Carbuncle mounts have arrived!

[Infindox]

I don't mind. I'd rather have it here then it being a reward for anything even remotely close to the requirement for the freaking tiger. It's also clearly visible to you what you are getting and people in game can link you to their clothes if you wanna try them on. Simply put, if you don't think it's worth it, dont buy it.

[Vidu]

And then it hit me - what if they made it so that every 3 months you are subscribed to the game, you are rewarded with a couple of points which you can use to obtain items inside the Mogstation? So the Carbuncle mount for example could be obtained after being subscribed for 6 months. I think this would definitely go a long way to calm people who are unhappy with this system.

This suggestion (or rather: the lack of doing something like this) is one of the reasons I'm a bit salty about this. Or rather used to be salty about it, by now I just dont give a damn anymore and just try to ignore all the mogstation-items alltogether.
Because the thing is: They've got a system like that in place when they removed the veteran-rewards. Exchanging your achievment-points for tokens that you can use to buy old vet-rewards. A system that is completly useless for any loyal customer who has been paying those 4 years.
They also got this new system in place for rewarding subscribers - the system that got us the Falcon-mount (a mount, that was so badly designed with clipping and other issues that they had to fix it) in autum. And since then we've never heard of a new campaign like that again.
They could also add it to long-term achievments like 10.000 dungeon-runs.
Or to Khloes WT-book.
Or the GS - even though, granted, we got some new rewards, including a mount, there recently.

The thing is: This game desperatly needs more content. They cut back on the dungeons we're getting - from 3 to 2 and now to one single dungeon. The last patch wasnt rich on content either and its been month since then. I love this game. And I like playing it - yet, I find myself logging in with nothing to do, because I've finished more or less everything I'd like to do. Stuff like the Carbuncle Mounts, but also the gear could have been a new incentive to play the game and work towards something.
And I would honestly be fine if they'd also put it on the mogstation so that people who'd rather not run 10.000 dungeons can get it right now, but those who'd prefer to work towards it, can do the same and have a reason to continue to pay their sub.

I am well aware that we're actually getting quite a bit content like that aswell - christmas event gave a new mount, sqaudron-missions can earn you 4 emotes, 2 more emotes can be bought for GC-seals. Its not as if we're not getting any content at all, thats true. But we are getting less and less content - and we're hearing excuses about several things (male bunny ears, for example), claiming that they dont have the ressources to do those. Yet it seems very weird to me that they're so short on money with all the coin this game should bring in from subs alone that they have to stuff their cash shop with items designed for the cash shop.

Giving us a way of earning those items in game - even if its a grindy one - would defintly soften the blow here and they'd probably still make a lot of money from people who'd rather not grind their way towards those mounts/gear/emote.

[Johaandr]

I like the robe but not carbuncle being attached. Sorry but it kinda ruined.

[Zarabeth]

Pretty disappointed with the decision to put these in mogstation. People are starved for content rn and SE goes and puts this stuff on mogstation lmao

I am disappointed too. I really wish they'd make things like mounts available in game. Unfortunately Squeenix is far too greedy to do that.

[Sebazy]

That "pretty, please?" emote is screaming buy me and the emerald carbuncle attire looks great.

Is it just me or does that outfit seem custom-made for lalafell females?

I actually think the outfit (Or rather the tunic in particular) is a little bit boring TBH, take away the shoulder Carby and necklace element and it's pretty generic levelling dungeon fodder. The ears are adorable though and the jiggle physics just makes them perfect! (Imagine if you could manually twitch them with /visor, pls make it happen Yoshi) Imho the shoulder element might have been better off as a necklace but I'm not complaining overall <3

[Eight]

I decided to go with the Citrine one. It's a nice mount I just wish it wasn't generic mount music again especially for a premium mount on mogstation.

[silverlunarfox]

I actually think the outfit (Or rather the tunic in particular) is a little bit boring TBH, take away the shoulder Carby and necklace element and it's pretty generic levelling dungeon fodder. The ears are adorable though and the jiggle physics just makes them perfect! (Imagine if you could manually twitch them with /visor, pls make it happen Yoshi) Imho the shoulder element might have been better off as a necklace but I'm not complaining overall <3

THEY JIGGLE?!?!?!?! omg....i mostly bought the outfit for the ears......and the fact i tend to main smn as dps the robe is perfect. but......i need this now....but im at work... T.T

[Erza_Scarlets]

It's nice they are adding new items to mogstation, but where is the maid outfit at? There has been no way to get it for NA since the one time they had a promotion. Yet jp side got it again in their 7/11 one along with the new stuff. They said it would be available again and on mogstation, yet its been over a year since it was for NA side.

[Stanelis]

You still need to invest quite a bit of time into League to get all champions you want/need, however.
And they make a lot of ruckus about the extra skins via promotions. I recall the PROJECT and Star guardian skins with their fancy (and admittingly well designed) trailers and login screens, basically throwing you their release in your face: "They are out, come get them! You know you want those."
Needless to say, they did cost quite a bit as well to acquire them, with Ezreal's Pulsefire skin alone being about 25$/20€.

My point was it is fine for F2P games to have a cash shop, because they need to earn money from somewhere. However, FFXIV isn't a F2P game (even though it is easy to forget due to the very tiny amount of content released and its low quality these days).

[Ghastly]

I just want to say I'm glad they added a happy emote, we need them, I hope we can find more happy emotes ideas in the future.