Really? They put Shadowkeeper on the Mog Station?

[psychoEclipse]

I'll never understand why people get so upset about such things; if you don't want to spend money on digital content, then don't buy it, no one is forcing you. I appreciate when a company adds items that aren't bound to grind or endgame content, either inside the in-game store or as seasonal events, since not everyone likes to play that way.

[Heavenchild]

In the last whole year FF14 gave me so little, that I stopped to buy the cash shop mounts. I don't enjoy the game enough anymore, that I am willing to buy useless mounts for big prizes.
Still enough to sub and play, but not enough to feed SE for using our money for other games.

[IkaraGreydancer]

I do agree that they're technically not free – the "price" being that you need to be subscribed to the game at the time of the event. If you're subscribed anyway, then yeah they're a freebie on top of it, but if not then you have to either pay to access the event and gear or you wait a year to pay a smaller amount for just the gear.

Wait...huh? I don't think it works how you're explaining it. If you aren't subbed why would you pay for the item? The fact is it is free and become a payed thing after the event is over. But if you only aub for seasonal events you're on a different wave than most lol

[SenseiMaria]

I am continually surprised by the amount of cash people will spend for things which only exist within a game or app. Gear, mounts, extra gold, etc... players just eat it up, and in the end, they are left just holding nothing but binary code.

Why is it surprising? people spend far greater amounts of money for experiences that last far less. Ever had takeout / fast food instead of cooking something cheap at home? Ever gone to the movie solo instead of pirating it / buying it later? You're basically burning unnecessary money on self-indulgent experiences that last less than a day, sometimes less than an hour. $24 for a mount that applies to all your characters and stays with you until the game's servers shut down is far more value than a titanic amount of stuff people will spend their money on during their lives; it ain't that hard to see why people eat stuff like that up.

Everyone places value on their money based on the service provided, plenty have no issues tossing $24 for what the mount offers.

[caffe_macchiato]

I'll never understand why people get so upset about such things; if you don't want to spend money on digital content, then don't buy it, no one is forcing you. I appreciate when a company adds items that aren't bound to grind or endgame content, either inside the in-game store or as seasonal events, since not everyone likes to play that way.

Good, good! The game is useless as-is, it just exists to sell cheap shit on the online store. Instead of getting content, we get microtransactions. Usually, that’s called being in “maintenance mode”. But that’s okay! You’re a drifter, you’re not that invested in the game so it doesn’t matter. And when it all falls down, you’ll just go to another game, just as Yoshida wants. You have nothing to lose. That’s good!

Sadly, there are many of us who invested a lot of time into this game. While we can easily play something else, it won’t be the same. And as the game continues on this downward spiral, many people will feel lost. And if that isn’t the correct reaction, why bother even making a virtual world when none of it has any meaning? When it’s all disposable?

At this point, rather than rubbing it in our faces, the forum would be better with a support network to help people find other games. That way, you can have your store mounts and empty game on maintenance mode, and the rest of us can have one that’s alive and doesn’t sell out to MTX. Happy?

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

I am continually surprised by the amount of cash people will spend for things which only exist within a game or app. Gear, mounts, extra gold, etc... players just eat it up, and in the end, they are left just holding nothing but binary code.

As you pointed out, all someone has to do is make the code once and the business rakes in the money with no further investment required. It's one of the most profitable things ever.

I'm just happy Square Enix hasn't gone to a pay to win model with their cash shop. Players may be upset certain mounts and gear aren't free; but, at least they aren't required to shell out money for best in slot gear or materia with superior stats in FFXIV.

... To be fair, that streetware glam do look good from the store.

[Ayche]

Mr. President, a second mount has hit the FFXIV forums.

[Boblawblah]

Good, good! The game is useless as-is, it just exists to sell cheap shit on the online store. Instead of getting content, we get microtransactions. Usually, that’s called being in “maintenance mode”. But that’s okay! You’re a drifter, you’re not that invested in the game so it doesn’t matter. And when it all falls down, you’ll just go to another game, just as Yoshida wants. You have nothing to lose. That’s good!

Sadly, there are many of us who invested a lot of time into this game. While we can easily play something else, it won’t be the same. And as the game continues on this downward spiral, many people will feel lost. And if that isn’t the correct reaction, why bother even making a virtual world when none of it has any meaning? When it’s all disposable?

At this point, rather than rubbing it in our faces, the forum would be better with a support network to help people find other games. That way, you can have your store mounts and empty game on maintenance mode, and the rest of us can have one that’s alive and doesn’t sell out to MTX. Happy?

You should be more honest like this Caffe. When you're sarcastic and nasty it's impossible to feel sympathy for your point of view but when you put things like this I can much better understand you. It's a sad point of view, but I can understand it. Losing something that you love so much, seeing it change to what you hate would be hard for sure.

[psychoEclipse]

Good, good! The game is useless as-is, it just exists to sell cheap shit on the online store. Instead of getting content, we get microtransactions. Usually, that’s called being in “maintenance mode”. But that’s okay! You’re a drifter, you’re not that invested in the game so it doesn’t matter. And when it all falls down, you’ll just go to another game, just as Yoshida wants. You have nothing to lose. That’s good!

Sadly, there are many of us who invested a lot of time into this game. While we can easily play something else, it won’t be the same. And as the game continues on this downward spiral, many people will feel lost. And if that isn’t the correct reaction, why bother even making a virtual world when none of it has any meaning? When it’s all disposable?

At this point, rather than rubbing it in our faces, the forum would be better with a support network to help people find other games. That way, you can have your store mounts and empty game on maintenance mode, and the rest of us can have one that’s alive and doesn’t sell out to MTX. Happy?

I played FF14 during Heavensward and then stopped for several years, but during that time I spent many hours in this game and enjoyed it a lot. FF14 is the best MMO nowadays for several reasons, where others are kinda disappointing or have fallen so low from their quality that they're just bad. SE adds some cash items time to time, they don't do such every week and they gives you no advantages in-game, since they're just mounts, minions or alike. Sure, you can buy Gil but what you can buy with those is limited and you still need to work on endgame contents to get best-in-slot for your class(es). I don't see how implementing something that is just a visual buff which allows you to fly to the in-game shop can change your game experience so badly to say: "The game is ruined because SE locks a mount behind the shop!". Developers needs time to think, program, script, fix and work on a game patch or major content, its not something doable in 2-3 months if you want some quality. Moreover, FF14 is an MMO with a "J-RPG feeling" which leads to a deep story and complex loretelling; you don't write a good story in 1 month, it will suck so bad...I can assure you. Before judging a company for not realising a major patch every month, try to write a book in a very brief time and tell me if you're able to come up with something decent.

[Oizen]

I like how the mogstation gets more content than endwalker