The Rising - Another disappointing event

[Kozh]

You realize the devs are working their asses off on endwalker due to how much covid pushed them back right?
Be glad we're getting events at all, they could have gave us nothing.

But they already compensate it by pushing EW so much further back (end of November), which means their worktime is more or less the same as previous expansion (probably it's a bit more since EW is supposed to be bigger than ShB, but still). If they only postpone EW for one or two months, then yeah I would say to give them a break since they're rushing to finish it.

I can understand seasonal events got the bare minimum, but I agree with OP that the Rising is special. Not to mention that the quest itself is getting stale too. I hope they bring back 2019 (I think?) Rising where you fight a bunch of enemies inside Ul'dah. That was fun. Last Rising event was pretty meh.

[Catwho]

The reward for rising was always really the cutscenes or the mini games. "Cheap Dungeon" is still my favorite mini game.

[Sotaris]

I can understand seasonal events got the bare minimum, but I agree with OP that the Rising is special. Not to mention that the quest itself is getting stale too. I hope they bring back 2019 (I think?) Rising where you fight a bunch of enemies inside Ul'dah. That was fun. Last Rising event was pretty meh.

It was 2018, it was a great event that year. Not only the fate but we got cute little Cirina as a minion and the 1.0 earring that was mentioned in this thread already.

[Yencat]

So what I said (the whole much longer reason as to why the 1.0 players threw said fit) is what you said but it is not what you said as I didn't take anything out... interesting if I misread it then I did but you know how the internet is with out expanding on it people can read things differently as opposed to speaking to someone to hear vocal inflections.

All good!

It was basically the most (or only?) memorable thing about that particular event, which is why I said it like that.

[Mimilu]

I will say this again like I said in the thread about Moonfire: this was the first Moonfire to NOT have glamour included since it started 6-7 years ago. Them working on an expansion has never once stopped them from pumping out quality rewards and it absolutely should not. It really does not take long (an hour or two) to make an animation for an emote or to sew two pieces of cloth together to make a bikini in a design program. There is no excuse for it.

I'm sure we'll get a new Mogstation glam though.

They have bigger priorities right now. Covid set them back and it still has lasting effects on the their schedule and how they work and between how well received ShB was and how many players are migrating here from WoW, the video game community has a more attentive eye on XIV and on how well Endwalker is received. They'll want/need Endwalker to be as complete and polished as it can be, far more then their need to give you glamour that will probably collect dust in your armoire.

Not to mention to say it would only take them like an hour or two to make you a new outfit or emote while ignoring all the work it takes into actual creating not just the rewards but the whole event sound ignorant on how games and 3D assets are actually made, especially in triple-a games.

[Asari5]

people seem to think everything is allright because EW release is pretty late... thats not how it works xD.
they still want it to be released as soon as possible so they put it on a date as early as they can realease it while working at the limit

[AnotherPerson]

I will say this again like I said in the thread about Moonfire: this was the first Moonfire to NOT have glamour included since it started 6-7 years ago. Them working on an expansion has never once stopped them from pumping out quality rewards and it absolutely should not. It really does not take long (an hour or two) to make an animation for an emote or to sew two pieces of cloth together to make a bikini in a design program. There is no excuse for it.

I'm sure we'll get a new Mogstation glam though.

Usually events before the new expansion drops is more lackluster since all the development focus is going towards making sure the next zones/battle systems/etc. is complete and with as little bugs as possible.

Let's also not forget that this is the only expansion where the story is set to end by 6.0, not 6.3 where all expansions usually have 3 extra patches to wrap up loose ends and complete the expansion's narrative.

This is the only expansion where the post-patches from 6.1 onwards is the start of a new story arc. 3 patch cycles is a lot of extra time for the dev team to conclude the story, and this time they don't have that added bonus, so they have to it's fair to assume they're putting a lot more effort in the storytelling/music/timing to ensure the Zodiark and Hydaelyn arc gets a satisfying resolution.

That, and 1 additional race.

[Kuroka]

Im sad too, while i dont expect an glamour, some small thing wouldve been nice, an ring or bracelets... also some housing item or at least the posters, remember this is the last Rising during 5.x... Some artwork at least, please? Q_Q


Also just like the moonfire fiar, its the first one for a lot of new players and its not makign a good first impression... id love smt that reused the fate we had some years ago...

[Sotaris]

That, and 1 additional race.

I wonder how much extra workload this has caused since they already had the female version. By the sound of it they havn't retroactively fixed headgear and hairstyles but I could've missed something.

[KizuyaKatogami]

You realize the devs are working their asses off on endwalker due to how much covid pushed them back right?
Be glad we're getting events at all, they could have gave us nothing.

Y’all are the same ones using the covid excuse for lack of content when it was already missing before covid hit. Please stop using the excuse as much as you are, they themselves have said they’re working at 95% efficiency and they took months delay to make up for it. As if it really would’ve killed them to make a minion for the event? Really?