Over-priced Microtransactions!!! PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

[Joven]

Not even 5 years ago microtransactions in a game were a bad this no matter what. Now rabid fans will defend cosmetic ones despite the obvious price gouging (mounts shouldn't cost more than full games). How long till you guys start to defend pay to win stuff since the game is pve (trick question people already are asking for then)?

As long as the game that has microtransactions is a complete, solid game and the items offer no advantages over other players then I see no harm in the company that made said game offering bonus items for a price.

As for mounts costing what they do: as someone said in an above post, it costs a good bit to model, mesh and animate something. Not to mention the rigorous testing to make sure it interacts with everything in game the way it's supposed to. Now I can agree that all the items should at least be account wide for the price.

Also, as others have said: these items are purely optional. If you don't want to support them, then don't buy them. The game isn't holding your account hostage until you purchase an emote or mount.

[Mr_Gyactus]

Do you have any idea how much a fatter cat costs in pet food?
A can costs around $1, thus with $5 we could have a slim cat Mount, no more.

[Plumfairy]

I find it a bit ironic that I paid $17 to skip 3 months of grinding so that I could play this game with my friends who are already lvl 70 on top of receiving gear and money in the game, and yet 1 mount is 7 dollars more than all of that.

[Plumfairy]

I don't see what's wrong with wanting to support the game and buying cosmetic items without having to chop off an arm and a leg to do so. Sorry I don't make a 3 figure salary with tons of expendable income so $24.00 feels like 20 cents.

[Joven]

I don't see what's wrong with wanting to support the game and buying cosmetic items without having to chop off an arm and a leg to do so. Sorry I don't make a 3 figure salary with tons of expendable income so $24.00 feels like 20 cents.

I highly doubt many people on here make a 3 figure salary. Nobody is saying you have to rush and buy everything you want on the shop all at once, or even at all. If you want something, wait until you have the extra money. It's that simple.

[Violet_Galaxy]

$24.00 feels like 20 cents.

Huh??? How does that even make sense???

[HyoMinPark]

I find it a bit ironic that I paid $17 to skip 3 months of grinding so that I could play this game with my friends who are already lvl 70 on top of receiving gear and money in the game, and yet 1 mount is 7 dollars more than all of that.

You spent $17 on a single character. As I already explained, the mounts are $24 for ALL CHARACTERS YOU WILL EVER MAKE. You only spent $17 because the job potions are on sale, btw. Regular price is $25. Again, you're complaining about pricey microtransactions while making them yourself. That's why it's ironic. Even more so if you bought expansion skips, as they are more money on top of the job skip you purchased.

PS - getting to level 60 hardly takes 3 months of grinding if you just do the MSQ. Especially if you make a character on a preferred world and receive the Road to 60 buff. I made an alt on Twintania this week. After 2 days of play, she's already almost level 50. And it wasn't even hardcore play.

I don't see what's wrong with wanting to support the game and buying cosmetic items without having to chop off an arm and a leg to do so. Sorry I don't make a 3 figure salary with tons of expendable income so $24.00 feels like 20 cents.

A 3 figure salary? Do you perhaps mean 5 or 6 figure salary? 3-figure salary would be in the hundreds of currency annually. Which is stupidly poor.

That said, it unlikely that a majority make 6-figure salaries in this game. I'm a college student, so I certainly don't. I'm just good at saving money for things I want, so perhaps others here are too.

[AlliciaCapulet]

The problem is the majority of people of this forum (from what I've read on this thread) agree with SE saying it's optional, other MMO have cash shop that cost more, etc etc... To be fair, I don't buy those because I also believe since we pay a subscription, we should access everything for free, but, I guess i'm too old now for the new generation of gamers who like to throw their money by the windows, back in my time we used to pay a game for it's whole, but whatever. The problem is : people buy it, anyway. If nobody were buying a 30$ mount, they would probably decrease the price, but since people do love micro transaction, well, that's what happens. There is nothing that we can do as long as people are willing to pay that much for some pixels in a game...

[Kurando]

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Unfortunately that's how games are now, doesn't matter if they are MMOs or any other genre out there. Companies releases games with intent to add further stuff down the line in the form of DLC and/or optional items because they know it can give more longitivity to their title(s).

As for the FFXIV items, well to be fair most of this stuff eventually goes on sale anyway so if players waited they could get them for sometimes near half the cost if they just waited. Ain't any rush getting that Fat Cat or Carpet mounts other than just to look cool, no different to rushing to complete main story quests before everyone else (which will happen with the expac). Could the MogStation stuff be cheaper somewhat, yeah sure, though I'd doubt we would have as many items if no one was purchasing them enough to begin with.

[DarkMasamune]

People pay 25$ for menus in a fast food or 15$ for a single t-shirt. Others enjoy buying a Fatter Cat mount or outfits in a MMO cash shop. I don't see the problem to be honest.

Yes, things could be cheaper. But I don't think me paying my subscription entitles me to anything. Why ? Because we have mounts in game, we have outfits in game, we have emotes. I played many games before where, for exemple, you had access to ONE default mount. In the entire game. Oh, you want something new ? Well dang, pay for it. And that's really shitty.
At least in FFXIV, we have access to so many mounts, throught many quests and challenges.