Quote Originally Posted by Solowing View Post
Are most not past event items that were offered free if you completed the events they were featured in? They are vaulted then sold ,which should encourage us to play the events as they release, or they'll be a paid shop item at a later date. You have the chance to get them free.)
The key is if you completed the events they were featured in. For new players there is over a decade's worth of furniture locked exclusively behind a paywall and there are furniture pieces that was never offered in the actual game, like the bahamut and carby lamps. Whether you want to believe it or not, SE is doing the exact same thing. I would actually say putting seasonal event items in the cash shop instead of just making them available with a bit of gil the next time the event comes around is a lot more gross. And iirc someone did a count and Mog Station actualy had more on it than the WoW shop and that doesn't even include them doing things like charging us monthly for extra storage (retainers) instead of making it available with a one time purchase with in game currency.

The shop not being part of the game is also just poor design and very inconvenient. They added dreamfitting relatively recently because they would make more sales that way. They didn't decide not to add the shop to the game because they care so very much about the player. Saying its less gross because you cannot access the shop in game is just as silly as mockin Blizz for something SE also does and makes you look more like just another fanboy who wants to make it rain on the shareholders than anything.