Nothing up on the Lodestone yet, but I guess stuff switched over automatically. NPCs in the usual places in town.
Halloween event has started!
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10-18-2011, 05:14 PMTsukinoHalloween event has started!
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10-18-2011, 09:08 PMPitriwow how freaking rude can you getQuote:
Originally Posted by Vahzl
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10-18-2011, 09:15 PMAleczan
If you're unhappy with the thread, just don't read it and don't reply to it. Or if you only wanted to be helpful, then add something to the thread to make it useful.
As far as I found out, the event NPC will give you a quest named "Impish Impositions" and ask you to go on a patrol in town to discover Imps.
- Imps will pop only at night time, which starts from about 17.30 in-game.
- Sometimes they start popping as late as 19.20.
- The atmosphere and lighting in the city will noticeably change, so you will know it even without looking at the clock.
- Also, you can hear a noise from an imp 2 times a night, once when they start popping, and once when they stop popping.
- Imps will pop in various spots in the town, mostly in a Guild or in front of a Guild.
- First person to talk to the Imp NPC, will get to answer a riddle, if you answer correctly, you get an extra amount of Cookies.
- Everyone can check the Treat Basket on the floor which will pop after the Imp disappears.
- Each basket will yield 3 pumpkin cookies.
*Cookies are for either eating or bringing them to the Quest NPC (Adventurer Guild's Runner) and trade for rewards.*
I believe list of rewards include Pumpkin Hat. I haven't gotten enough cookies to trade in yet, but I've seen people wearing various designs of Pumpkin-head Hat.
There are so many people doing the event in Ul'dah on my server. I am thinking about going to Gridania to see if I can find a more peaceful spot to try to answer the Imp's riddle when I see one.
Additional information,
After taking the quest, when you talk to the NPC again you'll be able to select "Exchange cookies for prizes" which will bring up a list for you to view what headgear are available.
Here's a screenshot of the prize list.
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...umpkinHead.jpg
Price from top to bottom:
3 cookies
10 cookies
50 cookies
90 cookies
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Originally Posted by Baxta
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10-18-2011, 09:19 PMTsukino
I just wanted people to know it was ready, kind of like how people will post that servers are up following maintenance.
Anyway, you get five cookies if you're the lucky one to answer a question. If you get it correct, you get four more for nine total. All of them are about game lore like Ala Mihgo, Dalamud, etc. The "Suspicious" NPCs do repop, and right before they do you get a /say from them which might make it easier to try and be the first to target them. -
10-18-2011, 09:21 PMKaida
The event is really easy all you have to do is check the baskets and let some one else do all the work again!
However the person doing the work gets more of a reward. -
10-18-2011, 09:31 PMShneibelit had been mention, at last patchQuote:
Originally Posted by Tsukino
eh !?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaida
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10-18-2011, 09:31 PMEmeraldHill
This is a bit too toddler for me. It reminds me of Halloween in elementary school.
Even WoW's had a headless horseman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miueSCR5pFY
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10-18-2011, 10:51 PMMrLionYou're just pissed that you don't want to pay for the monthly fee...Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahzl
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10-18-2011, 11:08 PMHollandOh my God! We have been over this already!.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmeraldHill
The games, while both being MMORPG's, treat seasonal events differently!. -
10-18-2011, 11:10 PMmeekriot
So is there any other rewards than cookies?
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10-18-2011, 11:13 PMVahzlYeah but come on, go speak to an NPC, then find another random spawned NPC, gather cookies, and hand them in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Holland
It's like being in pre-school.
I am the last one to compare every game element to WoW, but my word they could have at least made the effort, look at the majestic Hallows End event in WoW, there is TONNES to do, same as RO, same as Rift, and even Guild Wars.
The FFXIV event is poor. -
10-18-2011, 11:17 PMMattia
Sooo no pumpkin hats? Well, skipping another event -_-.
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10-18-2011, 11:27 PMAleczanYou collect enough cookies and trade them for rewards at the quest giver.Quote:
Originally Posted by meekriot
I've seen people walking around wearing Pumpkin hats. I think hats can be obtained through trading cookies to event NPC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattia
Oh right, the cookies-trading-reward are Pumpkin Head.
