Add Meister Emotes to the Store!

[RavenLyer]

I think anyone would agree that the statues are worth buying without them, there's no reason to make these amazing emotes so exclusive. Scalpers are going to buy all of them the second the pre-order starts, no matter what. So just make money on the emotes! You can delay their release, but sell them on the online store! It's an easy, logical decision to make, and the shareholders will thank you.

At this point it seems like Square Enix hates money. Anyone agree?

[Khryseis_Astra]

Or at the very least, make the emotes available for purchase after the statues are no longer available… still wish I could get the Shiva Diamond dust emote!

[Ardeth]

I think anyone would agree that the statues are worth buying without them, there's no reason to make these amazing emotes so exclusive. Scalpers are going to buy all of them the second the pre-order starts, no matter what. So just make money on the emotes! You can delay their release, but sell them on the online store! It's an easy, logical decision to make, and the shareholders will thank you.

At this point it seems like Square Enix hates money. Anyone agree?

It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, SE loves money. The cash shop is proof of that. But on the other hand, the ridiculous price of the statues coupled with how limited they're gives the owner a precived level of prestige. They have this emote because they spent x amount of money and you didn't. Simply selling the emotes on the cash shop damages that veneer of prestige.

In saying that I agree with you because I absolutely hate Fomo and I think less of companies that practices it as I see it as a predatory behavior, but I see it going over like a lead balloon with the crazy stupid amounts of money statue crowd. This issue hasn't made people quit en masse, so it's not a big deal to them. Ergo, the silence.

[Benjo]

It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, SE loves money. The cash shop is proof of that. But on the other hand, the ridiculous price of the statues coupled with how limited they're gives the owner a precived level of prestige. They have this emote because they spent x amount of money and you didn't. Simply selling the emotes on the cash shop damages that veneer of prestige.

In saying that I agree with you because I absolutely hate Fomo and I think less of companies that practices it as I see it as a predatory behavior, but I see it going over like a lead balloon with the crazy stupid amounts of money statue crowd. This issue hasn't made people quit en masse, so it's not a big deal to them. Ergo, the silence.

Then sell the emote for $200/€200 in the store so people who bought the emote with a statue as a "bonus" can't complain.

[Khryseis_Astra]

$200 would be a bit high for me… lol I’d probably pay $50 though!

[Ardeth]

Then sell the emote for $200/€200 in the store so people who bought the emote with a statue as a "bonus" can't complain.

They still will. Plus, it's a really bad look for SE. Also, I don't see $200 emotes selling. And if they do, you don't want to see the next level of capitalistic greed you've just greenlit. I'd normally wave it off, but all these corporations want is more and more money for less and less. And at every turn when people are complacent thats when they(corporations) will start charging for things that were before free or a given. Because more money is never enough.

I'd rather both stop. Both the statues and the emotes, but I don't have that kind of power or pull. Hell, I'd remove the cash shop completely and make everything earnable in the game in perpetuity. Both premium items and pvp fomo. But we've accepted that level of corporate greed as sacrosanct, so what can we do? Not buy it? As the rest of us sheep (I'm including myself since my morals aren't as concrete as what I would want) froth at the mouth over it. Cruze chaser comes to mind. People were literally trying to boycott it. Then you did a hunt train and saw hundreds of them. Really showing them...

Anyway, that's what I have to say about it.

[sindriiisgaming]

I think anyone would agree that the statues are worth buying without them, there's no reason to make these amazing emotes so exclusive. Scalpers are going to buy all of them the second the pre-order starts, no matter what. So just make money on the emotes! You can delay their release, but sell them on the online store! It's an easy, logical decision to make, and the shareholders will thank you.

At this point it seems like Square Enix hates money. Anyone agree?

the emotes are a hook to make you buy the figure. they will never add them because nobody would buy the meagre miester quality figures

[Rolder50]

the emotes are a hook to make you buy the figure. they will never add them because nobody would buy the meagre miester quality figures

Are people really out here spending $150+ for an emote? Because god damn that's sad.

[sindriiisgaming]

Are people really out here spending $150+ for an emote? Because god damn that's sad.

*nods* there was a thread not that long ago about it

[CaptainLagbeard]

Are people really out here spending $150+ for an emote? Because god damn that's sad.

Some people buy the statue for the code, then try to sell off the statue. There are even some listings for the various statues on ebay that list that they don't come with the code.