Gil For Crysta ( Idea )

[Anakhu]

I am fully prepared to be flamed to hell and back for this.. but here we go.

What would people think about being able to trade gil for crysta? Like say we can have an option in a menu that allows you to purchase crysta packs of say 1k per pack. Once you have this pack in possession you can then sell it in game for x amount of gil, person receiving the pack then has it stored in that same menu where you can purchase the packs for cash but instead of purchasing you will also have a redeem button that redeems your crysta pack and loads it to your SE account. This is a proven concept in a few highly recognized online subscription based games. I was wondering what peoples opinion of it would be for the final fantasy realm.

since alot of people like to set up a vote thing I will do that aswell, but also want to read comments on it too... so like this post for yes

[Anakhu]

and this post for NO

[Anakhu]

I would also like to point out that this will bring in more money to SE than just having each person only paying thier 10 bucks by the month.. there are people who will purchase these by the dozen if they are able to so they don't have to work as hard for thier gil, because maybe they can;t ply long enough to get it.. and no this is not pay to win stuff either, as they will not gain anything you could not achieve on your own with a little effort. On top of that it will also decrease the amount of RMT transactions going on. As people would feel alot more comfortable and safer buying gil the legal way through the company who gave them the game, instead of some slave driver making people farm gil for table scraps ( this really does happen, chinese prisons were busted doing this for WoW gold and eve isk )

[Alerith]

I am 150% against any system that promotes Pay-to-Win in any way, shape, or form.

[Anakhu]

I am 150% against any system that promotes Pay-to-Win in any way, shape, or form.

This isnt pay to win, and how do you win in this game? All it does is get gil in thier hands, you can make the gil to just with effort instead of cash.. cash that can go towards continuing the development of your game for future years

[Randelmire]

This isnt pay to win, and how do you win in this game? All it does is get gil in thier hands, you can make the gil to just with effort instead of cash.. cash that can go towards continuing the development of your game for future years

PVP in V2... Obviously, more gils = better gear.

[Rau]

Well, since SE seems to enjoy destroying the economy with random sources of gil, why not?

also,

PVP in V2... Obviously, more gils = better gear.

This.

[Alerith]

This isnt pay to win, and how do you win in this game? All it does is get gil in thier hands, you can make the gil to just with effort instead of cash.. cash that can go towards continuing the development of your game for future years

The subscription fee is what pays for the development and maintenance of the game.

The system you describe is exactly what Pay-to-Win is. Not in the literal sense that you "win" the game, but that players who have access to a more disposable income will come out on top by using their real life resources to boost their in-game resources and be able to afford things easily that other people cannot.

It basically destroys the notion that "Everyone has equal footing in this world. What effort you put into the game determines what you get out of it."

With your system in place, what is stopping a player from charging $500 worth of Crysta (Example Number) to their packs, then selling those for Gil and then buying the best stuff that is either purchasable outright, or that they can acquire by paying a linkshell to do it?

This is why RMT in general is an problem.

[Anakhu]

PVP in V2... Obviously, more gils = better gear.

Don't pvp in crap gear?

[Randelmire]

Don't pvp in crap gear?

Ok, you are a troll, or really, really, really, REALLY stupid.