FFXIV could single-handledly save SE if they handled the cash shop better

[Doki]

Just add like 5 new dances or other emotes to the cash shop each month for $7.99 each.
Do FOMO cash shop rotations on them, re-introduce 1 old statue emote for $21 each year for a single month.

[Johners]

I agree that they should add the in-game rewards that were tied to purchasing or pre-order certain pieces of merchandise. Beyond that there's no need to milk the cash store with FOMO item rotations. If anything, lower prices across the board but implement the cash store directly into the game client so people can purchase directly from the game. That would also allow users on PlayStation, Steam, and Xbox to use their store credit to buy XIV cosmetics.

[Kelg]

I think if they made stuff like body tattoos or vfx packs for jobs in the cash shop they would make bank. obviously I'd rather them just add these in the game normally though, but I'm just saying. Honestly they could really just go browse the popular mods people use and make those as cash shop items lol I'm surprised they don't do this already since they know people use mods.

[Reginald_Cain]

Yeah let's milk the cash shop harder in a game where people pay for expansions onto of monthly sub fees ND retainer fees yeah!

[RodericWarblade]

Cash shop idea: Job Stance changes. EI, take Dark Knight for example What if the weapon drawn was the default male over the shoulder idle pose instead of the awkward angle they hold the sword at right now?

Stuff like that. I'd pay for it.

[Rithy255]

Cash shop idea: Job Stance changes. EI, take Dark Knight for example What if the weapon drawn was the default male over the shoulder idle pose instead of the awkward angle they hold the sword at right now?

Stuff like that. I'd pay for it.

I'd pay a ungodly amount of money just to get rid of Dark Knights defeault stance

[Aidorouge]

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

If they just made every current item account-wide (and for limited use items, gave them a cooldown instead of being finite), people would likely buy more because for a lot of folks, they don't see the value in buying something for only one character or the risk of losing something that could only be used a certain number of times/be lost if removed from housing.

Even fantasias would probably sell more if they repackaged it as something you could use once every 30 days once you've bought the special vial, same with job and story skips.

[TheRealDesastr]

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

If they just made every current item account-wide (and for limited use items, gave them a cooldown instead of being finite), people would likely buy more because for a lot of folks, they don't see the value in buying something for only one character or the risk of losing something that could only be used a certain number of times/be lost if removed from housing.

Even fantasias would probably sell more if they repackaged it as something you could use once every 30 days once you've bought the special vial, same with job and story skips.

I'll be in the category of proving you right. Because I would actually buy more from the cash shop if it was all account bound, yep. At the moment, I'm sleeping on virtually all cash shop items aside from mounts and don't plan on ever getting anything again because they're not shared on alts (and none of the mounts have been of interest). But if everything was shared, I would treat myself here or there every so often to some goodies, yeah.

(Your 'special vial' idea is brilliant, man I wish that was a thing...)

Also the housing limit thing is a great point, I feel like the limited thing and the idea that it could be lost is a huge deterrent.

Anyway - yeah, no, expanding the shop and all of the ideas in OP's thread aren't going to help and would make things worse, I don't support it one bit.

[Aidorouge]

I'll be in the category of proving you right. Because I would actually buy more from the cash shop if it was all account bound, yep. At the moment, I'm sleeping on virtually all cash shop items aside from mounts and don't plan on ever getting anything again because they're not shared on alts (and none of the mounts have been of interest). But if everything was shared, I would treat myself here or there every so often to some goodies, yeah.

(Your 'special vial' idea is brilliant, man I wish that was a thing...)

Also the housing limit thing is a great point, I feel like the limited thing and the idea that it could be lost is a huge deterrent.

Anyway - yeah, no, expanding the shop and all of the ideas in OP's thread aren't going to help and would make things worse, I don't support it one bit.

Admittedly, my idea is to just make existing cash shop items feel like a greater value rather than adding anything else, since ideally we would get more stuff by earning it in-game...

But if they're going to INSIST on adding things to it, they need to stop making people feel like they're being ripped off if they buy certain things. Paywalling job and story skips isn't great, but if you told people it was a one-time purchase and EVERY new character they made could start with any job ready to go for the last 10 levels of a current expansion while jumping straight to said latest expansion? That's going to open some wallets.

[TheRealDesastr]

Admittedly, my idea is to just make existing cash shop items feel like a greater value rather than adding anything else, since ideally we would get more stuff by earning it in-game...

But if they're going to INSIST on adding things to it, they need to stop making people feel like they're being ripped off if they buy certain things. Paywalling job and story skips isn't great, but if you told people it was a one-time purchase and EVERY new character they made could start with any job ready to go for the last 10 levels of a current expansion while jumping straight to said latest expansion? That's going to open some wallets.

Oops - I came across as liking the cash shop more than I wanted to in my post XD I'm not for it, though used to treat myself every so often a while ago. But yes, this is if they INSIST on adding things to it.

I wish they had a WoW-token-esque system. But with how gil is in FFXIV I highly doubt that'd ever happen... A way to earn currency for the shop in game would be great though. I wish. Or, adding stuff in the shop to the game as maybe limited time events (like the trading post for WoW perhaps...? Woudl get people to resub).

(Apologies for only using WoW as an example, it's where I came from many years ago and while I'd never return, there's things in that game that would be great to see in XIV.)