First(?) Sargatanas Community Event

Hi, fellow soon to be Sargatanas residents!

Taking a cue from what is being planned on Balmung, I thought it would be nice to have an event of our own to celebrate the merging of Saronia and Lindblum. :D

Borrowing one of their ideas, I'd like to invite you to the

Goobbue Marathon from Ul'dah to Ishgard!

When: 31 March (Saturday), 21:00 Japan time
Who: Everyone is welcome!* <-- Please see note below
Where: Meet at the entrance to Ul'dah.
Why: Meet lots of new people and just have some fun together!

The plan:

1. Meet at the entrance to Ul'dah at 21:00.
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2. Get into parties, preferably mixing people from different former servers.

3. Head out into Thanalan and call your Goobbues! Chocobos are also welcome. Reindeer suits, Santa suits, swimsuits are optional. ^^;

4. Run to Camp Bluefog and set our homepoints there.

5. Run north into Mor Dhona staying together as much as possible. If we run into any aggressive monsters (very likely!) we should stick together and fight together. Party leaders should shout out for help if their party gets attacked.

6. After entering Mor Dhona, run to Camp Brittlebark and set our homepoint there.

7. Run all the way north into Coerthas and up to Camp Everlakes, setting our homepoint there.

8. Run past the Dzemael entrance, past Dragonhead, and up to Prominence Point -- our Goal.
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9. Take pictures, pop fireworks, introduce your Linkshell, trade items, and meet lots of cool people. ^^


* Because of the time there will likely be mostly Japanese players. But we have a community of Oceanic players as well as Americas and European players who are often online during this time. Communication may be bumpy, but this could be an opportunity to break the ice. ^^

If I'm awake at the time this happens I'll be there ^^

This sounds like fun ^^

Saturday at 8:00 AM..Sounds cool. Will be there.

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Originally Posted by Celaria

If I'm awake at the time this happens I'll be there ^^

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what u talking bout, ur nvr awake. anyway sounds fun, i'll see if i can squeeze in some time for this.

I'd love to attend if it wasn't at 7am my time. :(

5am PST eh?

Perhaps I might stop by~

ill try to make it :)

Definitely gonna try to be there if even to just see it start.

This is gonna be so funny. can't wait!

we should do a massive run of one of the non instanced dungeons:) thatd be fun as hell

This is a great idea. Good job!

Hi everyone. Nice to see some familiar faces and lots of new ones here. ^^

We did the Storming the Strongholds and Guardian of the Grove events a few months ago, but we could definitely do them again. They were a lot of fun.

Hopefully this will be just the first of many community events on Sargatanas.

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Originally Posted by Mikita

Hi everyone. Nice to see some familiar faces and lots of new ones here. ^^

We did the Storming the Strongholds and Guardian of the Grove events a few months ago, but we could definitely do them again. They were a lot of fun.

Hopefully this will be just the first of many community events on Sargatanas.

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yes please!! ive never done them with more then a party of 8 i think it would be so fun:)

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Originally Posted by b0ats

yes please!! ive never done them with more then a party of 8 i think it would be so fun:)

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I'm not really sure how long the Goobbue Marathon will last... but I'd guess about 2 hours?

Would anyone be interested in organizing something to do afterwards?
Perhaps a stroll through Natalan since we'll be nearby?

I'll participate for as long as I can stay awake. ^^;

It sounds like fun, shame its at 6am my time. I will try!

Good luck guys! I hope you guys have tons of fun! XD

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Originally Posted by Mikita

I'm not really sure how long the Goobbue Marathon will last... but I'd guess about 2 hours?

Would anyone be interested in organizing something to do afterwards?
Perhaps a stroll through Natalan since we'll be nearby?

I'll participate for as long as I can stay awake. ^^;

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Ill ask my linkshell if they wanna come along:) and likewise i'll stay up as long as i can for this! sounds like alot of fun

I'll be asking my LS to try and come along for this event to get to know more active players of this timezone.

Hope to see everyone in-game!

I'm one of the few in Hawaii time. I'll do my best to be there though, as it's about 1am on Saturday for me.

You know what? I'm changing my answer. Screw sleep, who needs it?! I'll be there! :D

Thanks for coming!

I thought Mor Dhona would be a lot more dangerous, but we went right through without any fights. There was only 1 attack on the runners just south of Camp Everlakes so it ended rather quietly for most people. ^^;

And it sure is hard to see those narrow paths, tree stumps, and fences when everyone is riding on a Goobbue!

Next time we can do something more dangerous. ww

Oh nooo I missed that!
Did you get many members? ^^;

Can't wait for 2nd event :D

How did it go??

It was a lot easier than I was hoping it would be. ^^;

There was only one small skirmish that I am aware of -- where raptors attacked some runners and other people joined in to fight them off. Otherwise we just outran most of the monsters.

I don't really know how many people joined.
In past events we first designated tanks as party leaders then counted the number of full parties we had, but this time a lot of people seemed to show up already being in parties so many of them were only partially full. And we couldn't see everyone at once because of the rendering engine limitation.

I and another participant have some pictures on our blogs if you care to look (text is in Japanese)
Laciald Zimdra: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=339850
Mikita Nightsong: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=340076


We definitely need to do another event... and next time it will be more dangerous!

I swear I posted my pictures from the event...guess not! D:

Even if it was pretty short, I had a blast! Especially when we got to the end and took pictures at Steel Vigil, it was just (incoming sappiness) an awesome feeling and a great bonding experience, even through the language barrier. Can't wait for any future events!

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It looks like the event was a "lalariffic" good time :D

...Did I really just say that

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Originally Posted by Lilymoon

It looks like the event was a "lalariffic" good time :D

...Did I really just say that

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...Yes you did. And it was amazing. :D

To be fair, I am in an all-Lalafell linkshell, and I advertised the event in there to get more members. :p

how did u guys get that firework thingie? :D

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

how did u guys get that firework thingie? :D

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Those were special items you could get when the Grand Companies were introduced last year. Unfortunately, I don't think you can get them now... but maybe there will be another chance during a future event! ^^

Cool! :D

Hope I can join such events in the future. :D

Btw, a bit of suggestion: Hope u can send agents to shout not only @ Uldah, but also @ other cities too. Such a shame if we miss this wonderful events. :)