Transfer Gil into Crysta

[Andrien]

What if we have Crysta shop items that include cosmetic enhancements, housing furniture, or in-game mounts for a limited time, and the option to exchange Gil in large quantities into Crysta?

Keep in mind if this feature is used strictly for Crysta, cosmetics skins, mounts, and furniture, it will not be a pay to win feature.

As it is for the moment, there are many ways to purchase Crysta, ranging from credit card payments, to paypal, and I imagine there might be a PSN feature for the PS3 version as well. However there is not many ways to utilize Crysta, so I was thinking of ways to make Crysta more functional to enhance our swag.

It is okay to disagree, but please leave interesting ideas below anyways. I for one would like to transfer gil into crysta.

This is not a parody thread.

[Anakhu]

I know I have a similar thread going.. but transfering gil you can earn playing into crysta wouldnt net any money for SE it would actually lose money. Somebody would have to first purchase the crysta and then sell it for gil in order to make it a profitable thing for SE.

And I am not a fan of cash shops unless there is a way to obtain it by trading your in game normal currency to other players for thier cash shop currency ( crysta ), therefore giving everyone equal oppurtunity. With game time you wouldnt have something in your hands nobody else does.. but special mounts and gear on the other hand... It's just not right in a subscription game to have unobtainable items for some

[Andrien]

I know I have a similar thread going.. but transfering gil you can earn playing into crysta wouldnt net any money for SE it would actually lose money. Somebody would have to first purchase the crysta and then sell it for gil in order to make it a profitable thing for SE

SE will have to make the exchange rate from gil to crysta appealing for them. I don't expect crysta to be cheap. this is simply an option.

[Yellow]

We pay monthly fees.

This is a very bad idea.

I don't care whether they're 'extras'. We pay monthly for this game, we should not have to pay more.

[KaplanHomahru]

We pay monthly fees.

This is a very bad idea.

I don't care whether they're 'extras'. We pay monthly for this game, we should not have to pay more.

But but...you could play enough to make the gil to turn into crysta to pay for playing that much!

[Andrien]

We pay monthly fees.

This is a very bad idea.

I don't care whether they're 'extras'. We pay monthly for this game, we should not have to pay more.

You don't have to pay more if you don't want "extras"

You have options.

[Yellow]

You don't have to pay more if you don't want "extras"

You have options.

Oh yeah, right.

- Pay extra to have a house that looks like a house, not a pile of dirt.
- Pay extra and you use costumes
- Pay extra and you get bonus gil + exp
- Want to have more than 1 mount? Pay extra.

This is giving an unfair advantage to people who pay more.

It's important to recognise that MMORPGs should not just be the usual 'hit level cap and grind dungeons for gear' -- I mean.. if you want the game to survive and be popular to an extent.

Everything in this game should be purchasable with gil.

I hope the game doesn't fall victim to its '15 second fans'.


It won't be a pay to win feature?

Not in terms of hitting level cap, and getting 'end game' gear. But is that really all there is to a game? If all you do is look forward to hitting the highest level and getting the best items, then I'm afraid no MMORPG will stay popular or fun for a long period of time.

I refuse to pay more to access content outside of the 'western norm' (excluding GW2 - Nice direction they took) in games.


But anyway, your idea is sort of useless as everything you're coming up with can just be made purchasable with gil.

[Andrien]

Oh yeah, right.

- Pay extra to have a house that looks like a house, not a pile of dirt.
- Pay extra and you use costumes
- Pay extra and you get bonus gil + exp
- Want to have more than 1 mount? Pay extra.

This is giving an unfair advantage to people who pay more.

Your concern is noted but you're exaggerating. No where in my original post I mention bonus gil and exp. Now explain how changing cosmetics, or exchanging crysta for furniture will lead to an unfair advantage?

Keep in mind the OP was all ideas to give crysta some more use.

[SirOleas]

It would be similar(kind of) to Plex for EVE online....Only no one could steal it from you. LOL

Can't say I see a huge point though.

[Anakhu]

as far as the idea of furniture goes, that wouldnt be a bad idea for a gil sink. I think they said we will have houses in ARR, a small affordable type and a bigger more expensive type.. being able to further customize the home by means of using gil would help create an even bigger gil sink. sinks are always good for the economy.

However at the same time, if there's no way to legally obtain gil for cash, there will be people willing to buy it from a 3rd party bad man site to get these items :\ RMT sucks