Do you think...?

[Indrijid]

That the game will ever feature a store for mounts, weapons etc. purchasable with real money? So many MMOs have that sort of thing, is it only a matter of time?

[SpookyGhost]

It's a subscription model, so no.

[AyaneKiwara]

It's a subscription model, so no.

WoW kinda invalidates that.

[Indrijid]

Dang >.< I'm terrible at finding new stuff, so I always end up in those stores.

[Tagihi]

Dang >.< I'm terrible at finding new stuff, so I always end up in those stores.

Most new items drop from dungeons anyway

[Richiealvian]

I think there was a thread about official translation for paid retainers..

Edit: here you go


F: What about the additional features for retainers coming in patch 2.2?

Y: We will implement a fee based retainer service which we have been announcing since the previous FFXIV days. With that, we’re going to add new features aside from being able to store items, and currently preparing for it.


From Reinheart's

[lackofwords]

I think there was a thread about official translation for paid retainers.

They've announced that way back at the launch of FFXIV 1.0. It was originally structured as 1 retainer per player, each additional retainer is $1 USD. Unless if I'm mistaken, this increased your maximum retainer for your entire account by +1. So each of your characters could have one additional retainer.

Eventually, people started to reach their item storage limit back in FFXIV 1.0, that they gave everyone a "free" second retainer, which stuck with us now all the way here into FFXIV:ARR.
The retainer system isn't all too different from 1.0, the storage size limit per retainer has changed, and instead of localized market for each city, its one global market. This means it doesn't matter where you've set up your retainer to sell your goods anymore.

The thing I hear about micro-transaction models, is that they have to be structured from the beginning to support it. It isn't easy to slap it on a game changing mechanic as a forethought after the game has been developed without planning for it.
With that being said, vanity items seems to be favored a lot in F2P games as things you could purchase. Though, it really brings nothing to change the mechanics of the game itself.

Buying additional retainers though, does a make a difference though, by increasing maximum number of items you can sell on the market boards.
Though, this has been planned ever since the development of 1.0.

Normally, I would provide a link to the source, however having difficulty finding it at the moment.
The only thing I could find is from fansites, http://ffxiv.zam.com/forum.html?foru...07785645538689

[Neri]

Not sure how to interpret that one though. The fee could have mean the "in game gil" that we need to pay to hire the extra retainer since our first 2 retainers are free?

[Razzle]

Not sure how to interpret that one though. The fee could have mean the "in game gil" that we need to pay to hire the extra retainer since our first 2 retainers are free?

I like your hopfulness but highly doubt it. lol

Just a matter of time before people realize the mog station is just a hidden start of a big cash shop in disguise.

Edit: also have a vague memory of my 1.0 days when the system was first talked about, about the pricing, thats going to be the same as a character (1$/eu?) per retainer a month... dont remember where I saw that but i somehow remembr that from the old days... Of course it could be different on 2.0

[Felis]

Not sure how to interpret that one though. The fee could have mean the "in game gil" that we need to pay to hire the extra retainer since our first 2 retainers are free?

Maybe
Or they do what was planned since launch of old XIV with $1 extra fee for every extra retainer.

Edit: also have a vague memory of my 1.0 days when the system was first talked about, about the pricing, thats going to be the same as a character (1$/eu?) per retainer a month... dont remember where I saw that but i somehow remembr that from the old days... Of course it could be different on 2.0

Character slots fee was $3 each character slot


hmm, it sound more that we don't pay for more retainer but we pay the retainers to work more

F: What about the additional features for retainers coming in patch 2.2?

Y: We will implement a fee based retainer service which we have been announcing since the previous FFXIV days. With that, we’re going to add new features aside from being able to store items, and currently preparing for it.

F: It will be a type of useful feature?

Y: It’ll will be a new play mechanic where you can dispatch. You decide on the retainers job and class, then pay a tip (tip/chip - as in form of payment, tokens) and choose the item you want to obtain. Then you dispatch the retainer. Once the retainer successfully obtains the items, they will gain experience points and gain levels, and will be able to wear different types of gears.

At least our retainers can now level up ^^


We saw this level 2 years in our retainer menu with no way to increase the level, until now