Quote Originally Posted by Aurida View Post
trying feverishly to imagine an alternate universe in which this was the case for PvE and people were locked out of obtaining EX/savage mounts after the tier unlocked, and we have ten billion threads asking for the old mounts only to be told by raiders that it wouldn't be fair to the people that did them on content if you could go in with higher item levels and unsync and just burn them, and that they'd quit the game if they saw someone that joined in ShB riding the gobwalker lol
It would probably be acceptable if SE did this from day 1, but right now everyone is used to a more casual approach so there would be backlash.

I'd be ok for something unique for the first top 100 ultimate clears for example. I'd never be able to get it, but it would be cool to see a player with it and you can immediately know they are the best. Right now in ffxiv everyone can get almost everything, nobody really stands out.