FFXIV could single-handledly save SE if they handled the cash shop better

[NegativeS]

FFXIV is already saving SE, if I recall correctly it's the only actually profitable project at the company.

Maybe instead of piling more income flow on our shoulders, they could... hire people who aren't stupid? To make games that don't explode on the runway?

[ServerCollaps]

no.

all they need to do is add cashshop items like ESO that change the special effects of abilities.

also, giving the shadowbringer a purple glow like the ShB intro would bring all the DRK players back

also sell housing plots for 100€ as they do in eso

[Aidorouge]

I'll be in the category of proving you right. Because I would actually buy more from the cash shop if it was all account bound, yep. At the moment, I'm sleeping on virtually all cash shop items aside from mounts and don't plan on ever getting anything again because they're not shared on alts (and none of the mounts have been of interest). But if everything was shared, I would treat myself here or there every so often to some goodies, yeah.

(Your 'special vial' idea is brilliant, man I wish that was a thing...)

Also the housing limit thing is a great point, I feel like the limited thing and the idea that it could be lost is a huge deterrent.

Anyway - yeah, no, expanding the shop and all of the ideas in OP's thread aren't going to help and would make things worse, I don't support it one bit.

Admittedly, my idea is to just make existing cash shop items feel like a greater value rather than adding anything else, since ideally we would get more stuff by earning it in-game...

But if they're going to INSIST on adding things to it, they need to stop making people feel like they're being ripped off if they buy certain things. Paywalling job and story skips isn't great, but if you told people it was a one-time purchase and EVERY new character they made could start with any job ready to go for the last 10 levels of a current expansion while jumping straight to said latest expansion? That's going to open some wallets.

[TheRealDesastr]

Admittedly, my idea is to just make existing cash shop items feel like a greater value rather than adding anything else, since ideally we would get more stuff by earning it in-game...

But if they're going to INSIST on adding things to it, they need to stop making people feel like they're being ripped off if they buy certain things. Paywalling job and story skips isn't great, but if you told people it was a one-time purchase and EVERY new character they made could start with any job ready to go for the last 10 levels of a current expansion while jumping straight to said latest expansion? That's going to open some wallets.

Oops - I came across as liking the cash shop more than I wanted to in my post XD I'm not for it, though used to treat myself every so often a while ago. But yes, this is if they INSIST on adding things to it.

I wish they had a WoW-token-esque system. But with how gil is in FFXIV I highly doubt that'd ever happen... A way to earn currency for the shop in game would be great though. I wish. Or, adding stuff in the shop to the game as maybe limited time events (like the trading post for WoW perhaps...? Woudl get people to resub).

(Apologies for only using WoW as an example, it's where I came from many years ago and while I'd never return, there's things in that game that would be great to see in XIV.)

[Aidorouge]

Oops - I came across as liking the cash shop more than I wanted to in my post XD I'm not for it, though used to treat myself every so often a while ago. But yes, this is if they INSIST on adding things to it.

I wish they had a WoW-token-esque system. But with how gil is in FFXIV I highly doubt that'd ever happen... A way to earn currency for the shop in game would be great though. I wish. Or, adding stuff in the shop to the game as maybe limited time events (like the trading post for WoW perhaps...? Woudl get people to resub).

(Apologies for only using WoW as an example, it's where I came from many years ago and while I'd never return, there's things in that game that would be great to see in XIV.)

Oh no, the WoW example is valid, albeit I don't think I was playing anymore when it was a thing so I wasn't there for pros and cons of the system.

I'm reminded rather of how SWTOR does things where they have a premium currency (cartel coins) where you can spend a little to acquire cosmetics and then pay more to make them "legacy" wide (which basically means all characters on that server can access and use them), they also do similar with feature unlocks, including obtaining a chest that anyone on your legacy can dip into and take things out, including money.

Mind you, SWTOR is free-to-play with an optional subscription, but said subscription pays out a stipend of cartel coins every month to where one could theoretically unlock the most vital features and gradually make their favorite cosmetics available to every character on that server, I think they even started doing it with stuff you earned in-game. Similarly, even if you stop subbing, you can still play your characters but without access to sub-only features, and even SWTOR's security key gives you a 100 cartel coins every month its attached.

Imagine being on the free trial, paying a couple of months to get enough crysta to unlock retainer access, dropping participation during slow months but still able to log in to check on stuff/just say high, and the security key did more than give you another teleport.

Not to say Square-Enix should copy every little thing SWTOR does, but if they're going to nickel and dime us, they're doing it all wrong and I honestly wonder if the cash shop has been as successful as we all meme about because their way of doing things discourages a lot of potential buyers. Or how if "account-wide" is too much for them to do with every item, "data center-wide" or even "world-wide" would be the next best options.

If you told me I could give Yoshi-P $5 and he would let me have infinite fantasia on any one world of my choice, they just made an easy $5.

[Avenheit]

also sell housing plots for 100€ as they do in eso

oi oi, lets not get greedy here. XD

[Rithy255]

Cash shop idea: Job Stance changes. EI, take Dark Knight for example What if the weapon drawn was the default male over the shoulder idle pose instead of the awkward angle they hold the sword at right now?

Stuff like that. I'd pay for it.

I'd pay a ungodly amount of money just to get rid of Dark Knights defeault stance