Will Lightning Strike Thrice?

[AskaRay]

New players arrive on the daily, even if the event lasted an entire year you can beat that only a week later there'd be someone saying they missed it. Obviously the solution would be to place it either in the Gold Saucer for a hefty amount of MGP, or on the Mogstation.

But Japan loves limited edition things. I'm pretty sure there'd be even MORE of them in this game if it weren't for the large western population it's pulled in.
(In fact I'm about 99% sure my favourite soda ever, 桃ファンタ, was a limited time special seasonal flavor and I only got lucky enough to try it when over there due to the stars aligning. I've been asking my friend for YEARS to send me more but he only just found one bottle this last fall.)

There's very much a "if you weren't here for it then too bad" vibe.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

But Japan loves limited edition things. I'm pretty sure there'd be even MORE of them in this game if it weren't for the large western population it's pulled in.
(In fact I'm about 99% sure my favourite soda ever, 桃ファンタ, was a limited time special seasonal flavor and I only got lucky enough to try it when over there due to the stars aligning. I've been asking my friend for YEARS to send me more but he only just found one bottle this last fall.)

There's very much a "if you weren't here for it then too bad" vibe.

Probably true. Western audiences tend to loathe limited exclusives with a passion. Personally, I've never seen the benefit of it myself. Toss the items on the Cash Shop and it's still bonus for those who got them free.

[Colorful]

But Japan loves limited edition things. I'm pretty sure there'd be even MORE of them in this game if it weren't for the large western population it's pulled in.
(In fact I'm about 99% sure my favourite soda ever, 桃ファンタ, was a limited time special seasonal flavor and I only got lucky enough to try it when over there due to the stars aligning. I've been asking my friend for YEARS to send me more but he only just found one bottle this last fall.)

There's very much a "if you weren't here for it then too bad" vibe.

I don't there's anything necessarily positive about limited items, especially when they're digital and in a multiplayer game. There are reasonable people around of course, but no one can deny the toxic attitude from both sites this situation creates, especially when it's something so sought after like a hairstyle from an iconic (how I loathe to call her iconic now) Final Fantasy character. It would be similar to them adding the Buster Sword but then taking it away, every Cloud wannabe Dark Knight that missed the would be absolutely outraged. Now, if SE really wanted an exclusive feel to items, add them to the Gold Saucer for absurd prices. 1 million MPG for the hairstyle, done and done. While MGP is now easier to obtain, it's still quite rare and that's quite obvious with the lack of Fenrir around.

[AskaRay]

snip

Positive? Who knows. I don't really like it either, but that's not the point. It's what they do over there.

In fact you're lucky that the 2nd and third (? can't remember how many times it's happened) release of the items don't look slightly different and/or have a slightly different name altogether.

[Colorful]

Positive? Who knows. I don't really like it either, but that's not the point. It's what they do over there.

In fact you're lucky that the 2nd and third (? can't remember how many times it's happened) release of the items don't look slightly different and/or have a slightly different name altogether.

I honestly find her clothes and hairstyle rather ugly, but what I would kill for is FFXIII themed Rogue weapons, but then again I would kill for a new Rogue weapon that isn't entirely ugly like the recent ones (still glamoured to Ravana's weapon ;-; ). I don't think anyone would care if they were modified or have a different name, similar to how WoW reimplemented old armour with "replica item name". I still think it's pretty amazing when I inspect someone and see the original, non-replica version but they actually took effort to obtain so it may be different here.