FF15 Event - Feedback (Event Spoilers)

I loved the event, not too long, not too short, and (thankfully) not too grindy which is perfect for altaholics like me. The rewards were great, especially the Regalia, and I know I'll look back at the Garuda-bug the same way I did with Raubahn EX when SB launched - with bitter fondness. I'm almost mad we don't have Warp Strike outside of this event, it was so much fun to use!
While I have my share of minor petty complaints (Why isn't Valse di Fantastica the mount music? No Kenny the Crow minion like they showed in the FFXIV UI-themed photo frame on FFXV's side of the event? Why aren't the cutscenes re-watchable?) they didn't detract from my enjoyment of things.
Thank you for the event SE (and thank you for addressing and fixing that bug so quickly!). Not gonna lie all the genderlocking controversy has left a sour taste in my mouth but this has helped to wash it out some. I hope to see something like this with future events. :)

For someone like me, that doesn't really like XV and Noctis, it was fine. One small and inconsequential nitpick I do have however: no edgy / snarky or hilarious WoL dialogue choices.

I loved everything about this event. It would have been nice if it were longer, but at the same time I know that could run the risk of making it too long for other players' tastes.

The battles were all great. My only irritation came from Garuda's draw-in mechanic being unnecessarily difficult to dodge compared to everything else in her instance.

More than anything else, I just wish that events like this, Lightning's, Shantotto's, and Iroha's could be permanent additions to the game rather than limited time events. They have lots of care put into them and everyone should be able to see these events regardless of when they join. Even more than that, I would like the opportunity to redo the events myself as well.

Please consider this in the future.

Nice event but it is a bit ugly to see so many cars in Eorzea now...

My only real complaint is why does Noct look like he's constantly thrown his back out? Wtf is up with that posture? Setting yourself up for some back pain later in life, dude.

And the Garuda draw in mechanic. It wasn't really so bad, once you ignore the instinct to mimic Noct. Just wait until the final draw in then warp out. Much better than praying you'll be far enough away when the skill goes off. Tbh, kinda more bothered by the red arrow attack, with no real indication of, like, is this a stacking? Spread out? What am I expecting there.

Not bad. Just took a couple tries to know what I was dealing with.

Did anyone get a glimpse of his walking animation? That looks so hoaky and out of place lol, almost like it's a G-Mod.

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

Nice event but it is a bit ugly to see so many cars in Eorzea now...

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This.
I don’t know what they thought they where doing with this mount. Obviously a precursor to it appearing on the Mog Station.
It may look ok in XV or whatever happened there, but here it looks flaming awful. Areas just look like used car lots.
A nice idea maybe but with a simply awful visual outcome.

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Originally Posted by Teraluna

This.
I don’t know what they thought they where doing with this mount. Obviously a precursor to it appearing on the Mog Station.
It may look ok in XV or whatever happened there, but here it looks flaming awful. Areas just look like used car lots.
A nice idea maybe but with a simply awful visual outcome.

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Its a limited event. A few weeks / months after the event ends, and you will barely see any (or at least way more sparsely).

I also find it ever so slightly funny that this is what breaks some peoples immersion. We have clouds, magitek walkers, magitek claws, voidsent, giants fat voidsent cats, behemoths and WHALES rollin' around Eorzea for a while now. Oh and the Cloud bike.

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Originally Posted by Lersayil

Its a limited event. A few weeks / months after the event ends, and you will barely see any (or at least way more sparsely).

I also find it ever so slightly funny that this is what breaks some peoples immersion. We have clouds, magitek walkers, magitek claws, voidsent, giants fat voidsent cats, behemoths and WHALES rollin' around Eorzea for a while now. Oh and the Cloud bike.

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Precisely, the game is losing its identity, becoming a dumping ground for some awful looking and disconnected pieces of junk.

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

My only real complaint is why does Noct look like he's constantly thrown his back out? Wtf is up with that posture? Setting yourself up for some back pain later in life, dude.

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I don't know if you've played FF15 but this was done on purpose to not only illustrate Noct's personality but also to contrast it against his peers. Noct's a nice kid but he's also the type to find a lot of things a drag. He sleeps alot and slouches alot. Compare that with Iggy, who's basically poster boy for refined and proper postured gentleman and Prompto, the happy go lucky, kind of a spaz kid or Gladdy, who's basically a mountain in his posture and actions.

