About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[Zojha]

I don't get why everyone keeps repeating this. [...] I doubt it was difficult for people to find something they actually wanted to buy that qualified.

You are answering your own question here.

If you buy a subscription card for a game you buy a subscription for anyway for example...you're really just getting free stuff. If you buy things you don't intend to use anyhow because that's the only way, you're really just paying for that extra stuff.

[boulton123]

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I agree with what you're saying but a major problem with the NA promotion was that they could cancel their order after the code had been emailed and got the items for free. SE has every right to say "We want to make sure this does not happen again" but a media which few people are interested in nowadays because of plentiful access to information. No. JP and NA had a choice, UK did not and EU did not AND have to pay more for it

[Lone-wolfe-02]

Hmm I'm seeing people say they don't want to take picture of themselves to do this? Guess none of them use social media or ever post a picture of them self on the internet either (facebook/twitter/instagram). Not that I'm saying the promotion doesn't sound lscrewed up the way they doing it.

There are privacy settings.

[StrejdaTom]

I urge everyone to not take part in this promotion.

Well, my FC mate who has probably all the possible minions and mounts and even bought stuff from JP to get all the bonus minions (damn he paid extremely much for that, all the plushies, soundtracks, outfits and minions that were accessible via fanfests etc.) decided not to participate in this so I am not really worried about the success of this event. )

[Moominstars]

Just sticking my opinion into this thread (which ain't much of one since I agree with everyone else here) that this promotion is ridiculous compared to the JP/NA equivalents. I don't feel like waiting 3 months to get my maid outfit or buy a magazine which is not stocked in any places near me and I live in one of the uk's biggest cities. I'm sure WhSmith will stock the magazine but I can't see them alone stocking what the uk based market will want. As a promotion it is already doing poorly just in seeing the amount of rejection this has caused as I see more people saying no to this than actually wanting to go out and buy this magazine. I am really disappointed with this why not use a product like Monster, Coke Cola or whatever? Seen all sorts of products have various codes or gaming related stuff on them but I'm guessing it's cheaper to promote a rubbish magazine than to promote something that will actually help you make money.

[Lexia]

There are privacy settings.

There not such thing as privacy on the internet. It only false sense of security. There is privacy a extent using the "privacy" control but to think you put something on the internet regardless of the settings and expect it to remain secure/hidden forever is unlikely.

[AstralKaos]

Seeing some of the replies saying "the actual EU one will come later on, it won't repeat this" isn't really making it better, to be fair.

This trash already happened, they gave it the go-ahead sending a very straight answer of how valued you aren't, how out of touch they are with EU and especially seeing as they made a low-tier magazine from the UK the focus. This coupled with what will the "actual EU promo" be and how will it fix how much of an outlandish and disgusting promo already ongoing?

Honestly, I don't want them to "come to their senses and not repeat this mistake in the future or when it comes time for the rest of EU" - No, I want them to never do this again, not make it different for EU, and instead just put it on the damned Mog Station; literally the only outcome that will satisfy everyone.

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Its like you are just repeating what mirta000 was replying all the time to anyone who was angry at this whole deal.
The issue is the way the promotion is being handled in EU (in this case UK). JP and NA had a much simpler and easier time doing this whole thing, and EU (UK) has to bend over and do all the things nobody wants to do just to get the items. And wait 3! whole months, while JP and NA got them in about 24 hours.
I dont understand.

SPOT. ON. FELLA, absolutely spot on.

[Arielyanna]

I agree with what you're saying but a major problem with the NA promotion was that they could cancel their order after the code had been emailed and got the items for free. SE has every right to say "We want to make sure this does not happen again" but a media which few people are interested in nowadays because of plentiful access to information. No. JP and NA had a choice, UK did not and EU did not AND have to pay more for it

I wouldn't mind if it was a more reputable company and/or a more viable (and reliable) method of getting said magazines. Game Master is not available here in Australia and I'm not going to order magazines I have no desire for, just for a code. Spending $40 AUSD or higher just for a code? I may be crazy with my money at times, but notTHAT crazy. Yes the method used for NA via Amazon probably caused the need for something different for this promotion... but this? No, I don't like it...

The thing is... the way it was handled in Japan and NA... was really rather simple and straightforward. Yes, in NA it was abused by some, but it would've been far more preferable than this. Include a code or something with said purchase and that has to be entered ALONGSIDE the code for the items... something like that would've helped limit the debacle with the NA promotion.

In any event, SE should've thought more about this before going ahead. I can understand that there could have been some legal repercussions for putting the items on the Mogstation or that using another sort of promotion with another company would help (like they did in Japan with 7/11)... anything but something like this.

[Felis]

But what if the numbers of printed physical copy of magazine cant meet the demand of whole EU Account holder of players in FFXIV?

See the event more for those eu account players, who live in the UK or in a country not listed in the "coming soon" list.

Honestly, I don't want them to "come to their senses and not repeat this mistake in the future or when it comes time for the rest of EU" - No, I want them to never do this again, not make it different for EU, and instead just put it on the damned Mog Station; literally the only outcome that will satisfy everyone.

Maybe if SE can do it that only those with an EU account can buy it and only during a limited time

[Kosmos992k]

I think Scarborough is classed as small :P I totally agree though I have never seen more than 2-3 copies max on the shelf. Same in Hull they never have more than 2-3 issues on the shelf.

Point taken... lol. Though as you're implying, the magazine's small circulation would mean it could sell out before you are able to buy one. Either way, this was a terrible idea for this promotion.