Letter from the Producer VII

[Kaedan]

Cool, an Easter event.

I'm sorry about Golden Week though.

Yeah, I'm actually really sad. I would much rather have a Golden Week-themed event than an Easter one. You don't have to be Christian to care about Golden Week, but you do have to be Christian to care about Easter (unless you just like fluffy bunnies and Easter candy).

[Girlie]

Yeah, I'm actually really sad. I would much rather have a Golden Week-themed event than an Easter one. You don't have to be Christian to care about Golden Week, but you do have to be Christian to care about Easter (unless you just like fluffy bunnies and Easter candy).

I like fluffy bunnies and bright, colorful painted eggs. I also like seeing the Ezorean cities decorated for events. I miss the peach blossoms!

So, personally, excited for this update already. I'm also looking forward to seeing what other little goodies are going to be included.

[Kaedan]

I like fluffy bunnies and bright, colorful painted eggs. I also like seeing the Ezorean cities decorated for events. I miss the peach blossoms!

So, personally, excited for this update already. I'm also looking forward to seeing what other little goodies are going to be included.

Cherry, actually, if you're referring to Sakura (さくら).

But yeah, I agree they are nice. Though they have hanami (blossom viewing) during golden week too.

I think what we need to understand is that we are not getting access to more content just yet...

False. You cannot reasonably assume we won't be getting content. The only thing we know is that we are getting seasonal content, but we aren't getting the raids yet. We have no information as to what other content may or may not be in the patch.

[Dubont]

Yeah, I'm actually really sad. I would much rather have a Golden Week-themed event than an Easter one. You don't have to be Christian to care about Golden Week, but you do have to be Christian to care about Easter (unless you just like fluffy bunnies and Easter candy).

You don't have to be a Christian to ENJOY Easter, do you? The same goes for Christmas. Hell, I'm an atheist, but every year, I help my family celebrate Christmas and Easter. Why? Many reasons. The main reason is that I don't like to be such a spoiled brat that I want to make others unhappy just because I don't believe what they do. The second reason is that Easter and Christmas were not originally Christian holidays....so why shouldn't I celebrate them? I can just celebrate them in a different way than everyone else. Now...if you don't want to celebrate Easter, you can just...not log in.

[Kaedan]

You don't have to be a Christian to ENJOY Easter, do you? The same goes for Christmas. Hell, I'm an atheist, but every year, I help my family celebrate Christmas and Easter. Why? Many reasons. The main reason is that I don't like to be such a spoiled brat that I want to make others unhappy just because I don't believe what they do. The second reason is that Easter and Christmas were not originally Christian holidays....so why shouldn't I celebrate them? I can just celebrate them in a different way than everyone else. Now...if you don't want to celebrate Easter, you can just...not log in.

Whoa, calm down chief.

First off: Yes, Christmas and Easter are both Christian only holidays designed by Christians. But what they did is place Christmas near the Winter Solstice and Easter near the Spring Equinox to help them convert pagans who had their own holidays at those times. Just wanted to correct you on that fact.

And you're right, you don't have to be Christian to enjoy fluffy bunnies and get Easter candy. I completely acknowledge that fact, and I also "go along with it" in my family as well.

But the point is that many Japanese people have no idea what Easter actually is. The same point can be made about Golden Week (many westerners don't know what it is), but this is a Japanese game. So if they had to choose between them (like they have), I believe the better choice would have been the Japanese one. Especially since it isn't based on a religion. I think it would be nicer to introduce more cultural events to the game than religious events.

But I suppose it doesn't matter at all since there's nothing religious about fluffy bunnies and painted eggs (and it's not like the holidays haven't all been commercialized anyway).