FOMO in FFXIV: How pervasive is it?

[DrWho2010]

so it's not as bad as other games, in fact, it is one of the best in terms of lack of fomo
I can list in one post all the forever missable stuff
1. legacy titles and the legacy tattoo: small coametic things you could only get during an event in 2012 assuming you played in the 1.0 version
2. the regalia mount and noctis lucis caelum outfit: will probably come back in a few years
3. pvp the feast outfits and mounts: will eventually become purchasable using pvp currency
4. pvp series 1, 2 and 3 rewards: also will eventually be purchasable with pvp currency
5. promotional mounts and emotes, merchandise only items such as matoya's hat: eventually purchasable via the square enix merch store but will cost you a pretty penny

I think that's it
every single other mount, minion, cosmetic outfit and emote is acquirable ingame or via the cash shop

your point #3 and #4 there is no word/guarantee they will ever become available again via currency of any kind. esp #3.

There are minions you can no longer get from a couple tie in items (wind-up dalamud) and any of the minions/items that were part of expansion pre-order bonuses you can no longer get via ANY means.

[Izar_Chillen]

FOMO isn't real. Stop getting so hung up on digital items.

Bungie took it to a whole new level with Destiny 2.

Removing content that players had paid for (literally deleting legacy story and zones) , repackaging expansions into similar bundles but one has more than the last, then its replaced by another , and now they create "best deal" aka super deluxe/ultimate edition expansion bundles ( the most expensive of course) and if you dont buy them , you have to pay extra for things that have always been a default of a new expansion like the dungeons featured in the new expansion.


They took FOMO from , my buddies are all playing it i gotta buy as well, to , we've had your money and time for so long here is how we guarantee you play ball buy forcing you to buy the ultimate edition of our expansions otherwise you gonna pay more overall for game features.



And people stuck in "sunk cost fallacy" keep paying up.


Take a look at the horror that Destiny 2 has become: https://youtu.be/nsIdPWB2_JA

[Ransu]

While I don't agree with removing content... that kind of comes with the territory of online only games. It's why I tend to avoid battle passes unless I can get them for free.

[Dzian]

FOMO isn't real. Stop getting so hung up on digital items.

It is kinda real. Buts it's a disguise for something else. It's not a fear of missing out. It's a fear of inadequacy or not measuring up to everyone else.

But people miss hundreds of opportunities every day. Almost every minute and always comparing themselves to others. Your friends posted on Facebook they went for lunch but you weren't invited....
Bam missed out... stupid stuff like that. I had the option of taking today off work. Said no forecast was rubbish turns out it's a lovely day and my family are living it up in the garden. Boom I missed out... so what... it's just people obsess over comparing themselves to everyone else instead of just being you.

If Bob has a shiny James can't have. James feels like he's a lesser player than Bob James feels inadequate.. it's literally just people with incredibly low self worth trying endlessly to measure up to everyone else...

People demand things for no reason other than everyone else has it.... and it's destroyed a lot of the game to be honest...

Everything hasn't it's value / significance... even something as sime as ifrits pony mou t. Used to signify you beat the extreme... now it means nothing. You probably got it from the moogle vendor...

Unsync is the worst thing they ever did. As if it never existed then even today players could go do ifrit and get that pony so it's not like it's exclusive or inaccessible.. any perceived rarity would simply be a result of player choices.. but nope instead they destroyed it.

It's not a fear of missing out. It's a fear of not measuring up or being inadequate. Because somehow that shiny someone else has makes them vastly superior to you who doesn't have it...

BS

[Carin-Eri]

Not even remotely as bad as it is in many F2P games, where their entire business model revolves around it.

[Antrix]

Or, you could stop getting bent out of shape over digital items. There's no such thing as FOMO, no matter how much people want to pretend something so ridiculous is real.

Dear Ransu! In my previous message, I asked you not to continue the discussion you initiated about whether FOMO exists or not. I politely requested this and pre-apologized if my words might come off as offensive. However, you've chosen to further cultivate this discussion.

Learn to respect others' opinions and their perception of reality. I hope wherever you were raised, they taught you the concept of respect? Or at least the basic idea of respecting other people and their viewpoints? Cease imposing your views and dictating to me or anyone else what's real and what's not.

Wishing you the finest and most splendid day

[Ransu]

Dear Ransu! In my previous message, I asked you not to continue the discussion you initiated about whether FOMO exists or not. I politely requested this and pre-apologized if my words might come off as offensive. However, you've chosen to further cultivate this discussion.

Learn to respect others' opinions and their perception of reality. I hope wherever you were raised, they taught you the concept of respect? Or at least the basic idea of respecting other people and their viewpoints? Cease imposing your views and dictating to me or anyone else what's real and what's not.

Wishing you the finest and most splendid day

No thanks.

[SlouchyBard]

Isn't FOMO just jealousy younger sibling?

[Antrix]

No thanks.

Oh, wow, I'm sorry, I initially mistook you for someone who understands human courtesy in conversation. Then let me try to put it in language that might be more familiar to you: For future reference - don't tell me what to do, and I won't suggest the direction you should go.

Have a good day, sweetie, I hope not to see you in this thread anymore

[Surprised]

I would say it is pretty manageable .enjoy your time and stay in ffxiv