The long search for the lost shoes (aka: where are my Hermes Sandals?)

[Monsalvato]

Hi there folks,
when creating my new character during beta phase 4 (yes, I don't want to use my old ones anymore) I noticed that I received all the three main "special" items I had on my old chars, that is:

Onion Helm
Garlond Goggles
Asuran Gloves

That's ok, since those items are "Bound on Account" and should be shared among all characters created within that account.
Back in FFXIV 1.0 the same used to happen with another item called "Hermes Sandals", the strange part though is that my new character created in ARR didn't receive them, like the other three mentioned above.
Is this "working as intented"? Isn't there any other way to obtain the Hermes Sandals which should in theory be bound to my account?

Thanks °-°

[Rowandax]

it's possible that the item was removed. But I'd request a ticket to be sure.

[Atherial]

My understanding is that the sandals only were given to characters created while you paid for a subscription to both FF14 and FF11. Once the promotion stopped, new characters don't get the sandals anymore.

[Gibsauce]

Hermes' Shoes still exist in the game. I have them on my first 1.0 character. Unfortunately, I'm somewhat in the same boat as you Monsalvato, as I won't be playing that character much, and I would much rather have access to them on my new main character (or even all new characters that I make, if the devs are feeling generous). Perhaps if enough people show interest/support, SE will consider flagging them as account items, and resend them to those for whom the item is missing?

Probably low on their priority list atm though, with EA/launch right around the corner.

[Eondil]

Hermes sandals were only applied to one character not the whole account. Only one of my 1.0 characters ever had them.

[Arriverderci]

Dem beast lookin parrot shoes.

[magenta_taco]

perhaps you should check your armoire. that's where all my stuff was.

[Rhomagus]

My understanding is that the sandals only were given to characters created while you paid for a subscription to both FF14 and FF11. Once the promotion stopped, new characters don't get the sandals anymore.

Hermes' Shoes still exist in the game. I have them on my first 1.0 character. Unfortunately, I'm somewhat in the same boat as you Monsalvato, as I won't be playing that character much, and I would much rather have access to them on my new main character (or even all new characters that I make, if the devs are feeling generous). Perhaps if enough people show interest/support, SE will consider flagging them as account items, and resend them to those for whom the item is missing?

Probably low on their priority list atm though, with EA/launch right around the corner.

perhaps you should check your armoire. that's where all my stuff was.

The above is truth. If you log in on your old character you might have stuck them in your armoire. Won't be able to find out until the 24th though.

[Orophin]

My Onion Helm and Asuran Armguards were in my armoire, so there's a good chance your Hermes Sandals might be there.

[CatofNineTails]

problem with shoes long searches wear them out. you'll need a trip to the cobbler now.