Quality of Events > Quantity of Events

[Delsus]

The events in FFXIV are fine imo when you take all the work they are doing into account. Yes they might be sub par right now, but SE has alot of work to do, the gear designers have to make gear rewards from new content released every 1-2 months, so seasonal gear will be a lower priority, when they have fixed the game the gear from events will probably be alot better and useful.

Also the only event gear I used from ffxi was my treat staff 2 everything else I got was pretty much useless.

[Azurymber]

The events in FFXIV are fine imo when you take all the work they are doing into account. Yes they might be sub par right now, but SE has alot of work to do, the gear designers have to make gear rewards from new content released every 1-2 months, so seasonal gear will be a lower priority, when they have fixed the game the gear from events will probably be alot better and useful.

Also the only event gear I used from ffxi was my treat staff 2 everything else I got was pretty much useless.

ffxi you got stuff that warps you
eggs to write things in your bazaar
belts that turn you into cute things
candy that turns you into kids
the best gear for clamming
gear that lets you up the EXP you gain for an hour
throwing eggs that were the best ranged stat item for 20+ levels
etc.
and you could store it all with an npc

[User201109011315]

The Bombard event was good. I thought.

Haevenstrum had nice music. Althought it got repetetive as did the christmas and summer event music.

[Arcell]

The quality of the events has risen drastically since Yoshida took charge. Need I remind people of the bell-ringing events we had with Tanaka? Every event, just ring a bell. Even the current phase of the Curse of Dalamud event is better than that crap.

[User201109011315]

The quality of the events has risen drastically since Yoshida took charge. Need I remind people of the bell-ringing events we had with Tanaka? Every event, just ring a bell. Even the current phase of the Curse of Dalamud event is better than that crap.

Is that actually a good thing though?

If I'm perfectly honest, I would rather they spent less time on events anyway (maybe limit to three per year) and use the programmers on something with more lasting value. (Which I shouldn't have to say! But you know how it is, SE act like they have a scarcity of resources so it seems odd they still have time/money to organise and implement these events).

[Arcell]

Is that actually a good thing though?

If I'm perfectly honest, I would rather they spent less time on events anyway (maybe limit to three per year) and use the programmers on something with more lasting value. (Which I shouldn't have to say! But you know how it is, SE act like they have a scarcity of resources so it seems odd they still have time/money to organise and implement these events).

Are you saying that bell-ringing events are better than what we have now? This thread isn't about your resources bullshit you like to carry on about.

This thread is asking for higher quality events and rewards, which in my opinion is what we've been getting albeit slowly. They have been getting better as the game goes on. X-mas event? Boring as hell. New years event? Boring as hell. Easter event? More involved and interesting, multiple parts. Summer event? Dare I say it was fun as long as you had people to do it with. Curse of Dalamud? So far kind of meh but I'm thinking there's more to it they haven't released yet (like the Easter event).

[User201109011315]

Are you saying that bell-ringing events are better than what we have now? This thread isn't about your resources bullshit you like to carry on about.

This thread is asking for higher quality events and rewards, which in my opinion is what we've been getting albeit slowly. They have been getting better as the game goes on. X-mas event? Boring as hell. New years event? Boring as hell. Easter event? More involved and interesting, multiple parts. Summer event? Dare I say it was fun as long as you had people to do it with. Curse of Dalamud? So far kind of meh but I'm thinking there's more to it they haven't released yet (like the Easter event).

Woah, lighten up, I was just saying I would rather have a few high quality events (like the Bombard one) instead of several. For example, currently we get like a million events per year, but perhaps they should shift their focus to more pressing matters.

The more detailed an event is, the more time-consuming it is to manufacture. So I fear that since we are getting more elaborate events, and no less frequently, we are getting less of something else we might otherwise have had.

Resources aren't infinite.

[Holland]

Resources aren't infinite.

That is an undeniable fact.

However, I doubt they are spending their resources "as they go" but rather: A careful plan was devised at the start of the year on how they would develop every part of the game until they are ready to start charging and even beyond. So after careful examination they determined very early on they could use development time on X amount of events without hindering the main development process of overhauling everything and so on for everything else they are planning to implement.

[Chocobits]

Greetings!

After the latest regurgitation of what could be classified as the "monthly content" Yoshida talked about rolling out... It is with a humble & contrite heart after doing these "events" that I have to say that QUALITY > QUANTITY.

I know these events are mere filler until a patch comes out, but with the items obtained from events having no use other than clogging inventory space after their aesthetic appeal has faded... at least make the events released worth doing.

Events in Final Fantasy 11 (depending on the event) were a lot more in-depth than the ones in FF14. The items obtained (such as the Treat Staff) had a use other than clogging inventory space.

Having said this.. Please take the time to release quality events that people want to actually do. Gamers would rather participate in a quality event that gets released every 2-3 months but has depth & meat to it rather than one that gets released monthly and feels so shoddy and out of place.

I think you mean to say, for a game like FFXI that already has a lot of content, quality > quantity. For a game like FFXIV which is essentially barren of content, we need quantity. Lots of it. Implement every freaking idea hastily drawn on the back of a napkin and see what sticks. Once we have a quantity we can start weeding out content that doesn't meet the quality standards. I wish SE would just introduce "temporary content" and let the polls choose which content will remain and which will go the way of the Dodo.

[AsterBarnivere]

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