Topic on exclusive items

[PawsTheKitti123]

Literally just posted this on your other thread, but here we go.

A quick way to lose faith and respect amongst your paying customers would be to start releasing "exclusive" items that come from events / special purchases to the general playerbase. Essentially, these items are a little "thank you" to customers for spending additional money (either through events, buying CDS, preorders, whatever) outside of your subscription fee.

There seems to be a lot of entitlement that floats around with the crowd who thinks all items should be released to everyone. Outside of showing up to conventions, just about everything else is available easily to those who want to pay for it.

Nobodys entitled. This thread is about the people who go around crushes other's spirits because they have an item that others want and try their hardest to prevtm it from returning.

[LionFranco]

Speaking of plushies...you all need to stop buying those Carbuncle plushies so that I can get one!

...please? I'm a sucker for cuddly animals! Haven't you seen all the stuffed... nevermind.

[Colorful]

Speaking of plushies...you all need to stop buying those Carbuncle plushies so that I can get one!

...please? I'm a sucker for cuddly animals! Haven't you seen all the stuffed... nevermind.

I don't care much for the plushies, but the minions... SE really needs to make enough to supply the demand, and then start shipping them to Australia.

[PawsTheKitti123]

Wah! I got the Gobbue legacy mount on one character but not another! Wah, I want to be special!

Sorry, I'll admit sometimes that I'll see someone with event gear that I didn't participate in and I'll wish I had participated...but I'm not gonna complain about it. I just won't miss future events.

This is what Im saying

I missed them because I did not own the game. If I missed an event now, while having the game I cant complain whatsoever.

[LionFranco]

You misunderstood what I was saying. You weren't there for a legacy event or an almost 2 year old limited time event, why do you feel that you should be entitled to get the rewards from that content when you weren't supporting the game when those events were going on?

[Lexia]

Yes the "i didn't know about it" isn't a excuse, if you missed it sorry move on with life. Do people go into a store to find out last week the product they want to buy was on sale last week and demand that they get it for that same price cause they didn't know about it? Well working retail I have actually seen that but they are told no they can't get it for the sale price that was selling for week before. Now people will argue that well they can still get just have to pay a higher price, true but even if SE stuck stuff in cash shop then people would complain that the other players got the items for free in the game. So there is really no way to make the people that missed it 100% happy.

[Colorful]

if SE stuck stuff in cash shop then people would complain that the other players got the items for free in the game. So there is really no way to make the people that missed it 100% happy.

SE already does that with seasonal event items. I'm of the opinion that the moogle suit shouldn't be on the cash shop, I was around for it but didn't purchase the ticket because I did not care for it, and still do not care for it, but hey, if it satisfies the people with their little exclusivity obsession let it be. But locking seasonal items behind a paywall if you missed out is still quite scummy if I'm going to be honest. I bought into it though, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

[RiceisNice]

SE already does that with seasonal event items. I'm of the opinion that the moogle suit shouldn't be on the cash shop, I was around for it but didn't purchase the ticket because I did not care for it, and still do not care for it, but hey, if it satisfies the people with their little exclusivity obsession let it be. But locking seasonal items behind a paywall if you missed out is still quite scummy if I'm going to be honest. I bought into it though, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Things like holiday items should be reoccurring (preferably not through the cash shop, but blah...), because well...the holiday itself is reoccuring. Other things like anniversary specials, milestone events or legacy rewards should remain as is.

[Colorful]

Things like holiday items should be reoccurring (preferably not through the cash shop, but blah...), because well...the holiday itself is reoccuring. Other things like anniversary specials, milestone events or legacy rewards should remain as is.

Exactly, I think the past year events should be replayable too. Picture in 5 years time a new player joins and a seasonal event rolls around, that new player now has at least a weeks worth of content to do with many new costumes and fun events to partake in. In our current situation? The player has to cough up a quite a bit of cash to get the past event items, but I guess that's their intent.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Wah! I got the Gobbue legacy mount on one character but not another! Wah, I want to be special!

Sorry, I'll admit sometimes that I'll see someone with event gear that I didn't participate in and I'll wish I had participated...but I'm not gonna complain about it. I just won't miss future events.

The folly of your argument is exclusivity, by its very nature, is feeling special. You have something someone else cannot acquire. So it's amusingly hypocritical to accuse people that wanting that item of "just wanting to be special!" Furthermore, I have to ask. Do you think anyone cares if you've purchased a Collector's Edition? Earlier, you mentioned "some kid" would be able to brag they bought a CE, as though it were some sort of noteworthy achievement. I find that sentiment rather odd.

Yes the "i didn't know about it" isn't a excuse, if you missed it sorry move on with life. Do people go into a store to find out last week the product they want to buy was on sale last week and demand that they get it for that same price cause they didn't know about it? Well working retail I have actually seen that but they are told no they can't get it for the sale price that was selling for week before. Now people will argue that well they can still get just have to pay a higher price, true but even if SE stuck stuff in cash shop then people would complain that the other players got the items for free in the game. So there is really no way to make the people that missed it 100% happy.

This is a rather poor analogy because missing a sale does not prevent me from purchasing the item, whereas advocating for exclusivity does exactly that.