Carbuncle mounts have arrived!

[Kyp]

I wish when you summoned/dismissed it, it would appear/disappear like a summoned 'buncle does

[Jinorah]

They are so cute! I want one so bad! .... But $24? really? Not going to happen

[Theodric]

They are so cute! I want one so bad! .... But $24? really? Not going to happen

Give it time and they'll be on sale.

[Jinorah]

I will be first on line when that happens!

[Alleo]

If I were to offer my own alternative. I'd say use the achievement certificate system. Such and such points allows you to purchase certain things from the Mogstation. Granted, I have little doubt the amount required would be... high, but it's still an option.

I would love this because it would give achievements a better use. (Since veterans will probably own lots of the rewards already) But imo if they do that they should decrease the amount needed for veteran rewards to make it fair for those that dont own them.

[Theodric]

I'd prefer the achievement certificates to be associated with something that can only be obtained in game, personally. You can't buy the veteran rewards after all.

It would also lead to people who are content with buying stuff directly from the Mog Station losing out as they themselves would have nothing to spend their certificates on.

[Stanelis]

Per the person I quoted, this would be an alternative to purchasing it from the mogstation. If I could do a short quest, what incentive do I have to give them $24? You also realize these types of micro-transactions are not unique to MMOs, yes? Every genre has them in some form or another nowadays.

And that's precisely why most F2P mmo are rip off (by either making you buy stuff in the cash shop or making you grind countless hours to get stuff), and FFXIV is walking down that road with XP and story skip potions.

It's just as if I were to build a theme park while putting the entrance 10 km away from the rides, and forbidding you the use of a car to go from the entrance to the ride. So that's you either would have to walk a long time to reach the ride you paid for or pay an extra to skip all the walking (which would be the microtransactions in MMO).

Nobody would go to such a theme park in real life.

[Vidu]

It would also lead to people who are content with buying stuff directly from the Mog Station losing out as they themselves would have nothing to spend their certificates on.

And currently every loyal customer who got those veteran rewards as veteran rewards is losing out on the system because it only includes the old veteran rewards and it doesnt seem as if anything will get added to it. I've been subbed since ARR beta and I always hoped they'd make the achievment-points useful in someway. And now they did... but not for me. I have nothing to spend those certificates on and that not even by choice - someone who "cant" spend those because they bought everything for real money on the mogstation pretty much did that themself.

[Theodric]

And currently every loyal customer who got those veteran rewards as veteran rewards is losing out on the system because it only includes the old veteran rewards and it doesnt seem as if anything will get added to it. I've been subbed since ARR beta and I always hoped they'd make the achievment-points useful in someway. And now they did... but not for me. I have nothing to spend those certificates on and that not even by choice - someone who "cant" spend those because they bought everything for real money on the mogstation pretty much did that themself.

They should be associated with something exclusive. Hijacking the system to twist it into a workaround for people who cannot or will not spend money on the Mog Station would leave a sour taste in many people's mouths, I'd wager.

[Avatre]

They should be associated with something exclusive. Hijacking the system to twist it into a workaround for people who cannot or will not spend money on the Mog Station would leave a sour taste in many people's mouths, I'd wager.

As long as the promotional items are exclusive for a period of time(not indefinitely, as quite honestly most people don't touch them after the first few weeks of getting them), and putting them on the Mog Station honestly wouldn't be a bad idea. I would LOVE to get the Odin statue code, but if you try and buy the statue now from eBay, or wherever else, the code will have already been used, and you will only get the cool statue. Make it 2 years of exclusivity, and then throw it on the Mog Station, and that would probably appease many people(not all, because you can NEVER make everyone happy).