Grandfathered items are effectively our "vet reward" - in fact, the learned Nevermore once stated that those who have played the shard longer will acquire items that newer players cannot just by virtue of the length of time they have been on the shard.Nevermore wrote:
Well we've hardly been open two months, so I don't think vet rewards are really too important at the moment. And the life-span of players playing free shards isn't that long. How many of you really expect to be playing a year from now? Or two or three? The chances aren't very likely.
Besides just by playing the shard, vets will have plenty of things that most people who haven't been around as long don't.
Those of us who were around to get the grandfathered items - great - it comes with the territory.