White Raven earring given out at The Rising event 2018

[Odstarva]

They are giving earrings to celebrate FFXIV's anniversary, and this upsets you?

Your sub costs less, you have a nifty tattoo on your back, a unicorn horn and an exclusive chocobo.
And be honest, did you even wear those earrings?

[MarniDawg]

Wow salt over earrings. No one is taking your item away. You still beat a hard fight and have memories. Level up carpenter, build a bridge and get over it please, seriously.

[Corue]

They could have quite simply put "replica" in front and nothing would have come about from this.

[Mahrze]

They could have quite simply put "replica" in front and nothing would have come about from this.

But why tho? That would literally change nothing but appease to a very small minority at this point. Sure they helped save the game and have posterity in the credits of 2.0. But 3.0 wouldn't have come to be if not for the growth it got from 2.0 non-legacy players. And that can be on repeat of 4.0 not being without the 3.0 growth.

Its called 'pay it forward'.

[Niwashi]

They've been exclusive long enough. As far as the story goes, all of our characters were there, whether we as players were or not. It's simply backstory for 2.0 characters, and backstory that's never gone into in detail. We've been asking a long time for the game to review what happened back then for those of us who didn't play that part of the story (and a chance for those who did to revisit it). It looks like this Rising event may finally be giving us that. Seems like a perfect way to celebrate a five year anniversary.

[Kaurhz]

I legit don't see the issue here. Granted they have some level of symbolism for legacy players that have indeed done this fight, nothing can take that away, and if the value of that item to you is defined by the same metric as the remainder of the community view it, then it's either naivete, or the item simply didn't have that much value to you in the first place. They're also a symbol of the games history which frankly is worth celebrating at an anniversary event, I mean heaven forbid they put items that celebrate the history of the game. But alas I guess the majority seem to be more content with them celebrating an anniversary with items that are almost entirely irrelevant to the history of the game. Get over yourselves.

Who would've thought we'd celebrate an anniversary of the game with items that have special value to the game? Crazy right?

[MuseTraveller]

I'm sorry I'm a low 2.0 peasant unworthy of touching your glorious 1.0 items, I understand my devotion for this game means naught for I've not survived the meteor. /grovel

[Magic-Mal]

Am I the only one confused at how taking something that looks exactly like a once exclusive item in every way and slapping "Replica" on it somehow makes it okay for the 1.0 players?

It's literally the same item. Does that mean it's okay for every other exclusive to have a "Replica"? Like contest exclusives and PvP exclusives? Would you guys be okay if I had the legacy tattoo but it was just a "replica"?


Also wanted to talk about this:

I'm sorry I'm a low 2.0 peasant unworthy of touching your glorious 1.0 items, am I understand my devotion for this game means naught for I've not survived the meteor. /grovel

This is a celebration about 1.0 and the history of the game. It's almost like we're celebrating you 1.0 players even! . As someone who played for years but not during 1.0, I not worthy of being acknowledged as a loyal player? A loyal customer?

I played ARR. I supported the creation of HW. Where's my goodies?
I played HW. I supported the creation of SB. Where's my goodies?
I'm currently playing SB right now(despite my topic on the page). Will I get goodies?

What makes YOU so special? What makes YOUR support so special?

[Kleeya]

I did finish most of the ARR beasts tribe quest recently. Do you think SE should transform all the mascots and mounts i did get from that into [REPLICA]name_of_the_item, because it was more easy to get them with 70 stuff than with 50 one when this was the maximum available ? Otherwise some veterans could be offended.

Same question for all the level 50 mounts that i did get while being unsynched to 60. Should i have [REPLICA]name_of_the_mount instead ?

Irony aside, newcomers having it in the end more easy than veterans has always been a plain normal thing in mmos. There is even webcomics about that older than FF14 1.0 launch : http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/299/

[Tsalmaveth]

I certainly don't check out a player's gear or glamour and respect them for any of it. XD Ever. I respect them only if they earn it when I interact with them as a person.

Period.