Please Do Something with Gold Saucer!

[Soge01]

How many years has it been since Gold Saucer was added to FFXIV and now it just sits there collecting dust with nothing to offer. The prizes are beyond stale and the games are worse! Thiugh this is just my opinion and even though I still enjoy the few games and events we have there every once in awhile (especually Triple Triad), the Gold Saucer needs way more things to do than it has now and more new prizes that'll really get people coming back!

And also updates on the current games and events there; people have constantly pointed out here that Chocobo Races should be updated with new tracks and ways of racing eachother, like being able to race around Isgard and Illyshire, and being able to having flying Chocobo races. This should have been a thing a long time ago and while it's understandable that FFXIV's team may still struggle with dispersing development funds for their game, it would actually really help if those funds went to updating and fixing up existing issues in the game instead of throwing in new feature that'll just add to more of the problems FFXIV already has like many, many, many people have said before here! So to cut this short before I throw myself off track of what I'm talking about, again please make the Gold Saucer better than what it is now, because for myself and possibly many other players out there, it's just sad to look at how once was a great addition the Gold Saucer to now it being just a crappy mini-game farm for old outdated prizes.

[Blackbird1]

i started a thread on this issue myself it's going to need rides updated games and more gates new prizes updated chocobo races maybe even flying chocobo races that making use of flying in hsw areas like we've had the same race courses forever....frankly it's gotten beyond boring aside from doing daily minipot and weekly jumbo. That's another thing Has anyone ever actually won the top prize or close to top prize because it seems like everyone just gets the pity prize when they get no numbers or once in a blue moon the last number gold saucer needs a serious overhaul DEV team

[Vexander]

They've been adding new prizes for a while. Music sheets, the Archon Chair, and soon the Makai Sets (non-Dyeable). Not sure about new Attractions myself, but given the comments on Blitzball, I'd be surprised if it wasn't added to the Gold Saucer.

[Antonio_Xul]

I like the Gold Saucer. The problem is that everything they have added is a bust. Since nobody likes any of the mini games, they probably don't see the need to spend money and add to it since it will most likely fail like everything else.

[Holy-chan]

Most of my time is spent in the Gold Saucer, or doing Gold Saucer-related activities. Chocobo racing, Triple Triad, GATEs, daily/weekly cactpots, not a fan of Lord of Verminion though... While I like the current content, some good points were brought up. It is true that the Gold Saucer content is stale, and has seen little change (other than Lord of Verminion, which ended up flopping) since the implementation of the Gold Saucer long ago.

-Chocobo racing still has the same three tracks, and there are no new challenges. Racing remains server-side only, so you pretty much always race alone.
-There's still only five GATEs. Six if you count the two different Cliffhanger parcours?
-Other than new minions that get added to the game, Lord of Verminion doesn't change. It is probably the least popular activity in the Gold Saucer.
-Minigames (crane games and all those) aren't exactly an activity anyone would want to do extensively but their presence is okay.
-Cactpots are fine. MGP shops are fine (imo).

Only Triple Triad keeps getting new "content" each patch. It's good for me, as I am an avid player, but that can't be the only thing that gets regular updates or changes. There could definitely be more to the whole thing. I recall, when the Gold Saucer was new, a lot of people talking about wanting FF7's Battle Square in there. A lot could be done with that. Definitely more GATEs need to exist, and more chocobo racing tracks.

[Shougun]

Would love to see more events, I reaaaaallly dislike Anyway the Wind Blows GATE and want more jumping challenges (gates or not I don't care, love those things, like you have them in GW2).

Of course more rewards is neat - I've also thought if they perhaps added current tier rewards at the end of specific challenge logs it'd make the place more active (like win 10 chocobo race challenge = the normal reward + 50 scripture).

I think they could reasonably make a bullet hell game (top down shooter), perhaps make it reminiscent of Flammie (and make it the next Fenrir available mount to buy ).

(Basically baby Hraesvelgr lol)

[AlphaFox]

I like the Gold Saucer. The problem is that everything they have added is a bust. Since nobody likes any of the mini games, they probably don't see the need to spend money and add to it since it will most likely fail like everything else.

Thing is, I recall countless threads or comments about what they wanted to be added (snowboarding, motorcycle, even the Paper/rock/scissor fighting game) to the gold saucer, then they tossed verminion out. Something I don't really think anyone asked for.

[Amariel34]

I'm hoping SE changes their mind about the Makai sets being added to the Gold Saucer being non-dyable. I'm sure people will yell that they should be PvP-exclusive, but after sitting in the Frontlines Roulette for two and a half hours I gave up. *shrugs*

[Aylis]

I always had hopes the Gold Saucer would be the games gateway to short term event quests. Like at the beginning of a month to the end of the month there would be a special event linked to a daily quest. The player would complete the daily and earn a number of event coins, with a chance to win more during the quest itself. The player could spend the currency on whatever minion, card, costume, collectable offered that month as well as advancement items like materia or items for the relic grind, money pouches, etc.

[Nixxe]

Thing is, I recall countless threads or comments about what they wanted to be added (snowboarding, motorcycle, even the Paper/rock/scissor fighting game) to the gold saucer, then they tossed verminion out. Something I don't really think anyone asked for.

If they were smart, they would have added Verminion Go instead.