Multi-level seasonal events and better collabs

[Krotoan]

... need to level your character to a higher level so you can get the high level rewards before the event goes away and you have to pay real money to get the items later..


Nah. We don't need more FOMO.


Events are fun distractions. I didn't enjoy the Yokai crossover BECAUSE it was a crazy grind that took forever (and at the time was potentially never coming back). I think they're doing fine with those events that have interesting activities you CAN repeat but don't have to if you don't want to and still get the "big" reward. Such as the halloween mansions and valentines maze, it was there if you wanted to keep doing it, but you didn't have to.

[hynaku]

They should have a seasonal event monthly or every other week to fill in for waiting on more main story content to come out.

[anhaato]

What we need is for them to drop the stupid ass fates once and for all and actually commit to making each event's gameplay unique. And we KNOW they're capable of this, between the Halloween maze we just had earlier this year, the partner maze for Valentines, the jumping puzzle among other things for Moonfire (BRING IT BACK FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!!), Easter fates are admittedly alright but I really hate the New Year ones, Christmas used to have a rhythm game and I believe LLD did too at one point. The Rising used to have some really interesting stuff like the mini dungeon in 2017 but recently it's just been groan-worthy. Just for the love of god stop cheaping out on seasonal events, even if it's just rehashing stuff that's been done before it's vastly more preferable to another. god. damn. fate.

[hagare]

just with new bosses and gear.

no
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[Alleo]

I do wish that we got much interesting and longer seasonal events. Honestly for these events I would not even need a storyline at all. Just have a bit fun that would fit with the theme of the event.
The summer one could be different activities at the beach. The halloween one is already better with the haunted mansion but I want them to go further with this.

Just let these events be fun mini games that are not done after 10 minutes. Put the work into the mini games themselves and not into a once done story. Also put every past reward into the game again at that event (like they did at the start of FF14..). People with alts have some nice way to grind these items while newer players wont miss out on them and having to pay real money for it.

[gotaname1]

I don't think I'd want a collab event with every anime under the sun.
This isn't Fortnite.

Agreed, I dont want jojo soiled with any gamefranchise!

[MagicPeanut]

I would rather bad anime like SAO stay the heck out of this game. Other franchises that SE owns is cool, but I’d prefer not to have a whole lot of collabs in the game in general.

With that said, I do agree very much that these events need changing. It’s been sooo boring doing fates or “go here, then there, watch cutscene, done.” I miss the jumping puzzle from Moonfire SO much. I would LOVE to play it again. I don’t get why they won’t bring it back or even an updated version of it. Any event that features a mini dungeon is also great. That last All Saints’ Wake was such a breath of fresh air!

I’ve been wondering for a while why the events have gotten so lazy. I figured it must be the effects of Covid and/or the team focusing on more important content. But with the release of EW, I figured it wouldn’t be too long before they finally got back in the swing of things and make the events fun again. Apparently not.

And the actual prizes you earn could use improvement too. I would enjoy receiving more full body glams and mounts more often. The glam being DYABLE would be great too. (Seriously, that un-dyeable crown from the recent Little Ladies Day pissed me off so much.) Minions, furnishings, and sparklers are nice and all, but I just want a cute cheery blossom themed puffy dress with a big bow on the back from LLD someday, pls. Would make doing a boring fate or two more worth it.

[RobynDaBank]

Every season, and most collab events for that matter. Is a level 15 fetch quest or FATE. Why not have multiple types of seasonal event quests at different level marks like Toram Online does with their seasons. For example their Hanami event last I check has like 4 variations based on level with different stories for each and a different boss line up that you kill for mats to make weapons and gear which also differs by level. It's fun, repeatable, and worth the time.

So that newbies and Free Trial players don't experience FoMO. And I love that TBH.

[Iscah]

They should have a seasonal event monthly or every other week to fill in for waiting on more main story content to come out.

That just means they'd have to put more work into the seasonal events instead of the main story content. Not a worthwhile trade.

[Avoidy]

I also wish events were more engaging, but I've accepted that it's just the nature of this game. They usually have some story tied to it for people who are into that, followed by some boring FATE that's low leveled for valid reasons everyone's already acknowledged.

My favorite events so far have been the moogle tomestone events, where they pick a wide array of content and say "you can run this for tokens that you can turn in for gear," but the fun factor is impacted by the content the devs decide is eligible for it. Lately they've been picking the most boring raids/dungeons for it. I have no idea why. Like, I don't remember if it was this time or the time before, but it was literally crystal tower raids that they were asking people to farm for the event and it's like... really? We already have to deal with it every day in roulettes. It's bad enough there. Ugh. It feels like it's been years since we had a mogtome event where we could farm ivalice, and I don't remember one that had us farming nier. And that's just alliance raids. The dungeons they'll pick are always like, aurum vale or these other synced down dungeons that everybody hates seeing in roulettes and so then you get the BLU farm parties to just burn it down as quickly as possible. My question, for these events at least: why not both? Why not make aurum vale eligible AND some level 90 content? Why not crystal tower AND a high level alliance raid? And then the prizes vary and sometimes it's stuff most people already have if they genuinely wanted it, while other times it's actually legit rare eureka emotes and stuff. Either way, despite the faults, I wish we'd get these events more often. If people don't like them, they can just not do them. But for everyone else who's still subbed, it's nice to have something neat to toy around with.

Also regarding "why are mobile games having better events," I think f2p games in general are just heavily incentivized to put out addicting events that keep people playing for monetary reasons. Longer you're playing, more likely you are to spend money. XIV obviously wants to make money like any game, but it might not have as much pressure as a f2p mobile game since the sub fees mean this game makes money every month regardless. On the one hand, I'm glad XIV isn't deploying those kinds of predatory tactics. But on the other hand, I like playing XIV, so having a reason to log in during downtime would be nice.