The event is now live. :O

[TheGrimace]

2018 was the Rising event with the instanced Ul'dah where you had to run around killing enemies like it was the end of 1.23, yeah? That was definitely my favorite Rising event so far, followed by the one with the instance where we could run around and speak with the developers on the Eighteenth Floor. (Still waiting for that Doomtrain minion, guys!)

[Enkidoh]

2018 was the Rising event with the instanced Ul'dah where you had to run around killing enemies like it was the end of 1.23, yeah? That was definitely my favorite Rising event so far, followed by the one with the instance where we could run around and speak with the developers on the Eighteenth Floor. (Still waiting for that Doomtrain minion, guys!)

Well, we did sort of eventually get a Doomtrain minion.... kinda.

Also, speaking of 1.0, it seems

the second set of quests for the Rising event (the one with the writer researching for Louisoix's biography), was actually also SE's way of finally putting requests to bring 1.0 back as a 'FFXIV Classic' game to rest, by instead summarising the events of 1.0's Seventh Umbral Era storyline through this quest line (and further reinforced by the reward for it being the 'End of an Era' portrait theme for Adventurer Plates).

So for those still holding out hope that Yoshi may one day bring 1.0 back in some form... sorry guys, looks like that airship has now sailed.

[Shinkuno]

If anything that's sad, not funny. If I were a new player I'd stop playing if I had to sit through ARR till EW getting bosses that die within their introductory monologue. Bonus points if the MSQ hyped them up for 20 hours. Do people also enjoy movies where the main antagonist dies off screen within the first 30 minutes only for the actors to shuffle about for another hour? lol I don't think this is even remotely acceptable but in XIV it's praised. By all means, make them soloable through trusts or whatever but at least stop dumbing them down to the point of caricature.

I feel sorry for anyone that started in Shadowbringers or Endwalker.

[SophiaDL]

If anything that's sad, not funny. If I were a new player I'd stop playing if I had to sit through ARR till EW getting bosses that die within their introductory monologue. Bonus points if the MSQ hyped them up for 20 hours. Do people also enjoy movies where the main antagonist dies off screen within the first 30 minutes only for the actors to shuffle about for another hour? lol I don't think this is even remotely acceptable but in XIV it's praised. By all means, make them soloable through trusts or whatever but at least stop dumbing them down to the point of caricature.

Isnt FFXIV the game in which "i dont have time to play the game i have other games to play, a wife and kids and a job" is the norm as the excuse for getting no content ?

people reap what they sow, they asked for it, they got it, and obviously a majority is happy about it, which is pretty pathetic when you think about it

[Vrankyl]

False.

They added a lot of small events, called micro events or something like that, that are actually brand new, dont last long, a day or a few days, but are pretty recurrent, the old ones though are pretty much the same yes, but they added a lot of new micro events.

I've done the micro events. They offer nothing aside from a bit of lore with no game play to them. Just a bit of neat. I am talking the actual Season events like the Fire Festival, Brewfest, All Hallows, and Christmas. With a few exceptions of like the eating contest at the brewfest the events have been kill x boss for loot and do x minigame for currency that have not changed since they launched.

Hell, the Horde side for Halloween is still in Brill which requires you to time travel to do it because actual brill is a ruin and has been since BfA.

[SophiaDL]

I've done the micro events. They offer nothing aside from a bit of lore with no game play to them. Just a bit of neat. I am talking the actual Season events like the Fire Festival, Brewfest, All Hallows, and Christmas. With a few exceptions of like the eating contest at the brewfest the events have been kill x boss for loot and do x minigame for currency that have not changed since they launched.

That's still more than what FFXIV does with the same recycled events with absolutely nothing new at all, not only that, but it's also sending you to old content in FFXIV that has been done a million times, at least WoW is better in that department

[TheGrimace]

Well, we did sort of eventually get a Doomtrain minion.... kinda.

While I appreciate and love the Bantam Train and agree that it fills a similar spot a Doomtrain minion would occupy, I still feel it is more inspired by the Final Fantasy VI Phantom Train rather than the Final Fantay VIII Doomtrain/Glasya Labolas. I acknowledge my pickiness in this matter but still would love to see an actual Doomtrain-based minion.

[SquishyPlushie]

ITT: People sunk costed into WoW trolling the FFXIV forums pissing on this event.

I'm doing praetorium so I can alt tab do other things during the cutscenes.
If you really wanted to, you could be doing pandaemonium for the event tomes, no one is making you do praetorium.

[WeebPolice]

Isnt FFXIV the game in which "i dont have time to play the game i have other games to play, a wife and kids and a job" is the norm as the excuse for getting no content ?

people reap what they sow, they asked for it, they got it, and obviously a majority is happy about it, which is pretty pathetic when you think about it

Man, I bet you some of that majority aren't even happy about it. But you know, those same people will defend the game at all costs, so they'll just smile and bear it.

[SquishyPlushie]

Did you just necro a year old thread and then hop to this one to make that remark?



This event is up my alley. I was wishing tomes were a year round thing for cosmetics a few days ago, since the meaningfulness of ilvl isn't doing so hot personally.