Hatching tide 2019

[AlliciaCapulet]

Thanks you Square Enix for this event ! I really like when an event is more than just doing some repetitive fates or just talking to lots of NPCs. Thanks for making nice events like this, I like to have to think to find what to do. So this event was Eggcellent !

Also, this outfit is seggsy, I really like it ! ^^

[xLucia]

I don't get what you're supposed to do for the quest O.o The map with the random letters and all X_x Either I'm stupid or I'm missing something

[Tint]

I don't get what you're supposed to do for the quest O.o The map with the random letters and all X_x Either I'm stupid or I'm missing something

You can talk to the catgirl from the quest to get some clue... well, she basically solves the quest for you.

[xLucia]

Yeaa I did, and even that didn't help me at first >.> I feel so dumb hahaha. I suck at riddles, esp after I just woke up xD

[Alien_Gamer]

The third instance of the map she shows you has both numbers and letters. She tells you if she follows the numbers from one to the other it gives her a name, this is an almost literal instruction for reading the map.

Read each letter between 1 and 2, then continue reading letters between 2 and 3. The letters in order spell out the name of a fairly prominent NPC in Gridania.

[xLucia]

Yea found it, I'm guessing the 2nd map riddle works the same way?

[xLucia]

I didn't even think about talking to the NPC multiple times for hints >.< Gosh I feel so stupid hahaha

[Allegor]

The first puzzle was fun, the second one, however...

I [still] have no idea how "one, three, five" is related to that guy, I just roamed the Shroud and came across a bunch of people with the cinematic icon. I thought it'd be one of Marcette's assistants or someone named "Ace". /huh

[MrThinker]

The first puzzle was fun, the second one, however...

I [still] have no idea how "one, three, five" is related to that guy, I just roamed the Shroud and came across a bunch of people with the cinematic icon. I thought it'd be one of Marcette's assistants or someone named "Ace". /huh

Well you see;

After you get that clue, you have to read the letters between One, Three and Five on the event map for the TRUE answer: Gabineaux

[Hasrat]

The first puzzle was fun, the second one, however...

I [still] have no idea how "one, three, five" is related to that guy, I just roamed the Shroud and came across a bunch of people with the cinematic icon. I thought it'd be one of Marcette's assistants or someone named "Ace". /huh

The final clue she gives points out that you're then meant to only follow the numbers on the map, 1 to 3 to 5, spells out the guy's name. But, also maybe made somewhat additionally difficult by expecting the player to know the odd NPC/location name.

More importantly, I've been playing for years, and I never knew that building was even accessible. I always thought those were locked doors. Literally NPCs I don't think I've ever noticed. Or at least it's been a very long time since I've seen that.

Only criticism I have is that the crumpled map is too faint, difficult to see how it relates to the actual map. Makes figuring out that first step all the more frustrating, I think, before you understand the spriggans aren't representing individual letters. Would've also/either been nice to have been able to keep the crumpled map up along with the player map, to be able to overlay and see a little clearer, without having to resort to all the hints.

I don't think I could've figured it out on my own without the hints, not really knowing what I was looking for. After learning to expect an NPC name in the first round, I might've made some progress on the second, if the map were a little more intuitive and easy to work with. And also maybe if the NPC were a little more recognizable. Although.... I don't think I'm very familiar with any NPC's names in Gridania, really. Damned elezen/wildwood naming conventions...