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Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Veedo - 09-22-2010
So a few friends of mine got XIV at the same time as me today (technically yesterday now) and to my dismay and their joy they have BOTH pre-order items.
I've sent a rather polite "WTF Mate?" email to Square Enix in regards to this, but still.. Knowing how their response center works I'll be getting a reply post-SE release so if I wanted the goggles I'd already have them.
Anyone else have mixed feelings regarding this?
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Hiyoshroom - 09-22-2010
..uh..wow, maybe they somehow put both codes in a batch? weird c.c;
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Veedo - 09-22-2010
My friend told me the Helm was in the CE box and they had the goggle code emailed to them later on in the day.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Emaraya - 09-22-2010
You're comitting a sin: Envy!
For real, wish them luck, be nice and accept your fate. For the next release just move to Australian. Thousands of dollar may be worth an extra item...
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Veedo - 09-22-2010
It's not really envy, as I preorderedboth versions of the game anyway to get both items. It's just a case of... Why am I having to pay an extra amount for the same?
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Satisiun - 09-22-2010
Veedo Wrote:Why am I having to pay an extra amount for the same?
Because the Aussies deserve to be thrown a bone once and a while. Have you seen how awful it is down there in terms of release dates for most games, much less all the censoring they do?
Poor blokes.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Trizzip - 09-22-2010
Satisiun Wrote:Veedo Wrote:Why am I having to pay an extra amount for the same?
Because the Aussies deserve to be thrown a bone once and a while. Have you seen how awful it is down there in terms of release dates for most games, much less all the censoring they do?
Not to mention how much more expensive the games are down there. Those Aussies got it rough for sure.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Asytra - 09-22-2010
Satisiun Wrote:Veedo Wrote:Why am I having to pay an extra amount for the same?
Because the Aussies deserve to be thrown a bone once and a while. Have you seen how awful it is down there in terms of release dates for most games, much less all the censoring they do?
Yeah it's worse than the EU and what Schwarzenegger is trying to shove through.
Sides you can't wear both at the same time and the Onion Helm is dorky anyways.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Veedo - 09-22-2010
I think my main issue is the fact that the goggles give that nice boost to stat gain.
So not only is one country getting BOTH pre-order items, but also BOTH benefits. Last I checked the goggles were designed to help the SE people CATCH UP to us with the CE. Now if the eight-days-early goggles DIDN'T have the stat bonus I wouldn't be as bothered. I know you can make goggles that LOOK like those ingame anyway, so it's the -effect- that is the issue.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Asyria - 09-23-2010
Honestly?
I wanted the CE for a variety of reason, including the Making Of (though there is nothing that I haven't already seen on YouTube, which sucks... what good is a dvd with stuff that's been released prior to pre-release?).
I would -gladly- trade that silly Onion Helm for goggles that improve crafting.
All in all, the only benefit I got from buying CE is a pretty book I won't want to write in, a funky certificate (the page to redeem it didn't even work when I tried earlier), and a few more days of playing.
I'm disappointed and should have gone for the regular release.
Now some folks get the goggles with their CE? That sucks. I wanted those goggles but thought the CE would be worth the sacrifice. It kinda isn't, considering the price difference, so I'm a sad panda. Except I'm not a panda.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Chveya - 09-23-2010
Emaraya Wrote:You're comitting a sin: Envy!
.
Please explain how it is envious to expect fairness?
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Kashemia - 09-23-2010
Chveya Wrote:Please explain how it is envious to expect fairness?
Because expecting complete fairness CAN lead to envy.
I'll make an example. A family has six children. While all of the children are living at home, the money are a bit tight. Now, of course the children grow older. when the 3 oldest has moved away from home and starts taking care of themselves, the parents of course have more money in their hands than they did when all 6 was living at home. They still help the 3 oldest out now and then, but all in all, they don't spend nearly as much on them, as they did when they were living at home.
Now, if it was to be totally fair, the parents would not spend any more money on the 3 remaining kids, than they did on the 3 oldest when they were still living at home. It's fair, right? Why should the 3 youngest get anything more than the 3 oldest?
But in my eyes, it would be extremely petty of the 3 oldest to expect that, and it WOULD be envy. If the oldest demanded that the parents didn't spend more on teir younger siblings, they wouldn't be doing anything good for themselves, they would only be taking away from their siblings, which, as I said, is rather petty.
Now, I know that this example can't completely translate to this situation, since we actually payed for the CE. While I'd have liked the goggles too, I'm in no way upset that the people in Australia got it. It's most likely a mistake, and not SE going "Haha, we're giving THIS to people in Australia, but not to YOU!", so I'm just happy for the people there, who get both. If me and a friend were getting money from an ATM, and my friend by mistake got 20 dollars extra, and I didn't, I wouldn't be upset at the ATM. A bit envious at my friend for getting more money, sure, but in a good hearted way, I'd mainly be happy for him.
And I should probably just shut up with all my examples now
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Veedo - 09-23-2010
In regards to your final part. Getting the goggles wouldn't be breaking the law if we kept them.
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Tagyr - 09-23-2010
Maybe they thought we Australians needed the goggles to deal with the lag that nobody else tends to experience
I never got any goggles though *insert whine*
Re: Goggles AND Helm? Only if you're Australian! - Kashemia - 09-23-2010
Veedo Wrote:In regards to your final part. Getting the goggles wouldn't be breaking the law if we kept them.
True, hehe, I wasn't really calculating the law into it. Then let's say... You're ordering icecream, and your friend accidently get 3 scoops instead of 2? Or wait, I guess that could be concidered illegal too... Damn you, silly law system!