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

[Rex]

Don't panic! The Hermes' shoes are still with the characters that obtained them in version 1.0.
However, as they are not account bound items, they will not appear in the list of items you see registered to your account or on new characters.

Hey Bayohne!

So, back during the early access of 1.0, my 1.0 CE items (except for hermes shoes) went to my deactivated 1.0 beta account. I called support back then and they said they were working on the issue and they'd send me new codes. They said this like three times but they only sent me one code in all those times...and it was for the certificate (Which I already had at that point)

I called a couple months ago asking again if I gave them my old codes if I could get new ones to get those items back....and they said at the beginning of ARR to call them back with those code numbers and they'd issue me new codes to apply to my account.

So..how accurate is that? Can they do that? Will that work?

[Dsherman]

The Hermes Sandals were given as a promotion to anyone that had an active service account on both FFXIV (v1.0) and FFXI (Playonline) on the same SE account.

It was never done with an item code and marking (permanent option) on the FFXIV Service account. It was only just the active status of accounts on both games.

SE announced the promotion was being terminated as of September 29, 2012. This was the last date on which it was possible to make a new option where a new character could be created.

For any character carried over from V1.0, if you received the Hermes Sandals as you created the character in V1.0, and you did NOT THROW THEM AWAY prior to the Save Maintenance on October 31, 2012, they will still be there in FFXIV:ARR on that carried over character in your carried over inventory somewhere.

However, since the promotion was terminated, there will be no Hermes Sandals delivered to anyone in FFXIV:ARR (unless SE changes its mind and re-instates that promotion).

[TrystWildkey]

I found my Hermes shoes in the armoire of my inn room check when you log in this weekend!

[Mortechai]

Did any of you freaking out think to check the calamity salvager? Maybe your inventory was full when they reduced personal inventory space and they got sent there.

[Quesse]

I found my Hermes Shoes!!!

Wow they are so much more useful than in 1.0 where you could only use them once per 24 hours.

Now it gives you "permanent" sprint in cities - love it!

[Arwene]

Same here Iryu. I have no idea where my Hermes Shoes are (and my Onion Helm for that matter). I checked the Calamity Salvage guy and the Armoire and still no idea where they are. =(

[Riposte]

Hey gang,

Don't panic! The Hermes' shoes are still with the characters that obtained them in version 1.0.
However, as they are not account bound items, they will not appear in the list of items you see registered to your account or on new characters.

In FFXIV 1.0 I made a character, then did the Hermes' shoes thing a little after. However, already made characters wouldn't get them, so my main character never got a pair. Will that change in ARR?

[CatofNineTails]

just out of curiosity what does this have to do with new players? its obviously a technical support issue for a veteran player who should have permissions to post in any of the other sections. and on top of that it gets a rep who should be monitoring the voracity of this sections threads participating in it.


edit: guess i should quote the relevant part: "
* These restriction do not apply to the "Technical Support," "Bug Reports," "New Player Help" and "Community Events" forums and sub-forums. However, please note that off-topic threads that do not match the intended theme of the sub-forum will be deleted. Please make sure that thread content matches with the theme of the forum before you create a thread."

[Gibsauce]

...what does this have to do with new players?

New to 2.0, perhaps? Asking how specialty and/or account-bound items work in 2.0 doesn't seem unreasonable. Having played 1.0 doesn't necessarily mean a player is master of everything 2.0. I can certainly understand how some 1.0 players may have only recently gotten a chance to try the game out, only to be left confused as to where their old items were; especially if they have checked the obvious in-game locations (inventory, mail, calamity salvager, armoire, retainers, etc.).

The state of the beta forums may have further compounded the issue (the topic could have just as easily fit as a beta feedback suggestion, as it does a technical support issue). Then again, semantics...

Either way, it seems we've already been "BAM! TITAN'D!" by Bayhone.

[CatofNineTails]

New to 2.0, perhaps? Asking how specialty and/or account-bound items work in 2.0 doesn't seem unreasonable. Having played 1.0 doesn't necessarily mean a player is master of everything 2.0. I can certainly understand how some 1.0 players may have only recently gotten a chance to try the game out, only to be left confused as to where their old items were; especially if they have checked the obvious in-game locations (inventory, mail, calamity salvager, armoire, retainers, etc.).

The state of the beta forums may have further compounded the issue (the topic could have just as easily fit as a beta feedback suggestion, as it does a technical support issue). Then again, semantics...

snip!

actually because its about legacy items missing it both means its not a new player issue and a technical support issue both are not supposed to be posted in this forum. and a rep participating shows complete disregard for the very rules they created.