Why would someone chose a concept of useless event rewards?

[Failia]

The idea of putting vendor trash inside lucky eggs is.... pardon me but, stupid and not fun. Nothing to be excited about, at all. It's like getting a pair of regular socks for Christmas from Santa. Would be much more fun if there were a small chance of a U/U vanity item (no market value) inside. Somehow I managed to get a stack of 99 lucky eggs. Be damned if I bother to open them....

The main point of the eggs in the first place is so that they're a form of currency to be passed in for the other event items you can get. Why did you do the event that many times? After I got my earrings and the lamp, there's not much point in doing it beyond that for me. That's 16 eggs. If after you get all those and you have lucky eggs left over....what's the point in keeping them? This gives us something to do with the extras instead of just throwing them out or having them sit in your inventory/retainer. It's not much but it is something. I'll never understand people's reasoning on complaining that they're not getting enough free stuff for partaking in a social event.

Any of the holiday events have always been about social items being made available. The reasoning behind providing other kinds of rewards that would be more beneficial to us was mentioned already.

[Blaon]

I also disagree with OP. I don't want game-breaking stuff to be added to events. You either like doing it or not.

However, it would be nice to spice event rewards a bit with some extra fun stuff. We have done more than one event where your character is transformed into a monster or different character. Why not do like ffxi (I know, this isn't ffxi, but still), and add an item with infinite uses you can use to transform into something else (in open world, unable to attack or whatever) just for fun?

In this particular event we can transform, and it's lovely. Please, let us have an item to transform into spriggan / bat / other stuff you have already done before. It's something fun and it does not break the game.

[Failia]

I also disagree with OP. I don't want game-breaking stuff to be added to events. You either like doing it or not.

However, it would be nice to spice event rewards a bit with some extra fun stuff. We have done more than one event where your character is transformed into a monster or different character. Why not do like ffxi (I know, this isn't ffxi, but still), and add an item with infinite uses you can use to transform into something else (in open world, unable to attack or whatever) just for fun?

In this particular event we can transform, and it's lovely. Please, let us have an item to transform into spriggan / bat / other stuff you have already done before. It's something fun and it does not break the game.

A ring of transformation would be awesome. Or a stack of consumables that change you as well.

[Nuinn]

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I did fates with friends as they logged on for fun. Either way, how I got 99 lucky eggs is irrelevant. I would be quite happy if not all of the items could be traded for eggs. Instead, one of the earrings, or the lamp could have a decently balanced % of dropping when you open a lucky egg. That's not asking for "more free stuff". Then we wouldn't have to say that once you get 16 there is not much point in doing them. At least not that soon. As it is we can engage the item in our inventory but it's not very engaging to do so.... to put it that way. Just like coffers in dungeons. Not that fun, whereas it wouldn't take much to just tweak the system a little and make people smile instead of frown when they open one of those eggs.

[Purrfectstorm]

FFXI events were better. They seemed more unique and interesting not just "do X fetch quests" + "complete Y Fate" and the items you got actually had some usefulness.

Like there was a staff with the "Warp" enchantment and some of these items let you proc Abby lights because of the versatility of what jobs could use them. Give me something like an Eternity Ring, let me teleport for free every X amount of time or cast Protect/Stoneskin/something else so many times.

Even if you keep items as 99% vanity, at least make the vanity something decent. Like the robes for 1500 commendations and 3000 fates are the same model just different colors. Who wants to wear Egg earrings?

In SE's defense though, these changes do take more development time and what looks good vanity-wise is pretty subjective.

[Krr]

This thread:
"Hey, wouldn't it be cool if the events gave something other than glamour accessories no one will actually be able to see and furniture you'll only use for a month? Some kind of tradable good would help newbies get in the game and make a little bit of money, and it would even make the markets for some ultra-rare goods actually significantly healthier than they are now!"

