Idea To Help Ukraine

[Qujah]

Natural disasters are very different to complex regional conflicts, however. Especially if a business chooses to weigh in on some and not others.

This isn't just some "regional conflict".

For almost everyone else except Putin and his "entourage" this won't feel much different than a natural disaster, as soon as it concerns your life: It is a catastrophe (caused by one maniac) that unleashes upon peoples heads without their consent and will. No decent human being can approve with what is happening there.

And you can't expect any actions or statements from SE. But no one will stop us, the players, from showing support for Ukraine.

Suggestion: Let's do some "blue & yellow glam days"!
I'm already wearing an outfit in these colours; I think it's Othard Blue dye and Honey Yellow dye. These dyes aren't expensive. For Honey Yellow you need Yellow Pigment (Miner) from Lower La Noscea/Cedarwood or (as a Botanist) from North Shroud/Peacegarden (suitable name). For Othard Blue it's Blue Pigment from either Western Thanalan/Nophica's Wells (MIN) or Eastern La Noscea/Bloodshore (BTN). And any lvl30 crafter can craft that.

I'm ready to gather and craft more of these and hand out the dyes for free, but I will not spam in-game messages like "get blue and yellow dyes for free" (I still hate spamming).

I'd love to see many players in blue and yellow for a while.

Regards
Qujah

[Vahlnir]

This isn't just some "regional conflict".

For almost everyone else except Putin and his "entourage" this won't feel much different than a natural disaster, as soon as it concerns your life: It is a catastrophe (caused by one maniac) that unleashes upon peoples heads without their consent and will. No decent human being can approve with what is happening there.

Yep. This is everyone's problem, whether they realize it or not. Doesn't matter if they live a few miles from Kyiv or up in the Yukon area of Canada. The ramifications are huge, and that is why there is so much outpouring of support for Ukraine right now. They are a democracy under attack by a dictatorship. That is not okay.

[Theodric]

I'm sure many of the people here are well aware of the consequences of war, especially since Europe in particular has been forced to endure the long term ripple effects that arose from previous conflicts that - quite honestly - should never have happened in the first place.

[LisSquid]

It would be great to add some sort of cosmetic item into FFXIV store

You should not be given memorabilia when people are living in crisis.

This is so insufferably insensitive.

[Padudu]

This isn't just some "regional conflict".

For almost everyone else except Putin and his "entourage" this won't feel much different than a natural disaster, as soon as it concerns your life: It is a catastrophe (caused by one maniac) that unleashes upon peoples heads without their consent and will. No decent human being can approve with what is happening there.

And you can't expect any actions or statements from SE. But no one will stop us, the players, from showing support for Ukraine.

Suggestion: Let's do some "blue & yellow glam days"!
I'm already wearing an outfit in these colours; I think it's Othard Blue dye and Honey Yellow dye. These dyes aren't expensive. For Honey Yellow you need Yellow Pigment (Miner) from Lower La Noscea/Cedarwood or (as a Botanist) from North Shroud/Peacegarden (suitable name). For Othard Blue it's Blue Pigment from either Western Thanalan/Nophica's Wells (MIN) or Eastern La Noscea/Bloodshore (BTN). And any lvl30 crafter can craft that.

I'm ready to gather and craft more of these and hand out the dyes for free, but I will not spam in-game messages like "get blue and yellow dyes for free" (I still hate spamming).

I'd love to see many players in blue and yellow for a while.

Regards
Qujah

no one is stopping you from wearing Ukraine flag colors in game lol just don't act as if this is making a some sort of impactful difference.

also Theodric never said it was "just" a regional conflict lol don't put words in his mouth. Come on now you know his point is very well that giving aid to natural disasters vs political conflicts are two very different ball games

[weebtext]

I saw someone ingame wearing the flag colors and my immediate thought was "damn they repping Snow White". Slacktivism at it's finest!

[MilkieTea]

While I understand wishing to support Ukraine ingame, you must understand this very important thing: imploring for cosmetic memorabilia to support Ukraine does not look good. It's entirely bad optics. The people who wish to support Ukraine are doing so already, and the people who don't care enough about it would simply buy it as yet another glamour item to add to their glamour dressers.

If you wish to support Ukraine with funds, donate to charities. If you wish to support Ukraine with actions, they've suspended Visa requirements for those wishing to enter Ukraine and assist in the conflict. Join up with organizations such as Red Cross, help with getting supplies to them. If you're in Europe and have the capability, open up your home or business to refugees fleeing the crisis. That is how you can help.

Edit to add: those are not the only options, before anyone acts like I'm saying these are the only options. But I'd like to say something: wearing blue and yellow reminds me of those who put up black pictures on their instagram during BLM protests. It was tone deaf and the people at protests weren't "emboldened by the support." It's something you do when you want to act like you're making a bigger impact than you are. The people of Ukraine deserve more than your avatar standing around wearing blue and yellow. Do better. Use your voice. Use your actions. Be proactive, make sure you know what is going on. Reach out to Ukrainians personally, send over money and aid to families.