That's what I've been saying. What greater compensation in an MMO than to witness the actual history of the world? To be a part of it, to watch the events of future lore unfold firsthand. I dunno, to me that seems pretty cool. So we can say to new players after 2.0:
"You know how long I've been playing? There were TWO moons up there in my day." (That's assuming Dalamud does go all Majora's Mask on us)
I dunno, I'm thinking any earned through the "Year-long seasonal event" will be kind of like our exclusive "veteran" players items.
Anyone thinking we're actually entitled to anything is delusional. We got more than a year so far subscription-free, I can't think of any other company that has or would do that for one of their games. Through the worst of it we didn't pay a single cent and the game has come a long way since. With the progress that's been made, personally I feel like it's enough to ask that we pay. The game still has its issues but it's far from the unplayable mess we had a year ago.