I am Pro-Cash Shop

[Nalien]

I think what people need is a alternate way to these items from the cash shop

So does virtually everyone who is against the cash shop...

Best solution is just to make cash shop items "expensive" Gold Saucer rewards as well; Grind 50,000 Moogle Tickets from minigames, or pay $15 on Mog Station. That works for everyone, I think. I'd still be fairly disappointed, since I'd much rather see the minions come from Delivery Mog quests related to their respective Scion, and Sleipnir actually involve Odin (not saying Sleipnir Barding is impressive, but "I farmed the Odin FATE for this Barding" is more impressive than "I payed $15 online"). That's the kind of potential the cash shop throws out for extra profits, and that's why I dislike it so much. I cannot comprehend why anyone would rather just pay for a minion, instead of having it rewarded for playing the game in some fashion... Laziness? Sure, but there really needs to be an alternative that requires "effort" in order for the cash shop to be the lazy mans way. Honestly, if we have to have a cash shop, I'd much rather have just seen rare vanity fluff like Primal Ponies put in it. Having exclusive content in it is unacceptable to me...