Event help

[Grey_Cain]

I thought it was fun too! A smidgen too easy though. I got all of mine first try. It took me a second to find Gridania's, but that's because my hint was "chocobo" so I went to the chocobo stables instead of searching around the aetheryte.

I wish I'd gotten something as specific as chocobo. My hint for Grid was "Central Shroud." Seriously, how is that a hint? The least she could have done is told me her beloved's name. It would have been far more useful, and there's absolutely no reason she wouldn't know it!

[Keydah]

I hated Limsa. Mostly because my boyfriend and I did Ul'dah, got different hints, and got totally different (and different map) people. So when we went to Limsa and I got "salt" where he got "construction," I ruled out the guy that was his answer the second he found him because I thought it'd be wrong due to the different hints.. Yeah, I went all around Moraby Bay a few times before I talked to the guy on a whim and it was him, even though our hints were different.

[Aldora]

Huh? (o_O?) Are the hints in these quest randomized?

When i got the Valentione quests, the hints i got were:

• “Central Shroud” for the Gridanian quest
• “tidegate” for the Limsa Lominsan quest
• “kings” for the Ul’dahn quest

I started scouring the Central Shroud for the NPC, but after searching the entire east side of the map i stopped searching in that area. At that time i was looking for a roaming NPC and the quest explicitly mentioned that the NPC would not display a quest icon. Since i knew that the Tidegate was quite a bit smaller than the Central Shroud, i figured i should go there instead.

After circling through both the North and South section of the Tidegate, talking to every NPC i bumped into. No dice… (T_T ) So, i figured that i should check the towns instead… After looking NPC i haven’t seen before in the smaller (key) locations, i managed to find all 3 of them soon afterwards.

[ruskie]

Yes there are a few different hints. But the simple idea is they will be near the aetheryte. My bond mate got sunway as a clue. Only problem... there's 2 of them atleast. And the one in eastern thanalan comes up as the first idea since it's a rather large landmark on the map.

[Sadana]

I've done the quest line 6 times thus far. Took 3 before I knew the hints were even specific (I never looked at the actual entries beyond the first.)

-There's only one new npc in Central Shroud.
-Both Ul'dah and Limsa have 3 new npcs each. Some hints could potentially cover more than one place. (example: I got 'mines' for Ul'dah on my first run through and that could be Nanawa Mines in Central Than or Copperbell Mines in West Than.)
-The girl you see in the cutscene changes. If you're running a lot of alts through this event, you may be able to match the girl to her specific npc boyfriend by appearance.
-The quests are level 15, therefore you can exclude any location higher level than that.

[Sounders]

If this is the right forum, but my wife and I were doing the event quest in limsa and she got the hint "ships". Neither of us are very familiar with the area and can't seem to find the person, and where wondering if anyone could help us. Thanks!

Woah... This is interesting. I wonder if somebody who did not start at Limsa will be able to get this clue (Somebody who is not MRD/ACN). I thought this clue would only be understood by somebody who did the main quest line at Limsa.

[LineageRazor]

My hint for Grid was "Central Shroud." Seriously, how is that a hint?

Agreed. Gridania was the first leg I attempted (because, obviously, I was in Gridania when the three legs of the quest were presented). When I saw that I needed to look for an unknown, unmarked NPC who could be located anywhere in the Central Shroud, EVEN knowing I could rule out the Sorrel Haven area since it's too high-level, I immediately looked up the answer on the Internet. Ain't no one got time fo' dat!

Once I did, though, and noticed that all of the Gridania NPCs were located near an Aethercite, I held off on cheating for the other two, and found them pretty easily. Knowing the Aethercite thing brings the quest difficulty down considerably.

[NaliaBrown]

I thought it was fun too! A smidgen too easy though. I got all of mine first try. It took me a second to find Gridania's, but that's because my hint was "chocobo" so I went to the chocobo stables instead of searching around the aetheryte.

Mine was "chocobo" too, and I talked to every NPC at the chocobo stable (even tried talking to the chocobos) at Bentbranch and Treespeak Stables before finding the guy by the crystal at Bentbranch. If the clue is chocobo, shouldn't he be by the chocobos? Obviously I got wiser for Limsa and Ul'Dah. Looked by the crystals first. I was frustrated, though. I wanted something a little less vague.

Also, "Central Shroud" is one of the possible clues? What a cop out. That's not even really a clue - it just tells you where to go!

[HitsuMaruku]

My hint for Limsa Lominsa was "lockup" and I got the location right, but I couldn't find the NPC. So I thought I had it wrong...and kept looking...for quite awhile.
Then I tried my first hunch again and found him.

That's half the fun for me! Please include more events like this one. I haven't had this much fun since the old days of XI.

[Altena]

I got "Fruit" (for limsa).
So I found a valentines quest NPC at moraby standing in front of a few boxes of fruit, and that wasn't him. Instead, it was some guy in the middle of nowhere at summerford. Makes legit sense.