seasonal event idea

thought i toss out an idea for events, basically it's a zone that only opens up during these events.(big full zone or instance) not sure if it needs to be instanced but probably and make it so each one is public. every event they can decorate them like the do the cities ..mobs can change and so on. (snow in winter one etc.)also they can make it so we grind in them and the kills are with sp bonus for that week. kinda my take on pvp events for pve. so on top whatever else they add like /emote a giant bomb maybe we can all have a week of sp bonus's ...everyone all gathered at one place killing mobs. also maybe take away gear relevents in these zones and make it that wearing the seasonal custume is what helps in dmg or defense. so everyone is in there xmas costume killing in these zones.

watcha think ...sounds pretty entertaining specially with the bonus, theres only a handful a year so having bonus should be cool. also dunno what the work on this is, but if want to have different ones for each event would be cool too. open them up on special occasions.

also they can have inside these zones rewards for cosmetics as well, or special food for the occasion (maybe drop from mobs or protected by them or kill 50 bombs, or then 200bombs, or 1k bombs for final item. kinda like warhammer events if anyone played that but all pve twist.)

edit: added other ideas, this does not have to be for the official events we have now. this idea is something they can do anytime they just feel like having a special event. warhammer did this a lot, had events just randomly ...adding in the unused event pvp warzones/battlefields and added a very nice bonus to kills there. simple as that for a random event. but in ffxiv use the pve zones. (though we are getting pvp area too. so this can work there too. but rather see it in the pve side)

change the mobs that are giving the good sp ..during events that can still be considered event. like raptors mobs are the good place normally but then for event the crabs are giving bonus to make them the better to kill for the week. if anything for event or to spice stuff up. like in ffxi soo many zones died out, would of been awesome to do bibiki bay grinds with a event bonus there for summer. or bonus sp in the snowlands in ffxi for winter event. little spice is nice. this makes zones not being used much ..and gets them used a little more and we get a bonus to kills for a bit. no reason to fully kill areas for sake of keeping everyone in same zones, just push us to the old ones once in while like campaign battles did?

other peoples suggestions:

Also possible ideas for special materials (Guaranteed High quality materials?) that could be gathered to compliment our gathering and crafting classes inside these zones maybe. or something for the dol and doh's.

real egg hunts there, find things. maybe choco dig there even for event materials

edit added more from the post ideas

also on rewards, i did the event on mules in ffxi cause then i can have then geared all year in seasonal clothes, made it worth doing, and every year i could do it on diff mule/city so was ok. for this game we got retainers, maybe devs can also add a way to gear our retainers without having to sell the items, also we had in ffxi a npc that held our event gears so that it didn't waist space. rather then a npc ...maybe have our retainer be the npc that hold it without taking space, make a key item spot in retainers, and then u can wear them without space lose too.

any opinions would be cool, if not like it that cool too. or maybe u have ideas for events to spice them up so post it here.

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Originally Posted by weeble

thought i toss out an idea for events, basically it's a zone that only opens up during these events. not sure if it needs to be instanced but probably and make it so each one is public like dungeons. every event they can decorate them like the city ..mobs can change if like and so on. also they can make it so we grind in them and the kills are with sp bonus for that week. kinda my take on pvp events for pve. so on top whatever else they add like /emote a giant bomb maybe we can all have a week of sp bonus's ...everyone all gathered at one place killing.

watcha think ...sounds pretty entertaining specially with the bonus, theres only a handfull a year so having bonus should be cool. also dunno what the work on this is, but if want to have different ones for each event would be cool too. open them up on special occasions on top of that if wanted ..what have you.

also they can have inside these zones rewards for cosmetics as well, or special food for the occasion or whatever. by like kill 50 bombs, or then 200bombs, or 1k bombs for final item. kinda like warhammer events if anyone played that but all pve twist.

any opinions would be cool, if not like it that cool too. or maybe u have ideas for events to spice them up.

