Mog Bonanza is Back!

[JackDaniels]

Lol I think someones a bit of a sore loser... classic example of somebody who wants everything handed to them. I can't imagine you'd say that about lottery in the real world but then maybe you do. If there's 1-10 winners out of millions and it's not you, then tough luck, keep trying or give up but keep it to yourself. Lottery is never free, only a bonus.

Hardly, it's just disheartening. This is why I don't gamble IRL, but, believe it or not, FFXI is just a game xD

But I will concede to admitting that I am bitter towards this event in general, not a sore loser. The only time I got tier 4, it was a statue on my mule, of prishe, the only furniture he has. (or was it shadow lord on my main, i don't remember)

[Prrsha]

I have a suggestion, maybe make the marbles free. Otherwise I'm not going to waste my money. Sick and tired of blowing a fortune for me and my mule to obtain maybe some tacky statues or a chocobo stable scarf.

A nice purpose the lottery serves is to help (by a very small margin) to remove gil from this otherwise bloated, inflated economy. Count yourself lucky that the dev's haven't factored in the current prices of AH items and have made marbles 100k each. The only reason in not doing so I'd imagine is the fact they would like newer players to take part in the event (which is a good thing).

Offtopic: I wonder if SE will end up sometime in the future, raise hourglass costs for dynamis or other events... or reduce the rate of which gil is obtained from other means. The latter way might be moot as the damage is done already. In FFXIV they have reduced all of the gil that current players possess by a percentage. I don't know if this is the right way to go about things but something has to be done soon or the gap between legit starting players and long time vets will grow even further. Current cluster prices are sort of an odd note now. The rich don't want to spend the time to farm them but the poor are more then willing to do so for the prices they are going at. It's one of the few low level items that sell fast (and have a decent value) and can be obtained with little effort by a low level player.

[JackDaniels]

A nice purpose the lottery serves is to help (by a very small margin) to remove gil from this otherwise bloated, inflated economy. Count yourself lucky that the dev's haven't factored in the current prices of AH items and have made marbles 100k each. The only reason in not doing so I'd imagine is the fact they would like newer players to take part in the event (which is a good thing).

If you have not noticed, everything in the AH costs 4-40k with exception to really rare HQ lv86+ equipment (and mats) which can run for 400k-4M.

New people such as myself (i only have 15 days playtime on this character, my old character is forever lost) are totally effing screwed. I was lucky enough to get a flame gem somehow, idr, (most vets in my ls were surprised themselves), which got me 2.5m in the AH. I bought two pieces of armor, a crummy dagger, and some gobbie bag upgrades. Your perception of how the market in FFXI is now compared to pre-abyssea is a little skewed.

Either way, as analhyme stated, the gil prizes = gil raised/winners. It makes sense to charge for the lottery, but the rewards are pretty laugh worthy when you've spent hundreds of thousands on this lottery over the years only to get statues. Now, if I could vendor statues in for 10-50k each, then I'd be really interested.

[Khajit]

If you have not noticed, everything in the AH costs 4-40k with exception to really rare HQ lv86+ equipment (and mats) which can run for 400k-4M.

New people such as myself (i only have 15 days playtime on this character, my old character is forever lost) are totally effing screwed. I was lucky enough to get a flame gem somehow, idr, (most vets in my ls were surprised themselves), which got me 2.5m in the AH. I bought two pieces of armor, a crummy dagger, and some gobbie bag upgrades. Your perception of how the market in FFXI is now compared to pre-abyssea is a little skewed.

Either way, as analhyme stated, the gil prizes = gil raised/winners. It makes sense to charge for the lottery, but the rewards are pretty laugh worthy when you've spent hundreds of thousands on this lottery over the years only to get statues. Now, if I could vendor statues in for 10-50k each, then I'd be really interested.

Because there totally isn't rare EX equipment you can get everywhere fairly easily until you get to being capable of attacking things in your abyssea parties. Nope No-siree. Square enix definitely didn't sprinkle basic useful gear all over the place. And they definitely dont give you money for mission completion, basic GOV fights that you should be doing, or any of the random quests spread about that people have been doing since day one. It's totally harder now.
This in the off chance you haven't figured it out already is sarcasm.
The only thing harder nowadays is trying to convert cruor into gil since that would normaly have easily geared up people into decent stuff.

[Jaall]

Exactly it's only a game lol, 10k for a marble or whatever the cost is, isn't much really and you don't need to take part. All rewards are bonuses, some are nicer than others but none are needed as such. It's disheartening like the lottery is in any case because only a handful of people can win but that's just against all forms of lottery, and you're putting peoples ideas down because of your own bad fortune and bitterness which isn't fair. Some people enjoy these types of events, I know I don't have a real good chance at getting the items but it's nice to know I have the chance and maybe one day I'll win something nice, just nice to hope and for 10k a marble, for the possibility of winning a relic, I'll take those odds!

[Alhanelem]

I have a suggestion, maybe make the marbles free. Otherwise I'm not going to waste my money. Sick and tired of blowing a fortune for me and my mule to obtain maybe some tacky statues or a chocobo stable scarf.

are you that broke? it doesn't cost much to play.

besides the gil prizes were based on the gil collected. If it's free, then the gill prizes would be zero.

[Elexia]

Greetings Twin YoshiP!

Items:
-1500 Metal plates.(Not as the grand prize or the almost no-chance of winning rank, somewhere in the middle.)
-AA EV. Sword and Shield

[Kjara]

Festive Moogle items that are impossible to get for new players would also be cool too, maybe as rank 3 or 5.

A few examples:
Tidal Talisman
Moogle Cap
Chocobo Beret
Arpischord

Etc. Recruitment program items like Sol/Lunar cap or Mini-Airship and Timepiece would be cool too, since not everyone can afford a second account to get those. I'm in Italy and MMORPGs are unfortunately not popular in my country, and since 2006 I haven't managed to get a friend recruited to get these things. Give it a thought!

[Tamarsamar]

Also, if you have any suggestions or ideas for items you would like to have in the Mog Bonanza, please let us know. (We are planning to add the Archangel weapons and Cat’s Eye back in.)

Harpsichord. Full stop.

[Minikom]

Also, if you have any suggestions or ideas for items you would like to have in the Mog Bonanza, please let us know. (We are planning to add the Archangel weapons and Cat’s Eye back in.)

Dear SE
Let us delivery to ourself the items like cat's eye please, not much sense to win 1 and just cant use it, thanks