Keep past content out of Cash Shop

[ShinigamiZero]

No to cash shop. Account only: (fantasia, name change, server transfer)

[Parz3val]

Signed.

$2.75 for the Pumpkin Heads
$4.50 for the Halloween Costumes <- same as the new Minions

Additionally... these are ludicrously priced if you ask me.

Especially considering the precedent was these were available for very little Gil until suddenly ripped from the in-game vendor without notice.

$1.00-1.25 and $2.00-2.50 would be far more appropriately priced.

[Minerva-Redwater]

I disagree with the cash shop, we pay a subscription for the game so we don't have to have one. It's not right that they're going to be charging money for items like this i even hear its gonna have mounts that we cant get in game.

[MasyMasy]

NOW (pro cash shop) it affects the development of the game. Is it suddenly convenient now that when you throw money at the shop it's for a better game?... ...You guys really want to help a multimillion dollar company with your chump change, just donate to them because apparently you believe that your sub isn't enough to keep their head above water

It's not about making it a better game, really. Like I mentioned in my previous post: for the original cash shop content that they're adding, it's relatable to how they put out merchandise. Some people will want that specific merchandise (be it tangible or an in game item) and will pay for it. I don't mind paying $5-20 for something that they didn't intend to make content for. I do agree with OP tho, that putting in previous content is really stretching the boundaries. I'd prefer that those specific items stayed exclusive to that content, instead of making them microtransactions to people who missed it.

[SenKoyo]

I'm all for the cash shop, as long as it never has pay to win items in it.

Past content? Throw it in there. If it was available once, put it in the cash shop next year when something new is available for free during the seasonal quest.

[Negotiator]

@ masya, I was responding to people saying the sub was no longer viable.
To you, it would hurt you alot less than to spend that $5-20, obtaining it in game instead and now we don't know what was intended for in game content.
Regarding people that would buy an artbook (for example) for a minion..I don't understand it. I'd buy an artbook with no minion to look at the art. That is their obsession.
I do think tangibility can be considered separate. We don't own anything in game. If the servers ever went down, we don't keep anything but memories. We do own that book or CD or whatever it was until we sell it, lose it, burn it, or die.

[Sho86]

I'm all for the cash shop, as long as it never has pay to win items in it.

Past content? Throw it in there. If it was available once, put it in the cash shop next year when something new is available for free during the seasonal quest.

This would be a fair compromise since there is very little chance they'll ever take out the cash shop/new vanity. Also having the old event vanity for a price outside of its season is justifiable since its not time for the event. Those willing to wait though should get it for free(or priced at the gil when it first came out).

[Nama]

This thread really services no purpose beyond letting people vent. The only thing that will sway SE on optional service like this is your dollar. If you don't like it then don't buy, if you do then spend your money. If the general concensus is no ones buying then and only then SE will shift its view.

[Negotiator]

These types of threads serve their purpose to inform and question as well as let SE know, there is a big divide about this. Some are ok with it, some hate it and the answer is not to sit quietly and "wait and see". Many people have experienced cash shops from other MMOs and see what they have devolved into. The concern does not come from thin air.

[Amateru]

I completely agree with the OP.

Wasn't happy when they said about store only vanity stuff, but removing the NPC who was always selling past event things during the same event period next year is a blow under. I really like vanity, like many other players I guess, and although it is not balance breakable I want them for fun obtainable IN THE GAME for which we're already PAYING MONTHLY.

I will use The Lord Of The Rings Online Shop as an example here. Although that game turned Free to Play and started the shop thing you can pay a monthly sub for which you get Store Points to use in store without the need of paying real money again, over your sub. My point is, even in LOTRO you can get everything when you just pay a sub and here in FF14 they make us pay over the sub if we (I do) want these items.

What they are introducing by Online Store is not fair to the customers in my opinion.

I already hate that shop and I will not pay two times for something I'm already paying every month!!!