More holiday instance areas, please!

[juncore]

I'm part of a farmer's market themed ingame roleplay group on Aether. We hosted a Starlight-themed community market in the Starlight Stalls special instance and had a blast! Part of the reason why it was so successful was the instance itself -- the area was just the right size to feel busy without being overwhelming. The stall areas were also perfect for the various player vendors to use!

Thank you to the team that worked on making this area! I'll be sad to see it go. More like this, please! Imagine how fun Heavensturn, Valentione's, and Hatching-tide zones could be!

[NovalisCrystalis]

I agreeee !! More I love these instances!

[BigCheez]

I'd rather have some actual content.

[Striker44]

I'd rather have some actual content.

It is 100% "actual content." It might be content that doesn't interest you specifically, but that doesn't make it any less content. Personally, I loved all the little details they put in this year...the snowmen giving gifts (proposing?) at the Christmas tree in Ul'dah, seeing Rudy (the mini-yeti from another year's story) and his pal on the upper portion of the Stalls looking at everything, the new music in the Stalls zone. It had a big ole' smile on my face the whole time

[BigCheez]

It is 100% "actual content." It might be content that doesn't interest you specifically, but that doesn't make it any less content. Personally, I loved all the little details they put in this year...the snowmen giving gifts (proposing?) at the Christmas tree in Ul'dah, seeing Rudy (the mini-yeti from another year's story) and his pal on the upper portion of the Stalls looking at everything, the new music in the Stalls zone. It had a big ole' smile on my face the whole time

I don't agree. There aren't any activities to do there therefore it is not content.

[Keumjo]

I love the holiday instances! This game can be very lovely and pretty and they always make really great backdrops for group pose shots. It's a very fun way to indulge in the holidays and I hope we get more!

[Tyintheron]

I don't agree. There aren't any activities to do there therefore it is not content.

There's clearly a been lot of effort and - dare I say it - love put in this year's event by the XIV folks.

It's two (pre-setup and post-setup) instanced zones, a quest line, and multiple items to get from completing the questline, which is very clearly "something to do."

If "quests" and "quest rewards" and "new instances" don't count as "content" in an MMO any more..? I'm not even sure where to start with that line of thinking.

[NegativeS]

I'd rather have some actual content.

"Yes, we can't have one world designer work on this minor thing because it'll take away from the work being done by the instance/quest/mechanics designers. Why?... It just would, okay?"

Don't drink the SE kool-aid, they can absolutely do both things at the same time, they just choose not to because a shareholder's portfolio might have one less 9 than he was expecting at the end of a quarter.

[Daralii]

"Yes, we can't have one world designer work on this minor thing because it'll take away from the work being done by the instance/quest/mechanics designers. Why?... It just would, okay?"

Don't drink the SE kool-aid, they can absolutely do both things at the same time, they just choose not to because a shareholder's portfolio might have one less 9 than he was expecting at the end of a quarter.

They can rarely bring themselves to do more than the bare minimum for content behind two paywalls. The modicum of effort needed to make the special instance drained their effort budget for the next year of events.

[KingBruiser]

100% agree.

In game holidays are one of the things I look forward to the most in this game!