Cash Shop Items for FFXIV possible future update?

[Malakhim]

I support cash shops for items like costumes, level up packs(for the more impatient players) and expansions alongside a hybrid F2P and subscription-based model. Naturally I'll be going subscription, but it could be a great extra source of revenue for Square-Enix, who in turn could produce better content and give more support to FFXIV long-term if done correctly.

I'm sure SE is paying careful attention to what's going on with games like Guild Wars 2, The Old Republic, and TERA.

[LlenCoram]

I support cash shops for items like costumes, level up packs(for the more impatient players) and expansions alongside a hybrid F2P and subscription-based model. Naturally I'll be going subscription, but it could be a great extra source of revenue for Square-Enix, who in turn could produce better content and give more support to FFXIV long-term if done correctly.

I'm sure SE is paying careful attention to what's going on with games like Guild Wars 2, The Old Republic, and TERA.

This single idea scares me. To me, that's basically pay to win, since those people with more money than brains will be able to just buy their way to the cap. I had enough of that in Imperian, and I never want to go through it again.

[Malakhim]

This single idea scares me. To me, that's basically pay to win, since those people with more money than brains will be able to just buy their way to the cap. I had enough of that in Imperian, and I never want to go through it again.

This is a valid concern, but think of it this way: How many incompetent, intolerable louts have you met at high-level areas or events that played, not bought, their way through everything and are still incompetent and intolerable? You'd still avoid those players, right? You wouldn't play with these guys either. What's the difference between that and another douchy player buying his way through stuff?

Nobody loses in either scenario, but SE gains something in the latter. As long as people can get all the same abilities and whatnot through the natural course of the game(I.E. never introduce buy-only abilities), then I don't see too big of an issue.