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Originally Posted by Teraluna

Precisely, the game is losing its identity, becoming a dumping ground for some awful looking and disconnected pieces of junk.

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I didn't like the fact that the Fenrir bike was going to be included for this reason and I wasn't excited that the car would be either. I'm glad that it's not a mogstation exclusive but at the same time all of these random things is really breaking immersion. I know they are desperate to recoup the loss from FF15 but it still urks me a bit. Once they begin including more 4 seater mounts, it won't be so bad though.

My only complaint that I really hope is addressed is that female Miqo'te, Au'ra, and Hyurs can't see over the wheel/dashboard of the Regalia, which makes taking screenshots (shown here) really difficult.

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Originally Posted by Zandeth

I liked the event even though I heavily criticize how FFXV was handled. Noctis was honestly a breath of fresh air to interact with.

My only complaint that I really hope is addressed is that female Miqo'te, Au'ra, and Hyurs can't see over the wheel/dashboard of the Regalia, which makes taking screenshots (shown here) really difficult.

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Not sure how they could fix that. The mount doesn't scale so you can put 4 people of any size in it so short of putting a booster seat in for those races... nvm... guess that's how they fix it ><

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Originally Posted by Burningskull

Not sure how they could fix that. The mount doesn't scale so you can put 4 people of any size in it so short of putting a booster seat in for those races... nvm... guess that's how they fix it ><

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I'm more than okay with a booster seat. It's just kinda silly being on 24/7 peeking mode.

My only gripe from this event is that the car which is a free as in no real money I get that mount has a bgm I have heard to much from playing hundreds of hours of ffxv and is basically the store vendor bgm and used for one of the main areas you come back to throughout the game

Why they couldn’t use apocalypse Noctis is unbeknownst to me but god I really hope they go back and change that music when I’m in the mount or even since hey it’s a car let us use our orchestration rolls while we’re in it so we can listen to different music while we’re driving with friends because right now I’m really not wanting to use the mount for the sake of the music it plays

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Originally Posted by Dargonis

My only gripe from this event is that the car which is a free as in no real money I get that mount has a bgm I have heard to much from playing hundreds of hours of ffxv and is basically the store vendor bgm and used for one of the main areas you come back to throughout the game

Why they couldn’t use apocalypse Noctis is unbeknownst to me but god I really hope they go back and change that music when I’m in the mount or even since hey it’s a car let us use our orchestration rolls while we’re in it so we can listen to different music while we’re driving with friends because right now I’m really not wanting to use the mount for the sake of the music it plays

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I actually like the track they used for it enough to turn music while mounted back on permanently.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I actually like the track they used for it enough to turn music while mounted back on permanently.

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I wish when we were mounted there was a little mp3 player thing, where you could play music from your orchestration, the mount, or from the zone. Because sometimes I'm in a zone with some music I haven't heard in a while and I REALLY want to hear it.. but then I get on my mount.. Or other times I've been in the zone for hours upon hours and I just want to let my mount speak lol. If it's a memory problem for the console players then uh... well... mp3 player for PC players only, :D :D /comfort <console>. Right now my optimal experience requires menu diving, which I hardly ever remember to do haha.

Also massive bonus points for turning off that FATE music when you have -100000% interest in completing the FATE. That, and I agree the music is pretty great :).

I enjoyed it. But I felt like it was a bit too short. I don't mind that the car requires MGP, but I honestly have never done a single thing at the Gold Saucer, so a heads up about needing MGP would have been nice. At least the event lasts long enough it shouldn't be a problem getting enough MGP for the items.

Loved the event, the glam and the cutscenes and fights.

I just don't like how Roegadyn look in the driver's seat.

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Originally Posted by Destati

... Why aren't the cutscenes re-watchable?) ...

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I checked the unending journey earlier today and there are some of the cutscenes in it.
They're under special events or something.

It's the same tab as the seasonal events.

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Originally Posted by TaranTatsuuchi

I enjoyed it.
I really liked being able to warp strike, that was fun.
The full room aoe was a bit tight on the timing.
Took me several tries to get it to register me not in the 'instant death' zone even though I had warped to, and was standing by, the pillars every time it went off.

