Any Chance For An Event for Blue Onion Helm?

I really like the look of the onion helm, and the only one I can realistically get is the red onion helm and that's tank exclusive. There's no one selling EU codes for this item that I can find and I'm fairly sure the codes are expired anyway. I would have thought Eureka would have been a good place to put a drop like this but getting it as an event reward like with the white ravens would be good.

It wasn't an event reward though, I believe it either was a preorder bonus or came with the 1.0 collectors edition.

You won't be seeing that again.

I don't think the collector's edition 1.0 codes ever expire. I know I was able to get the blue onion helm from a collector's edition I bought a few years ago (just for the novelty of it). The code that came with it actually worked just fine. I managed to find a sealed copy of the CE though, so finding one like that might be harder now.

https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68090
This says the codes can't be redeemed anymore

Since they put the Raven Earring in an event, even though it was fairly challenging to obtain, they could easily include that item, even if it's put on the Mogstation.
I want to complete my DRG onion set :(

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Originally Posted by Reynhart

Since they put the Raven Earring in an event

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Raven Earrings were an in-game rewards. Onion Helm was from purchasing 1.0 collectors, it's not really the same thing and the debate rages on about whether they should have reissued the Raven Earrings which SE since said they wouldn't do again etc.

I doubt they would make it an event prize. Re-release through the Mogstation is much more likely.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

It wasn't an event reward thought, I believe it either was a preorder bonus or came with the 1.0 collectors edition.

You won't be seeing that again.

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It was a pre-order for the 1.0 collectors edition. I have one of these. The perk on it if I recall was it slowed durability loss. I should also have sprint shoes floating around somewhere from linking my playonline back then too.

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Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda

It was a pre-order for the 1.0 collectors edition. I have one of these. The perk on it if I recall was it slowed durability loss. I should also have sprint shoes floating around somewhere from linking my playonline back then too.

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I have it as well, I just couldn't remember which part of the collectors it was from haha.

I had the sandals at one point, but have lost them as it was tied to keeping your XI sub active, and I couldn't get into that game haha.

I assume SE's backflip with validity of the 1.0 Onion Helm codes (unused Onion Helm codes were initially redeemable upon ARR's launch) is an attempt to try and stop the recent incidence of unopened copies of 1.0 (both the Standard and Collector's Editions) going for enormous prices on online sites like eBay simply for the codes (although the registration codes for the game itself is still redeemable - as even though the 1.0 client itself is now obsolete and completely useless, the 1.0 codes are actually accepted as a code for ARR (and the 1.0 CE registration code actually also is accepted by the SE Account System as a ARR CE too, meaning you get the ARR CE bonus items automatically, even if the 1.0 CE item code no longer works.), not helped by SE encouraging retailers still with old unsold 1.0 client stock to be returned to them for disposal, meaning those copies which 'slipped through the cracks' so to speak would be even more valuable and sought after.

Because item codes included with Collector's Editions or merchandise are never made available through other means, I do not see SE ever bringing the 1.0 special items (Onion Helm, Garlond Goggles, Asuran Armlets, Sprint Shoes) back I'm sorry to say (as far as the Onion Helm went, this is the reason actually SE specifically added the Red Onion Helm and the Peregrine Onion Helm to 1.0 - so that those who did not get the Collector's Edition of 1.0 still could get an Onion Helm... of sorts. And this has continued into ARR as well.

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Originally Posted by worldofneil

Raven Earrings were an in-game rewards. Onion Helm was from purchasing 1.0 collectors, it's not really the same thing and the debate rages on about whether they should have reissued the Raven Earrings which SE since said they wouldn't do again etc.

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Exactly, they had no issue putting that reward back then, so something that only required additionnal money shouldn't be that big of a deal. That's why I would be ok with having it on the Mogstation.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

as far as the Onion Helm went, this is the reason actually SE specifically added the Red Onion Helm and the Peregrine Onion Helm to 1.0 - so that those who did not get the Collector's Edition of 1.0 still could get an Onion Helm... of sorts. And this has continued into ARR as well.

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Problem is that the Red Onion helm is tank exclusive while the "proper" onion set is for DRG. And manikins in fractal that wear the DRG set have the blue Onion helm.

