Aren't holiday quests a waste of development time and effort right now?

[Nephera]

Square has never had a product do this poorly with no exit strategy. To shut it down is to lose whatever worth it might have to a F2P company.

I could MAYBE see that if it were a different IP


edit: and i dunno those last few mana games were really bad.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

There are more constructive ways to go about this kind of thread than crying about it.

[Aramil]

They might not be a waste of effort. Depending of the numbers of people on the team and of their development method, not everyone might be able to work on the battle system and the other thing at the same time. In that case it's better for them to work on small content like the easter event than on nothing.

Also we don't know what's going on behind the scene, if the holiday event have pushed back the "real" content back by a few weeks, yes it's a waste of time. If it didn't push it back or by 1 or 2 days, than no, it's not a waste of time.

Bottom line, unless you work for SE or they suddenly decide to tell us all about the development of the game, there's no way to know if it's a waste of time or just a quick addition to at least give us some content while we wait for the rest.

[Peregrine]

I could MAYBE see that if it were a different IP

I see that as the only realistic outcome of this game if they don't turn it around by July. At this pace, they won't. My guess is the only significant content we get this month is that holiday event. Then it's may. I doubt we'll see anything at all in may other than another batch of quests that are a waste of eveyrone's time. Then it's june and we're still talking about the same overhauls with nothing to show for it. Then what's in July? Well the summer event. What's August? Fail quest batch. What's september? Well it's almost event time again.

New developmental team is heading straight for the old rut. Give us a little more time. We need a little more extension. Here's a holiday. Here's a fetch quest.

Did it take them 5 minutes to make it? Did it take them 5 weeks? Don't know. Doesn't matter. It's the only content we've ever been given in 6 months of play other than 5 barebones NMs with hardly a reason to keep killing.

[Peregrine]

There are more constructive ways to go about this kind of thread than crying about it.

No, really about the only resort left is to kick someone in the ass and hope they finally listen. Enough is enough. Cut this **** content out.

[Peregrine]

And again, for the fifth maybe tenth time it doesn't matter if the holiday event delays other work or not. It sends players the wrong message that *this* is their *solution* to the problems because we have *nothing else* from them in *six months* to say otherwise.

It's a joke. Again, they have BECOME their subscription fee at this point.

[Mallicia]

I totally agree with you guys this/those holiday event are a waste of money and development time. I never do them, because its give you nothing good/useful and you can certainly occupy your time better.

if you want to celebrate go celebrate in real life !

[MagicofGaia]

And you are the decay of the genre and the reason this game is on the brink of being sold and made someone else's problem.

Don't sit there and talk about how you came from FF11. FF11 earned the right to host holiday events because it HAD content and meaningful play. FF14 has not.

I stopped playing the game in 2009. EQ1, DAoC, and Aion are also behind me. And a really really shi--y Rift beta experience.

Get over yourself Peregrine

[Peregrine]

I'll tell you what the role of a holiday event development is. It's for a game who is comfortable in its skin enough to take a small break from its own success to revel in a little style points. They are NOT for struggling developers and struggling games. Don't even send that message that you're spending ANY time dinking around with this kind of crap.

I have mandragora belts with the rest of the XI clan. But XI earned that right to be silly and light every 2 months. This game has not. Devs need to get to work and stop sending messages that they're farting around designing the next seasons' pastry synths.

[Peregrine]

I stopped playing the game in 2009. EQ1, DAoC, and Aion are also behind me. And a really really shi--y Rift beta experience.

Get over yourself Peregrine

Open your eyes and see the disaster around you. This game doesn't need Holiday events. Even the mere MENTION that holiday events are being planned does this game harm, because that's like hearing Libya is having a bake sale.