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Same sentiment here, cool fights, bit on the simplistic side but that "ultimate" move felt plain buggy with all the server latency.

The car does look a bit... well.. dumb though. Totally does not fit Eorza. *sigh*

OMG! This crossover event was spectacular and the best imo. Being a fan of both XIV and XV, it was a dream come true seeing my character meeting the Prince of Lucis <3
The cutscenes were great; the camping scene just made me squeal with joy ^^
Others have mentioned this as well, do we ever get to see that photo that we took with Noct?! If we don't, that would suck, but that's okay because it inspired me to draw a picture on what the photo may look like (may post it under my ANIME SCREENSHOT REDRAW thread) :p

This may sound sappy, but I did cry a little bit when I reached the end of the event because I didn't want Noctis to go especially knowing the outcome of his journey in XV T^T I just had so much fun hanging out with him..
https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...c7&oe=5D44A212


P.S. Got ALL of the rewards.

People talking about the Garuda AoE wind attack... I died with SMN 3x until I realized that you could actually run THROUGH the pillar after teleporting to it... so I just kept running through it each time until her attack finished. I think most people don't try to keep running after teleporting, thinking that simply teleporting is enough... but it seemed like getting further distance (running through the pillar) was what saved me.

I enjoyed it but I feel like Valse di Fantastica for the Regalia mount theme would work way better than it's current one.

I want the camp song as an orchestration.

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Originally Posted by DreamAngel-Ren

OMG! This crossover event was spectacular and the best imo. Being a fan of both XIV and XV, it was a dream come true seeing my character meeting the Prince of Lucis <3
The cutscenes were great; the camping scene just made me squeal with joy ^^
Others have mentioned this as well, do we ever get to see that photo that we took with Noct?! If we don't, that would suck, but that's okay because it inspired me to draw a picture on what the photo may look like (may post it under my ANIME SCREENSHOT REDRAW thread) :p

This may sound sappy, but I did cry a little bit when I reached the end of the event because I didn't want Noctis to go especially knowing the outcome of his journey in XV T^T I just had so much fun hanging out with him..
https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...c7&oe=5D44A212


P.S. Got ALL of the rewards.

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Since this is marked spoilers...


You didn't just meet him, he saw fit to grant you power. :)

I wouldnt mind Veiled in Black as my default combat music *wink wink SE*

Give everyone a big pat in the back for that event!

I wasn't expecting anything out of it as FFXV had too many things i didn't like about it and I didn't buy it. So there was no AH-HA! moment from references for me and still... This event was extremely nice!

We got many cool musics, an okay costume and the FIRST 4 places mount for FREE! ($ i mean)
They could've put the Regalia in the cash shop (honestly I was expecting that and it would've been fine for me even if I probably wouldn't have put the money in for it)
But no, instead we all have a chance to get it and Yoshi even said they could put the event back on should players ask for it which is insane costumer consideration in my opinion.

The Garuda fight... That's one of the best fight's I've had in this game I wish I could do it again!
Let's take a look at why the warp mechanic was fun:

From a parameter point of view, all you're doing is:
- selecting the correct target among a couple targets
- executing a skill given to you with the appropriate timing

The form given to this could've been something like, select the proper target and use a gun skill that shoots it up with the correct timing. Mechanicaly it would've given the same result. However, the appearance and form we experience by using a warp skill instead provokes two feelings for the players:

1. We feel like bad asses ninjas teleporting around the map at the speed of light like we have super reflexes and the lack of CD on the skill puts the emphasis on that feeling as we get to experience it non-stop.
2. It really feels like we are being a team player by coordinating our skill with Noctis and increasing the damage for the both of us by doing so.

That's my feedback, make us feel these two things more in the upcoming content (Post SHB cause it's all already made I know) and there's bound to be more satisfied players.
Keep up the good work and send some love to the JP studio as well they deserve it too!

Overall the event was a nice one, and I like the stuff we did get out of it. I also enjoyed the story and the camp scene especially. If I had to request anything else of it, it would have been to give music scrolls of all the FFXV music that was featured in the event, and also a Noctis minion would have been fantastic.

As someone who really enjoyed FF15 i was happy overall with the event.

I think it was done well, i enjoyed the fights and a part of me wants a Noctis job put into the game now. Warping was so cool.

