Alfgar's Event and Imperial Assault - Why did you make them "random" events?

[Kiara]

SE really need to up their game and make things STAND OUT.

Any event in this game should literally take over the buzz of the city/area when they occur, not just be static. This should apply to all events (seasons, 7th umbral, newspaper, et al)

For example,

a) when its a Seasonal event, say Summer, there should be ginormous parades through the city like in the opening of Uldah's mission 1 cutscene, not just an npc standing static and a few cosmetic decorations.

b) when theres an Invasion, the cities npc army/cavalry should be seen making their way leaving the city and marching to the besieged camp, then make the whole semi-region where that camp is one massive warzone!

c) when theres Cultists, there should be a legion of cultists spawning in the city laying waste to everyone and everything, the city should be visibly in flames, and then after that we go down the purple aehryte (the npc does mention after all his daughter was kidnapped in the city), then once in mistbeard cove or sildiq aqueducts there should be mountains of mobs, traps, fighting our way through to a boss (not just standing still and the mobs spawning on us x 3 til the lolboss spawns) should be like a mini dynamis.

This is a great idea.

Even if it can't be as grand as this (until 2.0), I think it'd go a long way to helping indirectly informing players that *something* might be going on and happening.

Imagine instead of having NPC Alfgar appear and /say "Imperials are attacking!" (in a small radius), that a few more Uldahn Soldiers appear *throughout* the city.

You notice Soldiers near the Market Wards entrance. Near the Aetherial Gate. Doing a Fidget or "At Attention!" etc.

If you talk to any of them, they mention "Garlean Imperials have been spotted near Camp Horizon!" or something, etc.

THAT would subtly call attention (and immerse you) in the fact that something is happening in Eorzea and get you to explore, or incentivize you to find Alfgar or the NPC that might issue orders. Or get you to go to Horizon ASAP.

Instead, too many of these Live Events / Timed Events are 1 lonely NPC standing in a small portion of the city, with many players missing out.

I'm *not* advocating making Live Events handed to everyone on a silver platter, or making them appear ALL the time time or anything. But things like Altanas' suggestion, or Reinheart's where the frequency is upped (even slightly), but still random, would just allow more participation and add *enjoyment* for players who are already starved for content in this game.