How many would boycott the game?

[Abriael]

Pay for my sub in 6 month hits, due again in March, won't be renewing sub because of cash shop.
The defence of "its only vanity stuff it doesn't affect the game" irritates me immensely Vanity is a big part of the game for A LOT of people, part of the enjoyment of the game, so it most certainly does have an affect.
With this latest announcement, the game just feels tainted. I've played almost every day since launch on PS3, bought a PS4 pretty much because of FFXIV, and don't even feel like logging in now. Honestly breaks my heart this is happening.

Your heart is easily broken if a cash shop in a game, which is becoming the norm in the industry, breaks it. You may want to seek aid there.

"Vanity is a big part of the game for A LOT of people."

Which is why you have a TON of vanity items requiring no additional purchase.

To put it down simply, you're massively exaggerating, and you're not making any sense, and it sounds rather silly, to be honest.

For what I'm concerned, those that aren't willing to support the game by tolerating the existeance of a cash shop that they can completely ignore with no loss, and that will generate revenue which will be reinvested in the game, can take the door and never return. FFXIV will keep doing great with and without them.

[Naelle]

Pay for my sub in 6 month hits, due again in March, won't be renewing sub because of cash shop.
The defence of "its only vanity stuff it doesn't affect the game" irritates me immensely Vanity is a big part of the game for A LOT of people, part of the enjoyment of the game, so it most certainly does have an affect.
With this latest announcement, the game just feels tainted. I've played almost every day since launch on PS3, bought a PS4 pretty much because of FFXIV, and don't even feel like logging in now. Honestly breaks my heart this is happening.

[Alistaire]

Q5. What do you use the General Discussion for?

• Complaining 78.9%
• Trolling 21.06%
• Providing constructive feedback 0.04%

And that's not even dividing the line between constructive feedback that's intelligent and...the rest of it.

[IzumiYuki]

Wait. I thought the people that hated the cash shop already left? Judging from the threads when cash shop was announced during the fanfest. So, this is part two of threatening to leave?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Keep in mind that the forums represent a tiny minority of players, and it's the loud minority at that. The opinions of the forumites are the opinions of the playerbase entire only in a loose sense.

And this is just the English forums. We don't know how people in the other languages feel about this.

[IzumiYuki]

And this is just the English forums. We don't know how people in the other languages feel about this.

I don't see any threads regarding this topic in the JP forums. Of course, I only looked at the general discussion section.

[Canadane]

I don't see any threads regarding this topic in the JP forums. Of course, I only looked at the general discussion section.

I can imagine they wouldn't make large complaints about it.
Their way of boycotting the cash shop would be to simply not use it.

[Marael]

Was there a question in there somewhere? You never actually told us in your entire post what, exactly, we would be boycotting and why. Do you mean boycott the marriage thingy period? Boycott it if it's put into the cash shop? Boycott the cash shop? What are you talking about? You never actually made a point or said what it is we would be boycotting or why. I don't really give a crap about the marriage system in general, could not care any less one way or another about it, and don't see why anyone else would care at all one way or another, same with the cash shop. But seeing as how I have no idea what you're actually asking if I'd boycott, that's the closest thing I can give to an answer.

[Bluevann]

I'd boycott but sadly I have to admit their offers are cheaper than those found in-game.


Say they put the coeurl swimwear (top and bottom) at 2.80£ like they did for Howling Spirit. That equals to 1/5 of my subscription, which could be converted in 5-6 days of subscription, and the money goes to SE.

In-game, buying that set costs up to 1.5M-2M. How long does it take me, a casual, to farm that amount of gil? At least ten days. To give the gil not to SE, but to one anonymous crafter who thinks a level 1 item should cost millions (or the guy he bought the mats from did). So it's costing me more real-money (of subscription days spent farming instead of doing something I like) than the cash shop is.

I've only bought the Sleipnir mount so far and it's already paying off, 16€ is a little over a month of subscription, and I've spent well over 3 months trying to get the Nightmare mount.

Maybe this wasn't what you wanted to hear, but a lot of people seem to miss this point on Cash Shop.

Me, I'm for now boycotting in-game crafted vanity items. Those prices are definitely not worth it to me. I'm slowly climbing my way towards 3-star crafts though, so maybe one day I'll have them too.

[cookiecutter]

I'm no boycotting this game over glamour and mounts. Now if they make me pay for access to all areas in the gold saucer then I'll change my mind (I don't care if they put some triad cards in mog station though).