Square’s determination to ruin every seasonal event

[Seraphor]

They didn't even add the running course and the jumping puzzle.

That's kinda sad.

Jumping puzzle won't be coming back again now that we have flying in ARR.

[Skivvy]

Jumping puzzle won't be coming back again now that we have flying in ARR.

They had added a debuff around the jumping area that disabled mounts.

[Adamantini]

They had added a debuff around the jumping area that disabled mounts.

or an instanced jumping puzzle area, like we have on gold saucer for example.

[Skivvy]

or an instanced jumping puzzle area, like we have on gold saucer for example.

That could be fun

I do wonder what the community's take on having grander, but repetitive, holiday events would be. I've always enjoyed GW2's holiday/special events as they're typically more involved, can have challenging jump puzzles, or things you have to collect, scavenger hunt type events, races, and a bunch of other various things. You can actually work on gaining rewards for the entire length of the event vs. spending 20 minutes doing some quests and a fate and being done for the next 2 weeks. :X

The flip side to that is that the events are the same every year, but again, they're far, far more fleshed out and involved. The reward currency also carries over from year to year, so if you don't manage to collect everything you wanted, you can save it and continue the next year. I actually really prefer GW2's style events over XIV.

I appreciate that they try to bring unique stories and prizes each year, but it seems like the team is stretched thin at the best of times. Not that they don't try, but they can only do so much, ya know?