Will no longer purchase optional items in response to statue emote

[RaideDuku]

While I somewhat understand...(snip for length)

That is...a fair and reasonable response...a oddity in these forums. It still boggles the mind that someone would $400 for an emote of all things, I suppose a quick look at ebay would shatter that delusion of mine (EIGHT GRAND FOR AN OMEGA CODE!?). Well. I'm glad you were able to cancel it and get your money back, and apologize if I came across as harsh. Hopefully you've learned an important lesson. You can enjoy a game. You can even be thankful for it. You can feel those things for the individuals that worked on that game. At the end of the day, however, a corporation (for most games in the Triple-A space) made that game. No corporation is worth your love.

[VictorSpoils]

I'm...finding it hard to feel bad for you. Sounds like you didn't even have a place for statue. or even wanted it, so you spent $400 on an emote. The statue is the thing you are supposed to be buying. The emote is a little bonus, not the thing you spend four hundred United States Dollars on.

Alas, people are definitely buying it for the emote. The figures themselves are very cheap-looking and not at all worth that price.

[Boblawblah]

To quote a reply I just gave to someone else:

Plus I... literally lost nothing from this, as Square Enix was quick to issue my refund. The person who helped me was even kind enough to say that after they confirm my cancellation, after warning me that they can't promise it will be around after, that they would deliver my concerns to the company as I implored.

I once again apologize if my post did not come across as intended. I just didn't want to appear as someone who was complaining just to complain, or that I am ungrateful for the hard work of those at Square Enix, because I genuinely care about them probably more than I should lol.

Oh sorry, I don't know how forums work and I'm not sure if this appeared correctly. This is to address Boblawblah.

I apologize for my snarky remark. I understand why you did it, and I'm thrilled that you got a refund. I just get frustrated when people encourage behaviour from companies that they hate, but then are shocked when companies keep doing it. (I've done it too, so I'm not innocent here either). It is silly that the emote is single character, and honestly the quality of the statue itself is awful for the price.

I hope you told them why you refunding too, they need to hear stuff like that.

[MahthildisMMORPG]

I'm...finding it hard to feel bad for you. Sounds like you didn't even have a place for statue. or even wanted it, so you spent $400 on an emote. The statue is the thing you are supposed to be buying. The emote is a little bonus, not the thing you spend four hundred United States Dollars on.

You claim for love of...a video game? No video game, no matter how good, deserves that. Then you failed to do your research, and got burned. All for what? A pretty emote in a video game? Why for something that isn't even real. Something so...transient? One day, you'll either quit or the game will turned off. Then what? Then you have a plastic statue that you don't even care about. That, by your post, sounds like you're gonna toss in the garbage, since you don't even have anywhere to keep or store it. All for pixels and polygons that one day will dust and gone.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a bit fan of online stores, doubly so if the game has a monthly fee. Unfortunately, in this hell blasted, corporate dystopian landscape that is this planet, sometimes you have to pick the thing that's the least shite. Hate to say it, but FFXIV is the one of, if not the, least shite. Not in defense of a corporation. Just simple observation from someone that's played MMOs for 20 some odd years.

This is your folly. Square Enix didn't put a gun to your head to buy the statue. They are a corporation, and do not deserve and couldn't care less about your "devotion" other then how much money you can give them. This is standard for ALL corporations. They will not love you back. They will not thank you. This thing is not something need for living. This is not something on the shop that costs $10 or so and buy on an impulse. $400. That's (a least a good chuck of) rent for a month. That's groceries for a month. That's...a lot of things more important than a 8 second animation.

Curse the corporation all you want. The onus is on you.

damn, didn't have to go that deep broski. So nihilistic.

[MitsukiKimura]

I think I can say "Most" people don't care for the actual Statues and just want the code off the boxes. Pretty soon you'll see a lot of these statues on amazon/Ebay or etc. Personally if they wanted to make more money they should just sell the emotes by itself.

[Shougun]

WoW has essentially account wide everything. SE, figure it out.

Semi-recently is appeared WoW has looked a bit more hungrily at FFXIV, like when they announced warbands which gets very close to our job system. While I still prefer FFXIV, I don't like it sitting on its laurels. Things like beastmaster, FFXIV, make me think they are. Given we see active examples from multiple other MMOs that have figured out pet jobs, multiple options, and even abilities that mean something. Druids with substantial effort to provide them a proper experience. But if it's unique we get limited.

I shouldn't be too carried away, we still have $100 digital expansions for diablo lol, but just something I feel that is shifting.l (not 180'd yet).

[RaideDuku]

I think I can say "Most" people don't care for the actual Statues and just want the code off the boxes. Pretty soon you'll see a lot of these statues on amazon/Ebay or etc. Personally if they wanted to make more money they should just sell the emotes by itself.

If they tried to sell just the code for $400, people would riot.

Sell the code with a large and cheaply made statue, however...

[sindriiisgaming]

However, Square Enix is a company, and like any company it will attempt to take advantage of it's customers. The emote attached to the new statue being single character instead of account-wide is, to me, proof of this.

i dont understand this tbh.. like this game activley doesnt want u playing alts so who cares if ur main is the only 1 with it.. u still have it and its still on ur main. this isnt wow and alts dont really matter past socializing on different DCS (and tbh if you gona flex that emote across DC ppl just gona hate u anyway)

[Cinnamonpop]

i dont understand this tbh.. like this game activley doesnt want u playing alts so who cares if ur main is the only 1 with it.. u still have it and its still on ur main. this isnt wow and alts dont really matter past socializing on different DCS (and tbh if you gona flex that emote across DC ppl just gona hate u anyway)

I enjoy playing on alts! Even though I don't roleplay, I have many alts that are NPCs, as they tend to make people laugh or make jokes in roulettes. It makes me very happy when playing one of these characters makes roulettes a little more enjoyable for people.

I also enjoy playing them anyways as it just gives me something to do. Due to my illness I have not had the energy nor the consistency to join a static, making savage and ultimate content harder to commit to. Playing alts allows me to go through my favorite parts of the story again (curse the single NG+ save), or read my favorite sidequests since they aren't revisitable. They give me a more interesting reason to do a lot of gold saucer content every week, as doing your challenge log gives new recruits for your Squadron, and I like trying to get the funnier ones or make specific teams like "oops, all Au Ras."

They're little things, but they give me something to do while I pay my sub every month to keep my house, especially during a content lull lol.

[sindriiisgaming]

I enjoy playing on alts! Even though I don't roleplay, I have many alts that are NPCs, as they tend to make people laugh or make jokes in roulettes. It makes me very happy when playing one of these characters makes roulettes a little more enjoyable for people.

I also enjoy playing them anyways as it just gives me something to do. Due to my illness I have not had the energy nor the consistency to join a static, making savage and ultimate content harder to commit to. Playing alts allows me to go through my favorite parts of the story again (curse the single NG+ save), or read my favorite sidequests since they aren't revisitable. They give me a more interesting reason to do a lot of gold saucer content every week, as doing your challenge log gives new recruits for your Squadron, and I like trying to get the funnier ones or make specific teams like "oops, all Au Ras."

They're little things, but they give me something to do while I pay my sub every month to keep my house, especially during a content lull lol.

i find it hard to empathise with 400 dollar impulse spending while im sitting here on the breadline tbh

have many friends who are collectors of physical goods (I'm personally not a materialistic person)

I don't roleplay, I have many alts that are NPCs, as they tend to make people laugh or make jokes in roulettes. It makes me very happy when playing one of these characters makes roulettes a little more enjoyable for people.

how does a 400$ emote enhance this experience?