I want an official response.

[Divinemights]

they will never say something to us. they just want our cash and the rest is not relevant.

Japanese do not mind optional item from cash shop.
They also loved loot boxes.
Do I need to say more?

[TheGrimace]

People sure do get irrationally angry about "necroposts" despite the contents still being relevant. It's not like the thread was locked or anything.

[Emstidor]

Japanese people keep all of their information condensed in ONE THREAD for LITERALLY YEARS. What is the problem with using one thread if the OP is still relevant?

I don't think anyone would complain if this thread from 2014 had remained active until now, as the Japanese thread (and indeed a handful of english ones) do, but pretty much anywhere across the internet it's considered poor form to bump a long-dead thread back to the front page just so you could add your two cents.

[Shihen]

People sure do get irrationally angry about "necroposts" despite the contents still being relevant. It's not like the thread was locked or anything.

Agreed. I love wading through 30 pages of a conversation that happened 4 years ago because the topic was loosely related to current events. Finding the line where the old conversation ends and the current one begins is especially conducive to productive discussion and I think we just keep in mind that everything that happened in the past is exactly the same as everything that happens today, we can just keep a list of about 20 threads and expand those endlessly.

[TheGrimace]

Agreed. I love wading through 30 pages of a conversation that happened 4 years ago because the topic was loosely related to current events. Finding the line where the old conversation ends and the current one begins is especially conducive to productive discussion and I think we just keep in mind that everything that happened in the past is exactly the same as everything that happens today, we can just keep a list of about 20 threads and expand those endlessly.

Now you're getting it!

[Penthea]

Minions are content?

I mean technically everything in the cash shop is content but you don't have to buy anything from it in order to progress in the game.

Glam gear, emotes, dyes, minions, mounts, bardings and furnishings are purely cosmetic. The jump potions are at most a shortcut as you can get the xp yourself, which most people still do since their introduction so it's clear they're not viewed as a necessity.

The only thing that is vaguely close to any sort of pay to win is the retainers. Because with more retainers you can sell more and get more goodies from ventures. But at the same time staying with the standard two retainers doesn't make it harder to level anything or access more content. This is very telling from the fact that most players just use the standard two they get with the msq.

So in short, if people should be mad about the some of the Mog Station content, it should be the retainers. The rest is mostly just fluff. Very pretty fluff, but fluff all the same.

And yes fluff is optional. There is no progressive content exclusively locked behind mog station cosmetic items. If you feel forced to buy it that's you doing that to yourself. Not SE.