Dalamud strilkes a second time?

[Cherie]

This was a really cool event from 1.0 that many of us missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGTzdViDLo

I had read about Lightning Strikes event being brought back a third time due to popular demand and wanted to see if I could get some support behind the Dalamud strikes event being brought back a second time. I heard rumors that this event coming back may have already been green lighted!

This event had really cool music, special sky effect and enemy invasions. It was really cool and unique and I think most people would agree that everyone should get to enjoy it, just not the legacy players from 1.0.

I know some of you say that events are special and shouldn't be repeated but you really need to share with the rest of us. Some of the special items released during the event could be brought back too, like the Dalamud Horn costume piece looks really cool:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/43dcd38d023/

I wasn't able to be around during 1.0 to do the event because I just didn't feel like playing back then. I don't feel that should prevent me from seeing this event first hand though!

There is the issue with what happens at the end of the event, where the meteor wipes out all life on the planet. To take care of that, I thought SE could do a crossover with Dragonball Z and just have Goku blow up the meteor at the end of the event this time. Having Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise just roll back time would work too.

Thoughts?

[Enkidoh]

Oh goddess, me and my big mouth! Everyone, I'm sorry, this was my fault for mentioning the Legacy Campaign in another thread. ; ; *hangs head in shame*

Seriously Cherie, no. Just no. The Legacy Campaign was a 'thank you' from SE to those 1.0 players who continued to play when subscriptions became payable (so many 1.0 players abandoned the game simply because they had to now pay to play it). And as 1.0 is long gone, bringing the Legacy chocobo back (because that's the only benefit really still relevant to this thread, the other bonuses were once-offs that simply cannot be gained again, like having the player's name in the end credits, and having day 1 access for Phase 1 of the Beta test) completely invalidates the point of it in the first place.

As for the special '7th Umbral Events' that happened in the game in the lead up to 1.0's shut down, that was the whole point - it was to give an in-universe reason for the massive changes to the game's design (specifically, maps) that were going to be occurring in the change over to ARR. So thus something like that will never be happening again as there simply is no reason for it (unless SE decides to do something similar to explain other realm-shattering changes to the game's design, like the sudden opening up of new maps). Basically, its over and done with and is never coming back. Just accept it and move on.

[Gemma]

Oh goddess, me and my big mouth! Everyone, I'm sorry, this was my fault for mentioning the Legacy Campaign in another thread. ; ; *hangs head in shame*...

Please! Stop while you're ahead and don't feed the troll its not healthy!

They're obviously trying (but failing imo >_>) to be funny, last paragraph is kind of a dead giveaway. I wouldn't try to defend why Legacy players should keep our experiences & items. The OP was just messing around

[TheRogueX]

As for the special '7th Umbral Events' that happened in the game in the lead up to 1.0's shut down, that was the whole point - it was to give an in-universe reason for the massive changes to the game's design (specifically, maps) that were going to be occurring in the change over to ARR. So thus something like that will never be happening again as there simply is no reason for it (unless SE decides to do something similar to explain other realm-shattering changes to the game's design, like the sudden opening up of new maps). Basically, its over and done with and is never coming back. Just accept it and move on.

Interestingly enough, the 'Answers' theme that hauntingly played in the background during the final events of FFXIV 1.0 is in the music files for v2.3 with a 'Season' tag on it. I think something big is going to happen around the end of August.

[Enkidoh]

Interestingly enough, the 'Answers' theme that hauntingly played in the background during the final events of FFXIV 1.0 is in the music files for v2.3 with a 'Season' tag on it. I think something big is going to happen around the end of August.

I doubt the 'Dalamud' reprise of Answers that's been datamined in the 2.3 patch file has anything to do with the first anniversary of ARR's launch (plus that will kind of be the same time that the regular summer event 'Moonfire Faire' will be taking place.

If anything it's more likely there will be some kind of event around the second anniversary of 1.0's shutdown (November 11th) which is the date the in-game Calamity actually happened, and when that track was actually used in 1.0 - goddess I still remember how spooky that was hearing it replace all zone BGM in the game ).

But then stranger things have happened, and I'm quite happy to be proven wrong about this. So I guess it's going to be a very interesting few months for this game!

[TheRogueX]

If anything it's more likely there will be some kind of event around the second anniversary of 1.0's shutdown (November 11th) which is the date the in-game Calamity actually happened, and when that track was actually used in 1.0 - goddess I still remember how spooky that was hearing it replace all zone BGM in the game ).

But then stranger things have happened, and I'm quite happy to be proven wrong about this. So I guess it's going to be a very interesting few months for this game!

Could be, could be. I look forward to seeing what they do with this. Honestly, I would have suggested the server shut down, but I couldn't remember the exact date for the 1.0 end.

[Gelesto]

Lightning event, popular? when?

[monterrey4ever]

Are you aware of the magnitude and time span of that event? If you just want the rewards from the quests (Ring and Horn) just ask for them being bought via myths/soldiery/allied seals since SE doesn't seem to have a problem handing stuff to people. But this event should not be repeated in any case or circumstance.

[Radacci]

Are you aware of the magnitude and time span of that event? If you just want the rewards from the quests (Ring and Horn) just ask for them being bought via myths/soldiery/allied seals since SE doesn't seem to have a problem handing stuff to people. But this event should not be repeated in any case or circumstance.

Well....turn 9....I know it's not the same magnitude, but they could do it in some form.

Also, 1.0 was shut down for many reasons, the lag/delays was maybe one of the reasons. ARR doesn't suffer from the same issues, so the 1.0 lag is not a reason to not add it in ARR.
That said, Uhm, i miss the whole thing with Dalamud aproaching, and all that, but...i'm quite sure it's not gonna happen But theoretically they could do an echo-scenario or such. Maybe gold saucer, could have some cinema-cut-scene thing.

[Riepah]

I'm up for it. Let's do this.