Quote Originally Posted by Zabuza View Post
You realize of course, that with the point you are making, no one could possibly make a post on the forum like this then? Because according to you, only someone who has already unsubbed can make this post and yet people who are unsubbed can't post on the forum. I do not see the harm in trying to bring awareness to the issue. As much as you do not like to think so, people do get victimized by predatory practices in gaming. Otherwise, why would microtransactions even exist? Why does the cash shop exist? Why not just build it into the game like it used to be? You understand how much cash that brings in?
Really? I am saying posting this when you are going to stick around for a year is useless. Post it on your way out the door and it will carry some weight.

Engagement with Microtransactions is the choice of the player. If they see something they will enjoy, and can afford it there is no reason they should not buy it. It enhances their enjoyment of the game. Nothing in the shop is game changing. It is fluff.

Before you bother to profile stalk me for store items yes I have several nearly all of which were gifts (when things could be gifted). I did buy myself a couple of things over the 4+ years I have played this game. It is fluff. It adds to my enjoyment to run around on a giant panda or a motorcycle. I am not the one lacking enjoyment in the game.

Now I say that as someone who played the entirety of LOTRO (up to 3 years ago) without paying a single cent for the game. I did the grinds to buy the content with in game currency. Why? well for one it was a challenge, and for two I found their cash shop highly in your face and annoying and decided NOT to engage with it. They DID have things that gave you a big game advantage in the shop.

Well obviously the existence of the cash shop is not bad enough to make you leave. Kinda reinforces what I just said, The cash shop is totally optional in FFXIV. How much money they make from it is gravy to any company. Game purchases are the meat and potatos.

Raging against the cash shop will do no good. SE would be stupid in modern gaming climate not to have one. Any company would be stupid not to have one. Use it or don't as you wish. You have free choice there. Gaming is not going to go backwards on that one.