Moonlet for everyone!

[Iromi]

It absolutely was not a contest prize. The Dalamud horn was awarded as an achievement item for having completed the Meteor Project questline, which included beating Nael van Darnus (normal).

Yup..oh man, the memories :*) was one of the best fights the game ever had imho...

[Felis]

It absolutely was not a contest prize. The Dalamud horn was awarded as an achievement item for having completed the Meteor Project questline, which included beating Nael van Darnus (normal).

it also included to sneak past lv 80 enemies during the last 7th umbral story quest "Living on a Prayer" ^^

[Gardes]

Bet there's gonna be people coming in to post gloating about being able to get this after being rebuked for asking this to be made available. Probably the very same people hating on others asking for the ff13 hairstyles and glamour items to be made available too. Hypocrites will be hypocrites I guess.

[TheCurls]

Bet there's gonna be people coming in to post gloating about being able to get this after being rebuked for asking this to be made available. Probably the very same people hating on others asking for the ff13 hairstyles and glamour items to be made available too. Hypocrites will be hypocrites I guess.

I don't know about gloating, but I'm glad they're putting these things in so non-legacy people can get them. I wish they'd remove the Lightning hair style from the game entirely, but given the choice between having people able to use it and some not, I'd just rather they put it in for everyone.

The only thing from 1.0 that I think should stay exclusive is the legacy tattoo. Everything else should be fair game. Why shouldn't new players get to have different glamour options? Do you (generic you, not specific) need that moon earring to feel special?

[Dererk]

Please don't add the horn and white ravens even I don't have the earrings and I don't want them on the cash shop the moonlet earring fine but not the stuff that was specific to Meteor story please.

[TheFatHousecat]

The only thing from 1.0 that I think should stay exclusive is the legacy tattoo. Everything else should be fair game. Why shouldn't new players get to have different glamour options? Do you (generic you, not specific) need that moon earring to feel special?

White Ravens weren't just 'glamour options'- they were a symbol of achievement. If you didn't earn White Ravens in 1.0, there's no reason for you to have them now whether you're willing to shell out the cash or not.

[Pomelo]

I'd really love Dalamud horn but I totally understand why it would/should stay a 1.0 player exclusive item.

Also I'm kinda attached to my Bunny Ears now >.<

[Anonymoose]

Meh. I chimed in with thoughtful input on the cash shop at the last two lines in the sand.

When it was announced, I pointed out that I support it (to a point) and think some lost opportunities shouldn't be permanent, but also that the cash-only in-game items violated the game's spirit, in a way, given that it's subscription-based. When Eternal Bond came around, I thought it was lame that their marketing approach was to foster an atmosphere where every time you see a great design in a preview, you have to wonder if it's cash-only before getting excited. Today? I'm out of critiques, really. Line #3) You can now be sure that if it's not a direct and mechanical advantage, it's probably not too sacred for the cash shop.

Moonlet was the item that introduced the limited-time Seventh Umbral Era storyline, but it technically was before SE started officially saying, "Please pay for this broken game so we can afford to fix it. There will be a limited-time story with one-time items!" It was during the extended free trial and was presented as an event. Whether or not this is acceptable is an individual opinion (and I assume one that will vary quite widely). I'm more apathetically curious ... is there a line in the sand at the "exclusive, one-time" items after billing commenced? Is there one at the Legacy line? Is the one at the White Ravens, which required direct and mechanical skill to obtain within said period?

Square Enix is a business. We've known for some time now how FFXIV will be run now that it's a net earner.
Hoping otherwise not only breeds more internal negativity than it's worth in the end, but it's also apparently futile. C'est la vie. I'm not petty enough to think that people should be denied some silly glamour items; I just hope that I'm not naive in hoping that some of the items that had the "thanks for trusting and supporting us through this dark age" air about them remain exclusive for no other reason than that's what we were led to believe about them. We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

What? ... I'm not allowed to make a post without lore in it? Okay, I guess.
The Moonlet was crafted by the Goldsmith's Guild of Ul'dah in the 1,572nd year of the Sixth Astral Era at the behest of the Adventurers' Guild to celebrate the Keeper of the Twin Moons and thank adventurers for vanquishing the Bombards. It also served as a reward for the event that let us know something was amiss with Dalamud. Well, one of the moons is gone and the Bombards didn't come back this year, but that doesn't mean this lovely earring can't be yours for just three real-life earth dollars!

[Fenral]

What? ... I'm not allowed to make a post without lore in it?

You're not. It's the path you've chosen for yourself, after all. Good read, as always.

The White Ravens are i90, and the Dalamud Horn is i55. I don't think they'll ever put level 50+ gear in the cash-shop, but we'll see where we are in 6.0 when sets of Augmented High Allagan go on sale.

[SongJoohee]

Not too surprising. I imagine the non-seasonal 1.0 items will stay 1.0 exclusive, but as has been happening with all seasonal items, the next time the event comes around they get put on the cash shop. Since this was a seasonal, it went up.

Legacy still have plenty of exclusives that almost certainly will never be cash shop stuff since they were never seasonal rewards.