Lack of Pax Prime

So last year SE held a big event for FFXIV at Pax Prime.

This year at Gamescon they also held an event, complete with Trial challenges. This was also featured as an event on the anniversary website...

They also have Pax Prime listed on the anniversary website, leading folks to believe something's planned...

And the big reveal?!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwOVATaCMAATich.jpg

Yup, that's right! Cardboard hats on a table at the SE booth...

/disappointed

Bummer.
But at least we got a whole lot of other stuff going on.

I really want that chocobo hat

Isn't this only Day 1 of Pax for them?

We still have 3 days left.

Still waiting for FF15...

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

Isn't this only Day 1 of Pax for them?

We still have 3 days left.

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Even per Bayonne, we're getting nothing: https://twitter.com/mattalos/status/505156042989129728

Last year they didn't have their own show that is for all things Final Fantasy (in America). A show that is just a little more then a month away. Why would they share big announcements at PAX? Would kind of defeat the reason to go to their show.

Haha, I'm not asking for a presentation or announcements...

Just something more along the lines of gamescon; an actual presence at Pax where people could challenge Laviathan or maybe even Greg. Get one of those cool "I beat 'insert challenge name'" shirts.

PAX is rapidly becoming oversaturated with every major company trying to get 'their game' on the show floor, so it doesn't surprise me that FFXIV's space is smaller than last year.

Eh, I could understand going from last year's whole conference room down to like a single screen or something, but there was nothing at all this year. Hell, WoW and ESO both had amazing displays...

Maybe they had lots of stuff to do with their 1 year anniversary + preparing new events (aka fan fest) ?

I understand the disappointment. However, with the potential hugeness that is 2.38 and the even bigger potential hugeness that is 2.4... there is plenty of time for all sorts of reveals and fanfare. I think its been mentioned they want to save many of the bigger reveals for the community gatherings.

This post isn't about news, reveals, or any other sort of addition or announcement. It's about presence. My friends and I were very much looking forward to a little event like challenging Levi and getting a silly shirt. This may be 14's one year anniversary, but there's nothing like that to be found anywhere at PAX. And understandable or not, it is disappointing.

Finally someone understood what I was saying. Thank you Kouren ^^

There is an event pretty much every month, and not every one of them is going to be special. Most of them won't, probably. I mean honestly you should've known better considering FanFest is coming up... That's the one you want to go to.

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Originally Posted by BeePee

Hell, WoW and ESO both had amazing displays...

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WoW and ESO are desperate for subs. FFXIV is not. Plus I think Blizzard has always been pretty flashy. Not to mention Blizzard Entertainment and ZeniMax/Bethesda are both American companies... SE is not. I can't see SE having big shows in the USA unless it's something like release (wherein you said they did have a good event), or an expansion.

14 had 'events' like the one I mentioned at several other venues, both this year and last year. Even PAX East had Leviathan — PAX Prime did not. This is actually Blizzard's first year ever with a presence outside of Blizzcon; they have nothing to do with this. Square had a booth at PAX with multiple games; FF14 just wasn't one of them.

TGS "Please be excited"

mine PAX Prime is OK cus I found a S Rank- Rukkirii
http://i.imgur.com/nOS5rK7.jpg

Hehe, I got a picture of me with Rukkirii back when she was still with SE >.>

It's somewhere on my messy hd, don't feel like looking for it, lol

Oh well maybe next time. they will come through.

They just did gamescon then the 14 hour Live broadcast and they have TGS coming shortly leading right into Fanfest. Cut them some slack. PAX Prime's timing just didn't work out for them this year.

Eh, I'd cut them some slack if it wasn't for the fact they listed Pax Prime as an event on their anniversary website...

For those who may have missed it, forgotten, or in denial that SE did that, here's a screenshot of the website:

http://i.imgur.com/wQJ7kV4.jpg?1

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Originally Posted by Kouren

Even PAX East had Leviathan — PAX Prime did not. This is actually Blizzard's first year ever with a presence outside of Blizzcon; they have nothing to do with this. Square had a booth at PAX with multiple games; FF14 just wasn't one of them.

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They did? As I recall, their presence at East was identical to their presence at Prime this year: A single TV running the trailer for the latest patch on a loop with no sound. It's possible I just missed Leviathan but I certainly don't remember them doing anything like that.

me all i have notice is the fact that we don't get a lot of really interesting information.

the 2.38 will introduce the personal housing (exept if they change this) we still don't know how it will work? do they will have them own area? do we will have different size of house? do we will only have a few plot like the FC house? i know that TGS is coming and all, but that not 1-2 week before the patch that we must get this sort of information.

i know too that the hold a looot of the most important information for the fanfest... but i really begin to think that them communication is really bad recently. like with the hunt, if we did learn before that happend how it will have worked we will have avoid tons of trouble. mmorpg need more communication, you can't drop something into it, without take in account the effect it will have on the whole game balance.

the example of PAX is a good way to show they have trouble, E3-Gamecon-PAX-TGS-Fanfest, how they want they balance the information we do get with this much event. especially since they hold most of them for fanfest

Lodestone was updated today to include info about TGS. Makes total sense that they're doing things on the home turf, but still... Gamescon had things, Pax got snubbed, and then TGS has things.

Eh, whatever. Just feel bad for my friends who can't go to fan fest, they were looking forward to Pax at least, but got nothing for the game they spend so much time on.