New Holiday Event Idea. The Fall of Dalamud/Meteor Remembrance Day.

[Fatestorm]

I like the idea....but that said:

Maybe Dalamund should only stay 'part of the story' Hopefully years from now, the failure that was 1.0 will barely be remembered by anyone except the few of us who actually were there that day. So in a way, have a 'Fall of Dalamund' festival every year, only muddy's the waters and keeps bringing up the ghost of 1.0. It is probably most healthy for the game to move on.

Literally the entire premise of the new plot of ARR hinges on the Calamity. No /spoilers/ needed--its in all the trailers. Like it or not, everybody's going to be hearing aaaaalllllllllllllllllllllll about Dalamud for a looooooooooooooooooooong time.

[_pops]

And have the event play this:
http://youtu.be/7ZITw3Ub-K0

>INC NOSTALGIA
omg, I'm getting teary-eyed...

[BiggieSmallz]

The fall of Dalamud/Meteor and the events that followed were a big part of the lore in Final Fantasy XIV.

I was thinking it would be very cool if there was a holiday event every year to celebrate a day of remembering for those events.

I'm a big fan of the special holiday events in the game but most of them are based on real world holidays. It would be cool to see more holiday events based on Eorzean lore.
What do you guys think?

I think this is a Great Idea.

[MiNuN]

Petition to the dev team

[Zdenka]

I don't think Germany has a "remember when we got beaten by the allies day".

So no, I don't think its a good idea to celebrate or remember the day that the world got thrown into chaos.

[Kinseykinz]

Literally the entire premise of the new plot of ARR hinges on the Calamity. No /spoilers/ needed--its in all the trailers. Like it or not, everybody's going to be hearing aaaaalllllllllllllllllllllll about Dalamud for a looooooooooooooooooooong time.

Correct, but it doesn't need to be its own event...as that event on 11/11 every year really only matters to 'Legacy' players...and hopefully, we'll be in the minority. Yes, the storyline revolves around it...which is exactly why we don't need yet another 'Dalamund event' Also, as time goes on, the storyline will progress beyond Dalamund.

You're not really asking to remember 'The Fall of Dalamund' because if you were, the current storyline more than satisfies that. What you are really asking for is to remember the Fall of 1.0. ...and really, that is best left in ashes. Reminding the playerbase/gaming community every year that this current game rose from the ashes of a dead game, isn't exactly the best way to heal a broken image. 1.0 was very special to some of us...but it will not be a shared memory of the majority of ARR gamers....they could care less about 'Goobue walls defending the town'...especially since they don't even have the Goobue mount to assist on.

Lastly, we have 'Founders' Day'...we also are being honored in other ways in game (spoilers).This is just another 'Legacy/1.0 Player' vs. 'ARR Player' thing the game doesn't need. I think we got enough...it's time to pass the torch and let new memories be made. It's time for new memories.

[normalforce]

while I like the idea, I have to disagree with the premise that it fits with the Lore. the fall of Dalamud was a calamity in the land of eorzea. it's not something they would celebrate. to give an analogy, we wouldn't celebrate 9/11 here in the US. we have a solemn remembrance of that date each year but we don't throw carnivals lol.

What about a holiday like Memorial Day? It's not really a somber day for the US.

[Rhivryn]

And have the event play this:
http://youtu.be/7ZITw3Ub-K0

>INC NOSTALGIA
omg, I'm getting teary-eyed...

Oh my Twelve, yes.

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I would very much like to see an event of remembrance! Maybe not a happy go lucky carnival event, but perhaps a memorial "celebration" for all the lives that were lost, particularly for those that gave their lives to save the Realm, ie. the Adventurers?

(That everyone thinks are dead)

And hey! It would be just around the corner from ARR's release! Almost like an anniversary!

[Delsus]

Even if it wasn't an event, we should all stand outside Ul'dah mounted on our Goobbues in remembrance of how we watched the world burn in it's very last hours.

We didn't watch the world burn, in lore terms we were on the front lines fighting the Garleans, the Goobbue wall was to defend Ul'Hah against the invading Garleans and voidsent.

I don't think Germany has a "remember when we got beaten by the allies day".

So no, I don't think its a good idea to celebrate or remember the day that the world got thrown into chaos.

In the UK we celebrate the day someone tried to blow up parliament, he failed but still.

[Mjollnir]

In the UK we celebrate the day someone tried to blow up parliament, he failed but still.

Just like Bahamut tried to blow up Eorzea and failed... Yeah you heard me Bahamut! YOU FAILED!