I don't really get the "Yearly" Rewards.

[Welsper59]

They're kabuto....traditional Japanese helmets.
Well I mean the animal is..you know..the animal for the zodiac of the year.

This year monkey so butt monkey helmets, haha.

Also butts are very funny in Japan.

Pretty much this. OP is just trying to continue the complaints about "China gets X, so I want X too!" without understanding why something exists and why something else doesn't. Such as the generic kabuto being... oh I don't know... for a future Samurai job. The one in the image holds no New Years significance at all. Likewise the outfit that China gets is not a New Years thing by implication. The cheongsam is simply an elegant Chinese dress that is commonly worn for events (like New Years, weddings, fancy old school dates, etc). Red being the color to ward off evil spirits from ruining the occasion. None of that represents anything about New Years for the west nor Japan.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Pretty much this. OP is just trying to continue the complaints about "China gets X, so I want X too!" without understanding why something exists and why something else doesn't. Such as the generic kabuto being... oh I don't know... for a future Samurai job. The one in the image holds no New Years significance at all. Likewise the outfit that China gets is not a New Years thing by implication. The cheongsam is simply an elegant Chinese dress that is commonly worn for events (like New Years, weddings, fancy old school dates, etc). Red being the color to ward off evil spirits from ruining the occasion. None of that represents anything about New Years for the west nor Japan.

Oh?

So what about all the Chinese Immigrants who came to the US and stayed? The US for example has no real culture, its a mix of thousands of them. I don't understand the logic, maybe someone wants to celebrate it here?

However this isn't about just that. I just don't see why they bothered making the helmets.

[AskaRay]

I just don't see why they bothered making the helmets.

Because it's a tradition.
First was horse kabuto
then sheep kabuto
now monkey kabuto

...get over it?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Because it's a tradition.
First was horse kabuto
then sheep kabuto
now monkey kabuto

...get over it?

I guess? It seems rather silly, I guess I will just ignore it. Like everyone else.

[AskaRay]

It may not be my tradition. It may be someones here though. The United States is a mixture of cultures. So, denying them that is actually pretty bad. I also don't care, your opinion sounds pretty silly to me. Although mine probably sounds whiny to you it doesn't make me wrong.

No I mean it literally is FFXIV tradition.
Not yours...mine...America's (???) or Japan's for that matter.
It's a FFXIV tradition.

[Velox]

Because it's a tradition.
First was horse kabuto
then sheep kabuto
now monkey kabuto

...get over it?

Actually first was the rabbit kabuto from Heavensturn in 2011
then there was the dragon kabuto from 2012
then there was supposed to be the snake kabuto for 2013, but the servers went dead before it happend, so SE gave them to us when the 2014 Heavensturn started.

[AskaRay]

Actually first was the rabbit kabuto from Heavensturn in 2011
then there was the dragon kabuto from 2012
then there was supposed to be the snake kabuto for 2013, but the servers went dead before it happend, so SE gave them to us when the 2014 Heavensturn started.

So it's even MORE of a tradition than I thought

[AnimaAnimus]

Because it's a tradition.
First was horse kabuto
then sheep kabuto
now monkey kabuto

...get over it?

First was Rabbit
Second was Dragon

You missed the ones we got in version 1

Frankly almost all these ugly kabuto and other such rewards go straight into the storage bin. A nice elegant outfit would be a welcome change imo

[Welsper59]

Oh?

So what about all the Chinese Immigrants who came to the US and stayed? The US for example has no real culture, its a mix of thousands of them. I don't understand the logic, maybe someone wants to celebrate it here?

However this isn't about just that. I just don't see why they bothered making the helmets.

They bothered because we complain if we don't get things, just as we complain when we do. The helmets were started already from 4 years ago, there's not much reason to discontinue the tradition (which is in the spirit of celebrating New Years btw... tradition). It's simple to do because it's a reskin of existing armor from 1.0. The concept of the zodiac isn't as foreign to the world as a whole, unlike something like the cheongsam and the color red for China, which again have no New Years exclusive meaning even for them (unlike the Zodiac animals).

Also remember that this is a game made in Japan. They're not as culturally diverse with the populous as the west is. They're going to do things as they know it without being culturally insensitive with what they bring out.