Next event, square yet again lazy

[ViinaS]

It's partly about the rewards.
What people want from events is something to do too.

Like remember the Valentine one where you were sent into a dungeon designed just for that event where you had to solve a maze while tethered to someone else?
People want stuff like that.
Not talking to NPC A, B, C, D, then A again.

People want real events with something to do, not another errand with a Cutscene.
Take a look at the summer event for example. Years ago they added the jumping puzzle and nothing after that. They could've expanded upon something like that.

And don't give me the "they don't have time" with how stretched patch-cycles now are and how barebones DT is.

[Voidmage]

Are you for real Square? The next event was one of them which always had some kind of glamour and even there we get now only a minion? Im usually a really chill person but this event was one of the most hyped ones for me, the last costume we get there and the one before were so great and now this shit?

They were busy locking the hairstyle behind chaotic raid.
Yoshida can't be bothered to change his event reward shedule or even give out more.
He needs the approval of the raiding streamers after all.


Yes I am overexaggerating but honestly it really starts to feel like that.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I know not everyone celebrates, but I had to laugh at those who spent their holiday complaining about ffxiv holidays.

[Collin_Sky]

I honestly encourage people to take a look at FFXI's Starlight event and compare. Keep in mind that FFXI hasn't got a new event in a long time due to it being on maintenance mode, but look at the quality of rewards/interactivity of the event:

https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/Starlig...ebration_Guide

Multiple interactive events that give you all sorts of equipment and furnishing rewards, including reusable items that you can use to give you a costume to look like enemy monsters in towns.
Oh, and the best part is you don't have to pay real money to get last years rewards if you missed them.

Vs FFXIV's Starlight 2024:

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...ebration_(2024)

2 whole quests where all you do is run around talking to NPCs. How engaging.

This is the same company producing these events.

[Mawlzy]

SQEX clearly missed a massive trick with Starlight 2024.

If I'd been designing this, I would have retained the basic structure of er... whatever it was... talking to NPCs and handing out something, except the WoL would have to accompany a large Santa with the red coat and the beard and everything, but for some reason this Santa is really slow, so you have to stop every 10 yalms and use the "beckon" emote so Santa would keep following you, like in those super engaging levequests.

Anyway, all that would happen, and then the Santa NPC would dramatically take off their big red coat and beard and

underneath

all

the

festive

gear

would

be

revealed




Wuk Lamat

[mixu]

I like housing items lol… I like this furnishing way more than another hideous helmet I’d never wear. (Can viera even wear them?) I still have up the crane banner from another year in one of my builds.

The valentine event someone mentioned and the Halloween dungeon one were the best I can recall but this starlight event was better than other years, imo. The area was cute for hanging with friends/fc, decent backdrop for gpose, and the item was nice. They should’ve had an emote where you can drink from it though, especially since they had multiple npcs in there doing just that. That said, it’s still pretty minimal and they really should be able to easily do a seasonal glam and emote for all of the major events. Pls I just want an ugly sweater or something lol.

[TemporalFruitsAndVeggies]

I always get a kick out of watching people desperately try to defend the seasonal events in this game -- most of which are a couple cutscenes spread over a single quest -- as good, when, you know...*gestures wildly at the rest of the genre*

[Arrius]

I always get a kick out of watching people desperately try to defend the seasonal events in this game -- most of which are a couple cutscenes spread over a single quest -- as good, when, you know...*gestures wildly at the rest of the genre*

Why should it be a contest who has the best events in the first place?

Seriously, people dunking on these are just as desperate like those who defend them.

[Kaurhz]

Why should it be a contest who has the best events in the first place?

Seriously, people dunking on these are just as desperate like those who defend them.

It's not really a contest, it's more looking at seeing what others are doing and why those events might be successful, and what SE could or should consider adopting for future events, versus the two quest tokenism they have currently going on.

You know, like most sane people interested in seeing a product improve would do, just as most sane companies would do well to understand what successful things others are doing in the genre with their events.

[Eyrilona]

One could rephrase the question as, "Why are the devs of FFXIV, whose revenue stream from their game is multiples of most of the other names in the genre, unable or unwilling to invest as much back into creating fun events, as the devs working on those other titles with far smaller profit margins?"