Vanity Cash Shop

[HiPotion]

maybe it should have some event items that we missed, like the eggs hats i missed the event but would like to buy it
or stuff like server/name change, hairstyles, tatto ..etc

[Kiote]

These type of features always lead to completely ridiculous items that have no place in the game. i.e. Angel Wings, Outfits from Famous characters in other game, and those stupid headbands with pompoms on springs..

[Hanemakikaze]

As Sten would put it, "No."

[Dreamer]

Also, vanity items ARE a big deal for me. I treat my appearance as importantly as I treat my stats, so offering items like that in a cash shop is a game breaker for me. I spend enough money on clothes IRL - I shouldn't have to do the same in a game that I'm already paying for just so I can get the appearance I want.

[Babydoll]

There is no need to charge for this kind of thing. Can just put it in and let us buy the items with gil or something. Aion did that iirc.

[Jynx]

Server transfer: Fine
Race/genger change: Fine

Everything else: Should be used as a gil sink in our horidly inflated econimy.

[Corrderio]

Cash shops you say?

[Neasa]

As long as it doesn't give an advantage over other players, I'm all for it.

[Nuru]

Again, no I do not want a Cash Shop, even if its just for the vanity items. Its been discussed to death and most of the players that post here are against any cash shop in any shape or form.

I would have to agree with vanity items if SE really is bent on adding any Cash Shops, but nothing more than vanity. So I guess I can say yes and no. You can pay monthly for the game AND have a cash shop for vanity items, but if its a F2P its not going to last as long as SE wants this game to last.

[Fensfield]

Vanity items are the compromise I would grudgingly bow on in the face of no option but to accept the implementation of any sort of cash shop. However I am vehemently against the whole affair - there is nothing that could be in a cash shop which couldn't be acquired through some means within the game under the umbrella of a paid subscription, and as far as I am concerned it is far better that way.

Cash shops in a subscription based game, of any form, are an attempt to either squeeze more money out of players or to prop up a failing game (usually indicative of the game reaching the end of its operational life); either way, in my opinion they offer no positives that wouldn't be greater if the items they contained weren't simply available to subscription-paying players from within the game at no extra cost, and at minimum come with certain fourth wall-related negatives. It's also extremely common to have to deal with the fact that to encourage people to buy them, cash shop vanity items have to stand out from those generally available in game - normally resulting in them looking overly flashy, tacky, and/or stupid to appeal to the sort of people normally go in for this sort of thing (not an attack, just.. well, younger players and so forth). And that's not touching on the issues around gameplay stuff for cash. Another concern is the development time needs to be dedicated to cash shop items that could be going toward stuff could be a part of the game itself.

I would much rather just have what's implementable under a subscription, than have a marginal increase in the amount of stuff when that increase comes with any of the possible negatives, and when most of that stuff has to work within the requirements of a cash shop in the first place. The only thing I can see any comfort in doing for real money is certain services - ie, server transfer and name changes - and even then, the care needed to implement those harmlessly still needs to be a bit close to paranoid.

That being said, in the event I were forced to accept a vanity cash shop, however distasteful I may find it, all of its contents should be accessible through some means in game as well - albeit significantly less easily, I suppose.