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...umpkinHead.jpg
Price from top to bottom:
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10 cookies
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10-19-2011, 12:31 AMQuesseRiddles
Riddles.........................
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Full many men hath it consigned to heaven,
Brandished aloft by the white hand of seven.
Of what do I speak?
Gunmacuahuitl.
Gunhalberd.
Annihilator.
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And from ashes of pain and ruin shall rise
An undying Flame to drive dark from men's eyes.
Of where do I speak?
Ala Mhigo.
Sharlayan.
Ul'dah.
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One of three and one for all,
With horns to heed the forest's call.
Who am I?
Kan-E-Senna.
O-App-Pesi.
E-Sumi-Yan.
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Hues of madness now cloud his visage,
Once loyal companion, in heaven at large.
Of whom do I speak?
Moenskaet.
Menphina.
Dalamud.
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'Neath boughs intertwined, when day melts to night,
A beckoning flame offers the weary respite.
Of where do I speak?
The Quicksand.
The Roost.
The Mizzenmast Inn.
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Riddles of blue doth this lone flower solve,
Atop her bright spire 'midst a wan sea of wolves.
Of whom do I speak?
Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn.
Y'shtola.
KanESenna.
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She teaches of that to which Man is a thrall.
She hath one condition and yet none at all.
Of whom do I speak?
Menphina.
Nophica.
Nymeia.
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Fire rains from the sky as a proud people fall,
Leaving nary a scream from behind the dark wall.
Of when do I speak?
12 summers past.
10 summers past.
15 summers past.
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Knowledge is gold and gold is not free.
One must part with his coin to see it increase.
Of what do I speak?
The Mythril Eye.
The Harbor Herald.
The Sultana Sun Times.
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“Show me my path!” pled the beggared man, crying.
Quoth the Man at the Gates, “Get rich or die trying!”
Of where do I speak?
Naldiq & Vymelli's.
The Horn & Hand.
The Coffer & Coffin.
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Hues of madness now cloud his visage,
Once loyal companion, in heaven at large.
Of whom do I speak?
Nightwolves.
Dalamud.
Moenskaet.
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Neath boughs intertwined, when day melts to night,
A beckoning flame offers the weary respite.
Of where do I speak?
The Roost.
The Red Rooster Stead.
The Coffer & Coffin.
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They cast off the shroud, for its dew can perish
The burden of metal and rock they cherish.
Of whom do I speak?
Funguars.
Galagos.
Coblyns.
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As waters recede, five voices ring out.
A new vision of life from the seed doth sprout.
Of when do I speak?
The Fifth Umbral Era.
The Seventh Umbral Era.
The Sixth Astral Era.
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Fifty score cries yet nary a sound.
A demon awaits but cannot be found.
Of where do I speak?
Fen-Yll.
Toto-Rak.
Tam-Tara.
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10-19-2011, 12:47 AMJackDanielsYep pretty much this..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattia
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10-19-2011, 12:51 AMXquiel
thank u!!! =D i want to scare people >:3
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10-19-2011, 01:31 AMJennestiaYeah, would be a shame but I guess FFXIV dat moded itself that I see so many people with them on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattia
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10-19-2011, 01:35 AMVahzl
The pumpkin hats are the event rewards people.
You get one for 3 cookies, one for 10, one for 30 or so, and one for 99. -
10-19-2011, 02:21 AMKingZeus3Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahzl
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10-19-2011, 02:27 AMMysteriousRoninThe WoW event is pretty bad, it's just a token/daily quest grind for rewards. I was actually just doing them and came to the realization that it's not worth doing anymore because a year from now it won't mean anything because most of the community is going to leave it in mass for TOR, GW2 and possibly FFXIV according on if the 2.0 changes stay on schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahzl
Anyways it's better to compare the FFXIV and FFXI (FFXI has the best events out of any MMO) events. I expect they will eventually redo the events, and I seriously doubt something like the current events would be permanent. -
10-19-2011, 02:39 AMBayohne
Oh man, it started? Dunno why I was thinking it was Thursday... Sweet. Time to get me some pumpkin heads!
