Goobue mount

[Sylve]

Don't care they released a gobbue mount for everyone since it's ugly, but I'm just curious to see how many of the people who said "it's not the same, stop whining 1.0 players" will come crying "it's not fair, I paid a collector" when they'll decide to recycle the coeurl mount with a carpet on it.

Kinda see the point when people said SE played on word (was obvious they would) when you see that fatass is one of the things that justify the insane price of housing for legacy servers (yep, that was a totally random blow)

Actually, I wouldn't give a damn (As a CE owner) if SE brought out a Coeurl mount with carpet on its head. I'd laugh, buy it and keep riding on my carpetfree Coeurl.

[Sylve]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...0b-Patch-Notes

andddd noooowwww

[dev1296] The goobbue mount has been added.
* Please note that the goobbue mount can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0.

F**K all who play 1.0


F**k you SE

Specifically:

[dev1296] The goobbue mount has been added.
* Please note that the goobbue mount can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*deep breath*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ok lets examine why i laughed.
They said:
The Goobbue

The only Goobbue mount in the game at the time.

Now, if they had said

[dev1296] A goobbue mount has been added.
* Please note that a goobbue mount will never again exist, and can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0.

You lot might of had something to complain about.

[Kiayin]

Since someone asked: I'd be more than happy to let anyone who didn't buy the collector edition get a coeurl [if they discontinued the collector's edition]. I do not see the big deal. If I had a friend who really wanted a coeurl and couldn't get it, I would feel bad for him. GW2 tried it and people are complaining about it everywhere. ^^;

[ArkhamNative]

I'm sad a little, but it's not from a lack of privilege. (I may even use my goobbue mount more, once they're available to all, fwiw.) Just some sadness that Yoshi-P loses a little more of his integrity.

If people are OK with "the goobbue mount can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0" (official statement) meaning "Oh, we meant just that particular goobbue mount. We'll actually make nearly identical goobbue mounts available to everyone", then they have no justification to be upset over any other hair-splitting and weaseling by SE like exorbitant housing pricing, or future re-colors of "exclusive" pre-order and collector's edition perks made available to all.

[Sylve]

I'm sad a little, but it's not from a lack of privilege. (I may even use my goobbue mount more, once they're available to all, fwiw.) Just some sadness that Yoshi-P loses a little more of his integrity.

If people are OK with "the goobbue mount can only be obtained before the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0" (official statement) meaning "Oh, we meant just that particular goobbue mount. We'll actually make nearly identical goobbue mounts available to everyone", then they have no justification to be upset over any other hair-splitting and weaseling by SE like exorbitant housing pricing, or future re-colors of "exclusive" pre-order and collector's edition perks made available to all.

there was only ONE Goobbue Mount in existence, of course it would be stated

The Goobbue Mount

Because it was the only one that existed at the time

They never said that future Goobbue mounts would never exist, they specifically stated that THAT Goobbue mount will never be available to non-Legacy players.
And until i see a non-Legacy player with the Goobbue you were given in 1.0, SE hasn't broken any bloody promises.

[amnie]

We put up with all the crap from 1.0, the Goob was literally ALL we got as a thank you. If you didn't play 1.0 then you cannot comment. If you did play it you might just understand how annoying it is to see our unique mount now being given to everyone because of QQ. If you believe having a rug makes it a completely different mount then there's something not quite right upstairs. Now all I have are my useless White Ravens....

eh. I played 1.0. I didn't bother with the goobue.
and as someone who did pay a subscription - just not at the 'right' time frame for legacy, let me tell you if you think all you've got is a freaking MOUNT then I'd gladly have you pay my extra subscription cost I have for not being legacy. while we're at it, why don't you give me the 80€ I paid for my 1.0 CE?

the goobue is JUST AS USELESS as the white raven. you get a free mount by simply playing the main scenario

[Dark-Saviour]

[QUOTE=ArkhamNative;1665848]then they have no justification to be upset over any other hair-splitting and weaseling by SE like exorbitant housing pricing,

This one isn't exactly hair-splitting, but even if it were, it wouldn't simply be an issue of them going back on their word that's the problem. That is a case of something simply being a genuine PitA that ends up being detrimental to everyone.

or future re-colors of "exclusive" pre-order and collector's edition perks made available to all.

That would be lame... Since they could just make the unaltered items available to everyone.
Time-limited content, out-of-game exclusives, etc. need to completely and utterly die.

[Amused]

If they're going to do things like this I say just do away with anything and everything that was and is exclusive. As I said earlier in the topic, there are things that even as a legacy player I missed out on from 1.0. I've never complained about not having them but would love another chance to obtain said things in order to sate my inner completionist.

[Samburi]

Thought that was our legacy 1.0 award that couldn't be received after 1.0.

There were several months of warnings how it would never come back out when it ended.

fixed it a bit

[ArkhamNative]

They never said that future Goobbue mounts would never exist, they specifically stated that THAT Goobbue mount will never be available to non-Legacy players.
And until i see a non-Legacy player with the Goobbue you were given in 1.0, SE hasn't broken any bloody promises.

Funny, I don't see "this" or "that" in the quote. If anything, they specifically were vague, rather than specifically stating this wouldn't be the only one. (And to be precise, the goobbue mount was only for v1 characters that completed the Lv30 quest during that time. Not all Legacy players qualified.)

I suppose your point is that marketers and companies weasel and split hairs like you describe all the time, and it should be expected. Which is why I say that nobody should be surprised to see coeurl mounts and cait sith minions (with perhaps a different bow color) in the future, despite being touted as exclusive perks for pre-orders and CEs.

My point is that during the v1 days, the vibe was that Yoshi-P would always be honest with players, even if it meant admitting mistakes and apologizing. What's sad to see is that his redefining of his previous statements is increasing. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see the End of Era content reprised as "flashback" content, available and playable in ARR.