Topic on exclusive items

[Kosmos992k]

Let me just say that I think exclusivity with digital items is one of the silliest things I've heard of, they usually exist for the sole purpose of getting a large influx of money in a short period of time.

There is a problem with this thought though. First of all, the digital items in this game includes *everything* we have, so digital items do not usually exist for the sole purpose of getting a large influx of money. The seasonal and other special events in game with their exclusive items do not exist to generate a large influx of money, they are fan service for loyal players. If you're not here when an event happens and an exclusive item remains exclusive to the event, how is that 'silly'?

In a virtual world all items are digital. In a physical world all items are physical. If you go to a special event IRL and they are giving out T-shirts, you'll only get them there, unless someone later sells theirs. In game it's the same thing with items from seasonal and special events fulfilling the exact same role. So please, explain to me how it's 'silly'.

The only thing I believe should be "exclusive" are items that are incredibly hard to earn, whether due to long grinds or whatever else. Like the Kirin, except it should never be nerfed. That's the only point that exclusivity actually starts to mean something.

Exclusivity IRL has nothing to do with skill, but simply being there. In game exclusivity is a *reward* to the loyal subscribers who stick around and partake in the events. If you're not there, don't take part or unsubbed, then yeah, you're not going to get the exclusive thing. I'd go as far as to say that making any seasonal and special event items available in the shop detracts from the reward element of the event and item. If people can't be bothered to sub, or take part, then really they should not be able to get the item. Perhaps folks should be thankful to SE for giving them the opportunity to purchase some of those things in the MogStation. Although Personally I wouldn't shed a tear if no item exclusive to a seasonal or special event ever appeared on the MogStation.

I agree that legacy stuff should be left alone, the items are a reward for paying a subscription of a dying game and minions from CD or Plushies are still being sold, so they should be left alone, but everyone else is fair game, in my opinion.

Hold on, you can't have it both ways, you can't say that you want legacy items to be exclusive on the grounds that people weren't there to support the game then, but turn around and say it's OK to have items from a seasonal event that happened a year ago available in the shop. Those subbed to the game at the time of the event were supporting the game the same way that players supported FFXIV 1.X . If you want to maintain exclusivity for Legacy on the basis of continued support, that's fine, and I agree, but I think you're wrong to turn around and say the opposite for exclusive items since 2.0 launched, it's hypocritical.

I think a lot of people in this topic need to look up 'opportunity cost' and consider that the exclusivity of an item and the chagrin you feel at not having it later is an example of taking the opportunity to avoid the cost (at the time) but now regretting that choice.