The veteran rewards system got replaced by the achievement certificate shop and as much as I understand why, not much has been added to replace it.

This is how many certificates I'm sitting on currently:


I did not check with anyone else to see what people have on average, but compared to the shop selection that's a lot of certificates to have with nothing to spend on at all.

Here is what the veteran rewards were like: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...teran_rewards/

I currently have 454 days on my account, and we haven't gotten anything new past the Squall outfit at 330 days. When I started, I remember fawning over players with these veteran outfits as I thought it was really cool to have something to commemorate how long they had been playing.

The ribbon was only 2 certificates, the magitek mount 6 certificates.

Unless I'm mistaken, everything else on there is something that would've previously been obtained by playing the game already. That means I've only had the opportunity to use 8 certificates.


I thought it was a really nice concept when the change was made, but now I am worried it's been abandonned.

What does everyone else think on this topic? Are you a newer player still working towards buying the shop items? Or are you a veteran with even more days who thinks we haven't gotten rewards for even longer? I'd like to know.