About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[CharlotteSilver]

I'm not letting this thread die with no answers, sorry.

As someone who actually RPs as a housemaid for my FC, this promotion was a real kick in the rear because I live somewhere that isn't JP or NA. The fact that I couldn't even take part just because of my location is completely dumb and unfair. I would literally pay triple the value of the glamours just to get them, they mean a lot to me. Whenever I run past someone wearing this attire, I can't help but grit my teeth in frustration, knowing they're either one of the incredibly lucky EU players, or just an NA player on an EU server due to friends and whatnot.

I should not be locked out of getting something like this through no fault of my own.

[Theodric]

At this point I find myself genuinely wondering if it's just being swept under the rug to avoid someone getting in trouble for handling the promotion stuff so poorly. I feel like Yoshi-P is passionate enough about the game that he'd definitely speak up about this sort of thing if he was in the know. The problem is he isn't likely to be keeping tabs on this board, let alone this thread...and so if he isn't having our feedback on the matter translated and sent his way then there's likely going to continue to be a 'blackout' of sorts.

Just pure speculation that may very well be incorrect but it's something I can't quite shake off.

[Laerune]

I find this very offensive towards the EU community, they made a promise even said wait so players who could have participated in the promotion, waited for the one that will come to their country. I am from The Netherlands and when the French Amazon event started, I thought to myself, buy a debit creditcard and get the maid outfit there or wait for the Dutch one. Looking back, I am glad that I bought a game from Amazon.fr and have received mine promotion items.

To those that are going to the EU FanFest, if this promotion issue is not resolved by the time FanFest starts, I advice you to make your voices heard during the FanFest. They can ignore us here, but there we might have a chance to bring it to their attention. If you guys are lucky, there will be another EU promotion, if you are not maybe the item will be released on the Mog Station, since alot of non NA/EU/JP players wanted to enter, but were not able too and this might give them a chance to enter and get the Maid/Butler promotion items. If this is swept under the rug, most of us will wonder: what will happen at the next promotion, will EU be shafted again?

Personaly, to those that did not get their promotion, do not give up and keep bringing this thread to the frontpage and let your voices be heard.

[Theodric]

Well, I feel like I'm beating a dead horse at this point but...the best compromise would be to simply allow European players to purchase the items directly from the Mog Station for a price equivalent to what the 'average' cost of the campaign was for those who already snagged them. This is efficient from a business perspective as it will make money whilst also appeasing those of us who are understandably frustrated that we are missing out on items through no fault of our own.

That aside...I agree that it would definitely be beneficial for someone to try and bring this up at the EU Fan Fest. Or somehow make a post over on the Japanese forum about this issue if they're able to communicate in Japanese.

I guess I'd also like to take the opportunity to ask the relevant members of the community team an important question in the event that they are still keeping tabs on this thread:

What, exactly, can we do to help highlight this issue and potentially see the items added to the Mog Station or through a different, more efficient and easily accessible promotion for EU players?

[Celef]

As someone who actually RPs as a housemaid for my FC

That, somehow, sounds so creepy xD
For the RP part, maybe the Valention set could work no ? it's on the CS and actually looks like a maid outfit

[Wilan]

the best compromise would be to simply allow European players to purchase the items directly from the Mog Station for a price equivalent to what the 'average' cost of the campaign was for those who already snagged them.

Well, I mean, when you consider that NA players could get them for free as a complimentary gift by buying something from amazon, which I do all the time anyway, that UK players got them for free for buying a magazine at its normal prize, and that generally speaking they were always a free gift on top of another good or service you're paying the normal prize for... Paying 20€ for the whole set of items is still way more expensive than the rest of the world got them for.
But somehow I don't see them handing out free maid sets in our mog mail just as an apology, that'd be TOO good for a company that didn't even bother to acknowledge our exclusion from the event. However this goes, we got screwed.

[jameseoakes]

Well, I mean, when you consider that NA players could get them for free as a complimentary gift by buying something from amazon, which I do all the time anyway, that UK players got them for free for buying a magazine at its normal prize, and that generally speaking they were always a free gift on top of another good or service you're paying the normal prize for... Paying 20€ for the whole set of items is still way more expensive than the rest of the world got them for.
But somehow I don't see them handing out free maid sets in our mog mail just as an apology, that'd be TOO good for a company that didn't even bother to acknowledge our exclusion from the event. However this goes, we got screwed.

That magazine wasn't even worth the paper it was printed on

[Theodric]

The magazine was also limited in terms of its availability and exceptionally obscure. Hardly 'widely available in newsagents and supermarkets' as advertised. Furthermore players outside of the UK could order the magazine and many did which ended up lowering the availability for UK players even further. You also needed to buy three separate issues and required all of them for the codes - whilst Japanese and North American players had far less leg work to worry about.

At this point I just really want the items to be available and the easiest route for that is, unfortunately, the Mog Station. It's not the best solution but it's obvious that we need to compromise somehow - but more importantly we need to band together and continue to keep this thread active whilst considering other ways to make our voices heard in a civil manner. The suggestion by a recent poster about bringing it up at the EU Fan Fest is very good - and something well worth looking into, I think.

[Reinha]

generally speaking they were always a free gift on top of another good or service you're paying the normal prize for... Paying 20€ for the whole set of items is still way more expensive than the rest of the world got them for.

Even though I don't think the UK got a particularly good deal, I agree. Generally speaking it was a free bonus on top of the product people were paying for, so it should be bundled with something if it ever goes on the Mog Station. Personally I paid 20 € for that amount of Steam money in a nearby shop so it was indeed free. Some could just cancel their Amazon order and not worry about spending money on anything at all let alone leaving the house.

Others were not so lucky and had to order some crap they don't need and possibly get it shipped to their country. People outside the UK who got the magazines were right to do so in hindsight, since some promised campaigns never took place. Some missed out on one of the UK magazines after having paid for others, so they got screwed twice over. This promotion left a really sour taste in my mouth after seeing such unequal treatment of customers. Does SE even realize what a disaster this is? I don't understand why anyone would think it's a good idea to make their customers pay different amounts and go through different hoops for the same product. I appreciate the efforts of bringing the outfit to the rest of the world but I don't believe this was the best possible way to do it.

[CharlotteSilver]

That, somehow, sounds so creepy xD
For the RP part, maybe the Valention set could work no ? it's on the CS and actually looks like a maid outfit

Heh, it's mostly just fetching people items and things like that. I enjoy spending my spare time doing it.

And yeah, I use the Valentione Dress dyed black along wiiiith... some... type of tights... and dress shoes... I forgot the exact items, but it definitely looks housemaid-y.