About the new items on mog station

[ForteNightshade]

It's not like a past event item... What is exclusive should stay exclusive in my opinion, it's a way to show that we were there when it happened and that we bought some product outside of the game. Ok, it's maybe not like buying a soundtrack or book or other physical product, but it was still a reward from buying the live stream...

But why does it matter? You didn't do anything special or accomplish some grand achievement. You swapped your credit card, watched a stream and were gifted some goodies which remained exclusive for two years. Frankly, I think the minions you mentioned should be released because, again, you didn't do anything special. You happened to be playing when they had an exclusive lock on merchandise purchases. The one exception I'd grand is the Legacy Chocobo, if only because you had to play an entirely different game—one in an absolute sorry state of affairs—to obtain it. But the Yuna outfit? I don't really see the point. And yes, I bought the stream. It doesn't bother me in the slightest now other people can have her outfit.

[FoxyAreku]

Your gift for the fan festival ticket was having the items to yourself for a full year. Time for those that missed it to have a shot.

[HyoMinPark]

I spent 30$ on the ticket for the outfits. And now they're 12$ on Mogstation? What is this.

You got a stream, a minion, and the tokens for the outfit of your choice. By the way, the minion and the tokens were both account-wide, so all of your existing characters got them and all future characters will get them. These outfits are $12 USD per character. And they don’t have an option to buy the minions.

[Sorimachi87]

Event items need to have some perks at least before coming to the mogstation so personally i can completely understand their policy in this one

[LCROSSE]

They were exclusive items for people who bought the stream of the previous fan festival no? When we had to pay to see it. So, those items should stay exclusive no? I feel it's a bit like if you put the minion Caith Sith available on the mog station... I mean, I can understand some people wants them and that you will make money out of it, but... why would you do that?

It's not like a past event item... What is exclusive should stay exclusive in my opinion, it's a way to show that we were there when it happened and that we bought some product outside of the game. Ok, it's maybe not like buying a soundtrack or book or other physical product, but it was still a reward from buying the live stream...

This is such a backwards attitude. Quit being entitled. You bought those items. You didnt EARN them

[Melichoir]

They were exclusive items for people who bought the stream of the previous fan festival no? When we had to pay to see it. So, those items should stay exclusive no? I feel it's a bit like if you put the minion Caith Sith available on the mog station... I mean, I can understand some people wants them and that you will make money out of it, but... why would you do that?

It's not like a past event item... What is exclusive should stay exclusive in my opinion, it's a way to show that we were there when it happened and that we bought some product outside of the game. Ok, it's maybe not like buying a soundtrack or book or other physical product, but it was still a reward from buying the live stream...

Did they say it was exclusive or that you got it for buying the stream? Because those are two different things. Look at it this way, if you buy a Burger and fry for $5, and they give you a drink on the side, that drink isnt exclusive to the burger and fry. You can still buy the drink separately if you want.

So this is why Im asking if this was specifically earmarked as exclusive or not.

That being said, if people can buy it, whats it to you? It's not preventing you from having it?

[Vidu]

Did they say it was exclusive or that you got it for buying the stream? Because those are two different things. Look at it this way, if you buy a Burger and fry for $5, and they give you a drink on the side, that drink isnt exclusive to the burger and fry. You can still buy the drink separately if you want.

So this is why Im asking if this was specifically earmarked as exclusive or not.

That being said, if people can buy it, whats it to you? It's not preventing you from having it?

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).

However this was after the moogle-attire from the 2015 Fanfest (which was advertised as exclusive back then) ended up on the mogstation. So for me it wasnt unreasonable to assume that they'd add the 2017-items to the cash shop eventually aswell.

...and this is nitpicking, but considering this whole "issue" is just extremly silly, I'd like to point out that they dont explixtly mentioned that the items are exclusive to buying the stream, even if they're described as "exclusive" on the website - this wouldnt have been correct at that time anyways, since you could get them both from the stream and from attending the fanfest itself.

I do recall that they made a huge fuss about "You need to buy this stream now!! Only limited time left to get access to the videos and the items!", so I can see people being upset about feeling pressured into spending 30$ on something they thought they could never get their hands on again - but being upset about the items being available to other people now...? Specially considering the worse conditions (30$ for stream, outfit and minion for all characters vs. 12$ for one outfit for one character).

Bottomline: Dont fully trust that "exclusive" things will stay exclusive, they've shown again and again that "exclusive" doesnt mean "You'll never be able to get this again" but also "...yeah, you might get a chance to buy it again in a few years, but dont hold us to that". Personally I dont see why exlcusive stuff needs to stay exclusive for the rest of the games life. Specially when linked to just paying for something instead of achieving anything.
If you buy something that has an ingame item attached to it, you'll still have that something - artbook, lorebook, soundtrack, plushie, stream... even if items are a huge motivation factor for buyers I reckon, I dont see you losing anything by someone else having access to said item, specially considering that you got some real life value aswell (and if you're seriously just buying the stuff for the ingame item... hit me up, I'll take the real life stuff out of your hands free of charge so it wont clutter your real life house!)

[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.

[Vespar]

I'll never understand players. They whine when they dont get something, then they whine when SE gives it to them. Like jeez. I feel sorry for SE, they can never win.