Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[Kallera]

I am now convinced the devs are truly out of touch. Not only are events relying more and more on terrible rewards that not everyone can enjoy(or are even original) but they are turning to the mogstation and eventually their app, for locking fashion items behind. when trust is sacrified on the altar of profits, no one wins.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I am now convinced the devs are truly out of touch. Not only are events relying more and more on terrible rewards that not everyone can enjoy(or are even original) but they are turning to the mogstation and eventually their app, for locking fashion items behind. when trust is sacrified on the altar of profits, no one wins.

Except there are really not that many things going into the mogstation. this is so overblown...

[Kallera]

Except there are really not that many things going into the mogstation. this is so overblown...

Is it?

Before the mogstation was around there were plenty of fashion pieces that players could wear regardless of whether they were a mage or fighter, and the crafter gears were available for everyone, but since then and even more so into SB, there are needless restrictions placed upon those gears for the sake of spreading it out, with some pieces not ever being available.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Is it?

Before the mogstation was around there were plenty of fashion pieces that players could wear regardless of whether they were a mage or fighter, and the crafter gears were available for everyone, but since then and even more so into SB, there are needless restrictions placed upon those gears for the sake of spreading it out, with some pieces not ever being available.

You mean lvl 1-30 gear? Because after that it pretty much got role locked. Been that way ever since. And they role locked crafting and gathering gear because people kept wearing it in dungeons to spiritbond, effecting the rest of the group...

[KaldeaSahaline]

Except there are really not that many things going into the mogstation. this is so overblown...

I mean compared to its major competitor WoW, FF14's cash shop is significantly larger. In fact, just raw eyeing it looks to be in excess of 7x larger if we focus strictly on in game items/services (377/~50). If I'm wrong though let me know. Don't forget either that FF14 is less than half the age of WoW.

7x the cash shop content, despite being less than the half the age? Not exactly something to just simply hand wave away.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I mean compared to its major competitor WoW, FF14's cash shop is significantly larger. In fact, just raw eyeing it looks to be in excess of 7x larger if we focus strictly on in game items/services (377/~50). If I'm wrong though let me know. Don't forget either that FF14 is less than half the age of WoW.

7x the cash shop content, despite being less than the half the age? Not exactly something to just simply hand wave away.

and 90% of the items in the cash shop were available in game to those who were subscribed at the time. 90% of the rest are reskins or alternate regions cash shop items. the amount of cash shop unique items is very low.

[Aerlana]

and 90% of the items in the cash shop were available in game to those who were subscribed at the time. 90% of the rest are reskins or alternate regions cash shop items. the amount of cash shop unique items is very low.

my concern is only one thing

Today a new player comes in
On WoW he can buy around 500 euros of stuff
On FF he can buy around 900

In the way i watch, only "how much could be spent in" FFXIV is far worse than WoW

and exclusiv cash shop, only 10% sure? with all NPC outfit... most of the mount...

BTW, just stop saying "hey, wow is worse so, no problem" If i cut your arm but a friend of yours got his 2 arms cut by anyone else, you will be able to say "hey, finally you are not a so bad people, you did only cut one arm" ... This is the same thing each time you defend FFXIV saying "others are doing worse" I prefer to see what others do better... and how FFXIV can improve, more and more...

[KaldeaSahaline]

and 90% of the items in the cash shop were available in game to those who were subscribed at the time. 90% of the rest are reskins or alternate regions cash shop items. the amount of cash shop unique items is very low.

How confident on the 90% number are you? Before I spend the time going through all 377 items. You're implying that of the 377 total items/services in the mog station only approx. 40 items are unique correct? If you knowingly exaggerated without putting an iota of effort into this response now is the time to remedy that.

[Remedi]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...wow_and_other/

The cash shop is bloated by a bad decision on making old events items appearing on it otherrwise not many things are designed for it (also let's not forget that we asked the items of the Korean cashops which in the recent E3 round of interwiews Yoshida has specified that KR asks them to create such things and they are essentially property of KR not of SE)
It's worth taking a note to the fact that while cash shop items have been increaseing of late so have in-game rewards.

As such it's overblown, there are reasons to be angry like the events rewards but when you put it in prospective it's not really

[jameseoakes]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...wow_and_other/

It's worth taking a note to the fact that while cash shop items have been increaseing of late so have in-game rewards.

I'm not sure I'd agree with that, this patch feels pretty light on in game rewards so far, I mean they couldn't even be bothered to do a male glamour set this patch.