Strider Boots and Hermes' Shoes

[RitsukoSonoda]

Then SE ripped me off, I had a sub here since beta for 1.0 and never got the Hermes' Shoes.

You had to link your PlayOnline account to your SE account. On top of that it was given to only 1 character and not an account perk like some of the other stuff from back then.

[hynaku]

You had to link your PlayOnline account to your SE account. On top of that it was given to only 1 character and not an account perk like some of the other stuff from back then.

That explain it since my first characters is on JP servers. Other part think tried to link them and gave up since not good at that type of stuff.

[rainichan]

That explain it since my first characters is on JP servers. Other part think tried to link them and gave up since not good at that type of stuff.

From the mirror archive of the old Lodestone from 1.0:

If a PlayOnline ID with an active FINAL FANTASY XI Content ID is linked to a Square Enix account with a FINAL FANTASY XIV service account, all new characters created on that FINAL FANTASY XIV service account will start out possessing an in-game bonus item. However, you cannot obtain in-game bonus item or will take long period of time to obtain one under following conditions.

- If you have created a character before linking your PlayOnline ID (It is, however, possible to receive the in-game item by deleting the characters you created, linking your PlayOnline ID, and then re-creating your characters).
- If, at the time of creating your FINAL FANTASY XIV character, the linked PlayOnline ID’s FINAL FANTASY XI Content IDs are invalid (the Content IDs have been cancelled and are thus not being billed).
*In case you reactivate the FINAL FANTASY XI Content IDs, it will take about a day until in-game bonus item becomes obtainable.
- If the linked PlayOnline ID’s FINAL FANTASY XI is in the free trial period.

So, if you didn't make a FFXIV account under the same SE account as your XI account and did not have an active Content ID that wasn't a free trial or cancelled, you wouldn't get the item. If you had an active service account and added the XIV one to the same service account, you got the shoes.