Lol, my mention of those two games were just to mention some sequels that did not live up to its predecessors and killed the franchise. I understand the personal preferences deal, but the general consensus of those two games, and FF14 1.0 even more so, is that it was just generally bad game design. That's up for another debate, but anyhow, expecting some exclusive privileges because you've been playing the game during the bad times as well as the good, well there's really no reward necessary for that other than having done it because you wanted to.

It's like when it comes to sports, all the hardcore fans of the franchise frown upon the fair weather fans, but why? You don't get the special treatment just because you're willing to stick around through the bad, You did it because YOU wanted to, it doesn't deserve any special treatment.