And so Lightning Returns.... (Again)!

[Bluevann]

I'm sure someone else noticed before me, buuuut...

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/anniv.../na/index.html

Scroll down a bit and among the many plans for the incoming Anniversary... Yep. Lightning is coming back in September.

Time to level more alts for that coat and shirt I missed! Thanks SE!

[Copestetic]

Just to verify: If you complete it on a female or male character, you get the complete outfit ( including hair ) for the respective gender?

[CodeCass]

I'm not going to complain. I joined FFXIV shortly after Lightning Returns' release, so I've missed out completely on that gear. Not that I'd be mad if I'd missed it forever, I think it's neat that some players have things others don't, but I'll most definitely be grabbing it this time!

[Bluevann]

Just to verify: If you complete it on a female or male character, you get the complete outfit ( including hair ) for the respective gender?

You get hair for doing the first quest (along with gloves) at lv13. Pants come for the second quest (lv26 requirement). Shoes come for the third quest (lv38ish requirement?). The body comes at the last quest. Think it requires lv45 or 50.

[Copestetic]

You get hair for doing the first quest (along with gloves) at lv13. Pants come for the second quest (lv26 requirement). Shoes come for the third quest (lv38ish requirement?). The body comes at the last quest. Think it requires lv45 or 50.

Oh okay, good. That wasn't the first time I saw someone mention alts regarding the event, and feared that the content was "locked" to specific levels of characters ie: If you're level 50, you can't go and get the level 13 rewards.

[KaitlynOfOz]

I for one welcome the return of some of these "special events". I think as the player base grows, some of these, essentially glamour, items should be in a rotation so that new players can still get them. I realize it can diminish their value in the long run, but for something like a hairstyle or armor glamour pieces, just because you came late to the party doesn't mean you should be shunned from it. There are long periods of time when there are no special events going on in the Eorzea world (the last few months for example) that you could run special rehashes of these events, like a legends of eorzea month when these special events might make a return. Throw some bonuses in there for those of us who saw them the first time (seals/soldiery/pvp points) to get people to participate. You could even add an extra lvl 50 mission that might be a short one time dungeon run to expand the story a little with a fantasia at the end as a once a year reward.

[Zaft]

Oh okay, good. That wasn't the first time I saw someone mention alts regarding the event, and feared that the content was "locked" to specific levels of characters ie: If you're level 50, you can't go and get the level 13 rewards.

If they ever gave us a quest with level caps similar to FATEs/dungeons/story line missions, I imagine they would just level sync us like the aforementioned do. Otherwise people with all classes level 50 would be SOL.

On the topic of the returning events, I think it's cool to see them come back. It's one of the main reasons I don't play Guild Wars 2 anymore; if I can't play for a week or two at a time, I don't want to be told "Well you missed it, guess you NEVER get to experience it." I'd love to see more content be added to them as well, so they aren't simply the same thing each year.

[LunarEmerald]

It kind of defeats the purpose of a special event when you keep bringing it back.

[Copestetic]

GW2 comment

Just a little update on GW2. They recently started Season 2 of their LS ( Living Story ) and it's all permanent content from here on out...with a catch. The catch is, if you miss say, the first two chapters of the Living Story season 2, and you start at the third chapter, you can pay 100 Gems per missed chapter, and have it unlocked for you. So at least you have the option, I guess.

I played the first two chapters of LS2, and while it's an improvement over LS1, and the new area is very nice to look at graphically, but far too "platform-y" for me. Literally, you're jumping everywhere, and it's annoying. As always, the nice skins for this new season are locked behind micro-transactions, and the ones available are butt-ugly gold bug looking weapons.

Just in case you have an account and were thinking on checking it out.

[Seoulstar]

It kind of defeats the purpose of a special event when you keep bringing it back.

I fail to see the problem..at least they're giving practically everyone a chance to do it this time.