Do you think...?

[Shirai]

Time will tell, but personally I doubt that this game will start working with a micropayments model on top of the monthly subscription for ingame items/benefits.

[Thorauku]

As long as the cash shop (if ever) will be just pure vanity and have nothing to do with stats., I don't care.

[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

[Akira_Tenshi]

Are you actually wanting such a thing and If so why!?

[Jaykos]

As long as the cash shop (if ever) will be just pure vanity and have nothing to do with stats., I don't care.

Are you sure about that? Are you saying that its okay that the lets say the warrior lvl 30 mount gets pulled from the game and put into the cash store because SE knows it will pocket them a cool couple hundred grand? That content in game that you pay a subscription to help develop also has a separate 24.95 price attached to it aswell. If cool helms are developed for 5.99 a pop and we get more recoloured gear from dungeon drops and crafting?

Would you really be happy with that???

[Kuwagami]

Are you sure about that? Are you saying that its okay that the lets say the warrior lvl 30 mount gets pulled from the game and put into the cash store because SE knows it will pocket them a cool couple hundred grand? That content in game that you pay a subscription to help develop also has a separate 24.95 price attached to it aswell. If cool helms are developed for 5.99 a pop and we get more recoloured gear from dungeon drops and crafting?

Would you really be happy with that???

If the gear has no stat and is pure vanity, yeah why bother?

[Jaykos]

If the gear has no stat and is pure vanity, yeah why bother?

Not using your brain mate.

[RagingSmezer]

I think they will implement it for the phantasia to change your appareance, but not for mount or other things.

[Mysteran]

If the gear has no stat and is pure vanity, yeah why bother?

I'm definitely against that. One of the things I love about this game is the lack of an "Item Store".

In my opinion, each one of those "vanity items" they add to the store is content that could have been added to the game as content and achievable through gameplay. This would give people more things to do in the game and more to strike for, keeping people playing that much longer.

[Thorauku]

Are you sure about that? Are you saying that its okay that the lets say the warrior lvl 30 mount gets pulled from the game and put into the cash store because SE knows it will pocket them a cool couple hundred grand? That content in game that you pay a subscription to help develop also has a separate 24.95 price attached to it aswell. If cool helms are developed for 5.99 a pop and we get more recoloured gear from dungeon drops and crafting?

Would you really be happy with that???

Actually, they're already doing it. *Cough* Behemoth mount *Cough*, and I'm perfectly fine with it. I don't care with those kind of stuffs anyway, and I'm speaking from my own PoV, if you don't like it, then don't. I'm not forcing anyone.

Why so serious brah? You're overthinking too much mate.