount becomes the mount. And this one looks cool. So people will buy it. Even though it should've been a raid reward or something. But SE likes money.

[NekoMataMata]

Players who are willing to spend who knows how much on this game have enabled Square and it's only going to get worse for those of us who refuse to do the same. Their money speaks louder than any of our opinions.

[Lindaru]

It's optional, you don't have to buy it if you don't want to.

[Sacae]

Isn't this thing based off Griever from FF8?