weird Square games

at least such a tool is enitrely optional... I still haven't even used them lD

That's true, however; it's the principle of the matter that frustrates me. I feel like this could have been a cool game mechanic, and instead it was a cheap money grab.

The game is rather easy enough without using them... feel like that's cheating even lB

Micro transactions can suck it

I agree. I don't like them in mobile games, but they certainly don't belong on handhelds and consoles.

Heh, I remember the big hoo-ha when EA did it in Dead Space 3. Boy was that a laugh riot, and I mean at the players, not EA. Everyone complaining about it and I'm just sitting there going "okay, you can pay for new armors that are purely aesthetic, give your salvage bots sarcastic AI, have them find more salvage per run when you tend to get more than you need normally, buy "special weapons" whose components are so marginally better than the base you're unlikely to notice the difference, buy salvage straight which you shouldn't need to if you're playing the game right, and...yeah." There's a reason for the phrase "a sucker born every minute". If they can make all these superfluous extras and people will buy them, why not make money off of it?

As for mobile games, it at least makes sense for the free to download ones. They are otherwise not making any money off of them, so purchases are there for those "hardcore win regardless of cost" people. It's amazing how much they're likely milking these people who likely could have bought so many far more lasting things with all the money they dumped into buying special resources with real money to try and be at the top of the leader boards.

I don't like this trend that I'm seeing of micro-transactions creeping into AAA console games.

Me neither. It really rubbed my fur the wrong way.

A shame that this horrible practice was in such a great game.

Eh...never is really necesary to use. The only real use for Bravely Second is damage beyond the 9999 cap. And, with leave the console alone, you restore SP. And with Norende subquest....you do anyway.