Veteran Reward changes - Big slap in the face for long time vets?

[Tsunenori]

"* Players who have already completed this quest are ineligible to receive a phial of Fantasia."

Seems like it's only for new players for now.

Yeah. I'm just saying... Square-Enix pls, feed my addiction.

But really, it'd just be a nice gesture. I won't be upset either way, but it'd be nice.

[jameseoakes]

Yeah. I'm just saying... Square-Enix pls, feed my addiction.

But really, it'd just be a nice gesture. I won't be upset either way, but it'd be nice.

That's to replace the one you would have gotten from being subbed for 30 days, so they don't need to give to most people as already have that fantasia. All the other items dropped from the sub reward scheme will be bought with achievement points.

[FallenArisen0990]

I'm more interested in the using Achievement Points to buy things. Finally, it will have a use.

[BillyKaplan]

Actual veteran players get nothing in return while everyone else benefits from the changes.

Veteran players got to enjoy some of these awards literally years before these changes. Just because you don't get anything new doesn't mean you didn't already benefit. And if you bought the game time just for the item instead of actually playing the game, SE's scam worked and it's totally on you, not the newer players.

I for one welcome this change. Not only will I get to enjoy some of the awards much sooner, but achievement points suddenly have meaning. AFAIK they were useless before this, and as someone who enjoys achievement hunting, this gives me extra motivation to indulge in that passion. And if they add more items in the future, so much the better.

[Nora_of_Mira]

I'm more interested in the using Achievement Points to buy things. Finally, it will have a use.

...Honestly, I didn't even know this was a thing until today.

[MerleSirlos]

Well, since they put older veteran rewards as exchange from achievments points (I read that correctly did I?), like behemot and arhiman mounts (they were veterans rewards right? So long I don't even remember) or barding and minions, they might add more in the future too.
So as long time veterans, we can actually save up those points while new plazers will blindly spend them on those older stuff. So when new stuff comes out we already have a good stock of points to buy the new things.
Another option would be to put consumables like phantasia, aetherite tickets or dyes in there, so the more you play the game, the more free stuff you can get but if you are in a rush you can go buy it on mog station. [but since achievement points are limited to a hard cap, i doubt it will be the case]

Unless I got it all wrong and those minions simply became rewards for past achievments, which would be lame.

[SuperZay]

Actual veteran players already got their rewards. Nothing is lost by veterans, and many people gain with this change.

Timed exclusivity is lost. And in MMOs much value comes from rarity of an item/glamour.
Might as well unlock legacy and ranked pvp rewards if nothing in this game stays exclusive.

[Laerune]

Very happy, I was a month away from Zidane's outfit, but next week I will receive both outfits, this is good news for me.

[Ilan]

Timed exclusivity is lost. And in MMOs much value comes from rarity of an item/glamour.
Might as well unlock legacy and ranked pvp rewards if nothing in this game stays exclusive.

Veteran players could also enjoy content way before it got nerfed, got the items earlier and so on. Veterans got an awesome game and there is 0 reason to complain.

[SuperZay]

Veteran players got to enjoy some of these awards literally years before these changes.

So did legacy players, why same logic can't be applied to legacy mounts/tatoo/titles etc? They supported the game in its terrible state, but so did veteran players during content draughts between patches when everyone else took a break.