The increase in cashshop and merchandise

[Supersnow845]

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

Do people have so little appreciation of their money they are willing to justify cash shop purchases because and i quote “ Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank?”

Submitted for your approval im an anaesthesiologist so I’m not strapped for cash if you wanna go that route

[ovIm]

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

That's missing the point made here, really. Its not that people don't have the money I'd say, its that they find it hard to justify smaller purchases to support this studio if they perceive the quality of the product to be in the decline.

[Arohk]

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

5$ for one hairstyle , which is already in the game, an asset that is just "locked" in the character creation.
What do you think how much work went into this?. While there are hundreds of "free" hairstyle you can download.

Have some respect for peoples money.

[Connor]

I like that there are threads and threads talking about how disgusting and offensive the cash shop then the minute I mention it may be cash grabby it’s ’oh it’s a business of course it is’ ‘I’ll spend my money how I want’ (Post History > Tales of Adventure Thread).

Where did those people go lol?

[Derio]

Imagine how much more money they would make if they actually fixed Hrothgar and Viera to wear hats.

[Clockworks]

most the thing you are also speaking about is about NPC gear or hair stuff they never planned us to get look I want yugiri hairstyle but I know the day I have it. it will be in the cash shop and I will be ok with it. because they want out of they're way to allow me to have it so I will pay those few bucks for it.

I totally agree, in fact we should be GRATEFUL they let us use our money on an already existing asset that is no different at all than any other, they are giving us the PRIVILEGE to buy this hairstyle for $5 that people werent supposed to be using, for ONLY $5 !!!

Seriously, I really question if some of you people read yourself after you write this stuff, if they didnt want you using it, they wouldnt let you use it, not sell it on the shop for $5.

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

You are the reason why the gaming industry is going the way it is and is full of microtransactions and DLC's. Shame on you.

[Gurgeh]

This player's perspective is that the cash shop hasn't increased at all, rather the in game non cash rewards and their quality, have decreased. I used to look at using the cash shop as a chance to tip square enix for the great value I was getting. Now I've hit end game since EW, my friends left with DT, and I missed the boat on DT savage, since then I kind of feel like Square Enix should be paying me to sit here in a western DC Chaotic PF with both thumbs up my ass.

[yesnt]

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

Will SE go bankrupt if they give us the NPC for free? Will it break the game? See, this works both ways.

[Nero-Voidstails]

oh I don't say it's the best thing to do if folks are wondering I personally don't like Hilda hairstyle so that also doesn't bothers me to much but what I would like is more body customization for our character muscle slider for all race scales pattern for Au Ra, better tail model for miqo hats for Viera and hroth. like if those would go in the cash shop I would be complaining for sure! even a age meter would be nice! like 21 to 35 years olds like I dont mind having NPC stuff that wasn't attended for player to have in the cash shop or some mount yes some should be in the game that I will agree on.

it's just remember people ask for all those and doing content for it or adding it to the game where would it go if it was added as reward? criterion savage ultimate field operation? even crafting location? or even island sanctuary?

I do wish people would fight for better content and character customization before NPC stuff I wish we could go smaller for chest too but eh it is what it is.

[Sivante]

Are folks so hard up financially that a $5 hairstyle is gonna break the bank? If that's the case, it's time to find a different hobby.

The game costs USD$59.99 on purchase, currently. With a subscription plan that averages to give credit to bulk options at around ~$10 per month. For that purchase, once you clear MSQ to current, you are paying ~$10 a month towards a 4 month patch cycle. That means fresh content comes every 40$. This occurs, we'll round up to be generous, 3 times a year. That's 120$ a year for three patches of content.

To put it more aptly, if I spend 40$ on a game, and that game only had as much content as a single FFXIV patch, would I be satisfied with that game? No. No, I'd review bomb that game into the dirt.

So given the content release cycle is in the state it is in asking me to pay half my monthly sub (5$) extra to get the priviledge of access to an asset from an expansion that released 7 years ago is not just absurd, it's patently predatory at best. I'm all for them making money, but in current state asking ~$10 a month for this service is straining credulity; adding a micro transaction atop that when so many reward systems and contents are dead, and then adding a micro transaction on an old asset, is just a pill too jagged to swallow.

Despite my tone I don't actually care that much. I think it's predatory as a fox and I think whales are out there. Nothing for it, but certainly seems like a tax on the gullible to me.