Hatching-Tide: Case-Cracked 5/9

[Starlord]

so you guys complain about bell events and when they finally give us something other then a bell event, u complain some more? please move on theres nothing to see here

That's Usually how it goes

[Ylferyf]

Kind of disappointing because of all the speculations (e.g. Gridania's going to get revamped). But I do have to admit this was the first holiday event that involved a fun, multi-step quest. There were more than one or two pieces to collect for all levels and the egg caps are varied and fun to wear. It's a step in the right direction.

Too bad though, as I was reading the story about the egg hatching, I thought it was going to say baby chocobo instead of baby dodo. Would be awesome if this is how they introduced chocobos. Also, at one point I mistakenly thought my chocobo egg cap was giving me increased movement speed! Of course, it was just the zoom perspective, but I wish they'd add hidden effects to the special caps like the +1 event items from XI.

[Hiemdall]

Yeah kind of LAME they built it up, and then nothing. MY guess is the end would usher in patch 1.18 but they realized patch 1.18 was taking much to long. Tis the problem with dynamic lore :P

[Yumi_Hibiki]

i dont really understand the dissapointment about the dodo eggs, it was stated in the very beginning that the spriggans were collecting dodo eggs for her to paint. I liked the outcoming specially the last part and i had fun collecting the caps as well. I wish they would mention the name of the writer for this events, would be nice if its miyabi hasegawa again, i really loved the FFXI novels.

its kinda sad, at the beginning people were begging for lore like crazy and now there are people that are seriously too lazy to read the equivalent of one page in a book... i start to lose hope for this "community"

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Where's Tetsuya Nomura when you need him?

[Rau]

Where's Tetsuya Nomura when you need him?

Busy with FFvXIII, Kingdom Hearts 3DS, and Kingdom Hearts III ; ;

Now that I think about it, I wish they let him make an MMO.

I feel like he could do good things. He just seems to churn out good games left and right.

[zaviermhigo]

I do honestly think its sad where we live in a society that does not want to read, in society where "tl;dr" is used for storylines in games and not just obscenely long forum posts. The U.S. and most of the western world boast 99% literacy ratings, while countries like mexico and many south american countries considered the semi-periphery boast only about a 80%, there are people in this world who wish they could read long walls of text, and we simply give up the right, and created more kids who hate reading, who create more kids who hate reading (i now slippery slope but eff it.) Its just sad when you go to school and talk to kids and more than half claim to "hate reading" and automatically consider older fashion novels and text "boring."

On the other hand, if english is not you native tongue and they don't add support for your language, I can understand why you wouldn't want to read long walls of text. When I read french, i have to break it down sometimes, i just can't tackle it , and in a game setting sometimes there isn't enough time to deduce connotations, especially when its written in somewhat of a cockney accent, or sometimes an old english kind of theme.

Basically promote literacy, and people's desire to read for fun.

[Viperdance]

I do honestly think its sad where we live in a society that does not want to read, in society where "tl;dr" is used for storylines in games and not just obscenely long forum posts. The U.S. and most of the western world boast 99% literacy ratings, while countries like mexico and many south american countries considered the semi-periphery boast only about a 80%, there are people in this world who wish they could read long walls of text, and we simply give up the right, and created more kids who hate reading, who create more kids who hate reading (i now slippery slope but eff it.) Its just sad when you go to school and talk to kids and more than half claim to "hate reading" and automatically consider older fashion novels and text "boring."

On the other hand, if english is not you native tongue and they don't add support for your language, I can understand why you wouldn't want to read long walls of text. When I read french, i have to break it down sometimes, i just can't tackle it , and in a game setting sometimes there isn't enough time to deduce connotations, especially when its written in somewhat of a cockney accent, or sometimes an old english kind of theme.

Basically promote literacy, and people's desire to read for fun.

I agree with your sentiment about a society that does not want to read, but I just want to say that you are wrong about South American countries and 80% Literacy rating. In fact one of the lowest ratings in South America is Peru at 89% or so (Mexico is over 90% as well). We grew up in Colombia and have always loved reading, my little brother as well, so I can vouch for the next generation, but then again, we barely managed to escape the "Nintendo" age group of kids that grew up playing inside staring at a TV instead of going outside and playing.

Another problem with this "literacy ratings" is that countries like the United States only go and do the Census in neighborhoods where the people are for the most part at least junior high educated and then bloat their results, when in fact, the people who do not know how to properly use words like "There, Their, They're, Your, You're, etc." are those "educated" Americans.

[Amsai]

I think your way off base bringing in literacy rates and what not. I wont argue with your numbers, because thats really low on my Give-a-sh*t-o-meter. I am pretty sure most people who play MMORPGs can read and write well enough for the purpose of playing the game (thats most not all). This is a cheap attempt to side-track the issue.

The real issue is not about how people need more imagination as one person in another thread suggested to me. It also has nothing to do with literacy or being lazy. This is a Triple A P2P MMO and its F@#&ing Final Fantasy!!!! I love to read, and do it quite often. I have to read and write a lot for work, and in the recent past for some continuing education credits. I also love reading fantasy novels, and go through about 1 a week. I love reading about an exotic fantasy world and using my imagination to build it in my mind's eye.

However, a videogame is a different animal, and this is an electronic form of entertainment. This is NOT old school pen and paper with D&D, and it is NOT a book. I will be paying for this game and much like a movie it is the devs jobs to entertain me with content and a quality interactive storyline. I dont even mind them using all text and no voice acting. Thats not the issue. I just don't want to read a wall of text that isnt even in game or even in game text that has no animated sequences with it. Those CS will give more life and atmosphere to the story. Last but not least (and I cant over emphasize this) this is a Final Fantasy Title and as such I will (eventually) expect both in-game and GC animated CS sequences as I expect them in all FF titles. The only way I would not expect this is if FFXIV had come out as a book and not a videogame.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

well, i'm happy with this piece of lore. I don't play a final fantasy game just for gameplay, and people arguing on this should play something else.
Foremost, this piece of lore is binded with all the shadowy figures and strange events acting in game, so what's the complain ?

ps: for people speaking of revamp of gridania, destruction ecc...this is a damn seasonal event. Something that big would be in a major patch, no ? <_< don't be a fool