Reading through the newest letter from the producer I could not help but feel saddened by the decision to cancel this year's fanfest. I always enjoy watching the livestream to get the newest updates coming to the game, especially if a new expansion is on the way. When reading into the possibility of looking into how to hold the event digitally my mind instantly went to the online nature of Final Fantasy XIV itself. What if the fanfest could be held in the game itself? With that thought in mind I began thinking through how something like that might work.
1) A new area: Fanfest Hall
2) PVP arena
3) Fans could submit art that could be placed on interactive wall points that could be clicked to view.
4) A main hall area could be setup for live stream where cutscenes could play for anyone in the area.
5) Gold saucer style minigames could be setup
6) Special npc vendors could be available for limited time ingame items
7) Set as a dungeon instance or each server have instanced zones to prevent overcrowding?
Ingame Fanfest? (Alternative Fanfest Idea)
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06-05-2020, 12:41 PMGuardianIngame Fanfest? (Alternative Fanfest Idea)
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06-05-2020, 01:51 PMKrotoan
while this sounds incredible.. they're already behind on an expected patch. I don't know if this would be plausible on top of what they already have on their plate.
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06-05-2020, 02:07 PMDustytome
It said they were looking to do a NA fanfest in 2021 didn't it? So it just got offset a few months?
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06-05-2020, 02:12 PMGuardianThey did also mention they were looking into ways of hosting the event digitallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Dustytome
"As such, we are not only exploring a physical event, but also looking into alternative ways to realize the event digitally. We will share news of our progress as things start to take shape, so please stay tuned for more information." -
06-05-2020, 02:22 PMShougun
A darkmoon faire but actually sort of a fanfest in game event could be really cute, and just reuse here on out even if there are physical events too (that way the development isn't seen as a big waste, and perhaps new mini-games are added sometimes). Can also utilize and repackage some of the golden saucer games to get a head start (as you suggested). A few potential negatives beyond the obvious development costs though might be reduced viewers on the stream unless they found some way to hook that through the game (so you count as a viewer), reduced chat (unless again they did something funky there), and perhaps less stable servers which could make a moment that should feel good get negative press instead.
I've always thought hanging out in game watching the stream could be fun (with the ability to full screen the stream when desired), but I've also wondered how much worth it would be to make lol. If you lose a lot of viewers or if it takes a lot of effort and only 100 people use it over the live stream.. maybe doesn't feel as worth.
Still darkmoon faire event, I feel that could always be cute but we do also have golden saucer- perhaps they can tie em' together a bit. Golden Saucer goes Cirque Du Soleil mobile with extra rewards like the raining MGP (perhaps also make the event items that are special unique to that event but also return each year, with like one item, game, or concept new each year). -
06-05-2020, 04:43 PMDrWho2010this basically means - "we talked about it once at a zoom staff meeting, thought it might be a good idea but we'll look at it a bit later once we get 5.3 QA started, until then that's all that's going to be done about it".Quote:
Originally Posted by Guardian
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06-05-2020, 04:46 PMLunaJoyYeah, I’m just hoping for this. A digital version would be better than having nothing, but I’ve been to the last two fanfests, and there’s nothing that can really replace the fun of actually getting to go!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dustytome
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06-05-2020, 05:15 PMIscah
I think it's more likely that "digital delivery" would mean webcasts of the scheduled talks and maybe adaptation of other events (eg. cosplay contest getting people to send in photos/short video then compile it into a webcast) but if they were going to do something in-game then I could see the Gold Saucer as really the only plausible venue.
Either take over the Event Hall or assemble a new "Conference Hall" side space out of recycled pieces of the main building model. Though I'm not sure how much you could do within the existing game framework - it's probably not built for linking to livestreams. -
06-05-2020, 08:10 PMVictorTheed
I just hope they still deliver the expansion news to us, that's all I'm concerned about with fanfests, I hope they don't delay the expansion news.
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06-05-2020, 08:54 PMMsQi
In-Fest for short!
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06-05-2020, 09:08 PMBeardo04
Gold Saucer could make for a fantastic venue for sure and they already showed that they can make multiple different instance when things are expected to be very crowded (showed during SHB's release). They could bring old moggle trove rewards, old event rewards that are no longer available and some new reward that could be won with MGP or a new exclusive currency to the event. That way the dev cost/time wouldn't be as high as a new area with a lot of brand new rewards. The show could be prerecorded and displayed on a board like what PSO2 does in it's lobby or something similar.
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06-06-2020, 12:36 AMlolicon09
Well, an in-game fan fest sounds like the perfect excuse to celebrate a reinauguration of the Milvaneth Sacrarium. With big magitek screens made by the Ironworks
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06-06-2020, 01:35 AMTheodric
I'd rather just watch some videos and read some articles. The game isn't well suited to hosting large events for various reasons.
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06-06-2020, 09:34 AMJojoya
FanFests are primarily the work of SE employees who aren't members of the dev team along with outside vendors.
To put together an ingame FanFest. the developers would have to stop working on the rest of the game so they could focus on making the FanFest instead. Even if they'e using existing game assets like the Gold Saucer, they'd have to create other assets, dialog, program NPC animations and pathing, etc.
I'd rather see them working on the rest of the game and some other solution found for FanFest.
I'm also guessing many of you have never joined a large hunt train. Even with only 100 players in the train, FPS and latency start becoming nightmares. Other players and creatures randomly stop rendering, spell effects can't be seen, sometimes the player feels like they can't even move their character.
An ingame FanFest would be the exact same mess on a much larger scale.
They might be looking for digital solutions but those are more likely to be the usual streaming and possibly some interactive online tools than anything in game. -
06-07-2020, 03:41 AMNovauraCan we collaborate please? I want to do this too. I have my own ideas including hosting webcasts at rp venues and players doing irl cosplay videos. I also put this idea before the head of a major DC Discord who organizes special events on the Primal DC and I am awaiting her response. I am also friends with the player who hosts the YouTube channel "A Recipe Reborn". I could ask her if she wanted to do a live FF14 culinarian stream.Quote:
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I also thought doing such an event for charity. There is a charity that I have been a part of for a few years but I was planning on giving up. But this situation has given me new inspiration. Get back to me, I would really like to work together.