I knew I wasn't the only one..

[MattAn24]

Signal boosting that Yokai (started from 1st day, FYI) was unnecessarily grindy & poorly implemented.

5/7/9/11/15? Fine. 3 for 30? Poor drop rate, absurd expectations, Yokai devs "requesting it be exceedingly difficult to obtain weapons & second mount" or not. This isn't Yokai. It's FFXIV. Utilising FATEs poorly only makes people hate them, it becomes a chore. People already dislike FATEs (I enjoy them).. FFXIII's Event FATEs were fun/engaging, items dropped from results window, not some poorly optimised RNG for FATE system.

2 days in ULN grinding 2-3 weapons.. When I finally go to OLN to get 3 30s.. The WHOLE day, 200+ FATEs in a row (back-to-back!), only get 1 and a half of medals needed. It's an insult to the players.

Add maintenances, (especially 24 hours).. Would've thought there'd be 24+ hours added to the event.

Either it needs to have a second run (like the FFXIII event had two or three runs), or there needs to be some make-up hours added to it.

[MattAn24]

Just to add.. 20 medals is far more reasonable than sudden 30. If this collab was supposed to be "Hey FFXIV players, heard about Yokai Watch?!".. It made people hate it, this time-consuming chore. Make it interesting! Find Yokais in the wild or something.. Have quests where you seek out landmarks, and discover weapons that way. This was bland and poorly designed, tacked on to existing content.

Everyone in the FATE party was calling it hell. That's not a good way to advertise a game if it's supposed to be a collab/promotion. Others also telling people how horrid 30 medal requirement was. Especially with poor drop rate, that's not "fun". It's a "limited-time" event. Don't penalise time-restricted players.

Yokai devs saying "don't want everyone to have all weapons/2nd mount".. Plenty wouldn't bother with the event & won't get them. Don't penalise players that DO for playing for long periods & getting no result. Blatant disrespect/disregard for your playerbase, FFXIV & Yokai..

[Tint]

we had more than 2 months time to complete the event, you knew when the event ends and you also should have known that sometimes there are maintenances (especially on patches).

yes, the event was horrible and we all hate fates, but if you wait until the last moment, probably expecting that they increase the droprates in the last weeek, that's alone your problem.

[Mimilu]

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I don't think the OP's main issue was the length of the event, just the event itself and how it was conducted.

[Tint]

I don't think the OP's main issue was the length of the event, just the event itself and how it was conducted.

but he is talking a lot about time in his first post^^

Signal boosting that Yokai (started from 1st day, FYI) was unnecessarily grindy & poorly implemented.

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2 days in ULN grinding 2-3 weapons.. When I finally go to OLN to get 3 30s.. The WHOLE day, 200+ FATEs in a row (back-to-back!), only get 1 and a half of medals needed. It's an insult to the players.

Add maintenances, (especially 24 hours).. Would've thought there'd be 24+ hours added to the event.

Either it needs to have a second run (like the FFXIII event had two or three runs), or there needs to be some make-up hours added to it.

[platorepublic]

Add maintenances, (especially 24 hours).. Would've thought there'd be 24+ hours added to the event.

Either it needs to have a second run (like the FFXIII event had two or three runs), or there needs to be some make-up hours added to it.

Maintenance: add back hours to subscriptions before adding to events!!

[MattAn24]

Maintenance: add back hours to subscriptions before adding to events!!

Um.. No? Subscription fees fund costs of running servers. Necessary expectation to maintain said servers. Well done for missing the point completely!

we had more than 2 months time to complete the event, you knew when the event ends and you also should have known that sometimes there are maintenances (especially on patches).

Also nope. You clearly misread, Mimilu was right. Or did you miss where I stated I started from the very beginning of the event. It still took ridiculously long and drop rate was pathetic. It was not conducted/planned/executed in any efficient way. It is, plain and simply, lazy/poor game design. Wasn't even original! No original FATEs like the Lightning Returns event. It rehashed old 2.0 FATEs.

[OMega_ARcane]

*raises hand slowly* I actually enjoy fates...and...grinding...as far as the yokai event...I found myself getting only 1-3 medals a day, but on a good day "couple of times out of the week" I would get a good 5-7 in one day...grind heavy yes, and fun...at least for me...

[Mimilu]

Are we really necro-threading this? >w>