I guess you're not aware of the WE ARE VANADIEL site which was specifically created to lead up to this.When/what is the nature of the celebration?
I'm about 99% certain the "something later on" they were talking about was The Voracious Resurgence.What's the surprise?
I mean, what do you want? Balloons raining down from the sky? Ball drop in May in Times Square? At least part of the event is literally every content campaign being active as well as new ones the afformentioned site remembering the history of the game along with interviews, reflections, and other stuff.Where's the celebration? Where are the festivities?
It's nobody's fault but the players that their expectations were inflated. The thing is, people didn't really talk about it all that much either here or on twitter, basically the places they look, so I don't think SE had any reason to believe we were expecting things they weren't prepared to deliver.they could have toned down player expectations when we were clearly making a much bigger deal about it than they were, at least in regards to the game itself.
I guess I'm the only one who honestly expected that it wasn't going to be MAJOR NEW CONTENT or the announcement of a remaster or an expansion or something along those lines. SE never said or did anything to imply to me that something of this magnitude was happening. But maybe I'm just living under a rock and didn't see all the player-driven hoopla over something that was expected to happen?
Regardless, someone is sure to ask them a question in the AMA about how they feel SE built up overly high expectations as to what the anniversary was going to bring and ask what SE's response to that criticism is. It would be hard to avoid answeringif as many people feel this way as you suggest.
I mean, maybe you're forgetting that they did in fact announce a new content for empyrean reofrging, the new super weapon line, and they also stated that we're only "halfway" through The Voracious Resurgence, which I actually expecting was going to conclude on the annviersary. It's not like we're getting nothing at all.not just some external stuff.
You claim your expectations were realistic but imply you still feel let down, even though they discussed and gave dates for new content, in particular a means of reforging empyrean has been awaited for like several years now. It was actually a slightly big deal to me to finally get a date for when I can bring my personal favorite job gear to the forefront again (well, for the jobs I play at least lol).
I don't feel like we got nothing, I feel like we got exactly what I expected- some new content announcements and some past reflection in interviews, and the slew of content campaigns that was likely going to come with the typical anniversary event anyway.
No, they are not incorrect or mistaken. Sorry. Carry on bowing before the BG gods if you like, but I can find innaccuracies on BG that are correct on FFXIclopedia and vice versa. And quite frankly, particualrly on quests missions and the like, the details are presented in a better and more friendly way.Originally Posted by Spicy
Not to mention certain other things like the BG article on Ballista that basically tells people not to do it. A wiki shouldn't be judging the merits of the game features, it should be presenting the information about them without bias. I still periodically hold ballista events- it's a fun release and break from the grind, that's what it's supposed to be and is entirely enjoyable if you don't pretend it's supposed to be something more than that.
While I'm tempted to create an account to fix this, somehow I have a feeling someone would have a problem with it.