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

[ForteNightshade]

Well, comparing to worse is still no justification for a company being greedy. Like I said before, it's a question of point of view, but the actual system just make no sense to me. If it were a f2p, I would be OK with a cash shop and optionnal item, but it's not. I'd prefer them to increase a bit the subscription fees, or release less optional items and put them available to everyone, instead of putting them available only for people who can afford them.

This isn't unique to FFXIV or MMO as a whole. Every single game nowadays has some form of micro-transactions. Our subscription fee covers being allowed access to the continuous updates FFXIV undergoes. If this were a F2P game, you simply wouldn't see the raids, trials and 24 mans provided. Furthermore, if you were to increase the fees, you've now forced everyone to pay more for stuff they may not care about. Plenty of people couldn't give a damn about Sleipnir or one of five Chinese dresses. While it would be nice if they made less, especially given how many items they seemed to throw on the Mogstation this expansion. It likely won't happen since it's very profitable.

what would you say if the things you want the most from mog station instead was from baldesion arsenal or ultimate fights

Funny thing is, they wouldn't necessarily lock them behind hard content. Just tedious stuff they know people wouldn't do. Want the Carbuncle mount? Run MSQ Roulette 1,000 times.