This is just appalling

[Lunaxia]

I can already imagine the response this is going to get, but I'm going to do it anyway, because this is becoming a joke.

£11. £11 for two glamour items. Over £10 for two pieces of virtual clothing. £4 to have your character act like a Miqo'te and flail your arms around. It isn't even account wide. A standard sub to play the game with 40 characters is £8.99.

But that isn't even what I find the most ridiculous, it's the fact that we have an Far Eastern themed expansion coming out, with players understandably hyped and wanting to get into the spirit of the pack, and everything that has been released so far with any sort of "Asian" theme has been lobbed onto the Mog Station for ludicrous prices. I actually thought, naively, as I saw the pictures first, the Fuga (Fugah? Fungah!) set was a Gold Saucer prize or an event item. There isn't any reason it couldn't be, apart from SE's greed and player gullibility. You're already making plenty of money from the Matriarch set, the Eastern Dance, the Magpie and the Eastern Garb set - we couldn't have two glamour items to celebrate Stormblood coming out that didn't cost more than our sub?

I'm sure this will be met with the usual "SE is a business!!! what do you expect!!", "they're always going to do this so get over it" etc. etc., and you're perfectly right, SE is a business! As such, they respond to sales - and ploys that lead to poor sales don't get repeated. This doesn't cross the mind of the Balmung or the Idyllshire crowds, however, who'd buy the glamour sets if they cost £20 just to have the newest items to stand around and AFK in. And because of this, we're now at the point where we're being charged higher prices for half an outfit and a re-vamped existing emote. Congratulations, you've surely shown us grouchers!

[Rasylia]

Couldn't agree more.
Considering i bought Sub + Server Transfer this month, and will buy sub + addon next month, paying 14 € for an outfit is totally out of question. That's nearly half the price of SB!

[Feidam]

It's glamour items and emotes. Nothing critical. Just don't purchase it and move on.

[bounddreamer]

You vote with your money, I'll vote with mine. It is what it is.

[Kaurie]

You vote with your money, I'll vote with mine. It is what it is.

Indeed, the appalling part is that people will pay for it =O

[joannaluttrell]

Not to be rude (and for the record I don't plan to buy these items/emote), but what do you expect people to do? not buy things they want/can afford just because you or I think it is priced to highly?

[Naunet]

but what do you expect people to do? not buy things they want/can afford just because you or I think it is priced to highly?

I choose to not buy it because I think it's priced to highly. If others agree, they should do the same.

...Is it only appalling because its something people actually want?

The prices are absurd regardless of one's opinion on the aesthetic of the outfit.

[Aramina]

I choose to not buy it because I think it's priced to highly. If others agree, they should do the same.
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And that is fair. I should have quoted in my original post but I will do it here...

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I'm sure this will be met with the usual "SE is a business!!! what do you expect!!", "they're always going to do this so get over it" etc. etc., and you're perfectly right, SE is a business! As such, they respond to sales - and ploys that lead to poor sales don't get repeated. This doesn't cross the mind of the Balmung or the Idyllshire crowds, however, who'd buy the glamour sets if they cost £20 just to have the newest items to stand around and AFK in. And because of this, we're now at the point where we're being charged higher prices for half an outfit and a re-vamped existing emote. Congratulations, you've surely shown us grouchers!

Attacking people for spending their money on things they want is never a good look.

[spf1200]

Not to be rude (and for the record I don't plan to buy these items/emote), but what do you expect people to do? not buy things they want/can afford just because you or I think it is priced to highly?

yes. if people stop buying this stuff SE with get the message. But that won't happen because so many people are easy to nickle and dime and they are too stupid to see it happening

[SenorPatty]

yes. if people stop buying this stuff SE with get the message. But that won't happen because so many people are easy to nickle and dime and they are too stupid to see it happening

The message you hope they get may not be the one they receive. Sure, best case scenario, they lower prices. Worst case (depending on which side of the spectrum you're at) is they pull the plug entirely on any future glams because they'll feel its not worth it and fall back on fantasia + everything else revenue.