Complain about the collaboration event

[BobbinT]

I just recently realized that FFXI event making a return again. But to my dismay, there are absolutely nothing new besides giving players who's missing their chances on old event to get the old rewards, at least from what I heard.

When I play XI last time, they also have the collaboration event with XIV & DQX and they already have the second event for each series. But instead of just repeating old quest, they also add new quest & new rewards.

So why XIV doesn't have new quests for XI? Does upcoming DQX would be the same too? Why can XI add new quest and XIV can't? And on DQX, do they have repeated event with same quest or has new ones too?

Last thing I vaguely remember doing XI event on 1st one, I recall Shantoto seems like going to make a return again. Are there any continuation about this, or we only get just that one time deal? :?

[Zofis]

The Dragon Quest X event coming up actually does have something new. You can now purchase a King Slime Crown!

[Mykll]

You can read up what is new, and mostly not new, here:

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

[Quintalian]

Hey, I asked about this in the Live Letter XVII question thread and it got the lowest [Like!] score of all the questions I posted. Another crossover would be cool, but for now it's nice that the newer players can enjoy the event that ran before they joined the game. The original event was in January, so maybe we'll see a new event after New Year's.

[Millerna]

Mainly because most of the FFXIV content teams are working hard on 2.4, 2.5, golden saucer, expansion etc. Probably the people usually doing the content for events are currently also set to work mainly on those things.

Also, because FFXIV is a LOT more detailed (graphically) than FFXI, it also takes a LOT more time to create new content.

[BobbinT]

The Dragon Quest X event coming up actually does have something new. You can now purchase a King Slime Crown!

That's actually better, but the event are same from previous. Would like to see additional quest instead.

Hey, I asked about this in the Live Letter XVII question thread and it got the lowest [Like!] score of all the questions I posted. Another crossover would be cool, but for now it's nice that the newer players can enjoy the event that ran before they joined the game. The original event was in January, so maybe we'll see a new event after New Year's.

It takes like few months to get second quest for those events in XI. Would be weird waiting whole year for it, if... it's really true.

Mainly because most of the FFXIV content teams are working hard on 2.4, 2.5, golden saucer, expansion etc. Probably the people usually doing the content for events are currently also set to work mainly on those things.

Also, because FFXIV is a LOT more detailed (graphically) than FFXI, it also takes a LOT more time to create new content.

Even it is, FFXI still beautiful on it's own. Not really strong argument.

As for the new content, there's still loads of them being released on XI's current expansions, along with non expansion content like Monstrosity or Hard Mode version of old battles (drop requires to upgrade af/relic to ilvl 119) to name a view. Not sure if I call that more easier/lighter than XIVs. In fact XI new additional being worked on might/could trump over XIV itself since it's doing new & old content too.

Just compare each patch notes between XI & XIV. XI's been always quite overwhelming to do (that's each of patch notes), while XIV's still more lighter and could've be done before next major patch hit.

Overall, I'm quite disappointed with how XIV handles the collaboration event, even pale in comparion with what XI offers. The giant Shantoto rulez tho. lol

And this is kinda a long shot, but are there any who play DQX can confirm the status of collaboration event over there?

[Millerna]

Even it is, FFXI still beautiful on it's own. Not really strong argument.

FFXI still looks good yes, but that doesn't mean XIV isn't a LOT more work to create content for.. The models have far more polygons than those in FFXI, which generally takes longer to model. Animation also takes longer because there's a lot more weighting that needs to be done. UVmapping and textures also tend to take longer the more detail you have.

Modern games are just a TON more work than older ones, and cost a TON more money. So unless everyone feels like playing twice the sub cost, it's kinda hard for Square to hire enough people to get everything done really. It's not that they wouldn't want to do more unique events and release more content faster, it's that it's financially not really doable at this point.

[Tiggy]

People severely underestimate what it takes to produce content while at the same time forgetting the break neck pace of new content added to this game. Do you think they care that much about a one off event or about real lasting content?

[Gilraen]

"Oh no, new players get access to events I already did." Seriously, listen to yourself! You make like this is a bad thing. This is a good thing, the events had alot of stuff in them that alot of new players have been wanting. Let them have a crack at these events, all it's going to do is even the field and that is never a bad thing.

[TeaTimeBear]

"Oh no, new players get access to events I already did." Seriously, listen to yourself! You make like this is a bad thing. This is a good thing, the events had alot of stuff in them that alot of new players have been wanting. Let them have a crack at these events, all it's going to do is even the field and that is never a bad thing.

I don't think OP is saying that at all.