Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Asking for an item for free that was produced specifically for another country (in the case of the Nezha items, China—keep in mind that the Chinese servers are run by a different company than SE, and are entirely separate from JP/NA/EU; they even use a different subscription model) in which that audience had to pay for, and that would have never been made available here if players had not asked for it to be, is being entitled. They paid for the product in addition to paying for access to FFXIV China’s servers; why should you get it for free?
It doesn't help that this isn't widespread knowledge.
I didn't even realize this (and it is helping me accept the cash shop's existence for this specific set for the same reasons you mentioned. If a different entity from SE has a stake in these, of course they won't be included in the sub).
I do wonder though, how many cash shop exclusives (exclusive as in: not from a past event) are because of this reason? Is it the majority of it? Or just some of them?