"HOW DARE YOU, YOU ENTITLED TRASH, YOU WILL CRASH EVERY MARKET AT ONCE WITH YOUR GREED AND IGNORANCE. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A MARKET WOOOOORKS WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY STABILIZE BACK AT THEIR NORMAL POINTS AFTER SUPPLY BOOMS"

[Ultear_Milkovich]

In this particular event we can transform, and it's lovely. Please, let us have an item to transform into spriggan / bat / other stuff you have already done before.

This is really an awesome idea! Totally support this.

What i would like to see in events:

- More transformations.
- Sexy / weird outfits . But not only a headpiece right.
- Lore / FF related minions like Edvya or Shatotto. Could also be some weapons or gear skins.
- More stuff from previous FF.
- Since the 3.0 is coming they could make an event where you could get iconic" 2.0 stuff such as, i dunno, a Titan minion, a T4 dread minion or a Twintania like the mini mirdgarmsor.
- Moar Hildibrand related stuff even tho its unlikely to see this in an eventnt.

Whiners gonna ask for free grade IV materias for their novus or more poetics/sceals like dropped by 100% of the other content... Please dont do that. This will break the "magic touch" of these events.

[shiroxkatsuya]

Maybe a limited time event trial that drops cool vanity items or a mount. Like headless horsemen in WOW (I hate wow now but it was awesome back in the day). I would definitely go for something like that.

[KisaiTenshi]

Hello,
I mean I have played a couple of MMOs where seasonal events were a good way for newcomers to make some good fortune. In FFXIV it would mean that the lucky eggs would have for example a small (but not relic quest small) chance of dropping materias and expensive materials.

I know that it would change prices of materials and materias for a few weeks but then the prices would return to normal, so there will be no permanent harm to economics but the events will be more profitable and will live longer than day or two (because now people get their rewards and mostly don't bother wasting their time for a few allagan pieces).

Yuck no. Go play Mabinogi to quickly see how fun is inversely proportionate to the rewards. There is a reason why every second event over there is a "AFK-Fishing" event (and the servers being full for hours.) Because it lets people just farm pots and materials they want, and since they are untradeable, people just stock up on what they want and never have to buy anything crafted ever again. I guarantee you people won't bother to buy anything they can stock up from an event. It's not fun for people who miss the event or who would normally gather/craft those things.

This is really an awesome idea! Totally support this.

What i would like to see in events:

- More transformations.

Transformations ... once everyone has them, they never have any reason to use them. The more or less "correct" way to play with the transformations is to have it work like the mount summon (see Magitek Armor) where when transformed, you only have access to skills available in the "pet bar"'s transformed state. This would also allow for some silly transformations effects that otherwise would make no sense (eg, the "egg throwing")

A second level (partial) transformation could also be possible where it's still possible to play the game as you would normally. In this case it would need to be an actual gear item so it can be equipped/unequipped. For example "feather wings" or "dragon wings" would replace the item in the necklace slot, while something that changes the players head would replace the item in the earrings slot.

But if there is no way to keep the transformations after the event ends, you won't see many people bother. It would actually be better to put such things into a dedicated class that works like an "Esper" (See FF6)

The rampant use of "untradeable" gear makes most events not worth doing unless you personally want the item.

[Felis]

from the 2.55 patch notes:

The following seasonal items can now be sold on the Market Board:
Empty Twinkleboxes / Sheep Dolls / Hard Rice Cakes / Stuffed Qiqirn / Starlight Wreath / Star-topped Starlight Sentinel / Moon-topped Starlight Sentinel / Sun-topped Starlight Sentinel / Snowman / Empty Gift Boxes / Kadomatsu / Starlight Interior Wall / Flame of Passion

Kadomatsu get sold for 60k in the MB on Ragnarok
Sheep Dolls for 100k

The idea of putting vendor trash inside lucky eggs is.... pardon me but, stupid and not fun. Nothing to be excited about, at all. It's like getting a pair of regular socks for Christmas from Santa. Would be much more fun if there were a small chance of a U/U vanity item (no market value) inside. Somehow I managed to get a stack of 99 lucky eggs. Be damned if I bother to open them....

Buy lamps, trade them to another character and wait until they are sellable in the Market Board.
Or trade them after the event with using Party Finder.