Thread: 2.2 Retainers via Microtransactions

Originally Posted by Xellos2099

That is sellling power, which is not the case atm.

How is basically selling gil not selling power?!

With the ability to buy hq gear for esch class all the way to 50 is by far the biggest change to balance this game has ever had.

How is selling you retainer, selling you gil? You don't miraculously farm 10x faster now if you buy 10x retainer. You have more space to sell stuff, but you won't be able to replenish faster.

Originally Posted by MCS

How is selling you retainer, selling you gil? You don't miraculously farm 10x faster now if you buy 10x retainer. You have more space to sell stuff, but you won't be able to replenish faster.

Lol at only selling farmed stuff which is basically the worst way to make gil via MB. Anyway your whole argument is thus 100% invalid.

This reminds me of "TERA", about some RNG boxes added to "cash shop" while it was P2P. the forum generated hundreds of pages, the so outrage RNG desire item still went on sale, but community received an apology and EME promise not to do it again....Few month later game went F2P.
Not saying FF14 is on the same situation as their subscription numbers/population I see seem pretty healthy. But I wold much rather let this "convenience" retainers go on sale and let SE generate more revenue to improve the game/faster content than allow F2P. if this game ever goes F2P, all hope is lost for P2P MMORPGS and will be the last MMO I will play.

The Choice:
A: Allow SE to generate more revenue by selling non-balance breaking items/Fantasia/retainer (the auto gathering concerns me, guess have to wait for 2.2 retainer features)
B: Further push the idea of F2P (different thread on this matter) on Yoshi P's mind.

Ugh trying to read 22 pages of people screaming "THIS IS P2W".. But one thing I did seem to notice is people just saying "XI would never do this".
Does no one seriously remember getting a mog satchel/sack whatever it was called when you bought a token. See most people seem to forget that. XI had huge inventory space issues. Buying a token was a no brainer for extra space. That allowed me to be better than some of my counterparts when it came to healing cause I had access to my highly situational gear.

Now I would never call that p2w because that was far from it. It was a service I purchased to allow me to have more space. I don't think it was some sort of slippery slope nor do I think being able to purchase something that changes my race is either. This is not XI I'm not trying to get ahead but becoming a taru for that added INT bonus.. it's so silly. I really doubt FF would ever boil down to "Buy this new super starter pack golden edition for 50bucks."