Transfer Gil into Crysta

[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.

[Fadigre]

A long time ago in a land far away there was Vana'diel.

Vana'diel didn't support user created add-ons but did this stop anybody?

It didn't.

Eorzea however now supports user created add-ons, giving power back to the player. Enix are unable to prevent the use of add-ons illegally so instead of spending a large amount of time and resources fighting it they have embraced it like many other businesses lately. Managing the content themselves allows them to enforce guidelines and decide what it is that is acceptable and is not. This benefits the players by bringing them closer together and preventing them from accessing dangerous and malicious material outside of the company's control!

Steam recently Greenlighted a community created version of Half Life. It's cooperation with fans like this that validates why Valve has so many loyal fans!

Whilst I don't like paying to achieve and people achieving what I have in a few clicks of a button takes away the value of my work however if Enix were to manage real money trading themselves then it would be done correctly and we wouldn't have the catastrophe that players encounter each and every day from RMT.

[Wolfie]

The problem with turning gil into crysta, and then back into game time to make more gil, is that the cycle does not give SE any profit or even cover the maintenance costs for the servers. The only way the cycle could benefit SE is if there were other ways to generate revenue from players that spend more time playing the game, such as from necessary microtransactions or in-game ads (which I'm sure you don't want).

[Felis]

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

For this we have carpenters

[Anakhu]

The problem with turning gil into crysta, and then back into game time to make more gil, is that the cycle does not give SE any profit or even cover the maintenance costs for the servers. The only way the cycle could benefit SE is if there were other ways to generate revenue from players that spend more time playing the game, such as from necessary microtransactions or in-game ads (which I'm sure you don't want).

haha yeh hell no to in game ads, don't want a facebook app game

[Anakhu]

For this we have carpenters

that won't create a sink though, was just pointing out how that would be an easy sink without effecting others.. as far as I know only you can go into your house

[Grim_Lion]

NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Just take one look at how the RMT system has completely ruined once elites franchises like Diablo into this pathetic loto systems COMPLETELY CENTERED on the auction house and generating money for the gaming company (i.e., Blizzard).

I will leave this game in a heart beat if RMT works its way into it.

[Anakhu]

NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Just take one look at how the RMT system has completely ruined once elites franchises like Diablo into this pathetic loto systems COMPLETELY CENTERED on the auction house and generating money for the gaming company (i.e., Blizzard).

I will leave this game in a heart beat if RMT works its way into it.

Are you confusing micro transaction with real money trade? RMT is already here, has been for a long time.. when people sell shit for 10 mil+, people will pay real cash for thier 10 mil.. would rather that cash go to the developers than some ilegal gil pedalar probably paying people cheap wages to farm it all day for him

[BotenAnna]

Why would square enix pay money to destroy gil when they could do it via other economic balances?