I know a lot of people felt some type of way about the event, because its the popular opinion to trash talk FF15.

But i thought it was really good, and it even made me feel nostalgic in a way.

And the rewards were definitely amazing. A free outfit that is dyeable and goes into the Armoire saving space. A new hairstyle, and the first ever 4 seater mount for FREE!

I still saw people complaining about how the event was trash, but even if you felt that way i think the rewards definitely make up for it.

I was really let down by the photo.... come on SE, I expected some derpy selfies or something.

The rest was nice though, nothing I could complain about really. I only found it to be very short IMO.

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Originally Posted by ChaoticCrimson

Overall the event was a nice one, and I like the stuff we did get out of it. I also enjoyed the story and the camp scene especially. If I had to request anything else of it, it would have been to give music scrolls of all the FFXV music that was featured in the event, and also a Noctis minion would have been fantastic.

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OMG YES! I was hoping for a Noctis minion, but sadly we didn't get one.
(Psst..hey..take notes SE >.> <.<)

As a huge fan of both FFXIV and FFXV this was all I could ask for. Besides the laggy fate it was awesome. The music, the cutscenes - the dialogs! It was so well done. Noct came off excactly how I remembered him and his promise to a special someone made me shed a tear.

Probably will have another run with FFXV now.

The tight timing on the Garuda battle made it more frustrating than it should have been - particularly as it was so far into the fight before you had to deal with it, and happened so quickly that it was hard to understand what I was doing wrong. Perhaps it would have worked better if there was a non-lethal version of the same mechanic earlier in the fight?

It was definitely satisfying to get hang of the main "dodge AoE, then warp-strike in" mechanic though. Especially getting the timing right so both of us are jumping in at the same time.


And I agree with the people who said Noctis's pose looks dreadful. It doesn't look like a "lazy slouch" to me. Having tried to copy it, it's an awkward position that you have to deliberately get into - knees forward, head leaning back beyond your centre of gravity - and takes effort to hold.


Not being an FFXV fan or keen on dressing my characters in casual clothing, its hard to be excited about the event rewards. Uglier versions of the Survival Slops and Survival Boots, a mismatched glove and a shirt with skulls-and-crossbones all over it (that kills any potential use for me). It feels too similar to the already-similar Cloud and Squall outfits, but I guess that says more about SE's overall variety in lead character design than their choice in what gear to put in this game.

And the car... I bought it, because it'd be silly not to for practical reasons, but it's only getting used if I actually need to transport people around. It looks so out-of-place in this setting.


Also the ending had the slightly awkward impression that he was going to run over the lady "waiting for him in the light".... not having any story familiarity, I assume she's not physically standing there, but still that's what it looks like.



Doing these "crossover with other worlds" events seems really awkward when they try to set it as a real event happening in the game's story, but then are simultaneously trying to run their own plot about there being multiple planes of reality with a different set of rules and implications.

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Originally Posted by rachcouture

5. Why is Lunafreya's dress not available when they went through the trouble of rigging it to FFXIV bodies for a five second guest appearance? This game desperately needs more pretty gowns. Eastern Ladies' Cheongsam isn't enough.

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Did they definitely rig it for FFXIV? Or are they possibly just using the FFXV model for that shot? It's isolated and hazy in the light.

But yes, more pretty dresses please.

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Originally Posted by Lersayil

I also find it ever so slightly funny that this is what breaks some peoples immersion. We have clouds, magitek walkers, magitek claws, voidsent, giants fat voidsent cats, behemoths and WHALES rollin' around Eorzea for a while now. Oh and the Cloud bike.

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I feel like the issue is the recognisability of a car (and motorbike). A Magitek armour is something unique and has a fantasy edge to it, but the car is more-or-less straight from our own modern world.

I will say, the car transformation for flying is kinda pretty impressive.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

The tight timing on the Garuda battle made it more frustrating than it should have been - particularly as it was so far into the fight before you had to deal with it, and happened so quickly that it was hard to understand what I was doing wrong. Perhaps it would have worked better if there was a non-lethal version of the same mechanic earlier in the fight?

It was definitely satisfying to get hang of the main "dodge AoE, then warp-strike in" mechanic though. Especially getting the timing right so both of us are jumping in at the same time.


