White Raven earring given out at The Rising event 2018

[Emstidor]

I was there, but never got my White Ravens. I'm excited to get them after so long, however i understand the issues many are having. I would hate for others to get my Legacy tattoo, Chocobo, or Dalmud Horn. Make no mistake that fight was hard and those items were a status symbol that proved you went above the call to get every ounce of the game.

I say this with all kindness, and also as someone who has the same items you do, so it’s not sour grapes on my part or anything:

You should seek validation from something better than unavailable items in a video game. Having your name in the credits is kind of a cool novelty (I know, mine’s there too) but playing a bad video game for a couple of months isn’t really an accomplishment, and if you let yourself get bent out of shape at the thought of other people having your legacy mark or Dalamud horn, (and I’m sorry to say that based on SE’s actions there IS a nonzero chance of that happening), then you may be in for an unfortunate surprise one of these Risings.

[Alacran]

I say this with all kindness, and also as someone who has the same items you do, so it’s not sour grapes on my part or anything:

You should seek validation from something better than unavailable items in a video game. Having your name in the credits is kind of a cool novelty (I know, mine’s there too) but playing a bad video game for a couple of months isn’t really an accomplishment, and if you let yourself get bent out of shape at the thought of other people having your legacy mark or Dalamud horn, (and I’m sorry to say that based on SE’s actions there IS a nonzero chance of that happening), then you may be in for an unfortunate surprise one of these Risings.

I am afraid you didn't quite get what i was saying here. It's not about validation, FFXIV was not just a "bad video game" to me. In my heart of hearts i knew SE would make it right, because of the importance of it being a numbered FF title. It was where my friends of over a decade would meet up with me again after we left FFXI. We still get goose bumps from hearing the FF series prologue to this day.

I still recall our small LS (of which i was leader) completing Living on a prayer, through the mire of what was then the Black Shroud. These memories are important to me as those people who are closer to me than some of my family members (my brother played then and still does, as does my son).

So no, it's not about validation from a game, it's about shared experience and the adventure that got us there.