Quote Originally Posted by Catmato View Post
Capes are not the unique reward; they're the permanent reward. See: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...292#post576288
Unique meaning you can't obtain them outside of Ambuscade, not unique as in they are a temporary reward. We also don't know if or when there will be other unique rewards that we can obtain from Ambuscade so spending Hallmarks on HMP and rift items, while consistent and about equal to VW during the campaign, it isn't a fix to the issue.