My problem is that they’re not charging for specific items, they’re charging for something that may contain those items. Paying for lootboxes is eerily close to gambling to me.

But it makes a financial incentive for developers to work on creating more cosmetic things, rather than fixing bugs/improving gameplay. Which can be a bit more of a slap in the face when you are talking about an Early Access game.

Microtransactions don’t bother me. Cosmetic items don’t bother me. What bothers me is tying game extras to randomized systems that then give you the option to pay for them. That’s gambling and it’s bullshit, no matter who’s doing it.

I’ve seen posts from people like DianaDoe2.0 - they absolutely cannot handle it not being the fault of Square Enix when something goes wrong, and any time the company says something would be difficult/tricky/impossible for them to currently do, they try to explain it as SE being lazy and [insert illogical reason…

You really shouldn’t make assumptions about things you clearly, blatantly, demonstrably, APPALLINGLY have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

Are you a fucking nitwit?

Probably just a bunch of kids who feel threatened by the idea that FFXIV may take away the MMO champion title away from WoW.

Blizzard servers get DDoS’d: No big deal

Yeh. Totally lying. Good thing attacks like this arnt verifiable or anything. /s

A basic tracert proves you wrong though. It is a DDOS attack.

Dancer sounds nice, but I wouldn’t give up either Samurai or Red Mage in exchange for it.

I had to stop reading and just comment.
Dont assume you WILL beat the Final Battle of StormBlood yet.
Oh yes, there is a Trial, but if you think its going to be like the Thordan Trial at the end of Heavensward’s Main Story line at release, oh ho ho ho ho, you are going to be pleasantly/excruciatingly surprised :D
Royal…

It reminds me of a sidequest in Kugane in FFXIV:Stormblood that was leaning extremely heavily toward the setup for a throwaway gay joke, with a surprise ending.

*** STORMBLOOD SIDEQUEST SPOILER ***

There’s a man in Kugane who tasks the Warrior of Light with tracking down a woman whom he calls “the most beautiful woman…

They’re going all out on the Stormblood advertising. I’m so ready for it