SQUARE-ENIX, you better revert to the old ways of the holiday events...!

[Shori]

So, because you cant buy them with gil you want people to not obtain it with cash? Thats just obsurd. Of the threads that were floating around a week or so ago many had hoped itd return via cash shop and let there be new items for this years event. Although I'm usually against cash shops, particularly for MMORPGs, I believe its fair to have past items available through there as a second chance. The yukatas werent simply bought with gil (well, not the nicer ones) they were through low-level quests, so vendoring them would be a kick in the shins to whomever earned them last year. The small change these items sell for on mog station isnt going to break the bank - even if I went back to student days Id still find the 5-10 bucks by selling tutoring or cut back on donuts.

[Joeking]

People had to be subbed to get these items. Consider it this way.. buying from the cash shop is like paying for the subscription you would of payed had you subbed during the event period.

[Sakuraluna]

Thing is, when they sold them on vendor npcs last year up until October, it was to cycle old 1.x seasonal event items back into the game so everyone would have a shot at getting them. Last year's summer event was the last one in which the previous year's rewards were from pre-ARR, so they actually did kind of set a precedent once that was finished and they introduced the cash shop just before the halloween event and started selling previous 2.x event rewards on it. I can understand that seems unfair and needless that's just how it is though. Not much can change it at this point. But as others in this thread have said, it's a lot better system than just never making the items available again, but also for a development team that has complained about space limitations in the past it probably beats placing an npc with multiple pages of numerous years worth of items on it and a hundred plus players trying to access it at once.

Also for what it's worth, once an event item goes up on the cash shop it doesn't come back down, or at least none have yet. They're available all year round. With the vendor npc, it was only available while the event was happening so if you end up missing the event for whatever reason, you just missed the npc as well.

[AdamFyi]

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In all seriousness, I think it was nice of them to add in a way for players who missed the event to obtain the gear. It's better than never being able to obtain them ever again. And, last I recall, they brought back the swimsuits during the last Moonfire Faire event. o:

[StrejdaTom]

If SE had to have cash shop items I'd prefer it to be those though... rather than exclusive never available in game before item. Of course the prefence is no cash shop at all, but they've proven that's not an option.

I agree and always agreed on this. I would rather have in cash shop items that were obtainable in game once rather than never.