Stop Making Should-Be Achievement Gear.."Optional Gear"

[RaijinSupreme]

wow, sounds like you would be great at game design.

You should think about getting into the business. That way, you can make these types of decisions yourself.

[Ririta]

You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the cash grab MMOs, not join them! You were supposed to bring light to the genre, not leave it in darkness!

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Because they still add way more fluff items to the game that aren't purchased via mogstation. In fact, id say the mogstation makes up less than .001% of all the items you can currently acquire.

[Ririta]

Because they still add way more fluff items to the game that aren't purchased via mogstation. In fact, id say the mogstation makes up less than .001% of all the items you can currently acquire.

That's .001% too much imo

The one thing that I've ever wanted would cost me 30$, more expensive than the game and more expensive than a full game on Steam.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That's .001% too much imo

The one thing that I've ever wanted would cost me 30$, more expensive than the game and more expensive than a full game on Steam.

To be fair, 90% of the cash shop is reskins or event items that people already had the opportunity to acquire. the other 10% is exclusive items, 50% of which is npc gear that had to be retooled to fit all of the races.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

To be fair, 90% of the cash shop is reskins or event items that people already had the opportunity to acquire. the other 10% is exclusive items, 50% of which is npc gear that had to be retooled to fit all of the races.

This is an important distinction. While some insist things in the shop should be available in game, what they often fail to realize is that it wouldn't have existed at all (for player use) if it wasn't in the shop. Retooling npc gear to fit all player races take time and resources. To recoup the investment of time and resources (and to hopefully make a small profit to boot) those items are put in the store. If there wasn't going to be a cash shop, those items would never exist for player use. Anything in the cash shop is either extra work beyond the budget of a given xpac, or made available after an event that used to award them changed.

If they couldn't put those items in the shop SE wouldnt bother investing the time and money to make them at all. So its a choice of available in the shop or not available anywhere ever.

Now that's not to say SE doesn't cheat here and there by putting old event items up that already exist and function, or recolored armor sets that already drop in game, but generally speaking, much of whats in the shop wouldn't have been made in the first place if they couldnt sell it.

[Owl_Hawk]

On the issue of cost to make these items...thats why we need to pay more for them

I totally understand your point and the effort needed to make these items...but isnt that the point of items? You are paying a sub for content of all sorts...if people have to grind these out...they will continue to sub as they need TIME to get these things ontop of the other things such as relics or whatever. I am just saying they are making enough money as it is...and will CONTINUE to make money if people are re-subbing that next month in order to get a certain item they really like....Almeric is part of Heavensward...so are the Knights of the Round...it just seems wrong that they would put this behind a cash barrier instead of making an event or achievement out of it like they did for FF13 Lightning...and ya..if you miss a limited time only item...put it on sale for those who joined game late...Cash for that is acceptable..but not new content...that is just allowing them to rip us off...we are paying them for new stuff not paying them to make stuff which we need to then pay more for ontop of our sub..this is wrong on their part...and I hope many support this thread in order to grab their attention. Or else the next thing is...Pay for raids...Pay for Optional Dungeons...Pay for Blitzball...It won't stop

[Nihonnick]

The way it is with SE (aside from old event items)

If they didn't make it for Mogstation, It wouldn't of been made at all. So there is no "Should of been an achivement or Quest Reward"
It was ONLY made reality as a Mog item.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

The way it is with SE (aside from old event items)

If they didn't make it for Mogstation, It wouldn't of been made at all. So there is no "Should of been an achivement or Quest Reward"
It was ONLY made reality as a Mog item.

Not true. You mention that this is how it is with SE and yet, FFXI continued to release new holiday event items and with each passing event you were able to obtain them if you missed out, all without having to pay extra.

This isn't a Square Enix thing, it's a Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 thing.

[Felis]

Not true. You mention that this is how it is with SE and yet, FFXI continued to release new holiday event items and with each passing event you were able to obtain them if you missed out, all without having to pay extra.

This isn't a Square Enix thing, it's a Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 thing.

And how many previous story NPC costumes was made in XI for free?