Seasonal events: Underwhelming?

[Dschlitz]

I'm excited to get online and play it!

[Pandastirfry]

I'm in the camp of... Expect the event to be "underwhelming" until next year. Once they're not trying to get housing, a major raid and a PvP system up and running and all the attendant rewards and items that go along with them, they'll probably have more time and man power to devote to throw away content like events.

[TrystWildkey]

I just wanted to pipe in and say that so far I am really having fun with this event!

For me, it's not just the quest line or rewards. I'm enjoying the new music and really, really enjoying the decorations. I've been wandering around Limsa since I logged in tonight, going everywhere to see all the decorations.

We have batmobiles for heaven's sake ^^ Bat Mobiles

There's a giant pumpkin baking in the oven at the culinarian's guild, there's a pumpkin on top of where they hung Rokien on the Astalicia, there's bats and pumpkins on walls and floors, and there's little floating ghosts in the aetheryte crystal and reading the market boards.

I am having barrels of fun with this event! Thank you SE

[Laiyenu]

I thought it was pretty cool. I would love some Halloween Treats that changed your appearance to a ghost or zombie or whatnot.

[Dhalmel]

All Saint's Wake however, I haven't done it yet so I can't be the judge on it, but it seems they've put a little more thought into it this time. I do kind of miss the imps from the original one in 1.0 though.

EDIT: finished the quests earlier and despite what some silly people on this thread are saying, I actually thought it was fun. I chuckled at the subtle tips of the hat to the Evil Dead films in the first two quest titles, and the FFVII joke made by the magic pot was hilarious (bringing back memories of all those elixirs I threw at the little buggers ). I also really loved how the evening city themes changed to Uematsu's original Halloween event music from 1.0 - I was very disappointed the original summer event music from 1.0 wasn't used in a similar way for the recent summer event, so this was definitely an improvement. Anyway, thank you SE for this fun event!

I though the magic pot was a joke to FFV?

[FlowerPower]

There is a lot of great ideas coming up. Personally I think think the core thing is like adding one or two events that are essentially repeatable and or somehow beneficial.

I.E. "Dailies"

So we can do something every day during helloween with a chance to win neat stuff.

[Bluevann]

My biggest scowl is the lvl15 requirement, and the part requiring that you visit other cities. Why? I like to take the game slowly, I'm still level 4, I want to take my time with missions. Why force me to burn through main scenario to unlock airship so I can actually leave Limsa, only to go /clap at an npc in gridania or pick up some cookies from the floor?

It's already irritating that Limsa Lominsa is isolated until you get the airship pass (there is a ferry, but it will stay locked until you get the airship pass), but I coped with it. Why now instead I must be level 15 for an event that requires no skill at all, nor has rewards that require an higher level to equip?

I don't expect anything to be done about it, but I'd rather if the next events sticked to level 1, or like the summer event, had multiple versions of the event to suit all levels.

AND seriously, let me use that damn ferry. Lv1 players from Gridania and Ul'dah can visit one another at any time, so why can't I?

[Deathgasm]

Pff I don't like these events in games, except if the timeline is contemporary of our real world like in The Secret World.
I can't see the link between Halloween and Eorzea or the Middle Earth.
You'll see, in December, SE will do like if the Christ was known in Eorzea.

/sigh

[Rin_Azel]

I'd really love to see an Endgame primal trial style battle against the Great Gourd.

[Bluevann]

Pff I don't like these events in games, except if the timeline is contemporary of our real world like in The Secret World.
I can't see the link between Halloween and Eorzea or the Middle Earth.
You'll see, in December, SE will do like if the Christ was known in Eorzea.

/sigh

You do know that Christmas wasn't born as the celebration of Christ's birth, right? It was originally celebrating the Winter Solstice. The Church later on claimed the son of God to have been born the 25th December, merely because they wanted to impose religion over pagan festivities.