Quality of Events > Quantity of Events

[MizoreShirayuki]

Greetings!

After the latest regurgitation of what could be classified as the "monthly content" Yoshida talked about rolling out... It is with a humble & contrite heart after doing these "events" that I have to say that QUALITY > QUANTITY.

I know these events are mere filler until a patch comes out, but with the items obtained from events having no use other than clogging inventory space after their aesthetic appeal has faded... at least make the events released worth doing.

Events in Final Fantasy 11 (depending on the event) were a lot more in-depth than the ones in FF14. The items obtained (such as the Treat Staff) had a use other than clogging inventory space.

Having said this.. Please take the time to release quality events that people want to actually do. Gamers would rather participate in a quality event that gets released every 2-3 months but has depth & meat to it rather than one that gets released monthly and feels so shoddy and out of place.

[IStolzI]

the fact that over the course of its 9+ years of life FFXI managed to produce a small amount of useful items is hardly grounds for saying that FFXIV needs to have them every event.

The yukatas, the wooden katanaas, the pitchforks, the pumpkin heads, the costumes, the litte kid costumes, the santa gear, the unique fireworks, the bathing suits.... most of it was aesthetic appeal. A few useful things came out in the end. XI had to produce a storage NPC for all the clutter event items we were getting were we exchanged tickets.

Am I the only one who remembers this stuff?

[Starlord]

I think the events are just fine ^^ and the events are ment to tie in with the lore of the game Not more so of what you get out of it, they are fixing the game and therefor e have to work around the game " with map redesigns and stuff" to make it seem like it makes senses

[Chardrizard]

I feel events here are more fun because you need to work with other people, or at least it was intended with players working together in mind, and the lore are definitely much better because they are tied with what's happening in Eorzea.. Events in XI was kinda out of the place, never cared what the events really means, i was there just to get the stuff not to celebrate.

[Holland]

I like the direction of seasonal events in XI and XIV. I feel they are basically meant to break from the daily tasks we performed during the event heavy schedules that were present in XI, FFXIV is not there quite yet though, but a lighthearted event with good Lore is never bad and I appreciate a lot to tie in happenings in the event with previous quests offered by some random NPC where you go "Oh! I remember reading about this!".

All in all, I wouldnt like events to be something "I have to do" because otherwise I would be missing on epic gear like regular raids, but something fun and lighthearted with the extra cosmetic rewards.

Edit: I will venture to say the Easter event and the Summer event were very high quality events that provided fun, party based content and quite a bit of Lore on whats happening. I think some are focusing too much on the rewards of the event and not the actual happening of it and what you do in it too.

[IStolzI]

oh i forgot about the awesome cookie making dream hats. /roll eyes

[Anonymoose]

I think what we're really trying to say here is, "Muteppo or GTFO."

That said, I rather like that XIV's events evolve and unfold with time. It adds to that immersion thing everyone seems to have their panties in a bunch about these days.

[User201109011315]

Give me a belt that Lets me turn into a worm plz.

[Azurymber]

I agree with OP.... this games events have been really meh ;x.

[Delsus]

The events in FFXIV are fine imo when you take all the work they are doing into account. Yes they might be sub par right now, but SE has alot of work to do, the gear designers have to make gear rewards from new content released every 1-2 months, so seasonal gear will be a lower priority, when they have fixed the game the gear from events will probably be alot better and useful.

Also the only event gear I used from ffxi was my treat staff 2 everything else I got was pretty much useless.