I want an official response.

[lvlagmarink]

But it is. You are paying for a product and you are not being delivered the whole product.

Oh.. Is the code being included in the product? I'd like to get it and start a private ff game on my own..

[Xine]

I swear it's like you guys have tunnel vision. Is this what the modern MMO player is? They only care about end game dungeons?

Yes, that is "most" of what I care about, I'm a FC leader and the rest of what I care about is making sure the people in my FC aren't bloody retarded and know what they're doing in the game.

I'm not stupid. Terms of service do not exempt them from criticism.

Reached my daily post limit by the way, so I'm not going to be able to reply anymore. It's asinine that we even have a posting limit.

I agree with you on this point, a posting limit is asinine but it keeps the annoying people who spam stupidity on the forums down, as well as those who only post to argue idiotic points.

On topic: Cash Shop is here to stay, deal with it.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

OP, I think you just want a reason to stop playing so that you can justify why you stopped paying for the sub. You want the devs to say just about anything just so you can say "bye!" and leave. Possibly. You been against the cash shop since forever and slammed anyone who disagreed. Whether the devs give a response or none at all, nothing they say will make you stay. Your mind is made up and the cash shop simply won't go away.

[Dayne]

I remember when Eq2 had about this much stuff in the cash shop, it slowly but surely became 50% of the production was cash shop exclusive. It started the same way back when it was still a sub game.

I wouldn't go so far as saying having a cash shop is the end of the world, but on a sub game nothing in a cash shop should be exclusive, every item in it should be available in game, be it rare drop or time consuming quest. Cash shop imho should be a shortcut for non-p2w items.

[Da_Hero]

I remember when Eq2 had about this much stuff in the cash shop, it slowly but surely became 50% of the production was cash shop exclusive. It started the same way back when it was still a sub game.

I wouldn't go so far as saying having a cash shop is the end of the world, but on a sub game nothing in a cash shop should be exclusive, every item in it should be available in game, be it rare drop or time consuming quest. Cash shop imho should be a shortcut for non-p2w items.

exactly how I feel, gate that minion behind a crazy grind, put sleipnir in a ridiculously tough boss fight, but make them available in the game...and let people who just want shiny stuff buy it in the cash shop

[Eissels]

I don't like the thought of dyes in the shop, but ultimately it doesn't bother me.

I wish they'd put more event items in their for people that missed it.

Tbh I'd pay like $15 for Lightning's Hairstyle.

[Squintina]

I remember when Eq2 had about this much stuff in the cash shop, it slowly but surely became 50% of the production was cash shop exclusive. It started the same way back when it was still a sub game.

I wouldn't go so far as saying having a cash shop is the end of the world, but on a sub game nothing in a cash shop should be exclusive, every item in it should be available in game, be it rare drop or time consuming quest. Cash shop imho should be a shortcut for non-p2w items.

That's exactly how I feel. Vanity stuff in the cash shop, ok..but only if they're also available in-game through some means. Cash shop should be a shortcut for non-battle, non-feature related stuff; it should not an exclusivity.

[Nominous]

Please. Give us a response.

Let me get this straight.

You think that because you like something, you're required to buy it? That logic is just too ignorant to comprehend. I think a lot of the people here should be of the age where they understand how this sort of thing works.
Almost anything you pay a monthly fee for has additional perks, bonuses, or sub-services that realistically should be included in said monthly fee. They aren't, because companies know they can charge for them. It's a viable strategy to get extra money from something you were technically giving out for free before. Nothing in the world is free.

Granted, I think the Cash Shop has gone a little bit too far in such a small time-frame, there's no reason to be demanding some kind of response from them. They're a company, and their goal is making money and pleasing customers while maintaining a solid balance between the two. I also tend to believe that people in the position to make decisions about this sort of thing have not much of a clue, or care, as to what the average gamer wants. And as long as they aren't literally coming out and giving a literal middle finger to their customers, this is hardly crossing the line of, "Enough is enough". The forums say one thing, but the profit, or even further, the market of this sort of thing, says differently. I'd dare you to throw free money down the drain because a vocal few people are extremely angry at something you do.

Oh, and about that whole, "You aren't being delivered the whole product. You bought a game, and it's not all available to you."

You really want to bring that up? You bought Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. This is all that realistically should have been available, by that logic. That was the game, that was the promise, nothing more or less. What you were given?
ARR
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5 (coming soon)

And you're going to sit here and conveniently forget about all of those patches, QoL fixes, dungeons, raids, recipes, boss fights, minions, mounts, and many more things, that were given WITHOUT charging you more than that base price? Okay.

[kryptic963]

No. Coils and EX primals are progression CONTENT, not fluff that makes no difference to your game if you have it or not. Apples to Oranges, my friend.

Question when have you ever needed to go into coil or a EX primal to progress on the main story last i checked they are only optional stuff for vanity or the best gear in game which as far as the main story goes is completely unneeded

[KaedrianLiang]

It's over anikin! This high ground adds a +5 to my agility!