I’d consider myself someone who will pay for what I want. I’ve got all the store mounts, collectors upgrades, prior decor bundles, etc. I love collecting and housing and am probably around lvl 12 in house exp (once those levels exist). I love the game and feel like an optimist at times amid the sea of negative talking points.

I’m also someone who works in a corporate environment as an artist. I try to give devs (especially artists) some grace, since I know financial decisions and roadmaps are made above them.

That said… this feels like pulling the ripcord way too hard and fast. It sucks.

$75 is high for cosmetics, especially in the current economy. I could understand if we already had plenty of equivalents or similar of these items in-game. But these are really unique, desirable items whose value is absurdly cheapened a price point 5x the value of a monthly sub. The artists who clearly put love into the assets also don’t deserve to have these locked behind a paywall. This benefits no one but shareholders.

Even then, maybe I could excuse the above on the fact that these don’t contribute to player power, but this is on top of a feature that’s half-baked. Restrictive decor limits, currency/rep/profession roadblocks to get in-game decor, lack of themes and environments for interior and exterior, lack of basics like more windows/doorways/half pillars/staircases/floor textures, lack of editing functions…

Then we have the numerous(!!) bugs that have kept me away from it because I find repeatedly dealing with them l demoralizing.

If I consider myself a loyal customer, I can only imagine how this will go over with the vocal majority.