YoshiP No more Region Exclusive Items, Please.

[LillithCale]

To date, various regional versions of Final Fantasy 14 have gotten exclusive items, while other regional versions, namely NA and EU (this includes AUS as well), have never had such a pleasure. I am aware NA and EU Fanfests have gotten exclusive minions but those are obtainable by other regions for purchasing the respective streams.

With much support and feedback coming from the community some of these items have been made accessible to other regions. That's a great step in a good direction especially since Yoshi-P asked us give him feedback regarding our desires to see exclusive items become mutually inclusive.

Image taken from Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVIII Digest (2016/04/12)

Unfortunately there are still several sets of items that remain locked behind regions, but hope gets brighter every day that we'll continue to see these items come to our version of the game. Ideally I would love to see the whole concept of region exclusives come to an end, though I do understand the business practices behind them.

Now, does not having these items affect my ability to play the game? Certainly not. They are, at the end of the day, just pixels. However, I do find a certain level of annoyance in seeing such lovely, beautiful items be left out of our version of the game. I am more than certain they would be well liked here. Because of this I truly do advocate for NA/EU/JP servers to see a more frequent distribution of these region exclusives.

So please YoshiP, Developers, Marketing, Square Enix, I ask for you to kindly reconsider this idea of exclusive items. Even if you don’t stop doing them in general, at least make them accessible to other regions in different ways, it truly would be appreciated.

Exclusive items still region locked:
Chinese ‘Dragon’ reskin
Angel and Demon Gear Set
Korean 2017 Seasonal Event
Chinese Mini Red Fenrir Mount (Currently in the data files)
Chinese Primogs minion
Emperor's Clothing
Level 1 DoH/L relic glamour
Level 1 DoH/L relic glamour
Level 1 DoH/L relic glamour
Level 1 DoH/L relic glamour


Exclusive items given to some regions:
2016 Summer ‘DLC’ Items Released via various media deals. However, many EU countries did not get such a deal and remain without them
Chinese Sun Wukong items (Mount and outfit) Released as 2017 'Free DLC' Via 7-11 for JP, Amazon for NA. No EU release as of yet

Exclusive items given to all regions:
Panda Minion Released in Mog Station
Magpie Minion Released in Mog Station
Female Chinese styled outfit Released in Mog Station
Male Chinese styled outfit Released in Mog Station
Emote: Eastern Greeting Released in Mog Station
Doman Barding Released in Mog Station
Korean styled outfit (male and female) Released in Mog Station
Butler Chocobo Barding Released in Mog Station
Backflip Emote Released in Mog Station
Angel and Demon Chocobo Barding Released in Mog Station
Chinese Exclusive 'Eastern' Dance Released in Mog Station



4/26/17: A note about the 2016 (Butler and Maid) and 2017 (Sun Wukong) "DLC" items.

Hello

There's been a lot of talk regarding the North American and Japanese promotional campaigns. We are working to setup campaigns in PAL regions with the new in-game items. They will also be available for purchase on the Mog Station at a later date. We will share more information as soon as it becomes available.

Please note that the North American and Japanese item codes won’t work on EU accounts.

It would appear as if they are working to put these straight into the Mog Station at some point in time. Once they are released there I will update the post and move them to the appropriate list. For now, those waiting to get these items with EU accounts, hang in there! The Devs hear you.

Edit 6/20/16:

I keep seeing people coming here and throwing around words like entitled and entitlement.

Let me clear up the confusion here.

Wanting does not equal feeling entitled to something.

Entitlement
en•ti•tle•ment
/inˈtīdlmənt,enˈtīdlmənt/
noun
noun: entitlement; plural noun: entitlements

1. the fact of having a right to something.
"full entitlement to fees and maintenance should be offered"
synonyms: right, prerogative, claim;

2. the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
"no wonder your kids have a sense of entitlement"

Want
/wänt,wônt/
verb
verb: want; 3rd person present: wants; past tense: wanted; past participle: wanted; gerund or present participle: wanting

1. have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
"I want an apple"
synonyms: desire, wish for, hope for, aspire to, fancy, care for, like;

While I can’t speak for everyone else here, I can speak for myself. I am not asking for these items because I have any sense of feeling like I deserve them. I am providing the feedback that was asked for during the live letter, showing the development team that I would like to have them.