SE is missing a HUGE opportunity with this cash shop!

[scarletfoxxy]

Instead of selling those unobtainable items on the cash shop...they could have been prizes for mini games in the gold saucer. Things in the cash shop should have been hairstyles, tattoos, face paints, and the introduction of character accessories (back packs, bandannas, other body piercings, even capes!) If there is anything i learned from the sims is that people would happily spend a large amount of money on vanity items and no one would be upset because none of this has any impact on the game and can't even be held under scrutiny of "withheld content".

[Riepah]

You're right, they're missing a huge opportunity by giving us hairstyles for free. They should put hairstyles and all that other fancy stuff you suggested in the cash shop, and keep the current cash shop items in the cash shop as well. Judging from how happy some people here seem to be to throw their money at SE, they'll make a killing. They don't need a big playerbase, just a few spending happy ones will do.

[Naelle]

You're right, they're missing a huge opportunity by giving us hairstyles for free. They should put hairstyles and all that other fancy stuff you suggested in the cash shop, and keep the current cash shop items in the cash shop as well. Judging from how happy some people here seem to be to throw their money at SE, they'll make a killing. They don't need a big playerbase, just a few spending happy ones will do.

They could just leave out all the cash shop stuff completely and nobody can have it.

[Barboron]

The plan is that it's just vanity items (for now at least). And it has annoyed a lot of people, myself included, but that's not the issue here. Anyway, it would seem quite likely they will get these sort of items into a cash shop. Why? Because as you said, it sells!

[scarletfoxxy]

You're right, they're missing a huge opportunity by giving us hairstyles for free. They should put hairstyles and all that other fancy stuff you suggested in the cash shop, and keep the current cash shop items in the cash shop as well. Judging from how happy some people here seem to be to throw their money at SE, they'll make a killing. They don't need a big playerbase, just a few spending happy ones will do.

What hairstyles are we getting?? the one or two that are segregated to a particular race with the other being a crossover?? i'm talking a monthly updated list of hairstyles all can use. The cash shop IS HAPPENING....i'm just trying to petition to make it more bearable once it hits so we can actually feel like we're not being ripped off from purchasable content. -_-

[Sholah]

They could just leave out all the cash shop stuff completely and nobody can have it.

Do you really think they would've just left these things out of the game if not for the cash shop? How dumb are you? They would've been put in the game as normal rewards had people not shown support for a cash shop.

[HumsterMKX]

Maybe they should sell... Golden saucer tokens to play them Golden saucer games.

US$15 for 150 tokens!
US$100 for 1500 tokens!

Kinda like online gambling. (>....>

[Erudain]

Some great ideas for the store:
- Tired of grinding FATEs for Atma? no problem....go buy them at the store....hey since you can get them in-game too it's cool to have them at the store. It's just saves time.
- Tired of waiting for a FATE to pop for a book? no problem....go buy a "force X FATE to spawn" item at the store, and then charge people to participate in game before poping it... hey it's cool to have it since you're only saving time.
- Need to meld your scroll? no problem....go buy "materia bundles" from the store.....since you can get those in-game your just saving the time needed to spiritbond an item or the gil to purchase them.

Ok, irony mode off.

[Riepah]

What hairstyles are we getting?? the one or two that are segregated to a particular race with the other being a crossover?? i'm talking a monthly updated list of hairstyles all can use. The cash shop IS HAPPENING....i'm just trying to petition to make it more bearable once it hits so we can actually feel like we're not being ripped off from purchasable content. -_-

Make it more bearable, by putting even more stuff in the game that's cash shop only. It's like trying to extinguish a fire by pouring gasoline over it.

[Bluevann]

Don't give them ideas...

Cash shop should give stuff for people who could get it in-game, but just "can't wait". I think they made a mistake setting it up as it is.

Say I unsubscribed for a month and missed halloween event. "Oh look, I can get the Eerie set for 5$, instead of waiting a year!". That's how it should've worked. In a way, it'd have been similar to the veteran rewards, some can't wait and pay for 90 days to get the next veteran rank immediately. Others, like me, can't afford that, and patiently wait 3 months.

To not find the vendor for the pumpkin heads in today's event was a real disappointment.