Cash shop ADS mount

[Roukiz]

I wouldn't class myself as a pvp type of person, but I've been taking part in pvp content, and usually having a bit of fun doing it since its release.
Of course the biggest draw for me wasn't the exhilaration of battle and stomping people. (It might sound silly, but I tend to feel bad when I have to kill somebody, especially if the team is losing, thus i play healer!) The draw was unique glamour and mounts, which i assume is the case for most people.

The problem i'm having is twofold and perhaps subjective. I'm unable most days of the week in actually joining frontlines content, specifically since "Shatter" has been released, regardless of whether i queue with roulette or no. Second, in my personal experience the win rate for Twin Adders has been absolutely atrocious. An example would be that i'd been trying desperately to get the Field Commanders set from "Seize" several times a day throughout its entire content life-cycle, and to check my achievements to see that i'd only ever won 25 times is really disheartening.

One might say that i'm just bad at pvp and letting my team down, but i'd disagree! I take pride in my ability as a healer in both pvp and pve content, and i always put my all into every game. I'd managed to get the cute airship mount from the "Feast" relatively quickly! But when I compare that experience alongside twin adders in frontlines, it's a worlds difference. Of course variables such as content objective and luck of player skill levels are also always at play.

My point is, I don't think i'll live to see myself get the regular ADS mount, let alone the white one from shatter, so SE can you at least let me pay you for one? All i want to do is bounce around on a future ball, even if may be mud green looking.

------Edit: To make clear, i'm not asking for these specific achievement rewards to be purchasable but an alternative version/reskin able to be purchasable or obtained through other means. A la Bennu/zu mount, parade-chocobo/white-fat chocobo.

[Alberel]

The solution to this would be for the GC restrictions on frontlines alliances to be removed. Frontlines desperately needs this to happen to alleviate queue times for some factions as well. It would solve a lot of problems in giving everyone faster queues and making it much fairer for PvP achievements to be attainable without having to switch GC. I really don't understand why the devs continue to refuse to do this. I get there are lore reasons but this is one case where the gameplay really really needs to take priority.

[StrejdaTom]

I don't feel like supporting you to get mount others had to do plenty of PvP for. You simply don't deserve one and throwing money at your monitor shouldn't change that.
DOWNVOTE.

(and nope, I do not own ADS mount so I wouldn't call myself biased, I only have Twin Adder Warhorse)

[HulveinBlitz]

One of the reasons it pops - at all.

You want them to make that into cash shop junk? Surely you jest.

If you want anything in an MMO, you need to put time into it (mainly). This isn't a new concept.

[Morningstar1337]

I don't feel like supporting you to get mount others had to do plenty of PvP for. You simply don't deserve one and throwing money at your monitor shouldn't change that.
DOWNVOTE.

(and nope, I do not own ADS mount so I wouldn't call myself biased, I only have Twin Adder Warhorse)

I'm inclined to agree, but I want to make a suggestion to the OP regardless.

The Mogmender quests in the Mist have a similar mount to the Drones. Not as tron-inspired, but it is similar enough

The only other option I can suggest (albeit reluctantly) is...switching GCs (Specifically to Flames on Aether) and for the coat, see if reddit is having events for Seize (both of these run under the assumption that Sargantanas is on Aether). That's all I can suggest for someone with limited time, or the inability to participate during peak hours

The solution to this would be for the GC restrictions on frontlines alliances to be removed. Frontlines desperately needs this to happen to alleviate queue times for some factions as well. It would solve a lot of problems in giving everyone faster queues and making it much fairer for PvP achievements to be attainable without having to switch GC. I really don't understand why the devs continue to refuse to do this. I get there are lore reasons but this is one case where the gameplay really really needs to take priority.

Considering that this thread exists, I think that people don't have that much faith in the devs to make such a fix in the first place.

[Roukiz]

I agree, I do think it would be rather sad for the people who have successfully put the time in, in order to get these mounts, and it's true that they are one of the major incentive in doing these types of content. So I can completely understand.
And Alberel brought up a great point about the underlying problem, which i do hope is addressed soon! I just find myself having personally put so much time into this, but to no avail.

My initial thought about the cash shop ADS alternative was along the same lines of how SE makes available reskinned versions cash-bound through things such as irl collaborative events, friend-codes and collector editions, sometimes straight up cash-shop! But i think, other than the parade-chocobo none have been achievement rewards so far, so i can see how it would be uncouth!

[Vidu]

No. Just no.
For two reasons.
First: can we please for all that is holy stop asking to have things put in the cash shop?!
Second: As you pointed out yourself: People are doing this content to get mounts, glamour etc. etc. You're basically asking for "pay to win" in a sense here. Those things are a reward for people - not only some shinies for glamour...

[Syhrwyb]

The PvP queue already sucks, you want to make it worse by throwing PvP mounts in the cash shop? I can't agree with this.

[LeeraSorlan]

i agree but disagree.its true its basically impossible at this point to get the original ADS mount, so they SHOULD do something, at least reduce the requrements.
the naysayers who say "but but, that guy worked hard and got it first!" dont matter, its an MMO, stuff gets easier, stuff gets harder. at this point its not a matter of skill or a matter of patience, the ques for frontline and the winrate are absolutely making it nearly impossible to get this mount.
i disagree that there should be other means to get this mount, because it would once again ldrag out the que times for an already horrid que time. but SE should add more encentives to this content or reduce the amount of wins or change the forumla for getting the mount or something.


at this rate you might as well be trying to run to the store while you are on a treadmill, you wont get anywhere

[bass9020]

Maybe SE should think about making an achievement shop with our points. Put all achievement items in the shop and if you have enough points you can get it. Just an idea.