I actually considered buying the new outfit, just because I was in the mood to spend a little extra on a game I enjoy so much, but then I saw the price and I was instantly turned away. It's baffling how even F2P MMOs don't go that crazy high with their cash shop items, yet a subscription based MMO like XIV that has plenty of income, (enough that they are striking all the deals in the world to advertise for SB), is charging such outrageous prices. Though, to be fair, I suppose a large portion of their profits are from people paying those prices.....

I've known more than a few people who have disposable incomes and are willing to pick up everything they find on a whim, and that's the very reason those of us who don't have cash to toss around aren't going to see more reasonable situations on that sort of thing. It honestly wouldn't bother me as much though if they were sticking with the "most stuff is in an event first, then goes to the cash shop" mentality that they have had in the past, but we're seeing more and more released directly to the Mogstation.....