The holiday events in FFXI and FFXIV are horrendous and boring at the same time. I understand maybe the Japanese player base may understand these events more than the rest of the FFXIV player base because they are made after Japanese holiday events for the most part. Yoshi-P has played games like WoW and other Western style MMOs so I would figure he would understand what the mass would consider fun and not a complete waste of time. This might be taboo to some but the point is very valid, World of Warcraft holiday events are light years ahead of anything FF has to offer. They are fun and rewarding and some actually let you fight some semi complicated bosses and get loot that is good for your character. Like the Halloween event lets you goto a instance and that is a graveyard and lets you summon the headless horseman. Once you fight him and kill him he drops loot and a chance of a mount. I don't expect something to that extreme for FFXIV but I would love to see holiday events I actually want to participate in.

Summer event on here is such a waste of time I sit there and craft and leech the Ash and I don't care about being a contribution to the event because it lacks anything that makes me want to be a part of it. WoW's summer event has so much more you can do, from fun daily minigames/quests that when you finish give you tokens and when you get enough tokens you can buy all kinds of items with. Mostly cosmetic pleasures or fireworks and what not and also it has a boss that you can go and due and have a chance to get a nice piece of gear. Again I don't expect the exact same type of content in FFXIV but I just want to see something that gets everyone participating in and having fun and sometimes have the possibility to get a piece of gear (that can only be acquired at this event) that actually has some level of usefulness.

Also I am just comparing the two games via holiday events in example of so my point could be made clear. That is my only intention I have no intention of trying to create some silly flame war.