Carbuncle mounts have arrived!

[jameseoakes]

So when is this game going free to play?

[Theodric]

So when is this game going free to play?

Why would it?

[jameseoakes]

Why would it?

Well we've just had the worst patch the game has ever seen and now they make stuff purely for the cash shop while slashing the in game glamour items. These things cost more than my sub it's getting crazy

[Theodric]

Well we've just had the worst patch the game has ever seen and now they make stuff purely for the cash shop while slashing the in game glamour items. These things cost more than my sub it's getting crazy

What makes it the worst patch yet? That's completely subjective in itself.

Each and every time something new is added to the Mog Station we end up seeing this board flooded with people crying foul and making it seem like the game is in dire straights. I do think things are rather quiet at the moment though I am hoping that 4.2 will breathe new life into the game. If it doesn't, then the developers will be forced to reconsider some of their stances and cease playing things safe. Which may be great for the game. As it stands, though, even though we're in a dry period I see still people logging on consistently.

I'm personally taking the time to catch up on other games. Which is something Yoshi-P suggested, I believe.

[jameseoakes]

What makes it the worst patch yet? That's completely subjective in itself.
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It's the most content light patch I've ever seen, and I don't think I've ever had this little to do in game and it's pretty rare my friends are around. This patch had some really nice bit of content but nothing padding it out.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Well we've just had the worst patch the game has ever seen and now they make stuff purely for the cash shop while slashing the in game glamour items. These things cost more than my sub it's getting crazy

Uh, 3.1 wants to have a word with you about that. And slashing the glamour items? We literally just had a Christmas mount. You're assuming the Carbuncle mount was going to be free originally but SE decided to abruptly charge money. That isn't the case. It was always designed with the cash shop in mind. They wouldn't have made at all if they weren't going to make a profit. Regardless, a mount has absolutely nothing to do with a weak patch.

[HyoMinPark]

Well we've just had the worst patch the game has ever seen

This is an opinion. You think it’s “the worst patch the game has ever seen”; others would probably argue that 3.1 was the worst. Subjective; opinion, not fact. 4.1 is weak, yes, but whether or not it’s “the worst patch” is a subjective matter.

That being said, if you are so disgusted by the Carbuncle Mounts, no one is forcing you to buy them, and it won’t make or break your game to own them or not own them. It’s not at all surprising that they were made for sale outside of the game—if it hadn’t been the cash shop, it would have been tied to external merchandise/apparel.

And to whoever said the outfits are P2W because they have stats on them: yes, those outfits are really going to help me win in this game’s hardest content ever: Sastasha. Because anyone wearing that gear above level 15 are doing nothing but gimping themselves, so they won’t be “winning” anything.