Voting with my wallet

[Zohnax]

derp

I've already stated my reasoning for thinking that it'll continue on its current path. I'm sorry you're so arrogant that you can't read before you attempt to condescend to me.

[Gaddes]

I've already stated my reasoning for thinking that it'll continue on its current path. I'm sorry you're so arrogant that you can't read before you attempt to condescend to me.

Arrogant? I'm simply replying to someone who decided to start a fight with me when I wasn't even talking to them in the first place. I'll repeat, since you somehow didn't catch it last time, all I originally said was that people should take what a dev says with a grain of salt because things can invariably change. I said this as neither a positive nor a negative thing, just as a fact of life with MMOs. "Promises" are rarely upheld, or at least not in the exact form that it might've initially been formed as. You seem to be looking to start fights, but I think you're mistaking me for someone else in this thread who actually did anything warranting a rebuttal of your type.

[DefendPopPunk]

Well, good for you. At least you can stick to your guns. Myself though, as much as I hate the cash shop, I love final fantasy (and final fantasy xiv) more than that though, so I'm willing to stick it out. I don't even play a whole lot but I still feel okay giving my sub fees to SE so that I can contribute to the continuation of the game. But that's all I'm going to spend.

[Danbo05]

Insert the required, "Can I have your stuff?"

I'll do one even better....

OP, Can I have your account?

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

I'm not a fan of the cash shop, and while I'll still pay for my sub, I plan on not supporting the cash shop. That's how I'll choose to vote

[LunarCain]

Lets see..other P2P MMO has Cash Shop that Pays to Win. SE is a P2P that sells Armor that is used for Fun and Glamour. So pls explain how is the Cash Shop here helps Pay to win when it clearly doesnt?

[AyrJordan]

people are welcome to discuss whatever they want in it.

DAE see MrHappy cheat at fan fest?
Also www.suckitkipling.com

[Cynfael]

People just don't have enough worthwhile things to complain about, so they prop the cash shop up as the biggest evil in the land and burn it in effigy all over the forums before the damned thing is even released and given a chance to affect anyone's gameplay experience, much less updated once or twice.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

While I think SE can take their cash shop and shove it, I'm also loyal like a dog and it will take more then that to make me quit. I commend you OP if you are really going through with it.

[NeverYolo]

Said who? Once a game adds a cash shop it wont stop at just a few vanity or minions.

Let's look at how far WoW has gone since opening its cash shop!!
https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/game/wow

....Nope, nothing spectacular. Oh boy, a level boost is the most OP thing there. You could have fun and level a job yourself or pay to have it done instantly for you. Honestly, I wouldn't have a problem with ffxiv doing that. Nothings worse than getting RL friends interested in playing the game only to be stuck running low level dungeons with them... I'd pay to boost them to 50!

OP gear? Nope. 98% vanity, 2% long been dying king of the mmorpg universe offering diehard fans instant max level satisfaction on whatever new server they want to play on. (They already will give returning players lvl90 status, so why not pay to have all your characters you never finished promoted too? Oh boy! lvl 90! With .... lvl40 equipment!)