I believe we can all agree your anniversary event was kinda lame. (Please do not feel offended)
OOO, if you played this game, what promo would you rather buy ?:
1. Rose Regalia
2. Dragon Wings
3. Valkyrie Wings
or... 4. Your anniversary promo that included some candle, birthday hat, or party blowout accesories for your helm.
I am pretty sure everyone would prefer Rose Regalia, and the dragon and valk wings would make a close second. ( I am NOT suggesting to bring these back)
Like, the birthday accesories were fun and all, but not something that could ever reach the coolness of any of the other promo's.
I mean, this is your first anniversary, i was expecting some epic armor set for your anniversary promo.
The party accesories would have made a nice gift to all players or maybe a nice little something to buy cake slices with, not something for a promo.
Oh, and what is with the temporary items? Why make the two other cake helms temporary? Not everyone likes everything prismatic, and it would be real nice if you made those items permanent.
I suggest next year have an awesome armor set for your promo, and have an epic event rather than some cake hunting thing.
Searching for cake was ok, but i was hoping for something better.
I see lots of MMO's go all out for their anniversary, especially their first, so i was a bit dissapointed.
Again, please do not feel offended.
The wings and Rose costumes were nice, but they were costumes and accessories; as are the cake costumes we had for the first anniversary. I agree other games have significant events for their first anniversaries, but what else could they do? They could have done half-off elevator charges for a couple weeks but that would hump the economy. If they reintroduced those old frivolities their prices would diminish due to greater availability.
If they make an armor, not a costume but an actual armor, only available during the anniversary it would push players to obtain and sell it for ridiculous prices, regardless if its stats are worth using. They were probably scrambling for what to do for the anniversary and decided to go with cake costume helmets. Any new content only available for the anniversary would inevitably be reimplemented every anniversary or become a permanent addition, contradicting with the point of the special annual event. For example, say they made a minigame specifically for the anniversary; people would want it all year round, others would hate it for whatever reason. Would they want to deal with that?