anyone bought a premium gift bag yet?

I'm wondering if these will act like the easter eggs.

looks like no one bought a premium yet?

I think everyone wants to get everything else first. There's a lot of seasonal items in this event.

Yes, a friend and I used one.
We both got an Allagan bronze piece :mad:

Give me my 10 mins of life back.

Just checked and now people are starting to get their hands on them:

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...findings_post/

Yep, apparently Thav Onions can be in them...

some think starlight bardings too?

I'm more interested in if anyone has gotten Empty Twinkleboxes or Empty Gift Boxes yet. I don't expect anything, but I'd really love it if you could put Gift Bags in them for someone else to pick up.

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Yes, a friend and I used one.
We both got an Allagan bronze piece :mad:

Give me my 10 mins of life back.

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Same thing a friend of mine got.

I got a silver piece. Only bother buying the bag once you get the other seasonal items first.

I think the bag is just like the gift bags that they do in Japan, it might be more like a lucky dip :).

Wait, lets get it straight: More RNG after all that discussion about it? Does SE never learn??

More like SE doesn't care. Besides, they did the same thing with the easter egg things and the concept isn't supposed to give people something insane.

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Wait, lets get it straight: More RNG after all that discussion about it? Does SE never learn??

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I know right, why can't they just give everyone the onions? OMG

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Wait, lets get it straight: More RNG after all that discussion about it? Does SE never learn??

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What, you want them to give you gifts for free on Xmas ?

Friend got 2 Xelphatol Apples.

Nice sarcasm... while on easter you could farm them you can not do this time, its once per day!
Beside: Finding the trees is a mess, on some servers its hopless.

I got an Allagan Silver piece.

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Wait, lets get it straight: More RNG after all that discussion about it? Does SE never learn??

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A small part of this event is RNG for those that happen to like surprises. No one twisted your arm into getting that item. Get the stationary stuff instead if that's what you prefer. Some of us happen to like being surprised. There's something for everyone here. And like the item description says: "It's the thought that counts!"

Please have a Happy Starlight Celebration and spread the smiles!

I started a thread on the Brynhildr forum for Trees on Brynhildr since I realized that's a big part of the event. And I like that it is. It encourages people to look around and enjoy all the decorations and effort the devs put into the decorations and enjoy people's houses.

I got some gift bags and everyone I know who opened them got Bronze Alagn pieces so I told myself I'd wait til after xmas to open the ones I got, and then I might get something better :3

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Nice sarcasm... while on easter you could farm them you can not do this time, its once per day!
Beside: Finding the trees is a mess, on some servers its hopless.

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http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/wiki/event_trees

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Wait, lets get it straight: More RNG after all that discussion about it? Does SE never learn??

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RNG is in every MMORPG. People cant just say "remove RNG" its not going to happen. Chance is in every game, its in every day life. No one has to like it when the odds are against us but we move forward.

I got an Allagan Platinum Piece (10k gil).

All I got was a rock.

I got incredibly lucky and got a Thavnarian Onion on my first bag. My partner wasn't impressed.

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I think the bag is just like the gift bags that they do in Japan, it might be more like a lucky dip :).

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Yeah, this is a pretty normal Japanese New Years "tradition" (marketing exercise, really).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukubukuro

These "lucky dip" gift bucks are definitely a massive Fukubukuro (split that into 3 words :rolleyes:)

Yes. I bought 2. One I got Bronze and then I got Platinum which was worth 10k gil!

I've been tracking what I got (cause i'm nuts)
I have a 2nd character, so 2 chances daily.

D1 Allagan Bronze
Allagan Silver

D2 Thav Onion
Allagan Bronze

D3 Allagan Bronze
Allagan Platinum

D4 Allagan Bronze
Allagan Silver

D5 4 Mamook Pears
4 Xelphatol Apples

D6 2 Xelphatol Apples
Allagan Bronze

D7 Allagan Bronze
Allagan Bronze

I am hoping to see at least one more onion, however so far, I am happy with my results.

All I ever got was bronze

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Nice sarcasm... while on easter you could farm them you can not do this time, its once per day each character!
Beside: Finding the trees is a mess, on some servers its hopless.

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I fixed it a bit

First try: 3 mamook pears
Every time afterwards: Allagan FRIGGIN Bronze Piece!
If it wasn't for that first time I'd say it's broken.
RNG is fine and all, but it's not supposed to leave a bad taste in your mouth when it's essentially Christmas celebration...

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First try: 3 mamook pears
Every time afterwards: Allagan FRIGGIN Bronze Piece!
If it wasn't for that first time I'd say it's broken.
RNG is fine and all, but it's not supposed to leave a bad taste in your mouth when it's essentially Christmas celebration...

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Similar for me. 1st day was Apples. Then mamook pears. Then an allagan silver piece.

So the last 3 days I saved mine until i Had 3 premium gift bags. I figured at least 1 would be good so I wouldnt feel disappointed. 3 allagan bronze pieces! All 3 of them contained allagan bronze pieces! Are you F'ing kidding me! Im getting bronze pieces while some people are getting thavnarian onions worth 300k.

Got Allagan bronze piece here

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Got Allagan bronze piece here

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Same
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Got a thavnairian onion yesterday. Can't log in today due to PSN.

Did about a dozen of these gift bags across four characters. Never saw anything besides bronze pieces. I don't do them anymore. RNG is fine....stupid RNG for Christmas is not.

I got 1 Tin Piece. I didn't bother to try again after that.

I would not mind RNG if this event was not Limited to 1 Bag a day per char. So basically if you ONLY did the Prem bag each day, you only get 13 chances. It would be different if you could get more, but limited to 13 chances is very low.

And its also different because there are other limited rewards, Snowman Minion, only obtainable via this (possibly available in the future via Mog Shop)

Hopefully they do not make events in the future as limited as this.