It's sad old events never get to re-run because of Microtransactions.

[Ankhira]

to the point where it's worse than your average gacha, pulling previous event items out of mog station and letting players obtain them via in-game means once again would only be beneficial for the game.

Exaggerating much? The Mog Station is frustrating with how much they put on their, yeah, especially with old event items getting locked behind it instead of rerunning in-game. But comparing it to gacha is a stretch. In FFXIV, you buy something and you’re guaranteed to get it. In gacha, you can drop €100 and still not hit pity, and sometimes the game balance itself pressures you to pull certain characters or weapons. That’s actual predatory design. Mog Station items are strictly cosmetic, incredibly annoying that all the good stuff goes on there, yes, but not remotely the same level of FOMO- predatory driven monetization that gacha thrives on.