Paying it forward!

Morning! I just wanted to share a quick tale. I won't mention names since I don't know if they'd want attention or not for it but...I wanted to share the tale at least.

So I've been after a particular item for a while: Shaded Spectacles. Ferra has a 'bouncer' outfit and the one thing that would complete the look are those. Problem: Those are at the very least 400K Gil on the server I play on. I have 100K to my name.

I publicly lament my woes, "Wish these specs didn't cost an arm and a leg..." And a individual doing some crafting speaks up: "How much are the mats?"

The primary material is Tempered Glass, which to my limited understanding is a very old material that no one collects. It goes for 155K Gil a piece which is almost the same price as the Specs. Naturally this isn't a much better solution as they also require another material on top of it.

I offer my thanks for offering and prepare to queue for some Roulettes. Figured I'd dedicate the day to be a money making day. They /tell me, "Are you a new player?" I say I'm relatively new: I dabbled in FF14 before but didn't get far in it. Ferra is my first attempt at going deep into FF14. She calls me back to the Market Board and offers the Shades. Just flat out.

Naturally I am reluctant: Again, 100K Gil to my name, if I was to pay them back it would take a hot minute or two. I say they don't have to and try to give them an out. They instead offer the Shades and a lovely flower for the same price of nothing.

They did mention that they didn't want my money (It raised a few flags initially: I do ERP but I gatekeep the HECK out of it and I certainly wouldn't do it for items or Gil) but instead they asked to pay it forward. It was such a genuinely kind gesture that I'm not used to in online spaces.

I accepted and very much thanked the individual for their kindness. So, while I am certainly gonna help someone get something of their own one day, I figured this is also one way to pay it forward. Be nice to folks even if you get frustrated, try to be good to one another. World is a chaotic nightmare as is, we can at least make Erozea a nice escape from it for a bit.

That's all I got. You all have a good Saturday!

Oh, one more thing: Ferra looks hecka sweet in these shades with this outfit.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...779bb2e4ad.png

What a great story! I have met many people in many games who silently go out of their way to help newer people. It's always amazing when it happens and renews faith in the gaming community.

Oh great look btw!

yeah, sharing their name is usually not something thats wanted really.

90% of the time its never about recognition, its just doing something to be nice

I am glad it happened to you and you got your glasses ^^

enjoy your journey

Aw, what a sweet story! At the risk of sounding sappy it's quite inspiring as well.

Great glamour!

I'll bet after seeing your fab finished glam the friendly stranger thought "damn... I'm glad I could help with that."

Shaded Spectacle is made from two Polarized Glass
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Polarized_Glass
It is rare drop from only two submersible destinations or chests from a Leather Buried Treasure Map, obtained from an Unhidden Leather Map which itself is a very rare drop from any ARR/HW chest found by ARR/HW Timeworn Treasure Maps.
That is why it's generally fairly expensive on the market board.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Shaded_Spectacles

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Originally Posted by Kirika-

Shaded Spectacle is made from two Polarized Glass
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Polarized_Glass
It is rare drop from only two submersible destinations or chests from a Leather Buried Treasure Map, obtained from an Unhidden Leather Map which itself is a very rare drop from any ARR/HW chest found by ARR/HW Timeworn Treasure Maps.

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So a drop from a specific item followed by another drop followed by another drop...

...Yeah, I can see the reasoning for the pricing!

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Originally Posted by Ferra

Morning! I just wanted to share a quick tale. I won't mention names since I don't know if they'd want attention or not for it but...I wanted to share the tale at least.

So I've been after a particular item for a while: Shaded Spectacles. Ferra has a 'bouncer' outfit and the one thing that would complete the look are those. Problem: Those are at the very least 400K Gil on the server I play on. I have 100K to my name.

I publicly lament my woes, "Wish these specs didn't cost an arm and a leg..." And a individual doing some crafting speaks up: "How much are the mats?"

The primary material is Tempered Glass, which to my limited understanding is a very old material that no one collects. It goes for 155K Gil a piece which is almost the same price as the Specs. Naturally this isn't a much better solution as they also require another material on top of it.

I offer my thanks for offering and prepare to queue for some Roulettes. Figured I'd dedicate the day to be a money making day. They /tell me, "Are you a new player?" I say I'm relatively new: I dabbled in FF14 before but didn't get far in it. Ferra is my first attempt at going deep into FF14. She calls me back to the Market Board and offers the Shades. Just flat out.

Naturally I am reluctant: Again, 100K Gil to my name, if I was to pay them back it would take a hot minute or two. I say they don't have to and try to give them an out. They instead offer the Shades and a lovely flower for the same price of nothing.

They did mention that they didn't want my money (It raised a few flags initially: I do ERP but I gatekeep the HECK out of it and I certainly wouldn't do it for items or Gil) but instead they asked to pay it forward. It was such a genuinely kind gesture that I'm not used to in online spaces.

I accepted and very much thanked the individual for their kindness. So, while I am certainly gonna help someone get something of their own one day, I figured this is also one way to pay it forward. Be nice to folks even if you get frustrated, try to be good to one another. World is a chaotic nightmare as is, we can at least make Erozea a nice escape from it for a bit.

That's all I got. You all have a good Saturday!

Oh, one more thing: Ferra looks hecka sweet in these shades with this outfit.

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...779bb2e4ad.png

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I shall pay it forward, child you need more reshade in your life. Elevate that screenshot gaming. :P

Jokes aside congrats.

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Originally Posted by Awha

I shall pay it forward, child you need more reshade in your life. Elevate that screenshot gaming. :P

Jokes aside congrats.

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I do need to practice using Gpose more! I usually just hide HUD and take a screenshot then but yeah, think I can do a lot of fun lighting stuff once I dive into Gpose.

That'll be a work in progress...

Oh, wow.

The glass is a rare drop from a map that in itself is insanely rare, or looks like some time doing submarine missions and a lot of luck.

Course, now that I know it exists, it's something I'll have to work on myself, eventually.

I feel like the actual glasses are one of the expensive crafted glamour items my retainers have come back with at some point.

OP if you haven't already, try to get your retainers to max lvl and gear them up a bit. If you have them as DoW or DoM jobs you can usually do this with duty drops for free. Then send them out on quick ventures regularly. Each one lasts about 1 hour but they bring back all kinds of random stuff along with house pieces I'm pretty sure they pulled of someone's house on the way back when they realized they didn't have anything. It should help a little at least with the money issue though the rate of income is going to be random and luck based.

I'll have to keep that in mind! Know that's a thing but I just never done it myself. I'll work on that when I get other stuff I want done!

That's kinda my issue: I wanna RP, wanna do trials for mounts, wanna do old raids for the heck of it, wanna MSQ...Got a lot of things I wanna do without being maxed leveled and a lot more I gotta unlock!

I'm happy you got your shades! There are definitely some very kind and spontaneously generous players out there in Eorzea. I remember one time I was hanging around Buscarron's Druthers and some lala opened an unsolicited trade with me and handed me a cookie and a cappuccino just out of the blue. I don't know if they were RP-ing as a restaurant server or something, but it made me smile. Another time, somebody just shouted out in Gridania chat asking if anybody wanted a free Antelope Stag mount. They wound up giving it to me, and explained it was from some kind of Lv.60 area, noting that I would probably like it since I was leveling my crafting. So, I told them basically the same thing as your thread title, I would pay it forward to some other player some day! Gotta level some more yet, but I won't forget it!
(Out of curiosity, I checked the market board for the antelope mount and it wouldn't exactly break my bank, but that's not the point. They still could've easily sold it for a fair chunk of gil, rather than pass it on to a random stranger.)

What a great story. And the shades look great!