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

[Owl_Hawk]

I have already ranted here about another issue with this game: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...EADY?p=4092110

But since I am on a roll I should keep going:

It is not right that items such as Odin's Mount...The White and Red Magitek and MANY other items such as the Almeric gear released this week and so on...should be payed for. It should be part of in-game content..this game is not Free to Play...so you cannot say "We need to make money somehow". You claim to have over 6mil players..and they pay approx 13 dollars a month...thats 78mil a month...936 Mil a year...Don't tell me about "Expenses"

Odin's mount shouldve been a 50 token of the FATE or even the Trial fight reward

The Red Magitek shouldve been for many Prae runs...and the White for many Castrum Runs achievement...

Almeric's gear couldve been a reward for X amount of Heavensward dungeons ran achievement...

The Gear of Scions couldve been other achievements as well that gave people content to do..

Each of the Weapons couldve been for Heavensward Dungeon ran as that Job for example.

Same goes for emotes..i remember before when a patch came...we got new emotes from a quest we can do..now we need to pay for it ontop of our subscription?

We are PAYING you for content and paying for a FULL membership..not a Partial Membership and you make something and put it as separate? The only thing allowed to be sold should be Seasonal Gear...since if you missed it...that is your problem...but the rest? Dyes shouldnt be bought..they should be something part of ingame economy...And all these items should be part of the game...We could farm Odin's armor and wep but not his steed? and worse..you charge for a nearly 1-2 month subs for this digital item...

I understand you run a business SE, And you have employees and you need to make money..plus investors...but if your focus is money only, and the players start to pick up on that and feel you dont' care as much about customer satisfaction..you will lose alot of support on the day you do something wrong and people won't be loyal if they think you are not the same SE that "Reborn"d this game...They will permanently break up with you...You almost collapsed because of 1.0...but you worked hard..put ALOT of content and players felt your passion and supported you...but the direction you are taking now with all these "Optional Items" is the wrong one. Ontop of that..compared to 2.0 patches..we are getting less dungeons..trials...battle content..the MEAT of the game...What will you do next? charge us the sub but then we need to pay to get access to a "Optional" raid? A sub is a sub..we should have access to everything if this game isnt a Free-To-Play game.

EDIT:

Here is my proposed solution...These items you plan on putting up on sale on Mogstation...make a 1 week event related to that item before you put it on sale...if people are there at the time and complete the quest...they get the item...if they were not subbed/busy/whatever...then you can put it on sale on the Mogstation...Similar to how people missed Seasonal Items...But at least use this as content for the game rather than "pay for content..even though you are paying a subscription"...I still think alot of the items SHOULD be achievements (such as the Magitek Mounts) or part of Bosses (Odin Mount) rather than something "Extra" to the game...You put Odin's mount as an Extra as well as Scion's Gear and Almeric's when those are part of the game's story but then add something like a chicken platter helmet in Gold Saucer which has nothing to do with the FF series or any boss/situation in the game...this makes no sense.

[Nixxe]

The sub only model is basically dead. The sub + microtransactions model is probably not going away anytime soon unless players use capitalistic forces to eliminate it (ie boycott such products on a large scale while supporting games that use a sub only model).

[Gaj85]

You do realize that you don't HAVE to purchase OPTIONAL items, right? So who cares if others do? How does that concern you at all?

[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!

[Owl_Hawk]

You do realize that you don't HAVE to purchase OPTIONAL items, right? So who cares if others do? How does that concern you at all?

But where does it stop? Shall they stop making all sorts of weapon models all together? and just upgrade the same piece of item forever? And if you want anything else...pay for it? We are paying a sub already..part of that sub is the expectation that we will get digital items..systems such as the Veteran items is fine, since it rewards people who play...The Sub also covers items that users can use in the game....The game should be fun, challenging and since it is an MMO...should have alot more content for people to go do...Things to strive for...otherwise what is the point of playing at all? Then have them remove all mounts from EX fights...All emotes from the game..I can afford to buy these items...But my point is why pay a sub and bother having achievements if all the good stuff is bought? why do anything in the game? Raiding is OPTIONAL isnt it? so is LEVELING...so is gearing up...you don't make a strong point at all.

[Rokke]

But where does it stop? Shall they stop making all sorts of weapon models all together? and just upgrade the same piece of item forever? And if you want anything else...pay for it? We are paying a sub already..part of that sub is the expectation that we will get digital items..systems such as the Veteran items is fine, since it rewards people who play...The Sub also covers items that users can use in the game....The game should be fun, challenging and since it is an MMO...should have alot more content for people to go do...Things to strive for...otherwise what is the point of playing at all? Then have them remove all mounts from EX fights...All emotes from the game..I can afford to buy these items...But my point is why pay a sub and bother having achievements if all the good stuff is bought? why do anything in the game? Raiding is OPTIONAL isnt it? so is LEVELING...so is gearing up...you don't make a strong point at all.

you went from 0 to 60 real fast there

[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.

[Yudzster]

m-muh entitlement QwQ

[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.