Old sountrack minions impossible to obtain now? Please add them to the Cash shop!

[awbalto]

Adding the code to the OST again seems like the middle road here. We'd still be paying the same as those before.
I do have to mention that putting it on a blu ray release is annoying cause SE assumes everybody has a blu-ray player at home.... that and the OST is overpriced. Said the person who bought the artbook because it looked pretty

[basketofseals]

If they weren't around when it was a thing, they don't deserve it. Harsh but it's true.

If you get upset just because someone else can get something they want, then you're just being selfish.

I'd be perfectly content with every MMO I've ever played gave everyone the opportunity to collect "exclusive" stuff. My experience with a game is better with that stuff, and I don't think it's right to crusade against other people from having fun.

[Gunspec]

As someone with the primogs and no interest in getting the previous two, I can't think of a reason why the codes should only be limited to early editions of the sound track. If anything, it makes buying the soundtrack (if your goal is to get the minions) unwise, because you can't be sure the expensive disk you've ordered has the code or not. If they are still selling the soundtrack, then usable codes should be included within.

Imagine if the mog and carbuncle plushes came back in stock, but no longer included the in-game item code. That would be super lame. There is no reason for a digital item to be in shorter supply than a physical item.

[Stormrider]

Not to be mean, but I have a few issues in this thread.


One, you can't sell your account. So increasing the quantity of a limited item does not devalue something you can't sell.

Two, seeing more of a vanity item does not lower what your item does. More primogs doesn't mean that some won't dance.

Three, this costs the company (probably) no extra money to implement. So you can't say you only got two dungeons because they were adding vanity.

Four, the cash shop is here to stay (not happy about it). SE has demonstrated solidly with 3.1 they are developing for the cash shop and they have embraced it. They have also shown that if they think they can squeeze the player base with the cash shop they will (retainers).

Five, reasonable or unreasonable price. They have shown that they are willing to gouge at the cash shop level. So if that means that you paid 20 dollars for a plushie form the cash shop and someone just wants to pay 20 for the digital minnion you would not have been taken advantage of for buying early. This point could be a contentious one later. As I believe the moogle earrings came with an item that costs over 200, so pricing would be rough.

Six, you didn't earn it. You spent cash. I am ok with the escalator system we have in game. But I can understand people get cranky when they don't think others earned it the same way they did. If you both spent cash you earned it equally.

[EdgeFayth]

Can we get pre-order minions too, in that case?

[Paladinleeds]

Can we get pre-order minions too, in that case?

I don't see why not, but let's make them cost £1'000'000'000 (yes, one BILLION pounds). That'd keep em rare right?

[Paladinleeds]

Conversely, people thinking that a company should trivialize special promotional items that are one of the few special things in this game, and undermine their own sales strategies by setting a precedent that the items that come with their merchandise can be had for cheaper if you wait long enough, just because players couldn't be bothered to take advantage of a promotion while it was available for several years or weren't around yet, are equally selfish.

I guess the way to deal with it would be to make em available again, but at like 1000x the cost. So let's say the CD with the minions cost £50 during the promotional period, to now get the minion would cost £50'000. Would that allow the minions to be bought without trivialising the promotional period?

[Aeliott]

They're not even that great in LoV... :P

[DracotheDragon]

personally i say no, somethings should be exclusives, and should stay as an exclusive, that way it adds value to it and people can feel a bit of pride on having it, look at games like GW 2 and WOW with there exclusive minions half of the minions in wow you can't get anymore

[Reaver_Bharash]

They were limited time promotional codes for a reason. The in-game minions outclass the promotional and cash shop minions. I have come to terms a long time ago that I will never obtain the Cait Sith minion, Goobbue mount (Legacy) and Legacy Chocobo mount, so I just work for the ones I can obtain. Will it take forever? Yes. (damn Fledgling Apkallu) Will I have to dish out gil for some of them? Probably. Delivery Moogle, please stop being sold out like crack so I can buy you D: