Dev team appreciation thread!

[Iscah]

But please stop these threads like this and others like "Yoshi P. does not have an infinity glove". The developers do not read these boards. They are absolutely fine, you don't need to jump into their defense like social justice warriors do. It's a business, we enjoy and thus pay for it A LOT and then we have a perfect relationship.

By the same token, if the developers do not read these boards, can we stop the endless barrage of threads asking (if not demanding) that they add/fix/change/remove whatever that poster is unhappy with?

(And not discuss male Viera and female Hrothgar every day from here to 7.0 when they finally scrape the budget together to do it. Yes I want to see them in the game, but there is an overload point where I'm just tired of hearing about it all the time. I'm at that point, and all the arguments for and against it have been said. There is nothing left but repetition ad nauseum - and if the devs aren't listening here, then it's not achieving anything at all.)

Positive posts feel sadly rare here. The amount of negativity on the forums is simply tiring to sift through.

There should not be a cash shop. That is like renting a hotel room and locking up the shower with a coin-operated lock. The hotel manager just says "Well, the shower is optional as you have the sink and a washcloth there". Would you think that is reasonable?

The cash shop is not a core service. It's not the shower, it's the mini-bar. You don't need anything in it, however nice it might be. If you have a specific craving for whatever is in there, you can weigh up against the price and take it if you decide it's worth it.

There are so many nice costumes and mounts within the game anyway.

Not to say I don't think the cash shop is overpriced - I stare longingly at it often enough, and only very occasionally crack and buy pretty $18 outfits that I'm certain I'll make good use of... but still. Your argument is that it isn't really optional, and I disagree. It would be nice if they lowered the prices and aimed their price structure at more people buying more items, but that has nothing to do with them being required.