Has SE gotten bored of seasonal events?

[Starshower]

I really hope the hatching tide event is not cancelled! I really like the seasonal events! Some of my favorite glams come from seasonal events!

[Alaray]

tbh SE's seasonal events generally blow anyway. Like 1 quest to get an item and then done.

Can't even get previous event items, so there's pretty much no reason to run the repeatable again, because you have to buy them now from the mogstation... which just makes the new events feel worse if all that's added is a tonberry knife, or some housing furniture.

Love being told to pay actual money for what was once an in-game reward.

the little decorations in town are nice I s'pose, but it's basically as much of a non-event as it can feasibly be in this game.

Though, guess with the general direction of removing content from the game these would be kind of a given eventually.

[Vickii]

Last year no All Saint's Wake event.
This year no Hatching-tide event?

And this year's combined Little Lady's with Valentione's was personally imo a bit meh.

Has SE given up?

Covid. Like it or not it’s the most logical sacrifice to make.

[Vahlnir]

tbh SE's seasonal events generally blow anyway. Like 1 quest to get an item and then done.

Can't even get previous event items, so there's pretty much no reason to run the repeatable again, because you have to buy them now from the mogstation... which just makes the new events feel worse if all that's added is a tonberry knife, or some housing furniture.

Love being told to pay actual money for what was once an in-game reward.

the little decorations in town are nice I s'pose, but it's basically as much of a non-event as it can feasibly be in this game.

Though, guess with the general direction of removing content from the game these would be kind of a given eventually.

Yeah, it has been a few years since I've actually enjoyed a seasonal event. Also been just as long since they've stopped trying. lol

[Jojoya]

Love being told to pay actual money for what was once an in-game reward.

It's a compromise. There are a lot of players who believe games should have limited time rewards and only those playing at that time should have those rewards. Objections are less when those rewards can only be obtained later as a real money purchase.

Personally I'd rather see a system where a player could choose to spend their event currency on any of the event's rewards past or present but at least this is better than those rewards never being available at all.

[Starshower]

It's a compromise. There are a lot of players who believe games should have limited time rewards and only those playing at that time should have those rewards. Objections are less when those rewards can only be obtained later as a real money purchase.

Personally I'd rather see a system where a player could choose to spend their event currency on any of the event's rewards past or present but at least this is better than those rewards never being available at all.

When I started the game I thought seasonal event rewards worked like this! I was so excited to do the event and farm all the rewards from the other years! I was really disappointed when I realized that you could only get them in the mogstation.
I mean, this is a sub-based game, I'd expect they could give us more content to farm if it was once free... It was my first sub-based game and they have way more on the cash shop than I expected going in.

[Melichoir]

It's a compromise. There are a lot of players who believe games should have limited time rewards and only those playing at that time should have those rewards. Objections are less when those rewards can only be obtained later as a real money purchase.

Personally I'd rather see a system where a player could choose to spend their event currency on any of the event's rewards past or present but at least this is better than those rewards never being available at all.

If they gave access to the previous year, at the very least, Id be down with that. But admittedly I am actually quite pleased that at the very least you have the opportunity to get past events, even if tis mogstation. I hate the MMO model of "Oh if you werent here in 201x for that holiday event, sucks for you! No way youre ever getting it! It's an eXcLuSiVe ItEm!!!!11!!"

[Alaray]

It's a compromise. There are a lot of players who believe games should have limited time rewards and only those playing at that time should have those rewards. Objections are less when those rewards can only be obtained later as a real money purchase.

Personally I'd rather see a system where a player could choose to spend their event currency on any of the event's rewards past or present but at least this is better than those rewards never being available at all.

If it's an in-game reward that you could receive in-game, then it should stay that way. Limited Time Item is a bit of a whatever right now, since they aren't. It's just a crappy way to treat your players.

Square Enix isn't hurting so bad they need to sell you content back. I mean, they will. If they feel like they can get away with it.

[linayar]

Square Enix isn't hurting so bad they need to sell you content back.

The only content that FFXIV sells outside of the base game and the expansions is the ceremony of eternal bond.

[Alaray]

The only content that FFXIV sells outside of the base game and the expansions is the ceremony of eternal bond.

You're demonstrably incorrect.