Really? They put Shadowkeeper on the Mog Station?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Yes, but in previous expansions they actually mentioned updates or future plans. BLU didn't even get so much of a peep from Endwalker's fanfest onward. They literally didn't say a single word about it until very recently.

I dont remember BLU being mentioned any more during Shb either than the amount it has been to date. Fights/spells are always teased the LL before release.

[Fourbestintoner]

You were warned a long time ago when they put Sleipnir, you said it was fine, now you have a legion of slaves defending it.

[Minali]

::: looks at all of the one-piece cosplay outfits lately :::;

Higher quality every time. Riiiiiight.......

Was about to say, weren't there like half a dozen raging threads in this forum for every new one piece outfit we got? Make up your minds, folks.

(And I'm saying this as someone who really wants that mount but knows you can buy a lot of irl groceries for that price and therefore won't have it for the forseeable future. Paying stuff sucks if you can't pay that much, but that's the world of capitalism.)

[Krokov]

Was about to say, weren't there like half a dozen raging threads in this forum for every new one piece outfit we got? Make up your minds, folks.

(And I'm saying this as someone who really wants that mount but knows you can buy a lot of irl groceries for that price and therefore won't have it for the forseeable future. Paying stuff sucks if you can't pay that much, but that's the world of capitalism.)

Idk with prices as they are, not a whole lot of groceries you can get for only $24

[Payadopa]

It's an optional item. You want it, then buy it, if not, ignore it

This right here is one of the reasons why games get worse and worse. It's sad.

[Allegor]

I would've preferred Dalamutt tbh

[Karious]

What a huge disappointment. Square Enix never fails to put things people actually want on the Mogstation or lock them behind top 100 PvP rewards and people come out of the woodwork to defend the behaviour.

Guess they have to make up the money lost from Forspoken.

[FF14Xanz]

My point was, there are aspects of this game that are paid for by mogshop that go beyond just mogshop items. I am happy to benefit from that, whatever it even may be, despite not spending a dime.

If you aren’t, that’s your prerogative, but either way MS is here to stay, love it or hate it.

weird, when i went over the financial reports for every quarter in endwalker and shadowbringers and saw that since stormblood theres been no increase to budget at all, i would not have drawn this conclusion.
i wonder where you get this info from, the fact yoshi said it in a live letter?
that's not definitive proof beyond your faith, unfortunately.
the fact is sub numbers have only increased since heavensward, budget into production has never been higher than stormblood and was in fact lower for both shadowbringers and endwalker, their most critically and financially successful expansions yet.
that budget does include patch content.
if mog station was to actually go back into the game, then whatever it's been earning has been equally stolen out of the original budget garnered by subscription numbers and income.
which is just as wrong anyway, and you are enabling.

[jameseoakes]

weird, when i went over the financial reports for every quarter in endwalker and shadowbringers and saw that since stormblood theres been no increase to budget at all, i would not have drawn this conclusion.
i wonder where you get this info from, the fact yoshi said it in a live letter?
that's not definitive proof beyond your faith, unfortunately.
the fact is sub numbers have only increased since heavensward, budget into production has never been higher than stormblood and was in fact lower for both shadowbringers and endwalker, their most critically and financially successful expansions yet.
that budget does include patch content.
if mog station was to actually go back into the game, then whatever it's been earning has been equally stolen out of the original budget garnered by subscription numbers and income.
which is just as wrong anyway, and you are enabling.

It feels really odd that people are saying that the cash shop was needed to provide basic features to the game even after a massive surge in player numbers that seemingly lead to no investment to accommodate those players

[Payadopa]

It always amazes me how gamers love to go against their own best interests as a consumer. It's only a matter of time till we get difficulty settings (BotW) or save slots (MGS Survive whatever) sold back to us. Oh, wait, that's already happening. lol But, hey, just don't buy it, right?

Doesn't matter that you already:

1) bought the base game
2) buy every expansion
3) pay monthly

Diablo IV's cash shop has cosmetics worth around 500 Canadian dollars.
No pattern here. No siree.

How far we've fallen from horse armour. Smh