Stop Online Store Items

[CCheshire]

The thing that is most egregious to me is that cash shop items aren't unlocked on every character. The idea that I am meant to pay $20 for a glamour set for multiple characters is absolutely absurd.

Same, but SE needs that $$$ so we can have more empty DC and provide extra houses for venues and everyone else who needs them.

Also, I feel like if the option is to pay $10 for item vs sacrifice 3-5 hours of my life, then it'd be pointless to add it since most ppl will always pay up as seen in F2P games even more so since ppl have extra funds to already pay for subs.

[Alicie]

Same, but SE needs that $$$ so we can have more empty DC and provide extra houses for venues and everyone else who needs them.

Also, I feel like if the option is to pay $10 for item vs sacrifice 3-5 hours of my life, then it'd be pointless to add it since most ppl will always pay up as seen in F2P games even more so since ppl have extra funds to already pay for subs.

Any way is better than absolutely no way. I would much prefer spending 3-5 hours doing various content to get dote and flower shower on my alt over spending $10 to do so.

[TeresaFortell]

Still remember the time when we all begged for more cash shop items. Alas, how the turntables.

[Kirutsuki]

Just imagine all the little sidecontent event quests we could have had for these items in-game.
But no, only $$$ pay up pig.

[azuraroya]

then how do you think they will keep the server open, squeenix does there money with this and its how they pay for yall to play the game, i know the sub is paid too how much do you think it needs to keep open those mega server like our data centers can still operate after more then 15 years, because players pay to pay the employees that does the maintenace of those servers and i dont think the sub would be enough in long term. considering the actrual economy in the world

edit: i also wanna add that if the community wants new content it needs employees to crfeate them and those also need to be paid

[Alicie]

then how do you think they will keep the server open, squeenix does there money with this and its how they pay for yall to play the game, i know the sub is paid too how much do you think it needs to keep open those mega server like our data centers can still operate after more then 15 years, because players pay to pay the employees that does the maintenace of those servers and i dont think the sub would be enough in long term. considering the actrual economy in the world

edit: i also wanna add that if the community wants new content it needs employees to crfeate them and those also need to be paid

Subscription is definitely enough to cover server maintenance, and content is paid by DLC purchases. Besides, I don't suggest to put online store down - merely introduce some way for these rewards to be also obtainable via in-game means. A lot of people will still buy them, but a lot of people who would never otherwise buy these items may extend their subscriptions in order to obtain them via in game means which leads to more subscriptions, game feeling more alive to players and better feedback (instead of "everything is locked behind paywall" type experience, it becomes "everything is obtainable in-game").

[Kahnha]

then how do you think they will keep the server open, squeenix does there money with this and its how they pay for yall to play the game, i know the sub is paid too how much do you think it needs to keep open those mega server like our data centers can still operate after more then 15 years, because players pay to pay the employees that does the maintenace of those servers and i dont think the sub would be enough in long term. considering the actrual economy in the world

edit: i also wanna add that if the community wants new content it needs employees to crfeate them and those also need to be paid

If content was quality, if funds were reinvested into the game, say half of what they were making at their peak in SHB, for things like improving the engine they wouldn't have had a fall off. They would ideally have more players paying into it and getting even more players due to word of mouth about the quality of the game alone.

Talking about not having enough funds to keep servers up is something I would expect from an mmo like PSO2 that is free to play.

the game will be free to play on mobile and that has better combat system and better cosmetics.

[papandbuddyg]

ima +1 this for algorithm reasons
i agree we should be able to get more in game rewards

[LegendWait]

I believe your positive outcomes are pure fantasies built out of nothing:
1. Suggesting locking cosmetics behind Ultimate will get you hated by the casuals players from this forum, this is a ridiculous idea.
2. Prove to me that exists a correlation between cosmetic features and player retention over content drought. When content is done, raid players tend to unsub, I doubt more glamour would have any impact.
3. Base submission hasn't increased in years, how are they squeezing the players?

There is no such thing as "Essential cosmetics".

Game is the only lucrative flagship at SE right now, if you want them to cut their income, might as well tell them to close the company.

If you were seriously seeking a discussion, you'd be using your real character account instead of a lvl 31 armorer on free trial, I assume you already know youll be laught at and you dont want to hitch that post to your main account.

[VeyaAkemi]

You want to know what this boils down to? Why would they stop?

No, seriously, Mog Store glams consistently become flavor of the month, you can't go into a roulette without seeing several people wearing them, so you need a good reason why Square Enix, as a business, would stop them, it brings a huge deal of profit, you'd need a good reason from a business point of view, being better for the players isn't enough, does it suck that it is like this? yes, I don't like it either, but it is how it is.