New Optional Items avaible on Mogstation!

[Gunspec]

I dread the day I'll click on the "New Optional Items Available" thing and see totally new content, even though it will certainly happen at this rate.

It's funny to think that if I was a new player, I would probably not try this game, seeing so many items behind a pay wall.

I'm ok with optional items to a point. The first store item I remember in WoW was a minion, the first month proceeds of which were donated to the make-a-wish foundation, which Blizzard had collaborated with multiple times in this past. That was a nice touch, and the pets and mounts that followed were gradual and unique enough that it didn't seem like they were deliberately making cuts from the base game. It was only around 4 or 5 years ago that they went mad with power.

FFXIV started by introducing a Slepnir store mount at the SAME TIME they introduced an Odin battle. While not as hard as the previous primal extreme fights, Odin was the first primal not to drop a themed mount, despite being the only primal that road a mount. That felt like something that deserved to be in the base game, in my opinion, and is the main reason I've hesitated to embrace the new stuff that has appeared on the mogstation.

Everyone seems to be forgetting that the only reason some previous event items were available to purchase with gil the next year was to allow the people who hadn't played 1.x (which is where those items were originally from) a chance to obtain them. It was never meant to be a permanent thing, merely a chance to make the 1.x items available to the new 2.0 players.
AFAIK they never allowed you to purchase any of the event items created specifically for 2.0+ with gil later on. It was exclusive to the 1.x event items.

I obtained 1.x seasonal items for free despite not being a subscriber during the original events. New players have to pay nearly $50 to obtain the 1.x items that I got for free. Why did I get the chance to obtain free items, while new players need to pay money? New players should be a little upset that the trend started in 2.0-2.4 didn't continue.

Of course, I'm not going to delete my items or anything. I'm just going to stand in the forums and wave my finger at someone in SE who decided to do this. Not cool, man. /disappointed