We have Yokai Watch again. Now bring back GARO.

[kaynide]

At the point, it is very likely SE would have to pay money to get GARO back into the game. I don’t think GARO particularly cares, although they do a LOT of collaborations here in Japan.

The first run was probably a kind of mutual sponsorship, or even perhaps money was spend in some direction.

Now, it’s not so much in GARO’s interest to do FFXIV; moreover, there is a good chance they have some kind of exclusivity agreement with PAO (pachinko place they collaborate with) or some such.

Moreover, there will absolutely be howls of complaints that A) certain jobs won’t have gear like dancer and B) zomgwtfbbq Hrothgar/Viera can’t wear the head pieces (can they?)

Point being it’s not just a simple switch on/off, and very much might require SE paying to allow the event to come back, or at the very least an investment of man hours I would rather see elsewhere.

There’s a lot of unknowns and assumptions involved in collaborations that we just don’t know about, and I would rather not have SE spend money to bring back this content if possible. If GARO wants to pay, bring it on.

That’s business.

[Bright-Flower]

At the point, it is very likely SE would have to pay money to get GARO back into the game. I don’t think GARO particularly cares, although they do a LOT of collaborations here in Japan.

The first run was probably a kind of mutual sponsorship, or even perhaps money was spend in some direction.

Now, it’s not so much in GARO’s interest to do FFXIV; moreover, there is a good chance they have some kind of exclusivity agreement with PAO (pachinko place they collaborate with) or some such.

Moreover, there will absolutely be howls of complaints that A) certain jobs won’t have gear like dancer and B) zomgwtfbbq Hrothgar/Viera can’t wear the head pieces (can they?)

Point being it’s not just a simple switch on/off, and very much might require SE paying to allow the event to come back, or at the very least an investment of man hours I would rather see elsewhere.

There’s a lot of unknowns and assumptions involved in collaborations that we just don’t know about, and I would rather not have SE spend money to bring back this content if possible. If GARO wants to pay, bring it on.

That’s business.

Dancer can wear the bard/mch gear, though it doesn't have a unique weapon. Poor gunbreaker I think however was left out in the cold because the tank sets were all job specific instead of role specific.

[Arielyanna]

@OP: Like others have said, the Garo event was around far longer than any other event in the game. Everyone had more than enough time to participate to get either the clothing/weapons/mounts. Please don't try and compare the Garo and Yokai events, as they are two different things (and others have said just why the Yokai event came to the game in the first place).

Sadly, you missed out on the mounts. But for SE to give them out again via the Mogstation, is a slap to the face of those who did the time to earn the right to have them.

[Constics]

And I had it for two weeks.

From this point, anyone trying to prance out this line to shut me up is getting ignored.

Sounds like a personal issue to me. Not the games fault you started late. Game doesnt evolve around you.

[Floortank]

"Agree with me or go away" is 100% workable on a public community forum and exactly how discourse works.

Anyway I'd like to see Garo return but only with the same requirements for mounts.

I have all the mounts but it'd be cool to farm some of the glamours I missed on alts.

[Cidel]

Oh hey, I recognize this OP:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ry-achievement.

I still stand by what I said there. You chose to wait til the last week or something for GARO while you farmed the MGP mounts (a few of which weren't going anywhere, including the Fenrir).

[Frizze]

Oh hey, I recognize this OP:

I do too. And honestly, almost every post they make seems to be incendiary and argumentative. Almost like they were trying to elicit some type of reaction from people. But to pretend this is a call for an open discussion, lets answer anyway.

They cant bring back Garo, they dont have the rights to it anymore. Thats why they gave us 6 months warning it was going away. Yokai only came back because Yoshi is friends with one of their devs.

[Duskane]

They cant bring back Garo, they dont have the rights to it anymore. Thats why they gave us 6 months warning it was going away. Yokai only came back because Yoshi is friends with one of their devs.

stuff like this isn't set in stone
im not against it returning and if it does it wont be for a very very long time

[Iscah]

stuff like this isn't set in stone
im not against it returning and if it does it wont be for a very very long time

The thing is, there's a difference between being okay with (or actively wishing for) its return and holding out any hope for it - or, for that matter, apparently believing that the devs could reinstate it but are deliberately withholding it from us.

I would love for it to return but I understand that it can't. It'll be a pleasant surprise if it ever does reappear, but it's better to just forget about it until then... and maybe hope for GARO itself to have some reason to be promoted again, so they reinstate the licensing deal for that.

(On a side note, it always seems weird to me when people talk about "the GARO event". It was a constant, low-key fixture in the game for a few years. It doesn't seem at all like an event.)

[GrizzlyTank]

Honestly collabs should be permanent to the game.