Concerned about most recent 'Optional Items' update.

I've always been 100% fine with old seasonal items being put up on the cash shop. They did it with the All Saint's Wake, they did it with Starlight Celebration, they're doing it with Heavensturm, and I think it's really good of them to put up all the old stuff on the cash shop since everyone who has been playing the game since launch of 2.0 has had a very fair chance at every one of getting these items in-game.

The only reason they sold the old hats for 10 gil last year, I assume, is because the majority of the current playerbase didn't play 1.0 and missed out. This way, as 2.0 is more accessible and populated than 1.0 was, moving those items to the cash shop keeps them able to be purchased all year round.

So I'm perfectly fine with old event items being on the cash shop. It keeps the events fresh and clean while still giving players the option to grab the old stuff if they so choose.

I'm not so keen on selling items that you could have bought yearly with in game money.
If it was something like the one time only events like the Dragon Quest or XI events, I'd be more alright with it because you really did only have one shot at them.

As it is, it's a little greedy.

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Originally Posted by Yshnal

They can win if if they put neither, get rid of the cash shop, and do what they did before and let everyone buy the items from past years from an in-game vendor during the events. Everyone will be happy, guaranteed.

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Ill take that bet.

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Originally Posted by Yshnal

They can win if if they put neither, get rid of the cash shop, and do what they did before and let everyone buy the items from past years from an in-game vendor during the events. Everyone will be happy, guaranteed.

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I remember skipping events for last Christmas/Easter. Those Items weren't available to me at the vendors you speak of. Only the items associated with events I had actually participated in were available for purchase.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

I'm not so keen on selling items that you could have bought yearly with in game money.
If it was something like the one time only events like the Dragon Quest or XI events, I'd be more alright with it because you really did only have one shot at them.

As it is, it's a little greedy.

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This year Heavensturm event will be not the same as last year. So yes, seasonal events are one-time events, except name and date.

Some MMOs offer the rewards from past events for purchase with in game currency, XI offers their past seasonal items from in game vendors, ARR did so too until they pushed that F2P emergency button. Other MMOs go even further than that and make the entire event questlines from past years available the following years. I'd rather ARR handled it that way and allowed anyone to do all the seasonal quests they missed so they could follow their story lines and earn the rewards, but you know, someone needs money to save that sinking ship.

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Originally Posted by Black91CRX

I remember skipping events for last Christmas/Easter. Those Items weren't available to me at the vendors you speak of. Only the items associated with events I had actually participated in were available for purchase.

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You're confusing what I'm speaking about, with the Calamity Salvager.

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Originally Posted by Felis

This year Heavensturm event will be not the same as last year. So yes, seasonal events are one-time events, except name and date.

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I mean im terms that we where able to buy old yearly event gear when they popped up in game.

Yes, we used to be able to buy last year's gear from event vendor for gil.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

I mean im terms that we where able to buy old yearly event gear when they popped up in game.

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Was only 2013 until summer 2014 this way. Before it we had what we have now without the cash shop.
It would be no problem for me if the devs bring the "You missed the event? You missed the gear." rule back, where you have to participate in the event to get the gear and can't get it anymore after the event.