Summer Event

[Lemuria]

Mentioning hogs and raptors tells me you went to Falcon's Nest rather than Owl's Nest and all I can say to that is: lols. Owl's Nest is easy to get to as any rank and with the event going on, any aggro should be dead or being dealt with when you get there.

Yes, because the population is SO huge right now that every mob in the vicinity is long since dead. Those wolves are rank 25-30 on their own, and they aggro. They're also blocking the route to Owls Nest, so you can't help but annoy at least one of them. Well, guess what? I'm rank 22, and being completely flattened by them. Also, my class is a mage which has a really horrible VIT-HP ratio. Three guesses how long it takes to be killed?

The bomb is constantly assailed by fire elementals at rank 35 which can nail me in two shots. Yes, of course I should be able to complete this quest, how silly of me.

I think all events should have community parts you cant do solo.
And some you have to do solo.
An yes playing with others in a mmo, such a bad idea lol.

I'm guessing you've got a rank 50 under your belt, or I'm pretty sure your attitude would be different. Yes, fine have quests or missions you can't solo. Thats normal, and expected of an MMO. Event quests though? Nope. They're time limited events which should encourage as many people to participate as possible. This isn't it.

I can scarcely name any MMO which doesn't make their event quests fully accessible across all levels, so why should FFXIV be any different?

There's a difference between 'playing with others' and 'leeching ashes'. I could happily plant myself in Owl's Nest and just pick up ashes while other people do the dirty work, but that's hardly getting into the spirit of things, is it?

[mysterytaru]

Yes, because the population is SO huge right now that every mob in the vicinity is long since dead. Those wolves are rank 25-30 on their own, and they aggro. They're also blocking the route to Owls Nest, so you can't help but annoy at least one of them. Well, guess what? I'm rank 22, and being completely flattened by them. Also, my class is a mage which has a really horrible VIT-HP ratio. Three guesses how long it takes to be killed?

The wolves can be avoided. The only thing that *might* be an issue are the R25 Footpads in the tunnel but as long as you don't stop to fight them and keep running, at R22 you can out run them w/o dying.

Also, you need to work on your use of quotes. I didn't post the second thing you quoted.

[MynxLynx]

I do wish the NPCs would give better information. Notifying players that they should seek assistance from other players might be a good idea, or label the quests as requiring certain ranks in disciples of war/magic as leve quests do. My highest ranks are in disciple of the land, how am I supposed to contribute to getting the bombard to it's destination?

I believe that players do need to be made aware of what they are getting into. These events are not a stroll in the park, they take place in areas with aggressive mobs and the bombards need to be defended. I think the journal should indicate fighting is required. What would happen if eight disciples of the hand showed up to escort the bombard?

@Lemuria: SE has for most of the FFXIV holidays had parts that are tiered, some are accessible at lower ranks and some at higher ranks. I was disappointed I couldn't get all the egg helms but I realize I haven't leveled much, and having some items only attainable by high ranks is a way to encourage players to level.

[DeadRiser]

I still don't see the point of your complaint. You say the event is fun, so you must have had fun doing it. Following that logic, the leechers there didn't have fun because they were leeching, so at the end of the day they missed out on the fun. Seems to me you have therefore no reason to complain. Anyway why exactly do you care? They got their swimsuits, you got yours and you had your fun. Again, what's the big deal? It's not like they made it impossible for you to do your own thing...

BUT that's the point I am getting at. Rewarding them for nothing.

They are making a profit from doing NOTHING. That's the point I'm getting at. I don't care that they are selling them really, but if you are selling them, it'd be nice to know that you actually worked for them ashes. It's just a the knoweledge so and so is selling blue ash for 60k in the market wards for doing nothing.

I can complain all I damn well want to, all I'm asking is for Square to make it accessible to everyone, but not rewards everyone for doing nothing.

[Taelyn]

Something for SE to consider for next year. As it seems most everyone has their swimwear now, the number of people running the event has dwindled. I'm coming into this event late, as opposed to launch day. I've found myself now the only person at a hamlet running the event, and the problem exists that I have no DoW/DoM jobs. So, what ends up happening is the bomb is killed before it ever makes it to the furnace. You may wish to consider, somehow, that wrist flick incompacitates the monsters attacking the bomb, otherwise, there is no chance for me to aquire ash when at a hamlet by myself.

I should note this on my alt on another server who is only a 20 Fisher. On my main, this was of course no issue.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

In all honesty, I hope Square doesn't do this again with the next event.

I don't like the lazy bums leeching off of me getting the Bomb to the festival. Seriously, work for what you earn peeps. Hopefully the next go round people will HAVE to engage the mob or whatever it is to get the rewards

EDIT: Please don't get me wrong, I love the time and effort Square put into this event and it's really good!

I am about to make a new thread addressing this in a different aspect. I leech and I don't care because the event is the most horrible and boring event I have ever witnessed in a game. I find it to be a complete waste of time, even for you guys running out and doing the dumb bomb escort.

[miqokini]

Yay! Now that the bikinis are officially in the game, I can shamelessly flaunt myself in my sig!

[Arock]

Well, I loved this event. I thought the reward was rather unique and the decorations festive and uplifting. I also like that you didn't need to form a party to work together. It made interacting with other participants so easy!
I obtained all the suits for both of my characters and while I lured and fought every time with my main, I will admit that I leeched a few times on my lower rank alt.
I want to see more events like this!

[Lissandra]

I'm really getting frustrated with this event. It seems unless you're a level 50 its impossible to obtain all of the swimsuits. The bomb run in Coerthas is littered with rank 30+ mobs, with level 35 enemies attacking him. To even get there, I have to dodge the aggro of level 54+ mobs (Raptors, Boars etc), and if I die (which I undoubtedly will) the nearest spawn point is a spot on the map which is surrounded by yet more raptors.

/end rant

Seriously though, can't SE make an event which more people can actually complete? I get that a lot of people have their rank 50's by now, but thats no excuse for making an event which can't be completed at every level.

This is understandable, but we still have like 2 weeks or so left of this event. You are a rank 22 CON, and it shouldn't be too difficult or too long to rank up to at least 30, so that you will have an easier time escorting the bomb. However, if I was on the same server as you, I'd gladly help.

[captainpicard]

Frankly, I wish they would devote whatever resources went into this summer event (which I have not participated in nor plan to) into other areas like linkshell management, job balancing, server re-engineering, transportation, world redesign, and so forth.