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10-19-2011, 02:57 AMWolfwood
Anyone know what amount of cookies get you what helm? ^^
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10-19-2011, 03:00 AMSeirra_Lanzceyou need 5+10+50+99 to get em all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfwood
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10-19-2011, 03:02 AMBaxtaAleczan posted on the second page, but becuase you're taru I'll let it slide!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfwood
3 - pumpkin head (yellowish) (evasion+1 / enmity-1)
10 - unripened pumpkin head (green) (magic evasion+1 / enmity-1)
50 - white pumpkin head (white lol) (evasion+1 / enmity+1)
99 - ripened pumpkin head (orange) (magic evasion+1 / enmity+1) -
10-19-2011, 03:07 AMAlhanelemGimme a break. It's not like NPCs in the game don't say "shit" left and right, talk about sticking your manhood in various places, and use every other curse int he book. I'm actually suprised the game isn't rated mature for language. "toddler" ... Really. that's one of the silliest things i've seen said on this forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmeraldHill
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10-19-2011, 03:07 AMAleczan
Thank you Baxta for typing the list! I was lazy so I only post the screenshot XD
I still trying to get 50 cookies, because I like the white one.
CHances are you read the page immediately after I post it. I had to run back to the NPC to check prizes, take screenshots, crop the pic and upload it, before editing and posting it in that reply. That took a while.
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10-19-2011, 03:08 AMWolfwood
Haha thank you! I read every page, but I must have skipped that post or something! Again, thanks to both of you (...and the 2nd page poster, Aleczan). ^^
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10-19-2011, 03:10 AMmiqokiniQuote:
Originally Posted by Vahzl
Yeah, so useless that a community rep was only made aware of the event starting by this thread alone...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bayohne
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10-19-2011, 03:11 AMEmeraldHillI talk about the Halloween event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alhanelem
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10-19-2011, 03:15 AMAlhanelemYou talk about things being "toddler-like." I bring up how the game is mostly very mature and having an event that isn't should be a refreshing break, not something to whine about.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmeraldHill
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10-19-2011, 03:17 AMMishakai
Thanks for the info!!! Looking forward to checking this out tonight.
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10-19-2011, 03:19 AMRaxiaz
Why would anyone want SE to devote so much time to making such a substantial event for a once-a-year holiday that is hardly celebrated appropriately any more, when their game which has taken so many resources is still a year off from being where it should be?
Anyone griping about the event being "childish" or "lacking" needs to set their freakin' priorities straight. -
10-19-2011, 03:24 AMScherwizSilly Malboro, pumpkin heads are for Mandragoras.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bayohne
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10-19-2011, 03:46 AMNakiamiieThanks for the heads up! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tsukino
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10-19-2011, 03:46 AMDrunk-Bandit
Grrr... >.> I need to rob some helpless lalafells of their candys tonight muhahahahahaha!!! >:D
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10-19-2011, 03:52 AMAleczan
I am getting many "The basket is empty." message. My bro said maybe it's because the basket has limited number of cookies and other people grabbed them all before me. But later on when I was like the 3rd person there, and not many people were around at all, I still got empty basket every once in a while. So I and my LS friends are speculating that maybe if the person who answered the riddle didn't answer it correctly, the basket will have no cookies.
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I've never been quick enough to get the riddle from the Imp. -
10-19-2011, 03:54 AMReliquia
This Halloween event isn't so bad. I like the pumkin masks, they look a lot more vivid and sinister than in FFXI. Would be cool if you could transform into a "monster" next year though, but seeing how early and undeveloped the game is this is something that the devs can do when they are less occupied.
What has worked for me this far is to just wait at one of the guilds, there's always one or two that pops there each five minutes during the night. You could make 6-20 cookies each round if you are as lucky as I have been. -
10-19-2011, 04:00 AMJayvirDeforteSomeone obviously didn't see everything on the FFXIV 2.0. They have their priorities straight. Maybe you should pay attentionQuote:
Originally Posted by Raxiaz
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10-19-2011, 05:05 AMAlexis_ArtemeBayohne confirmed for out of his gourdQuote:
Originally Posted by Bayohne
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10-19-2011, 05:07 AMPlatinumstorm
Wish the sky was dark at night.