Exclusivity and the potential downfall of the game.

[QQMore]

Whining click bait.

[ForteNightshade]

If i recall the unreal trials will cycle. So while you cant do shiva unreal now. it will come back at some point..

No. They're one and done. Shiva and Titan won't be coming back for whatever reason. Yoshida already said after Leviathan, they're thinking of doing Sephirot. So they're likely going to cycle through the HW primals next.

It's the rewards that don't change. You can still get the mount they released when Shiva came out. My guess is at some point, they'll drop the token prices of the old stuff so they're easier to get.

[Bellsong]

Seeing an exclusive memento in your inventory can be a powerful way to welcome you back to the game. I understand it might make some people jealous, but I don’t feel the right solution is to just make everything obtainable again. I’d rather see new exclusives be continuously added, so players can begin collecting some mementos of their own.

Everyone will get a taste of this when Endwalker releases and belts become collector’s items.

When I logged into WoW last year, I had a little look through my feats of strength, and exclusive rewards and I felt, nothing really. Not saying this is what its like for everyone, but your millage will definitely vary. And while I was getting back into WoW at the time I ended up looking at mage tower rewards, and seeing them locked away forever behind the time legion was current.

Now I don't know for sure what would have happened, but I likely would have been a lot more hooked into WoW for a lot longer had the content been treated like FF treats a lot of its content.
I would have had more goals, more things to aim for, more stuff I could do at my own pace on my own time. But instead it's just gone forever and I gotta slog through current content and hope it has rewards I actually want, which wasn't a lot in BfA.

I'd argue one of the reasons FF is gaining so much popularity over WoW is the fact that it doesn't have a real intense stance on exclusivity and doesn't constantly milk FOMO. FF respects your time and will always be around when when you're ready to go.

[Juzjuzz]

I think it's more about proof. The road to the clear is the most important sure but having something different to remind that you made the effort is nice as well. The reward doesn't have to go far, no one complains about ultimate weapons lol and i'm sure some of thoose raid got easier with time (but at least it's not newer ppl just going in braindead just for the loot).

I understand the frustration tbh but hey don't say no to ppl who don't want to try and their defenders, they don't want you to get more unless you go to ultimate (witch is quite extreme imo). They'll say everything will become worse without trying to find an option.

[van_arn]

When I logged into WoW last year, I had a little look through my feats of strength, and exclusive rewards and I felt, nothing really. Not saying this is what its like for everyone, but your millage will definitely vary. And while I was getting back into WoW at the time I ended up looking at mage tower rewards, and seeing them locked away forever behind the time legion was current.

Now I don't know for sure what would have happened, but I likely would have been a lot more hooked into WoW for a lot longer had the content been treated like FF treats a lot of its content.
I would have had more goals, more things to aim for, more stuff I could do at my own pace on my own time. But instead it's just gone forever and I gotta slog through current content and hope it has rewards I actually want, which wasn't a lot in BfA.

I'd argue one of the reasons FF is gaining so much popularity over WoW is the fact that it doesn't have a real intense stance on exclusivity and doesn't constantly milk FOMO. FF respects your time and will always be around when when you're ready to go.

Oh don’t get me wrong, I do believe exclusive content needs to be fairly rare. I don’t like the thought of throwing expansions into the trash every two years.

That said, I’m seeing some trying to argue for legacy marks, preorder bonuses, legacy titles, and the like to become available after Square has already said there’s no way for them to be obtainable later.

I’d rather err on the side of Square keeping its word than Square going back on its word. Some may not care about things like the legacy mark or titles, but they represent promises made and promises that currently remain kept by the development team. Maintaining those promises are more valuable than opening access to a limited glamour.