Makai stuff missing from Calamity Salvager

[Vidu]

um it was definitely mentioned that you needed the achievement to be able to buy back the pieces at the calamity salvager.

To be fair, this is what the lodestone said: "Gear you have previously earned can still be obtained from the Calamity Salvager after Patch 5.1."

So... it could have been clearer - but it seems also perfectly reasonable on their side to expect that people know how the Salvager works... or to maybe check if they're able to get the gear back from there before the event ends... I'll admit though that its almost naive to expect the playerbase to be reasonable, pay attention or educate themself about such things beforehand...

[JohnSpawnVFX]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...d0c948912fe364

The Garo gear added in patch 3.5 can now also be obtained via the Calamity salvager NPC.

Players must first obtain the corresponding achievement before they will be able to reobtain any gear.
For example, players wishing to reobtain the Face of the Golden Wolf must first gain the Echoes of the Golden Wolf achievement.

[DrWho2010]

thank you JohnSpawn. also echo Vidu's statement. people if you aren't sure. look. it. up.

[Celef]

My bad then, did not check it properly (on the other hand, I left the game for 6 months so was not really paying attention to the news)

[TalithaSolarien]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...d0c948912fe364

The Garo gear added in patch 3.5 can now also be obtained via the Calamity salvager NPC.

Players must first obtain the corresponding achievement before they will be able to reobtain any gear.
For example, players wishing to reobtain the Face of the Golden Wolf must first gain the Echoes of the Golden Wolf achievement.

That is a Lodestone article for a patch that is over 2 years old. Do you really expect that all players know all patch notes/Lodestone articles from the last 5 years inside/out ? There are new players that never have looked at those articles.

[Macleod]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...d0c948912fe364

The Garo gear added in patch 3.5 can now also be obtained via the Calamity salvager NPC.

Players must first obtain the corresponding achievement before they will be able to reobtain any gear.
For example, players wishing to reobtain the Face of the Golden Wolf must first gain the Echoes of the Golden Wolf achievement.

Patch notes about it from two and a half years ago aren't really relevant for people that weren't playing then. It should've been restated before 5.1.

[Brightshadow]

Honestly for a limited time event they should have made all of these things much easier to obtain/reobtain. For the amount of effort that we put to get everything from Mako it should have been a permanent event like the Monster Hunter event.

But...who knows at this point everyone should try to get the Monster Hunter stuff asap because they might remove it in the future like they did the Mako.

[Vidu]

That is a Lodestone article for a patch that is over 2 years old. Do you really expect that all players know all patch notes/Lodestone articles from the last 5 years inside/out ? There are new players that never have looked at those articles.

Maybe not - but knowing how the Salvager works is something I feel you can reasonably expect from anyone playing the game long enough to care about the Garo-stuff... or if they dont know the Salvager works, to maybe check wether or not they can re-buy the gear they're intrested in in the 6 months leading up to Garo being discontinued, instead of taking a peak 2 weeks later...

Honestly for a limited time event they should have made all of these things much easier to obtain/reobtain. For the amount of effort that we put to get everything from Mako it should have been a permanent event like the Monster Hunter event.

But...who knows at this point everyone should try to get the Monster Hunter stuff asap because they might remove it in the future like they did the Mako.

The "limited time" we're talking about here was over 2 years - which is plenty to obtain whatever you wanted from it. They informed us 6 months in advance that the event would end - and even 6 months is plenty of time to collect everything...

They also announced from the very start that it would not stay in the game forever, so it was to be expected that it would be removed at somepoint. This isnt true for Rathalos, which isnt a limited time event but part of the game now. So no, they're not going to remove that (...as you even said yourself...).

[MomomiMomi]

Maybe not - but knowing how the Salvager works is something I feel you can reasonably expect from anyone playing the game long enough to care about the Garo-stuff... or if they dont know the Salvager works, to maybe check wether or not they can re-buy the gear they're intrested in in the 6 months leading up to Garo being discontinued, instead of taking a peak 2 weeks later...

I don't think it's too unreasonable for some people who are not aware of the reasons why the salvager works the way it does to think that this could have been different, especially when their announcement post made no reference to the achievement being required, only that you must have "earned" the gear.

[DrWho2010]

I'm always of the mind that you as a player must stay informed if you wish to play a game like this. you are only doing yourself a disservice if you are in the dark about how things work.