Seasonal / Event Border for MSQ Tracker / Mini-Map

[Shougun]

While unnecessary so I'm not thinking it really 'should' be done I think it would be cute (and 'could' be done), and a little bit helpful.




A bad quick photoshop examples, the real deal of course looking far more professional lol. Light snow, lights, maybe a moogle peaking out from behind the wreath, etc.

Just thought the MSQ tracker and mini-map could have an option to track active seasonal events, where if you click the border it will open the map to related event location, or the quest if you have one active.

Other events could go here, like the make it rain, yokai, and other cross over events.

I think it would be fine to default them to on (the decoration/hotlink) but should probably have an option to turn it off lol (temporarily and permanently). Like if you right click the border you get the option to hide the plate (this method only removing it for the remainder of the seasonal, as a local variable not stored server side, and doesn't turn off the option entirely), and if there were multiple events going on at the same time another option to cycle face plates.

If there is a calendar added to the game then I think instead of opening the map it can direct players to the calendar which could act as a better compendium of information (where, when, for how long), unless the calendar icon is placed near the minimap in which case the border can do nothing and players can click the calendar lol. (can still remove the plate if people want though).

As a super aside if SE adds the abilty to manipluate images on the mini-map they may be able to use this in some other occasions, like if you were trying to play those classic hide from the view cone of enemies thing. The faceplate changing to meet a stealth theme of that mission, maybe even cute view cones added. Timers, pulses, dramatic shifts in the plate, these could be used during quests- and I'm not suggesting 24/7 but it could be a fun and coy way of adding a vibe to a moment.

Some sort of magitek content, big mech incoming your map is pulsing red, warning text, you press the overdrive button and the border plate locks into a different 'hardcore' visual (meters oscillating on high, steam leaking out, etc). Again, could easily make this 'too much' and over used but if they had the ability to do this idea of changing plates for seasonals then they might be able to play with it and have fun in some other moments of the game, just sparingly lol.

Thank you for reading

[Shougun]

Since my mockup related to this holiday theme, just thought to bump it. As an option naturally. Perhaps 'Seasonal border: on / off' and 'until I complete it'. So players can have dynamic and total control fairly easily.