Things SE Unnecessarily Did [List]

[Stormfur]

Punishing the players for asking for certain mounts (Tigers, hellhounds, fenrir...at least Fenrir is more reasonably attainable now)

Want a tiger? It will probably take you years of non-stop hunts dedication.
Want a hellhound? Not available anymore but even if it were, only the top 100 Feast players (read: 30 really good players and 70 alts) could get them.
Same with Aulus' chair currently.
Fenrir was atrocious to grind for in the early days of the Saucer but you used to get a handful of MGP and Chocobo Challenges didn't award MGP like they do now.

It's like every time we ask for a nice mount, they think up some ridiculous grind or ludicrous carrot to get it. I get that it shouldn't be handed out like candy, but at least with the birds and wolves you could either attain it in time or hope that RNG blessed you.

[Soge01]

Not adding any new race tracks for Chocobo racing but adding Chocobo racing duty finder.

[Skivvy]

Punishing the players for asking for certain mounts (Tigers, hellhounds, fenrir...at least Fenrir is more reasonably attainable now)

I don't get this one. What's the punishment? (not being sarcastic!)

[Saraphin]

PvP needs incentives, though. Ideally the sort that everybody can access rather than a select few.

still won't make me PVP. everyone having access to, and everyone doing are two different things. a lot of my friend group cringes and curls their nose when "pvp" comes up. it's not for everyone and adding these items don't make...people want to do it more. those people that don't like pvp aren't going to start playing because of "new goodies" exclusive to PVP.

[Skivvy]

I think this was hinted at up above, but the dye system always makes me scratch my head.

They have a dye system in place, but then they release glamour items that come in two forms - one dyeable, one non-dyeable. What on earth is the point of that? To be fair, I don't think they've done this the last patch or two, but I'm not in game to double-check ATM

We have 50 flower head pieces on the MB, because instead of making each base model dyeable, they had to create a separate item for each color. WHY??!

Quite a bit of new gear is still undyeable as well. A good portion of the time the undyeable items use colors that are completely unique and impossible to match with the dyes in game.

[RiyahArp]

I don't get this one. What's the punishment? (not being sarcastic!)

Tiger is only if you do a ridiculous amount of hunts, an amount that would take years. Hellhounds required you to be top 100 on your data center in a season of Feast.

[Skivvy]

Tiger is only if you do a ridiculous amount of hunts, an amount that would take years. Hellhounds required you to be top 100 on your data center in a season of Feast.

Oh, ouch D: Early on in the game I tried to keep up on all the mounts and minions - thankfully that desire is gone now as these would never happen for me.

[CorbinDallas]

People who bang on about the currency tab not having literally every currency in it really need to give their head a shake. Why do you all seem to have such a hoarding problem? The only currencies taking up space this patch, which you should be using as you gain enough of them, are Sigma pages, alliance coins, and whatever primal totem you're farming. There is no reason to be holding on to your 4 Bismarck totems, or that Precision Gordian Bolt that's been stuffed in a retainer since 3.1. Have some self control and learn to manage your inventories better.

[Kai_Lee]

Removing dungeons from the expert roulette and making sure expert roulette is only 2-3 rotating dungeon. Gosh.

[Vivi_Bushido]

The creation and establishment of the mentor system along with the Novice Network, was really unnecessary and a waste of resources.