When Criterion got no rewards but the mogstation wont miss a beat

[Oizen]

Good thing you don't have to. There are plenty of great glamour options available through game play.

Yeah but I'm still going to call out shit when I see it, when people are saying content is unrewarding, but the mogstation gets frequent updates, something is inherently wrong.

[Avoidy]

We had like 3 dungeons in a row of just reskinned gear too. And we're headed into 5-6 months of nothing. But people will defend this sort of thing and buy it forever. Go look at the XIV twitter page where they announced it. Everyone's just praising it and saying "just take my money" without thinking about the direction the game is going in. "The game exists to make money" bruh it's buy to play + subscription + cash shop, I'm sure the multi billion dollar corporation is doing just fine without you defending their gross triple dipping monetization practices.

[Arrius]

Not to mention some of it is just bare minimum anyway. Like the island tanga.. another set of panties. Yay.

You mean that one pair of tangas from nine different bottom pieces that are otherwise shorts and actual pants you get from the island?

[Padudu]

You mean that one pair of tangas from nine different bottom pieces that are otherwise shorts and actual pants you get from the island?

Oh sorry I forgot to mention HD version of Spring bottom shorts, some more booty shorts, jeans, non cut up peacelover's jeans, a reskinned extreme survival's shirt (the polo), the only unique gear being the sheppard set and the isle worker's/explorers tops. I'm not even counting the gloves which are just reskin of others and we have a bunch of those already in the game, the isle torque which is just the Summer flame's/Drindil (or however you spell it, idc to check rn) torques, and I could go onto the shoes but I'm sure you get the point.

The point being, we have oodles and oodles of new vacation gear, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that criterion has no rewards, the dungeon glam has just been reskins/undyable/little variety, the raid gear has been samey, and this mogstation set that would've been fine as an in-game reward literally anywhere else and instead it has a price tag on it.

[Arrius]

The point being, we have oodles and oodles of new vacation gear, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that criterion has no rewards, the dungeon glam has just been reskins/undyable/little variety, the raid gear has been samey, and this mogstation set that would've been fine as an in-game reward literally anywhere else and instead it has a price tag on it.

All I see is that people use the release of new mog items as a excuse, again, to rant about topics that has been talked continuously about instead of keeping on existing threads to consolidate feedback and concerns about these practices.

But hey, new items in the shop and time to stir the rant pot again, don't we? Wouldn't be General Discussion without it.

[Padudu]

All I see is that people use the release of new mog items as a excuse, again, to rant about topics that has been talked continuously about instead of keeping on existing threads to consolidate feedback and concerns about these practices.

But hey, new items in the shop and time to stir the rant pot again, don't we?

What are you, the forum police lol. Not another topic about the mogstation, anything but that. Why can't people just be complacent about Endwalker's most unpopular content still being wildly unpopular while they just keep throwing things in the store.

I checked the first two pages for criterion topics, which is the OG topic to begin with. Couldn't find anything (I'm not looking very hard, just a cursory glance), I'm not going to go deep dive to find another thread about it that's been posted however long ago before this one. But I guess whatever makes you feel justified lmao.

[Kranel_San]

I think the solution to the cash shop is to have the items obtainable in-game by doing a set of activities that rewards a shop-exclusive currency (Similar to the trading post in WoW and the endeavor shop in ESO)

[caffe_macchiato]

Dude, it's Final Fantasy XIV. This isn't like World of Warcraft where you can unlock most things via gameplay. The whole point of FFXIV is that you don't have to play it. You log in once a week to do your mandatory re-clears (if applicable), and otherwise you stay logged out until the next patch drop. FFXIV respects your time because it lets you play other games, and for just $13 a month, you get the social prestige of being aligned with the "superior" MMO without actually having to play it. If we had to grind to unlock gear, how else would we have time to play our other games?

[Theodric]

It's a nice set and I'm glad that they're adding something other than yet another 'modern day' glamour set or a costume worn by one of the Scions. That being said, it is a shame that it's on the cash shop and not available in-game...but I don't think the development team are interested in creating something equivalent to WoW's trading post which has monthly rewards on offer. The achievement certificate system could be tweaked to go in a similar direction (ideally with items available on a permanent rather temporary basis) though so far the closest thing we have is the tomestone events...which are recycled rewards for the most part.

[Boblawblah]

Dude, it's Final Fantasy XIV. This isn't like World of Warcraft where you can unlock most things via gameplay. The whole point of FFXIV is that you don't have to play it. You log in once a week to do your mandatory re-clears (if applicable), and otherwise you stay logged out until the next patch drop. FFXIV respects your time because it lets you play other games, and for just $13 a month, you get the social prestige of being aligned with the "superior" MMO without actually having to play it. If we had to grind to unlock gear, how else would we have time to play our other games?