I like that they (Funcom) are still making it exclusive in a way as to not offer the original version of the content so people who did the work and effort on the season of the BP can feel special for the fact they have been around supporting the company, I have played FF14 as well plan to again, Courel server.
But most games just offer the same thing and for go any extra work or effort to make it a exclusive aspect, I paid around 200$ for a exclusivity of constantly daily mail based items in Red dead redemption 2 and Eventually the people whining about it being unfair ended up with the same thing for free. Made me distrust the company and never plan to pay for a exclusive content promise, FFXI being a MMO I see it being entirely different and fair to offer it for monetary reciprocation but long as it’s by individual items rather than a bundle.