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    Quote Originally Posted by Terin View Post
    That way, cool stuff doesn't feel "wasted" as a cash-shop reward. Because honestly, that new mech-robot thing? Maybe that WOULD'VE been cool, but because it's just a cash-shop mount, it has no "meaning", there's no weight or status to having it.
    There is little to no "status" to having anything in FF14, especially mounts since they are all functionally identical.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
    There is little to no "status" to having anything in FF14, especially mounts since they are all functionally identical.
    Okay, that is DEFINITELY not true. In MMO's, there are TONS of items with "status". The "Legacy" items are a huge status symbol -- well, when you can actually see or notice them (the Legacy Chocobo is admittedly a little weak, I have to look at its beak to even notice). But the new Landerwaffe mount? Sure, it helps that the mount is ALSO super sick, but that I would consider to be a status symbol. Or the weapon glams you get from the Ultimate-mode raids.

    Even if my idea sucks -- and it's pretty clear nobody here likes it (which is totally cool) -- I think MMO's DO and SHOULD have "status" rewards. It's just kind of a moving goal-post, since things that are difficult to get now, might not be later (or available in cash-shop, as most holiday items are).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terin View Post
    Okay, that is DEFINITELY not true. In MMO's, there are TONS of items with "status".
    I'm not discussing MMOs in general, only FF14.



    Quote Originally Posted by Terin View Post
    The "Legacy" items are a huge status symbol -- well, when you can actually see or notice them (the Legacy Chocobo is admittedly a little weak, I have to look at its beak to even notice). But the new Landerwaffe mount? Sure, it helps that the mount is ALSO super sick, but that I would consider to be a status symbol. Or the weapon glams you get from the Ultimate-mode raids.
    I said FF14 has "little to no status symbols," not literally none. If there are a few items you think signal status power to you.

    At risk of splitting hairs over every example, personally, I don't think any of the examples you listed confer any kind of status.

    I don't see "I played in 1.0" as a signal of player achievement or excellence.

    I have the Landerwaffe mount. I don't see it as a status symbol. The mount is more or less locked behind multiple grind walls.

    And as for the ultimate clears, they may have been a cool status symbol at one time, but considering how rampant Ultimate clear selling has gotten, on top of the fact that better food, better potions, and better gear have done MUCH to dull the difficulty of those raids.
    It's super hard for me to even try to care about a rando's title/weapon.

    If you do that's fine. But it also doesn't refute the point that for status symbols FF14 has little to none.


    Quote Originally Posted by Terin View Post
    Even if my idea sucks -- and it's pretty clear nobody here likes it (which is totally cool) -- I think MMO's DO and SHOULD have "status" rewards.
    Should it?
    Possibly.
    But that's not what I was addressing, and that argument is pretty tangential to the topic.
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