Quote Originally Posted by TaleraRistain View Post
I just want to know why they looked at two possible events - Make It Rain and freaking *Halloween* - and decided people would want the Gold Saucer event over Spookytime

Give us the old instance to run around for All Saints Wake and we'd be happy. We all loved that place.
Probably because it's an event based on a distinctly US celebration not really followed in any other country other than local shops trying to make money from kids weaned on too much imported US pop culture (I'm Australian and here Halloween is regarded as "that crass American holiday" to put it politely and ignored by the majority of the population), and with FFXIV being a Japanese developed title made by a Japanese company, small wonder it got the short straw when SE had to decide on an event to sacrifice to get the development schedule back on track.

You have to remember that this is an international game that is to appeal to just not US players but players around the world. An event based on a cultural holiday particular to a certain country is always going to play second fiddle to events with more broader appeal, that's just being realistic, even if you don't throw the added disruption caused by the pandemic into the mix.