The (dull) Rising Event *light spoilers*

[Micromage]

I've only seen last years Rising Event, and even if I was spoiled by how amazing that was, I wouldn't expect them to replicate that event. Overall, I like this years event. I haven't seen all of the play scenes yet but they're cute and I like the new fireworks.

I think the events shouldn't be compared, and should just be enjoyed for what they are, "dull" or otherwise.

It actually should be compared in every way. This is a year celebration. This is the time SE says thanks for the support and thanks for playing. They put so much into last year, and I can't help but think that we got the short end of it this year. Not speaking for anyone but myself, I was disappointed.

[Legion88]

Then don't compare it with the first rising event...

You were running to a bunch of people and talk to them to find a suspicious person.
The suspicious person was the wandering minstrel and you got a cutscene which told you how importent you were and how importent you will be in the future. End of event...

[Esp]

While I likes the minions and even the fireworks, I wasn't to fond of this year's Rising. Sure the puppet show is cute, but I was kinda hoping for a bit more, even with its different endings.

Rivaling the last Rising event, I think not.

[Sakuraluna]

Nothing could beat last year's event tbh. It's kind of like an overhyped movie. I thought this year's was cute and fun and kind of gave me a tiny sense of what it must have been like for 1.0 players who participated in the real thing, through storytelling and acting it out. But if you've experienced last year's event it's possible to go into a decently good event this year expecting it to reach unheard of heights of awesome and then be disappointed when it doesn't meet those expectations. Last year was a hard act to follow, I tried to keep an open mind and not expect the dev team to upstage it, and just enjoyed it for what it was.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I didn't expect last year's event to be topped. Honestly, where can you go from there?

[Micromage]

I've only seen last years Rising Event, and even if I was spoiled by how amazing that was, I wouldn't expect them to replicate that event. Overall, I like this years event. I haven't seen all of the play scenes yet but they're cute and I like the new fireworks.

I think the events shouldn't be compared, and should just be enjoyed for what they are, "dull" or otherwise.

I didn't expect last year's event to be topped. Honestly, where can you go from there?

Make another awesome dev room with more easter eggs and exclusive art from the last 3 years, and possibly concept art for Sam/rdm? I'd appreciate that.

[Enkidoh]

I didn't expect last year's event to be topped. Honestly, where can you go from there?

Exactly. They raised the bar so high with last year's one and thus it was always going to be a very hard act to follow. Did they come close with this year's one? Not quite, but it was still fun (even though I had a graphic glitch occur during the final scene with the Wandering Minstrel where the textures all went low detail for some reason... but that might have been due to so many people being in the area it mucked up the graphics LOD). The rewards were nice as well.

Ah well, 2015 Rising will still be the best - I don't think SE will ever be able to surpass that.

Nothing could beat last year's event tbh. It's kind of like an overhyped movie. I thought this year's was cute and fun and kind of gave me a tiny sense of what it must have been like for 1.0 players who participated in the real thing, through storytelling and acting it out. But if you've experienced last year's event it's possible to go into a decently good event this year expecting it to reach unheard of heights of awesome and then be disappointed when it doesn't meet those expectations. Last year was a hard act to follow, I tried to keep an open mind and not expect the dev team to upstage it, and just enjoyed it for what it was.

The thing is though, it's not even an accurate rendition of what actually happened on the last day in 1.0 from a gameplay perspective anyway. Contrary to what the story says and all the trailers and information released by SE, the last day of 1.0's original service which depicted the day of the Calamity, 1.0 players did not actually directly participate in the Battle of Carteneau (as the Cartenau Flats were actually completely inaccessible and weren't even a zone, just a barely legible note on the Eorzea map).

Instead, 1.0 players were instructed to assemble in the final hour at Camp Brittlebark, a now gone 1.0 aetheryte camp in the equally gone southern portion of Mor Dhona, and fight wave after wave of high-level Garlean soldiers and magitek vanguards (and that was assuming you weren't booted off the server with an error code due to 1.0's unstable server infrastructure, which is what happened to me). This was actually a feint to distract Garlean reinforcements and stop them from reaching the main (inaccessible) fight at Carteneau and overwhelming the Main Host outright and winning the battle for the Garleans.

Ultimately though it ended in failure, as the reinforcements managed to eventually reach the main host in the final moments anyway, which then led into the events of the End of an Era/A New Beginning/Flames of Truth trailers. 1.0 players were just a diversionary tactic during the Calamity, they didn't actually fight at Carteneau - that fighting was done by enlisted Grand Company troops from the three citystates, thus making it rather moot.

This of course raises questions about how 1.0 players (who satisfied the requirements) were apparently 'teleported away' by Louisoix if they weren't even at the battle, but I guess that is can just be handwaved away as 'a wizard did it' (which is true when you think about it! ).

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Make another awesome dev room with more easter eggs and exclusive art from the last 3 years, and possibly concept art for Sam/rdm? I'd appreciate that.

That would be boring. I don't want events to simply be repeated with a few different additions slapped onto it. You might as well have devs post info and teasers every so often. Like a live letter!

[Micromage]

That would be boring. I don't want events to simply be repeated with a few different additions slapped onto it. You might as well have devs post info and teasers every so often. Like a live letter!

Ya... as opposed to... a dull event where they recap event we all know already, and give us no spoilers about the new classess? Yes, you're soooo right, it'd be totally boring...

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Just like your sarcasm.