RIP Minion Collectors :(

[Kasathar]

Well, what can I say, you can't just get everything by buying every piece of merchandise out there. The whole thing about "collecting" is the actual challenge, and adding this to your list should not be a problem if you really want it.
I actually like this, it deters the whales from flooding the game and making it a cash shop dump. I'm already feeling a bit irritated with the wide array of stuff that SE sells there but not available through playing the game.

[REPROBEAN_CHILD]

This is horrible news. It makes me sad to see fellow gamers inexplicably pass away for no reason. I'll get as many players as I can on my server, so we can remember them together. My FC will light candles outside our house. Rest in peace, Minion Collectors, rest in peace...

[Niwashi]

I guess this is one of those things that you either join and do PvP ...

The problem is that that doesn't even help. Plenty of people would be willing to PvP for rewards they want, even if PvP isn't normally a part of the game they'd be interested in. If SE wanted to use these to encourage PvP, they could have made them available for Wolf Marks or something. The problem here isn't the activity, it's the limit. If they were available for Wolf Marks, we'd have to PvP to get them, but whoever was willing to put in the necessary effort at that could get them. With a limit of only a few per data center, that's not the case.

[CompSci88]

Be good and get in the top 10?

[Noponis]

Ok, so I don't care if SE make it so every piece of raid gear can only drop once per server. You can no longer get any raid drops unless you're server first. What's that? You'd hate that and rage on the forums? Get over yourself.

Different people have different priorities and enjoy different aspects of this game. Up until now it was possible to acquire every minion and mount in the game if you wanted to. After this it will no longer be possible. What gives YOU the right to decide what people are allowed to be unhappy about? If that's what they enjoy doing in this game then they have every right to be upset that they'll no longer be able to complete their collection.

Are you geniunely unable to see the difference between items that improve your performance when playing the game and a minion that does actually nothing?
A mark on your check list.
Not anything more than that.

[TiaHariberux3]

The problem is that that doesn't even help. Plenty of people would be willing to PvP for rewards they want, even if PvP isn't normally a part of the game they'd be interested in. If SE wanted to use these to encourage PvP, they could have made them available for Wolf Marks or something. The problem here isn't the activity, it's the limit. If they were available for Wolf Marks, we'd have to PvP to get them, but whoever was willing to put in the necessary effort at that could get them. With a limit of only a few per data center, that's not the case.

Then it ends up like every other reward ppl afking in matches and dont try hoping for carry or simply just wintrade and never touch the mode again lol

[Beckett]

Use this as an excuse to start saving time and money. Now that you can never have 100% of all minions, you no longer have to feel pressured to spend $90 on streams you won't watch just to get three minions. You don't need to buy soundtracks and plushes and books just to keep your collection up to date. Any physical item or Mog Station item SE releases from now on, you only have to buy it if you really want the item itself. You're free!

[Airget]

And? I don't see the big deal, there are already event minions, mog station minions, special addition minions gained through purchasing physical merch, why would this be such a big deal?

[LineageRazor]

Be good and get in the top 10?

Doesn't matter how gud you git - if there's more than ten hardcore collectors, they could all completely dominate PvP and some of them would STILL fail to complete their collection. Ten is a very, very small number.

If attempting to obtain a full collection of minions is to be considered a valid pastime in this game, SE has now officially shut it down.

MMOs are nice because there's ALL KINDS of ways you can choose to play them, if you want to. It's always sad to see one of those avenues disappear. I don't collect minions myself (at least, not hardcore), but I'm sympathetic to the OP and his plight.

[Talraen]

And? I don't see the big deal, there are already event minions, mog station minions, special addition minions gained through purchasing physical merch, why would this be such a big deal?

Because some people actually have all of those minions, and effectively have no chance of getting the new ones. I imagine those people are kind of annoyed at how much they spent to keep their minion collection complete, only to have that option taken away without warning. I'm just glad I stopped trying a while back so I'm not in the same boat.