Starlight Celebration 2024

[Carin-Eri]

This year's Starlight celebration has a new area called Starlight Stalls and it's pretty cute for gposing and more. I would say it's an improvement from the typical quest they have for events :3

Where is it? Will be a good few hours before can get in-game to take a look.

[Rueby]

The Chocobo is one of the most consistently useful features in the game, due to the usefulness of Bicolor Gemstones, having a pocket Healer makes FATE farming substantially more bearable solo, and gives some jobs something to bounce off of , like a DNC will be able to Partner their Chocobo and make their skills work properly in otherwise solo situations. I do think Chocobos could afford to be buffed, it doesn't operate well at all roles like it is supposed to and Tank Chocobo is completely useless due to its enmity generation being far to weak to hold aggro of a level 100 DPS, but it's hardly "almost obsolete".

Oh, and also the fact that the Company Chocobo is the only customizable mount in the game and all Bardings apply to it as a mount is great to some people.

So, the only functional job the chocobo has is just healer and you can only play dress up with it? I feel like when they did the stat squish in EW my chocobo felt abit weaker in terms of heals, but it could be just me. It would be nice to see them revisit the chocobo, give it buffs and/or more skills/levels beyond 10. I've never seen anyone using the chocobo as a mount so it feels the dress up is really niche unless you're grinding gemstones all the time.

I think chocobos are adorable but it makes me sad that the only content they get is just dress up.

I guess I meant obsolete in terms that they're not getting any buffs/abilities and their useage is pretty niche, in my opinion I guess. Perhaps obsolete is improper.

[Rinoa_353]

They made a whole area? Like Sneaky Hollows?

I can’t wait to get home and do the event!

Yeah, pretty much the Starlight version of Sneaky Hollow and it's really cute with various NPC appearances :3

Where is it? Will be a good few hours before can get in-game to take a look.

It's in Gridania when you do the Starlight quest similar to the Halloween one at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.

[CVXIV]

So, the only functional job the chocobo has is just healer and you can only play dress up with it? I feel like when they did the stat squish in EW my chocobo felt abit weaker in terms of heals, but it could be just me. It would be nice to see them revisit the chocobo, give it buffs and/or more skills/levels beyond 10. I've never seen anyone using the chocobo as a mount so it feels the dress up is really niche unless you're grinding gemstones all the time.

I think chocobos are adorable but it makes me sad that the only content they get is just dress up.

I guess I meant obsolete in terms that they're not getting any buffs/abilities and their useage is pretty niche, in my opinion I guess. Perhaps obsolete is improper.

I like using my chocobo, though I typically stick with the motorcycle because it being faster by default until I get riding maps

I believe it's only tank that is really useless in terms of the stance it can have
You almost always want it to be attacker or healer
Whenever I am a healer I have it attack, otherwise it heals
It can be helpful in some of the open world content when you don't have a reliable way to heal, especially if you make its favorite food the mimett gourds

I do agree that the dressup part is pretty niche, and I would like to see them look back at the companion and see what can be done with making it more useful but it still has its uses as is

I was pretty happy I got mine to level 20 finally, it helped with shared fates in Tural

[ZephyrMenodora]

This year's Starlight celebration has a new area called Starlight Stalls and it's pretty cute for gposing and more. I would say it's an improvement from the typical quest they have for events :3

I enjoyed the holiday event and area as well. I'm fine with holidays being a short mini "feel good" story that doesn't take up too much time.

I will say I do miss the cameos from story characters we haven't seen in a while that we used to get after the quest though. The ones where you can pick one of like 6 options, and each one would have a cutscene with a cameo. But other than that I'm content.

[Collin_Sky]

Once again all I can ask when doing a seasonal event is "Where is the gameplay?" because it sure isn't there.
FFXI, SE's 23 year old MMO has better, more engaging seasonal events, complete with remixes of city music with a Christmas theme.

[CosmicDream]

This year is trash, the new area is cool I guess. But the rewards are absolute dogshit. It's a duuumb barding (Yippeee), Than we are insulted with a lame ass cup of hot cocoa and a poster... My account got suspended last year at this time for EMOTE spamming and I lost the ability to get the nice outfit they released that year, then of course it's gone this year (Probably to be sold $$ Greedy jerks) and instead of the sweet santa getup. We get to dress our chocobos up, I never use my chocobo for a mount and I never fight with it out in all my years (From ARR Release) My chocobo is rank 5 and that's because of it being fed while stabled. I cannot believe we got such a nice reward swapped with such god awful trash items.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my holiday is ruined.

[CVXIV]

This year is trash, the new area is cool I guess. But the rewards are absolute dogshit. It's a duuumb barding (Yippeee), Than we are insulted with a lame ass cup of hot cocoa and a poster... My account got suspended last year at this time for EMOTE spamming and I lost the ability to get the nice outfit they released that year, then of course it's gone this year (Probably to be sold $$ Greedy jerks) and instead of the sweet santa getup. We get to dress our chocobos up, I never use my chocobo for a mount and I never fight with it out in all my years (From ARR Release) My chocobo is rank 5 and that's because of it being fed while stabled. I cannot believe we got such a nice reward swapped with such god awful trash items.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my holiday is ruined.

maybe shouldnt spam snowballs or something idk
clearly people took issue with it and if you got suspended i have a feeling it wasnt your first offense
/emotelog off can help if you have the chat message spam on

[Darko]

Yes, this event definitely felt much better than the last few. The remix of the Starlight theme in the new area is really nice as well

Make sure to run around the top part of the area, there's a few NPCs there to meet!

Agreed, I like the new area and the remixed music, this is definitely a step in the right direction.

[Carin-Eri]

Yeah, pretty much the Starlight version of Sneaky Hollow and it's really cute with various NPC appearances :3




It's in Gridania when you do the Starlight quest similar to the Halloween one at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.

Thank you

Have to say, I love it - really nice festive atmosphere!