Moonlet Earring :( i want one!

[JonLuso]

I actually don't want the earring at all... I like the ones I got way more than that weird bauble thing. People have different tastes though and some obviously like it, so I don't see the huge fuss over letting them have it through some event or another. Also no, smiling doesn't always save us from negativity. Life facts aren't always a fun time.

The point several people are trying to make is that, yes, people have likes and wants and feel like everything should be accessible to everyone; however, there comes a time when an item being "exclusive" or "one-time" is labeled as such for a reason: meaning, the item(s) in question are just that. If you did not participate in such events, do not expect to get the item, even in a recolored fashion. You may as well have opted for a dye-able version of the original at that point.

As someone posted earlier in the thread, people basically paid to have the 1.0 game extended to 1.23; 2.0 was inevitable, regardless of player subs at the time. However, that paid subscription practically paid for the creation of said items, so do you feel like you are entitled to something 1.0 players essentially paid for themselves? Any items created once 2.0 was established are fair-game, yes, but do NOT expect 1.0 items to be up for grabs. That's just greed talking and, quite frankly, the sense of entitlement I've seen on the OF is pretty appalling. Never mind that most of them are 2.0 players; I know not every 2.0 player is like this, but every time something 1.0-related comes up, it's always a tug of war with both groups and 2.0 usually is the snarky one with negativity.

tl:dr Let 1.0 players have their exclusive items that they paid for; you can have what you paid for: in-game one-time events (LR, FFXI, CE's, etc). You didn't support a failing game, so neither should you get to enjoy whatever spoils it may have wrought.