White Raven earring given out at The Rising event 2018

[JunseiKei]

Yet if they are just pixels and have no value, why would anyone care if they were unobtainable? This argument comes up way too many times. They obviously hold value, it's being purposefully misleading.

We could all unknowingly be wiped out within the hour by a space-born object. Does that somehow detract from the Iron Ring's meaning before then? It is just a piece of metal after all? No, it doesn't.

I don't care if they are unobtainable. They are literally code in a virtual world and have no value in the real world. This is a fact. You're comparing a real life status symbol to something that is fiction. Real world things are given vanity value because of monetary representation (which people can and do disagree on). However, again, this is line of code that can be replicated endlessly.

It's age or how many are left using it is irrelevant. They already did put their money where their mouth was, by getting it in 1.0. The ToS isn't the get out of jail free card you've been trying to make it out as either. It's not going to protect your credibility if you refuse to be accountable to your statements.

Let us not forget 1.0 had a pretty steep demand on a PC to be able to play it and is one of many elephants in this room of a topic. Also, seeing Bayohne's statement, they said the White Ravens would not be obtained in A Realm Reborn. That's cool - they kept their word as it's now Stormblood (inb4 nit-picking argument; didn't say 'Final Fantasy XIV' but a specific expansion of said game). To put it in another scenario, they could re-release the same item with a different name. They'd still be keeping their word, as well.

However, again, I feed back into my statement:
The earrings have no actual value. The value comes from what you feel is there due to sentimental value. People want 'badges' and 'notches on their belt' to show off.

Let me ask you something else:
Are you upset Hildibrand and Good King Moggle Mog are content that is replicated in ARR? Why or why not? Shouldn't they also have this same exclusivity standard? Are you only placing items on a pedestal? What if SE added Riven Road and added Nael as an echo fight and gave the earrings that way? Would you be just as upset?