What kind of Player-run events are out there?

[gidsonBrand]

PvP tournaments and RP events are about the only things I know of that are run by players. Are there any like, Savage races or Deep Dungeon scoring contests that people do?

[Purrnauskis]

No. They care more about sniffing each others bums in playerhousing or Solution 9.

[ZXN]

There are, technically, some player-ran things that pop up once in awhile. Like how FrostyMog, a mainly FF14 streamer, broadcasts the world first race for Savage / Ultimates when they're released for people to watch. Aethercon, previously named Lunarcon, is just a small 3-day in-game con-like event held by a group of players that has contests, pvp tournament, art parties, special guests [Like Husky by the Geek for example], and more.

Other then that, only other player-ran events are those held by somewhat big FCs, normally for just their FC members or as a way to maybe try and recruit more people to their FC, or the RP venues players run that you can find all over the place.

[Jeeqbit]

They scout and conduct hunt trains. The majority of people just show up to these and fight the hunts, but it is some players organizing it all.

Large-scale raids such as Baldesion Arsenal and Delubrum Reginae (Savage) are organized by players via discord. They announce the event, start the alliance party and do voice calls for mechanics. If you are good at listening to callouts, you can get through the whole raid without dying.

The world first savage race is technically player-run because Frosty always kept track of it and SE acknowledged it (and used to send stuff to the winners). It's a website (google it!).

Square Enix themselves have a deep dungeon scoreboard at https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...g/deepdungeon/ but it's not player-run. SE makes scoreboards for many things, including PvP and the Firmament when it was current, and run various contests themselves for PvP, art, etc.

It may fall into RP but it could also be regarded as separate - people make venues and do Bard music concerts (or at least just play at aetherytes and gather an audience).

only other player-ran events are those held by somewhat big FCs

Also this. I've seen my FC run glamour contests and things like that.

[NegativeS]

My FC occasionally does free giveaways on holidays, and plans to do a housing decoration competition soon...

[Eyrilona]

Distinct from the venue and DJ scene within FFXIV, there are bards who are really in it for the music and pushing the limits of what the performance system enables them to do. And they love to get together for jam sessions and to show their latest as much as musicians do in real life. At least some of those spill over into being public events. They're pretty small as far as events go, just little pop-up jams and concerts, but there are player organizers behind them so would you count those?

[gidsonBrand]

Yeah the Baldesion/Delubrum runs are something I really gotta get involved with. And that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for: just a big social atmosphere within the game.

Savage/Ultimate World's First races are in a weird spot though. Only one every few months, then it's done. I was thinking more casual competitions -- something like a local bowling league only whatever the FFXIV equivalent is.

Aethercon is probably the closest to what I'm looking for: accessible to the public, good social ground, fun ways to play the game. That sort of thing.

[Jeeqbit]

Yeah the Baldesion/Delubrum runs are something I really gotta get involved with. And that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for: just a big social atmosphere within the game.

To me, the big social atmospheres in the game are:

• Hunt trains and S ranks (think /shout chat) or the close-knit communities that organize them.
• Alliance raids.
• Large-scale raids (BA, DRS, CEs, the upcoming Savage Alliance Raid and other large-scale raids).
• Field Operations (Eureka, Bozja, Shades' Triangle)
• Content like Ishgard Restoration or what Cosmisc Exploration promises to be.
• Collecting things when they are new (FOMO) ie. lots of people farm blue mage spells on release day, lots of people farmed S ranks on Dawntrail release so you were doing it "with them" and saw the same people across data centers, etc. Shout chat tends to come naturally with this.
• Large-scale FATE bosses such as Odin, Foxy Lady, Ixion, Archaeotania, Formidable, Chi, Daivadipa, Ttokrrone, Mica, which again are most popular on release (FOMO) and especially social then with 600+ people there.

I know I've skipped all the RP, glam, venue and Bard stuff here, because that's not my thing these days. But obviously those things are a massive part of the game as well.

[gidsonBrand]

Those are good fun. Kinda surprising how Hunt Trains are the only thing on that list organized by players, outside of RP events. Baldesion/Delubrum runs count for that too.

Actually it's crazy just how many RP events people run. Not just the nightclub stuff, but fight club or market day or whatever. Those are fun and all but they manage to pull in so many people without actually playing the game. Not that that's a bad thing, socialization is good and all.

FFXIV needs more competition tho lol

[Kakurady]

Artists who hold "art parties" in FFXIV - there's a calendar that collects several of them. I've also been to a life drawing session in FFXIV.

There are also some events oriented towards characters of particular races. Lalafell parades are frequent on Crystal, but I was surprised to hear from my FC mates about Hrothmarket.