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I like the sound of an area that is only available at specific times of the year. (Possibly an island where the tide going out coincides with the seasons?)

However I would like more of a purpose for this kind of added content rather than just going there to kil stuff. If I were given a reason and/or reward for killing stuff, I would feel more inclined to participate. (Perhaps the island could contain hidden moogles that give you a hint as to where to look for the next one, eventually resulting in being given a special item/reward by the island 'king moogle')
Also possible ideas for special materials (Guaranteed High quality materials?) that could be gathered to compliment our gathering and crafting classes would be nice too, they've so far been mostly over-shadowed by battle ideas.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

yes i like this idea too, course added stuff for craft and dol. not go totally deep into thought bout it to that extent but something everyone can do as well in there. can also be mulitipurposed with a few rewards. don't have to be big or anything same as the rewards we have now. maybe add special potions, or things like in ffxi one day that change us into those mobs we killed on the island. real egg hunts there, find things. maybe choco dig there even for event materials or something. having special zones for events in general sounds fun.

also nother thought on it for devs, this also kinda formed in my head from warhammer. there events some have scenarios /battlegrounds i think they called in wow. but those 2 are only usually show up for events. also they shuffle there scenarios so ones we dont' see often or lower level ones go to higher level tiers and so forth. that keeps them fresh.

my take maybe for this for a pve game, change the mobs that are giving the good sp ..during events or event off events that can still be considered events more often. like raptors mobs are the good place normally but then for event the crabs are giving bonus to make them the better to kill for the week. if anything for event or to spice stuff up. like in ffxi soo many zones died out, would of been awesome to do bibiki bay grinds with a event bonus there for summer. or bonus sp in the snowlands in ffxi for winter event. little spice is nice. ty.

Perhaps we could see the return of chocobo forest?

The magical shield that renders it invisible fades away for only one week each year.

I'd much rather have more long term endgame stuff at this time.
But later down the line, this would be fun,

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Originally Posted by Rau

I'd much rather have more long term endgame stuff at this time.
But later down the line, this would be fun,

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well yeah we all want real endgame, but ffxiv like most mmo's always have seasonal events. this game is already trying even poorly to have them in game as we speak while we only have 1 dungeon to hold us till they ready. i'm just saying at some point we definitely could use better seasonal events.

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Originally Posted by weeble

well yeah we all want real endgame, but ffxiv like most mmo's always have seasonal events. this game is already trying even poorly to have them in game as we speak while we only have 1 dungeon to hold us till they ready. i'm just saying at some point we definitely could use better seasonal events.

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The current seasonal event, even though it looks and feels meager and pointless, is but one small part of a very large event. There was a thread somewhere that explained what it was that was actually happening.

Anyway I'm pretty sure once the development team and done putting this game back together and given a bit of breathing space new events and content will come flying in till you won't know your up from your down.

yeah but have u played ffxi ones, they were ok the first time. it was my first mmo though so a little more enjoyable, i don't think i can enjoy any of them anymore. even new ones that are coming at some point i don't think they will be enough in my opinion, i'm pretty sure i won't even bother with them less it's for a reward i really want.

also on rewards, i did the event on mules in ffxi cause then i can have then geared all year in seasonal clothes, made it worth doing, and every year i could do it on diff mule/city so was ok. for this game we got retainers, maybe devs can also add a way to gear our retainers without having to sell the items, also we had in ffxi a npc that held our event gears so that it didn't waist space. rather then a npc ...maybe have our retainer be the npc that hold it without taking space, make a key item spot in retainers, and then u can wear them without space lose too.

nother thought maybe make the mobs in this zones killable in our event outfits, that can be kinda fun too. lol.

gonna give this thread a little bumb since it's old but didn't get any love but it's a lot closer to 2.0 and lot of talk about seasonal events in forums so i thought i toss this back up. lot of good ideas for seasonal events that SE should consider in here.