After they got so many complaints that they offered legitimate versions of the White Ravens and Manderville Earrings last Rising, Yoshi P did apologize for not atleast making the items replicas of the originals. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Maybe they'll add in replicas of items like the Onion Helm sometime, but I hope they don't. Let some things be exclusive to those who supported the game during its darkest period.

So did they recently change the 1.0 codes to make them expire? Because I got that blue helm and it was years after 1.0 was a thing, I'm sure of it.

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Originally Posted by TheGrimace

Let some things be exclusive to those who supported the game during its darkest period.

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We received the Legacy status for that. I really don't think an item most likely bought before knowing that the game would fail bears any big relevance. Especially since you probably have several people who bought the Collector early on but still bailed out of the game and thus, aren't considered Legacy players.

I’d like to see the full 1.0 onion set as an event. I only ever managed to get the onion doublet when I played 1.0. Apparently you can get it through retainer quick ventures but I’ve been sending those out for what? 3 years now? And still haven’t gotten a piece of the set, let alone 2 pieces.

A few months ago they had an event that let you experience the calamity and also obtain the 1.0 earrings or whatever it was. There was a lot of people complaining about it because it devalued their ego somewhat. But it was enjoyable and it's not like these things should matter so much if they were once limited but no longer are. They are not physical copies of something and hold no real value. Most people don't even use the limited items they obtained from long ago, so they are kept in storage for the sake of collection. It would be really nice if they brought back old 1.0 items like that, at the very least through the mogstation.

they could just add it
make one fit in armoire and recent one doesn't
everyone gets the helm and people who got it originally get the benefit of having it in armoire
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its a 1.0 CE reward.
so no, it wont ever show up again, much like my legacy chocobo.

still would be great if it was able to be dyed though

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Originally Posted by ReiMakoto

https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68090
This says the codes can't be redeemed anymore

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It might be worth a shot anyway if you're desperate enough though, because I was able to redeem mine not too long ago. And if you look at the paper itself (code is already used, don't bother), there is no expiration date at all on it. I think SE might just be saying that to try and stop people from buying 1.0 copies since they want rid of them.

https://i.imgur.com/iqvSYz7.jpg

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Originally Posted by Lacan

It might be worth a shot anyway if you're desperate enough though, because I was able to redeem mine not too long ago. And if you look at the paper itself (code is already used, don't bother), there is no expiration date at all on it. I think SE might just be saying that to try and stop people from buying 1.0 copies since they want rid of them.

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HMM. Might try and find a code then, doesn't seem to be anyone selling EU codes though at least on ebay

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Originally Posted by ReiMakoto

HMM. Might try and find a code then, doesn't seem to be anyone selling EU codes though at least on ebay

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The collector's edition is neat to have if you can find one cheap anyway. Comes with a journal and a making of DVD. Those poor people in the making of video had no clue what they were in for.

The European, Australian and Japanese 1.0 CEs also had more than that, they also included an Eorzea cloth map and a FFXIV-branded leather-encased tumbler (the tumbler was not included in the US version because of stringent laws in some US states that prevent the sale of mugs and glasses as bonuses due to liquor item restrictions, but the lack of the cloth map for the US is puzzling to me). Ah well, I still have all my 1.0 CE items so I'm happy (and yes, that includes the Onion Helm and Sprint Shoes in game too). :D

Also speaking of that 'making of' DVD, one of the development team briefly shown hard at work on that DVD appears to be Michael Christopher Koji-Fox, aka Fernewahles, who is the Localization Team leader and one of the world content creators for the game, and is still part of the FFXIV team in ARR (in other words, he's one of the team responsible for the lore). Although the DVD did not identify him, I recognized him later on after watching it again following 1.0's shutdown and thought it was interesting he showed up in that DVD (especially since he regularly and frequently interacts with the player community, especially the Lore panels at the Fanfests).

The DVD also shows the 3D CG modelling for Titan, but alas he was never actually seen in 1.0 (his model and related story cutscenes/dialogue were dummied out in 1.0's files and never used). So all that modeller's work was for naught sadly. :(