Don't Get Rid Of The Songbirds!

[Kacho_Nacho]

I just find it incredible some people prefer the most generic idol caricatures possible to a heartrending short story about fulfilling a ghostly child's final wish so that she can finally find the peace she deserves, bookending it with giving her living family much needed closure.

I do like the rave emotes, though.

Oh, I really liked the Lonesome Lass story. We need more of that kind of thing in Little Ladies Day.

It's that I feel the Songbirds shouldn't just disappear.

And... I love the glow stick emotes! Aren't the glow fun? trying to come up with a game using them. I'm open to suggestions.

[alimdia]

I think if the songbirds stay they should be a background, not involved in quests at all, just there singing in the stage and NPCs cheering. This holiday was never about them and they took the spotlight for 3 years in a row now.

[Hunky]

I wanna see Ulala start her solo career. She's my favorite of the Songbirds. I remember when I first saw her wearing sunglasses trying to fend off fans in Limsa Lominsa. I laughed so hard and I like her confidence and sassiness.

She's got that hilarious diva personality and I definitely wanna see more of her.

[Kennar]

I've done all the quests since the beginning, but I don't really feel anything one way or another towards the Songbirds. They were just... there. I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, idol groups and glowstick raves just aren't my cup of tea.

My first thought when reading the line about this being our last meeting was that it foreshadowed their tour bus crashing and, years later, the subsequent Behind the Music episode documenting their soaring highs and crushing lows. It was all quite entertaining in my head.

[Vahlnir]

Like others have said already, the Songbirds kinda need to go for now and the focus for future LLD events should be on what the day's all about. The final quest of this year's actually kinda hit me in the feels a little bit, and that usually takes a lot. They need to focus more on the spirit (yes, pun intended) of the holiday, not some idol culture that, quite frankly, is boring and over done at best and imo doesn't really fit in the game too well.

[Kyp]

I think the songbirds should stay.... as NPCs we can hire to sing in our FC hosues

[Iscah]

If it helps, the Gold Saucer usually spawns them somewhere in the Saucer even outside of the designated event timeframe. It even spawns Tataru from time to time. Unless SE removes them from there as well, they won't really be gone. Though you can't interact with them. They're basically token background npcs like 98% of the zone inhabitants.

Really? I’ve never seen any of them there. Are they in specific places? The only occasional NPC I’ve come across is the gambler guy that sometimes shows up in the event hall. (And elsewhere, the girl from the rogues’ guild who is often hanging around outside the Bismarck.)

[Iscah]

This was the first time I’ve been here for this event, and I didn’t ‘get’ any reason to find the Songbirds appealing. No buildup, one song that wasn’t all that enjoyable to listen to, and it’s just assumed that you are already familiar with them. “Pick a shirt and support your favourite performer!” ...um, what if I don’t even know who I’m picking? (I chose red because it was going to look least-awful on me. It still looked awful.)

Also, the second plot was really dark in its backstory and felt quite jarring next to the ‘yay pop idols’ theme. Also I feel like it would have made more sense if it had been they guy’s sister and not his aunt? More of a personal connection.

[Sesera]

Really? I’ve never seen any of them there. Are they in specific places? The only occasional NPC I’ve come across is the gambler guy that sometimes shows up in the event hall. (And elsewhere, the girl from the rogues’ guild who is often hanging around outside the Bismarck.)

Yes they do, I remember seeing them during the make it rain event (it doesn't mean they only appear during the MIR event just it was when I saw them).

[BunnyChain]

This event is probably way more popular on JP side? Most here are likely not be the target audience. Personally, I enjoyed the continuity (them mentioning you or introducing themselves) providing your participation in previous years' events. The rewards were pretty nice but the songbirds themselves show little 'development'.

What I'd like to see is more backstage drama, we all know it's not all peachy and rosy there. It was interesting to see the other side of such 'innocently naive' event too, s*** got real pretty fast. Looking forward to see how that will play out.