And I agree with the people who said Noctis's pose looks dreadful. It doesn't look like a "lazy slouch" to me. Having tried to copy it, it's an awkward position that you have to deliberately get into - knees forward, head leaning back beyond your centre of gravity - and takes effort to hold.


Not being an FFXV fan or keen on dressing my characters in casual clothing, its hard to be excited about the event rewards. Uglier versions of the Survival Slops and Survival Boots, a mismatched glove and a shirt with skulls-and-crossbones all over it (that kills any potential use for me). It feels too similar to the already-similar Cloud and Squall outfits, but I guess that says more about SE's overall variety in lead character design than their choice in what gear to put in this game.

And the car... I bought it, because it'd be silly not to for practical reasons, but it's only getting used if I actually need to transport people around. It looks so out-of-place in this setting.


Also the ending had the slightly awkward impression that he was going to run over the lady "waiting for him in the light".... not having any story familiarity, I assume she's not physically standing there, but still that's what it looks like.



Doing these "crossover with other worlds" events seems really awkward when they try to set it as a real event happening in the game's story, but then are simultaneously trying to run their own plot about there being multiple planes of reality with a different set of rules and implications.





Did they definitely rig it for FFXIV? Or are they possibly just using the FFXV model for that shot? It's isolated and hazy in the light.

But yes, more pretty dresses please.





I feel like the issue is the recognisability of a car (and motorbike). A Magitek armour is something unique and has a fantasy edge to it, but the car is more-or-less straight from our own modern world.

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This.
People quote other mounts as a reason why this is somehow ok to put in a fantasy mmo. Like saying the core identity of game has already been diluted by other disconnected items so another one won’t matter.
That’s a good thing?
The car (and bike although less obtrusive) are ridiculous in this game.
What makes it even worse is the turning animations of the thing. People where spinning it around like some kids toy.
Truly awful shoe in idea.

Just so you know, you can delete text out of a quoted post and just leave the bit you're actually replying to.

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Originally Posted by Teraluna

This.
People quote other mounts as a reason why this is somehow ok to put in a fantasy mmo. Like saying the core identity of game has already been diluted by other disconnected items so another one won’t matter.
That’s a good thing?
The car (and bike although less obtrusive) are ridiculous in this game.
What makes it even worse is the turning animations of the thing. People where spinning it around like some kids toy.
Truly awful shoe in idea.

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No, what I meant is that your immersion is shallow and your suspension of disbelief is weak. /s

Anyways I am sort of joking. Views on this are subjective and given Ironworks, Garlean and Allagan tech levels you would need a lot more to break my mind on the matter. I do guess that RP-ers have more issues with it? I only view quests and story as canon, players outside that are MMO background noise.

EDIT: then again I'm the kind of person that enjoys the new Eorzea DRIFTO memes with eurobeat undercuts so my opinion might be totally worthless.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Just so you know, you can delete text out of a quoted post and just leave the bit you're actually replying to.

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I may try that later

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Originally Posted by Lersayil

No, what I meant is that your immersion is shallow and your suspension of disbelief is weak. /s

Anyways I am sort of joking. Views on this are subjective and given Ironworks, Garlean and Allagan tech levels you would need a lot more to break my mind on the matter. I do guess that RP-ers have more issues with it? I only view quests and story as canon, players outside that are MMO background noise.

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From what I've seen it's causing less of a commotion than tomephones did back when the app was released, which thank god because that was an unending nightmare I don't care to witness any time soon. I think most people have just quietly accepted the immersion break for what it is, since the quest goes out of it's way to say that the car is unique in Eorzea and not something even the Garleans are capable of fully replicating.

For my part I'm more confused about when this little side quest takes place. It's Lv.50 capped and Cid is wearing his old ARR gear in all the cutscenes, so I expect it's before you go to Ishgard. But then if it's been that long you'd think all those gear pieces the grand companies have you collect would have furthered their understanding of magitek? So is it current to Stormblood and Cid just happened to have his old clothes laying around? Will we see the gear referenced later? Or is it better to just think of it as a fever dream that has no internal consistency with the game itself? Likely the last one frankly for the reasons Iscah mentioned due to the tonal dissonance with the current storyline. It's probably better not to think of it too much honestly. I doubt the people in charge of the event put very much thought in the story implications it might have, so why should we?