Quote Originally Posted by Fland View Post
SE does not "paywall the best looking rewards" in cash shop because it's entirely a subjective matter.
Not to mention not everyone spend time and effort playing this game to have a "visual edge" or whatever. A lot of people couldn't care less about glamour or collecting mounts.
WoW went from
Rivendare deathcharger, ashes of alar, invicible, Mimiron's head, Zulian tiger, Razzashi Raptor, Onyxia, Frostbrood Vanquisher etc.. when there was no cash shop or was fairly new

To
Reskin boar/ray and unique model in cash shop.


Right now FF14 mounts for doing Ex/Savage are pretty nice and when you see one of those you know its owner did some high level content.

If we go back to WoW and look at the frostbrood Vanquisher rewarded for doing the hardest content back then (kill bosses in heroic 10/25 and kill bosses in a way that make the fight harder).
And when back in WoTLK you saw one of those mount you knew this guys mean business.

Now when you see someone with the azshara raid ray which is the same mount handed over everywhere but with a different color you're more like "Was this the one from that rare mob or was it from the vendor?"

But just because right now ff14 is rewarding player for doing high level content with badass and/or unique looking mounts while selling casual and unique looking mount doesn't mean they won't reward you with a reskin chocobo or whatever and sell unique and badass mounts on Mogstation in the future.