Thank you to YoshiP and the devs for the Rising

[Hasrat]

Yoshi P's message felt super generic this year. Not even a mention of how many years I've been playing or referencing past rising events like they did before. Most I got was Bran recognizing me. :/

Nonora, the NPC for the Kupo Adventure game, was also the starting NPC for the 2015 Rising. She mentions helping with the bug infestation if you were around for that.

As that was right when I started playing, the first seasonal event before I even knew it was a seasonal event, that was kinda neat.

My favorite letter was the festival decorator, sharing appreciation for players recognizing and acknowledging the little touches they put in. I even remembered seeing the discussion/discovery around the "romantic snowmen" not so long ago.

As for the song, Answers - Reprise was a reward in a past Rising event, soo... unfortunately means you'll be looking to the cash shop if you're itching for it. 's real good, tho.

[Fyrebrand]

I thought the "Kupo Kupo Adventure" minigame was fun. That was new for this year, right? It doesn't last long, but it's a nice effort to give us an actual activity to do outside of "talk to NPCs until they stop talking and give you your prize." And it seems like you can play it any time at the Toy Chest in your inn room, it doesn't just vanish from the game after the event is over. That gets a thumbs up from me.

As for the letters from the devs, I like the idea of it but after reading a few of them they seem a little generic. It would have been cool to see something a little more personal, and even have the letters signed with the actual devs' names rather than vague "choregraphist" or "composer." I know they want to keep the in-universe illusion that these are game NPCs, but if they are going to literally insert Yoshi-P in the game, they can at least let some other devs speak their piece for a one-time 10th anniversary event. They even let you enter a "developer room" and speak to them in person one year, although I missed that one.

[Carin-Eri]

I thought the "Kupo Kupo Adventure" minigame was fun. That was new for this year, right? It doesn't last long, but it's a nice effort to give us an actual activity to do outside of "talk to NPCs until they stop talking and give you your prize." And it seems like you can play it any time at the Toy Chest in your inn room, it doesn't just vanish from the game after the event is over. That gets a thumbs up from me.

As have said elsewhere.... I want a Smartphone version of it!

[Heh]

thank you kupo

[Connor]

I’ve always felt like the Rising Events were touching ones that remind you of the real people behind the game. It’s easy to see ‘developers’ as a single homogenous entity lol, but like anyone else they’re just people doing their best with what they have. The game has its flaws as all things do but even now I still enjoy the game regardless of the things I’d like to see changed.

Honestly, having played since 1.0 one thing I can definitively say is that the forums overall simply do not reflect the overall community in game. I rarely (if ever) see the kind of pettiness and negativity you’d expect if you had read the forums but not played the game (though that would also be kinda weird lol).

And with so many people opting to play contrarian / trolling, it’s no wonder these forums are a godless place lol

[Renathras]

Same from me. I really liked this event. They referenced the past in so many ways (the adventurer we helped before, the vendor being the 1.0 Minfilia model, etc), gave us a neat freebie (the mount, which is on par with any cash shop thing), some cool music, a cool minigame (which we can play anytime from now on at the toy box), mentioned looking to the future, had lots of touching letters from the staff (and you can even figure out who a lot of them are like the lead writer, musician, and translator), and it's always cool meeting Yoshi P "in person"; this year on an airship flying through the void between universes instead of the border of Ethyres' Aetherial Sea, the normal part. That was...oddly different to me, but in a good way.

This has been one of the best Rising events, and the best I've ever gotten to play (been playing since 2014 or so, but didn't know about events and so missed the one with the Devs and the one with the "attack on Ul'Dah" 1.X homage FATE), and I'm really happy about it.

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I’ve always felt like the Rising Events were touching ones that remind you of the real people behind the game. It’s easy to see ‘developers’ as a single homogenous entity lol, but like anyone else they’re just people doing their best with what they have. The game has its flaws as all things do but even now I still enjoy the game regardless of the things I’d like to see changed.

Honestly, having played since 1.0 one thing I can definitively say is that the forums overall simply do not reflect the overall community in game. I rarely (if ever) see the kind of pettiness and negativity you’d expect if you had read the forums but not played the game (though that would also be kinda weird lol).

And with so many people opting to play contrarian / trolling, it’s no wonder these forums are a godless place lol

Yeah, it's wild how different the forums are than the game's playerbase itself. And how, if you ever point this out, the forums will insist they're really representative of the playerbase when they seem very much not to be...

EDIT:

It also played I think in just about every zone at the end of 1.0 before they had Bahamut nuke it. It's hauntingly beautiful taking that into account, and it was a great tie in for the "End of An Era" trailer that dropped in game as the servers went down.

There also is another.

Go to your Inn Room, the Journal.
Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests
Griffin, Griffin on the Wall
Cutscene #5

Since I didn't play in 1.X, THIS is where I remember that music from. And yes, EVERY time I watch that cutscene, the Finest Pupil has to punt me to the airship because I don't want to leave him. I've never given to the other option, nor have I ever seen anyone do so in playthroughs.

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As I once saw it put:

"Everyone ganster until Answers (Reprise) starts playing..."

[Snorky]

Thank you for another event and I appreciate the personal letters. I have never seen that in any other game and having Yoshi P in a cut scene was great.

[EZGIL]

I enjoyed these quests.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Anyone know the name of the orchestration for the softer version of Answers? Was considering turning my house into a monk temple and it would be a cool echoy song for the background.

Also really liked this event, and the letters reminding some that there are real people with feelings working on this game.

[Connor]

Anyone know the name of the orchestration for the softer version of Answers? Was considering turning my house into a monk temple and it would be a cool echoy song for the background.

Also really liked this event, and the letters reminding some that there are real people with feelings working on this game.

The version of Answers may have been Answers - Reprise. It played during the final moments of FFXIV, just before Dalamud fell (and a bunch of level 99 Atomos appeared in the
middle of Ul’dah because why not lol)