Why I started playing FFXIV

[Adire]

Minfilia gear and hairstyle is going to be put into cash shop, it is written in Bayohne's Live Letter translation.

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Thanks. I missed it. That's a shame though....the precedent has been set for non-event related glamour gear being sold. The plot thickens.

Also, for people saying SE is within their rights to add a cash shop....how many times do we have to tell you, we know already. But just because you have the right to do something, doesn't mean you should or that it's right to do it. I would not want to imagine how the world would function if everyone had this mindset. "If it benefits you and you can do it, you should always do it."

And for adn, sure WoW's cash shop is far worse. But it started out much more innocently than it is now. After they realized people don't value their money and will throw it at basically anything, they capitalized, and now it's negatively impacted the experience for those who don't agree with the cash shop. You want a fast level? You pay. You want that horse, you pay extra. FFXIV's cash shop is small by comparison, but over time you WILL see it grow and grow and grow if it's profitable because SE is a business before all else, and you will see the game impacted for those who don't use it, as more is added to it that could have been added to the game they're already paying for, and wasn't just because $$$$.

"Optional" is completely irrelevant. Notice how they emphasized the cash shop's name, "Optional" items, almost as if they need to take attention away from the fact that these items are only somewhat optional for people who want them. The items are technically optional, but for someone who wants something from it, it's as optional as paying for the game itself is. I.E. if you want it but want to play the game you're paying for to get it, tough because there's only one NON-OPTIONAL way to get that "optional" item you already paid once for. We all support the game (and cash shop's) development through our subscription's at the least, so to pick and choose what they resell to us what we've already paid for, and detract from what could have been content gotten from playing the game, you know, what we all actually want to pay to do since I'm sure no one here enjoys paying for the opportunity to pay more for content that has no entertainment value past just having it, is just....wrong, to use a simple but accurate word. It makes it seem like SE values extra cash more than the quality of their game and definitely more than the player's experience in the game, as it's nothing more or less than an exploitation of loose spending habits and a nose turning at an opportunity for improving the game for everyone with a little extra effort.

Just imagine if SE scrapped Void Ark and just tossed the stuff from it into the cash shop. It would be highly profitable if people allowed it, so there would be little reason not to do that. Less development cost, more profit. But what would the result be? Less content to play and run around in with that rad glamour. People who like instant gratification would be happy, people who like to have access to everything they pay for, playing game content and getting glamour through that (therefore truly getting what they pay for in its entirety), and don't like being charged double for it in order to get it would be unhappy. The impact on the quality of content would be great for people in the latter group. It's not at that point yet of course, but it's a steady journey that will get rockier the more it's allowed to happen, and by the time you draw your personal line, it will be too late to fix things.