Quote Originally Posted by Reaperking386 View Post
Square studied wow when they constructed ff14 ARR and took a lot of things from the community forums to improve their game. One of these things were the veteran reward system. Players from WOW were tired to not get anything for their loyalty as WOW only rewarded new players or returning players. Square seemed to have taken that to heart.
They did end up getting a really cool small statue, but after a very long time and with strict requirements.