I was excited about the idea of a ticket system before I read this post. However, this announcement betrays my expectations in two big ways:

1.) It seems as though only the sparkly gear pieces will be tradable for tickets. This is so stupid unless they were to somehow change the drop rates on some items. It might benefit T3 Zilart runs a tiny bit (IF the tickets are universal). I was under the impression that I could trade 200 Mantis Eyes and 100 Houyi's Gorgets and receive a single Delphinius, and I was alright with it. It seems as though Mantis Eyes and Houyi's Gorgets will be just as useless as before.

2.) The fact that they are tradable struck me as game-breaking, but then I realized that so few tickets will exist because nobody who already has a body piece will even care enough to go searching for tickets. I guess this part isn't a big deal after all.

Regardless: Square-Enix, I am disappoint.