[Request] Please make event gear harder to get outside of in-game events.

[Katryn]

Well this is...original? Usually threads with this type of exclusivity / separatist mentality are about raid rewards. And in those threads, I tend to agree since that content does (or should) take some form of effort. (Note: Or at very least there should be a version that does which adequately rewards players who invest time into it.) But this...this is furniture and clothing from holiday events!!! If SE repeated the same holiday events with the same prizes, or with the ability to get previous years' prizes, I might get where you were coming from. But as far as I know, they don't. (If I am mistaken, someone please correct me--I only returned a couple months ago.)

People who took part in the actual events will / should have achievements and titles that can set them apart. Farther, at least some items that are obtained through events can be sold on the AH for money in the future, where their MogStation counterparts cannot be used in this manner (SE would hypothetically be selling a means of RMT to their players...). E.g. the Eastern Cherry Tree is going for 15 mil on my server or it's $4 on the MS.

I've seen some people say housing is the true end game, but I think this might be carrying that theme a bit too far.