Dont Lock Emotes To Extremely Exensive Merchandise

[Blood-Aki]

Whales, some people will toss money at anything, has the cash shop being there not givin you any indication that people will throw money at anything? luckly for me i don't give 2 craps about that emote so i am fine with not wasting 100 bucks for a emote you'll likely forget about after a day or 2 of spamming it.

[ErryK]

Whales, some people will toss money at anything, has the cash shop being there not givin you any indication that people will throw money at anything? luckly for me i don't give 2 craps about that emote so i am fine with not wasting 100 bucks for a emote you'll likely forget about after a day or 2 of spamming it.

I think the term "Collector" is a bit more appropriate, since the individual is buying a statue with the bonus of an ingame emote, not an ingame emote with the bonus of a statue.

[Blood-Aki]

I think the term "Collector" is a bit more appropriate, since the individual is buying a statue with the bonus of an ingame emote, not an ingame emote with the bonus of a statue.

lol, collector is fine, an old freind of mine is a game collector and his home was stacked with ancient games wall to wall.. so i know how they think, my post was directed towards people ONLY being for the emote, like toss or basement the figurine but pay that much for an emote.

[Blacksmith_Tony]

People that desire such an item will find the means to obtain it, as is the basics of supply and demand.

The additional bonuses of merch should never be used as part of the selling point, since they're just extra bits for fun as a way of thanking the players for their above and beyond support of the game. One such as myself, who has bought the art book, did not buy it for the Airship Cid minion, but rather for the unique content within. It will be the same when I possibly purchase the lore book on Monday, since I want a piece of the game forever outside of the game, so to speak.

All the vanity in this game should never be a major factor in how one enjoy's the game itself, since the /mandervilledance of today may be the go the way of Pokemon GO, and not be so popular at a later point in time. Also, an exercise in learning to make the best with what one has is always needed, since there will almost always be players with access to something beyond the grasp of another player, for that is life. Some people want a house in Eorzea, while other people wouldn't mind an attack helicopter to play paintball, despite it being one of the biggest money sinks of all time in that fictional scenario.

tl;dr = Be happy with what one has, play the game for the fun of the game

[HungryHippo]

If you barely can afford the sub, you shouldnt Even think about buying things like emote or mog station items.

[DamianFatale]

All I'm saying is that everyone should have a fair shot at all content. In game, yes, but difficulty is okay. I am so sick of this cash shop, and mog station logic. This isn't entitlement. Don't even say you warned me about mog station. I wasn't even playing when the fan base was begging for cash shop stuff.

[Blood-Aki]

All I'm saying is that everyone should have a fair shot at all content. In game, yes, but difficulty is okay. I am so sick of this cash shop, and mog station logic. This isn't entitlement. Don't even say you warned me about mog station. I wasn't even playing when the fan base was begging for cash shop stuff.

The cash shop isn't going anywhere, regardless of who likes it or not, SE would be insane to get rid of it when people are giving them money for easily forgettable content. Thankfully it's only kept to cosmetics. i don't like content behind paywalls either but i don't really care either, let the whales waste their money, if something is out of your reach, then so be it. Just move on, crying isn't going to change how they do it.

But as it's been pointed out, the statue is the reason for the cost, it's a collectors item.

[Xiao_]

This isn't entitlement.

you expect to be able to get this emote for less than what it costs, because you feel entitled to it. that is what entitlement means. this is LITERALLY textbook entitlement

[Genaxx]

Your paying $100 for The Statue the emote is just a bonus. It's not locked behind the statue because your not ment to buy it just for the emote.

[Evergrey]

Like others have said, buy the statue for the statue, the emote is just a bonus. For when the time comes that FFXIV closes its doors for good you still have the statue that you wanted to buy, but not the emote you wanted to buy and now is gone forever.