Just another thread with my thoughts on some things...

[ColeSlawter]

Over the last 7 years between domains, site hosting, conventions, meetups, guides/resources, etc; along with the actual cost of the game and mogstation items ($75 on mogstation) I've "invested" a few hundred thousand dollars. I kid you not.

@Pence, I thought this was a gem. $75 on mogstation and the rest of the "few hundred thousand dollars" was ... subscription? Sure am glad I have legacy pricing.

[Pence]

@Pence, I thought this was a gem. $75 on mogstation and the rest of the "few hundred thousand dollars" was ... subscription? Sure am glad I have legacy pricing.

Let's not be irrational, those 'few hundred thousands' could be an investment if he/she/it was planning on selling their account for a profit. Are you RMT Icehunter?

[Icehunter]

@Pence, I thought this was a gem. $75 on mogstation and the rest of the "few hundred thousand dollars" was ... subscription? Sure am glad I have legacy pricing.

My contract rate is 120-180/hour for development, site enhancements/etc. I'm a software engineer and I help build community sites as well. I just do it for free when it comes to XIV. So yes, my time is worth money. It's time away from family; away from self-learning; away from actually making money for paid work.

[Vidu]

My contract rate is 120-180/hour for development, site enhancements/etc. I'm a software engineer and I help build community sites as well. I just do it for free when it comes to XIV. So yes, my time is worth money. It's time away from family; away from self-learning; away from actually making money for paid work.

...its time spend on something that you should consider a hobby - if thats how you view it though, better stop playing games alltogether?

I understand frustration and such, specially now with the whole housing situation, but dont pretend you lost money on this game when you choose to spend your time playing it, thats nothing but silly and pathtic.