Don't Get Rid Of The Songbirds!

[Riardon]

I really dislike this event. It's very cringy for me. It's oriented from Japan so I can't relate to this whole idol waifu culture.
I also dislike the Halloween one.
At least this year they chose to give a more serious tone to it with a side message about human trafficking and all the nasty things young women fall victims to.
The whole stage thing was very cringe worthy though.

[Hasrat]

The continuity, such as it is, is sorta nice. One-off events that are just as soon forgotten can be just as dull. But, I was also never here for the prior event themes; my only exposure to LLD has been with the Songbirds. But if it's not them, it's every other annual event that reuses previous characters.

I've never been bothered by them, but I also feel it's time to move on. 3 years is a good run. Enough time to feel like we've been a part of their progression, not quite totally in the "overstayed their welcome" territory. I wouldn't be too upset with annual events having a sort of running theme like this for 3 years.

Which means we should be just about done pounding mochi for Heaven's Turn...

[Zumi]

I think they should bring them back because they are such good characters.

They are kind of similar to Mumor in FFXI. They brought back Mumor for 10 years. Only she was the summerfest character. It was always nice to see a seasonal characters story unfold over the years.

[Alleo]

I am fine if they will have some side activities or some small cutscenes in the future events but honestly I am getting pretty tired of them. Heck this year the "main star" of the event was not even them but that little girl and its story (at least for me). We barely talked to them at all and I am not much of a fan of the fate. The idea behind it was kinda cute but I found their dancing to be kinda all over the place (everyone was so often just dancing their race dance instead of one choregraphy). I really liked their first event and the second one was nice too but this one just felt stale.

[Kacho_Nacho]

The whole stage thing was very cringe worthy though.

'Eh. I got four glow sticks out of the deal, so I can't complain. It just struck me as being incredibly short. Would have been nice to have actually had a concert with real songs to listen to.

I think they should bring them back because they are such good characters.

They are kind of similar to Mumor in FFXI. They brought back Mumor for 10 years. Only she was the summerfest character. It was always nice to see a seasonal characters story unfold over the years.

That's what I want. The Songbirds don't have to be the main part of every Little Ladies Day celebration. Simply having them show up as part of the holiday scenery like the blooming cherry trees, while we do the newest seasonal quests, would be great!

[SpiritMuse]

The Songbirds don't have to be the main part of every Little Ladies Day celebration. Simply having them show up as part of the holiday scenery like the blooming cherry trees, while we do the newest seasonal quests, would be great!

This is how I feel too. I've enjoyed the Songbirds, but I feel like their story is finished now. They've achieved success, there's nothing more to do with them. I would like to see something new next year, but I wouldn't mind them still being around, performing as part of the festival. Maybe even add the fate again, I did enjoy that - it was silly but fun.

[FallenArisen0990]

Love the event but hated the side quest. Don't ever put a quest like that in an event that's about being happy. I'm already a useless WoL who can't save people that are within Arm's Length of me.







But seriously, I've seen too much overused of death in games that it just angers me more than makes me sad. Every time an NPC is killed off in XIV, or any game, that I grew some attachment to, is a middle finger to me.

[Terrini]

I do not want the Songbirds to completely disappear... but I also do not want them to keep highlighting Little Ladies Day. I agree that we should go back to some of the old lore of the holiday and put the songbirds on a backseat, or delegate them to some other events... I actually think being year round for a GATE event would be awesome! and maybe have them involved in other sidequests like Hildebrand or even their own chain. But there has seemed to be a lot of new passing torches, I imagine next Valentione will be run by the little sister alone or something and we may have a passing of the torch for Easter this year too.

[Anarnee]

I'd be fine if the song birds got their own event, maybe even got more members and did like... Idol graduations, but I would like for LLD to go back to it's roots.

I honestly liked the side quest more than I like the main "story".

[Vidu]

I think they should bring them back because they are such good characters.

I'm honestly curious what makes you consider them "such good characters"?
I know I have made it quite clear by now that I dont think so, so I'd like to understand what other people like about them. Maybe my german client is wastly different from the english one and they're brillianlty written in other languages.

They all have basically no personalty, no real character development - maybe thats asking a bit much of seasonal characters, granted. But when you call them "good characters", I'd imagine you see something like that?
I just cant count a pretty face and a cute outfit as "good character"... and that seems to be all they're offering to me.