Dev blog: New Feast rewards

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While my position is not popular, and I truly do not understand the current state of FFXIV PvP. Though if one million players obtain the item through a different means outside getting top 100 that in no way detracts from the effort you put in to reach such a rank. No one can ever take that away from you as a pvper, I understand grinding for ranks I have done it in other games, and even in those games I truly do not understand what is the point of asking developers to waste man hours on an item that a tiny fraction of the player base will ever get to see.

Personally I think the reward looks silly, and have no desire obtaining it. People have even asked me the same thing in other games were I have rare and unique titles, items, and mounts if they made them more accessible I would be okay with it. Why do people place so much value on the item instead of placing the value on the activity itself and just view the item as a nice bonus. Even if some random person has the same mount and happens to assume you got it the easy way you yourself will know what lengths you went through to get said item and no one can take that away from you.

When I have took part in any activity I did it because I enjoyed the activity that is all, the goal was nice but the journey is what I will always remember for years to come. The enjoyment of the activity is what lead me to grind countless arena matches just for a certain placement on the leader boards the end of season rewards were just fluff. I will not assume to know you, I guess my question for you is do you pvp for the enjoyment or the reward. If it is the enjoyment why does it matter if one million other players have a means of getting the reward in a different way. That does not detract from your achievement, sure maybe if they are less unique some random person that sees the mount will not be like "oh that person really put in the time and effort to get that item" and as time goes on more and more players will assume the item / mount was obtained through the easier way. Does that really matter though, since you personally and those active within the community you are striving to excel in will know the truth so what does it matter if some random person thinks otherwise.

Now if it is for the reward, notoriety, and or accolades then yeah any change to the reward system will detract from that and I can understand why many would be frustrated by any change. I know many of my teammates in WoW and TOR played for this reason which to me does not make sense since at that point from my perspective enjoyment takes a back seat to the rewards and that is when a games state can start to wear thin on a person. That is something else though.
Maybe I am just out of touch with reality.

Why shouldn't be proud of their achievement and reward? Why should other people who don't put in the same effort enjoy the same reward? You seem to have a problem with that sentiment.

People should be proud of their achievements and to be frank no suggestion here truly detracts from that feeling of personal pride. Once again it simply boils down to why one does the activity. If one does the activity out enjoyment for the mode or trying to see how one fairs against other skilled players then having one million players with the same item does not detract from that experience since said person will always know the truth as to what it took to obtain those rewards. Now if you take part in the activity for the reward, notoriety, and or accolades then yeah any change made to the reward system that grants the items through a different means will detract from the value of item since that is the personal value you have placed on the item.

Only person that can detract from the value of an achievement is the one you obtained the achievement. If you the fact that one million players have the time cheapen your experience and the hours you put forth grinding then yeah so be I have nothing to say against that since at that point we have vastly differing positions. Though if a person is going to tell me that they pvp simply for the enjoyment of it I will ask again what does it matter if one million people have the reward since end of the day the person took part in the activity they enjoyed and happened to reach the goal they set for themselves. One million players having the same rewards does not detract from that in any form.

My position is a tad extreme, and comes from a place of emotion rather then logic I get that. Though if you are taking part in an activity simply for the reward nothing wrong with that, you are simply supporting the fact that said items are meant to act as a carrot provided by SE to get people to try a mode that many view as a failure. Which sort of sucks since that just means SE is right that people can be bribed to partake in a activity solely for the rewards instead of putting the effort to fix the content.