Quote Originally Posted by Stormrider View Post
With a certain level of transparency and up front pricing structure. SE is a business and they can price how ever they want. But other types of business have to obey laws and be up front about costs and services. We have definitely not seen that. They are making the rules as they go. Just because you make money doesn't entitle you to do as you please. It seems most defense is it's a business so its ok they can do what ever.

If they came out and said, "We are only going to give you basic services with the odd extra. We plan to regionalise gear and then charge on top. All cash shop will be per character and never per account." You can live with that and people should shut up. But that is not what is happening.
Do you ask for financial transparency from any other business you get extra things from? The example I give with McDonalds, the extra sauce, some McDs will charge for it. Critical thinking can break down, without statements of finance, that we pay extra as it dips into stocks that have to be bought or replenished. Its logical thought.

Now I will meet you halfway on the issues of price. Sometimes the price is to high, and without records we can't know how high is to high. So instead of getting all heated, let's get some people in the community to crunch the numbers, something MMO players are very good at. Let's find the average cost of wages, how many people would likely be needed, other costs. Let's try and break down the cost of FFXIV and see if some are correct about the price or if its an over reaction.

I feel a cash shop is fine, and that it IS the place for extra items with no baring on the game. But instead of this endless nonsense maybe we should take it upon ourselves to find an answer. I would be happy to help in such a project.