About the new items on mog station

[disturbedcobra]

While the announcement of the Fanfest itself didnt lable the items as exclusive (check here: https://de.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...c52863c9bc479f), the one for buying the stream did (https://de.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...7d1038b30f0a23).

I do believe that refers to only the minion. Frankfurt had the yuna minion while Las Vegas had the Rikku minion. Thisis the same thing this year with the Cloud/Tifa/Aerith minions. The minions were exclusive to the respective City fan fests.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...2426fad9037cec
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...abe5faf882f0a2

A bonus item code for the Fan Festival 2017 in Frankfurt-exclusive Wind-up Yuna minion

A bonus item code for the Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas-exclusive Wind-up Rikku minion

A bonus item code for the Fan Festival 2016 in Tokyo-exclusive Wind-up Lulu minion

[Vahlnir]

I do believe that refers to only the minion. Frankfurt had the yuna minion while Las Vegas had the Rikku minion. Thisis the same thing this year with the Cloud/Tifa/Aerith minions. The minions were exclusive to the respective City fan fests.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...2426fad9037cec
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...abe5faf882f0a2

Not really the same thing, seeing as they continue to be purchasable on the Mogstation (mount as well) long after Fanfest has concluded. If it was profitable enough I could see it being a thing for every Fanfest onward.

[disturbedcobra]

Not really the same thing, seeing as they continue to be purchasable on the Mogstation (mount as well) long after Fanfest has concluded. If it was profitable enough I could see it being a thing for every Fanfest onward.

I am just referring to the fan fest exclusivity. Not overall exclusivity. XD I mean yes, the current fan fest minions were made available right away but they were first made avaiable to respective fan fest first like the others. Those other minions need to follow the same trend as these though and hurry to the mogstation. XD

[worldofneil]

Those other minions need to follow the same trend as these though and hurry to the mogstation. XD

They won't (or at least shouldn't) add them to the Mogstation. When the minions were released we were told that they were exclusive to each region.

Adding to that, right before the expiry date (and this is months after the actual festivals/streams) SE sent an email to everyone to say that it was the "last chance" to get the "bonus items" (which in the same email is expanded further as meaning "minion bonus items".

So for players to get the 3 minions SE made them buy the 3 streams saying that it was their last chance to get them. Of course they can still go back on what they said...

[Hindzo]

They won't (or at least shouldn't) add them to the Mogstation. When the minions were released we were told that they were exclusive to each region.

Adding to that, right before the expiry date (and this is months after the actual festivals/streams) SE sent an email to everyone to say that it was the "last chance" to get the "bonus items" (which in the same email is expanded further as meaning "minion bonus items".

So for players to get the 3 minions SE made them buy the 3 streams saying that it was their last chance to get them. Of course they can still go back on what they said...

I don't recall what the email said specifically but I do remember this picture.

"Last chance to obtain FINAL FANTASY X gear and minions"

Last chance. Gear AND minions. What a joke.

[worldofneil]

I don't recall what the email said specifically but I do remember this picture.

That picture WAS the email

I've actually just gone back and found out where I originally posted that image back in August 2017 and from my post above that it seems there were a lot of examples of the minions being exclusive and since they haven't added the minions it seems likely they won't be returning.

[Fawkes]

I do believe that refers to only the minion. Frankfurt had the yuna minion while Las Vegas had the Rikku minion. Thisis the same thing this year with the Cloud/Tifa/Aerith minions. The minions were exclusive to the respective City fan fests.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...2426fad9037cec
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...abe5faf882f0a2

We’re pleased to announce that the Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas live stream is now available for purchase! Experience all of the fun from the comfort of your own home and receive the exclusive in-game bonus items!

No, this is only talking about the Las Vegas stream which comes with one minion, but it says "exclusive in-game bonus items".

[Hindzo]

How your character looks has always played a role in showing off your characters power, style or specifically "where they've been" in order to even obtain that gear in the first place. Today these games have fleshed out transmog/glamour systems for easier appearance changing. Now times have changed, and the "oohs and ahhs" over someone's gear seemed to have shifted towards someone else's mount collection primarily because combat content is accessible to anyone who can make the minimum iLvl req. and thus the gear is so easily obtainable now there simply isn't much of a "Wow!" factor when you see someone completely decked out to the teeth in top-end gear. So that feeling has been replaced by drooling over some mount instead of gear - that's fine, that feeling is still there.

My point is that I feel as though making these exclusive items no-longer exclusive takes away from the whole point in the first place. If they wanted to get the bonuses in the game why couldn't they have made a different glamour or reuse a skin that's already non-exclusive, or add them to a Mogshop set that's already there.

At the end of the day what's stopping you from putting up the rest of the exclusive collection? Where's the Fat White Chocobo whistle? Where's the cloud mount? Hell, why don't you sell us the shoulder tattoo that only characters created pre-2.0 have? It's just glamour, right?

I've never come to the forums since I started playing in 2.x, but while this seems like a small "who cares" issue, honestly it is a huge yellow flag. Community, being involved and getting engaged is the core structure to every successful MMO and players like to get involved when they have identity, or a reputation on their server/FC/LS/WHATEVER. Keep taking away things players identify with and they will stop playing. Instead of releasing previously exclusive content to folks who weren't there when it happened and taking away our "old-player/senior" identity, maybe create new exclusives for the new players so they can find their own - with the Final Fantasy flagship being a near endless supply of ideas for nostalgic exclusives you could make. This is as if Blizzard started selling Scarab Lord title and mounts on their shop page (which they haven't, AND it's Actiblizzard so...). I feel like the downward slide of this fantastic game has begun...

But seriously, I want that back tattoo now just so that the pre-2.0 players can feel the sting, complain about it to Squeenix and maybe then they'll smarten up. XIV has been the best thing out of them since FFXII (IMO), and I'm watching it slip.

[Fawkes]

But seriously, I want that back tattoo now just so that the pre-2.0 players can feel the sting, complain about it to Squeenix and maybe then they'll smarten up. XIV has been the best thing out of them since FFXII (IMO), and I'm watching it slip.

Pretty sure we've felt the sting more than anyone.

[Hindzo]

What did they take from you that was exclusive to pre2.0? Honest question, I thought it was only the tattoo?