Test Server Hunt Event

[Yugl]

Greetings fellow adventurers,

Trouble is a brewin' on the wild, wild test (server)! The goobbue, the bat, and the pugil-y are terrorizing the towns in Vana'diel. Who is going to avenge Camate's stolen lunch, Bayohne's hijacked chocobo, Okipuit’s ruined gardening efforts, and Rukkirii's chewed up nomad moogle cap!? The Community Team is calling upon the bravest bounty hunters to aid in solving the riddles that we've been hearin' and taking down these baddies!

How to Participate

1. On Friday, February 8 at 6PM PST meet us in Lower Jeuno on the test server.
2. We will be announcing 5 rumors we've been hearin' 'round these parts about who these devious culprits could be and posting up wanted posters in the contest thread. (5 consecutive rounds.)
3. Each round will start from Lower Jeuno.
4. Take a linkshell from one of the Community Reps. (Bayohne, Camate, Rukkirrii, and Okipuit) You must have a Linkshell in order to participate.
5. This is a solo endeavor; no forming parties allowed. Brace yourselves for whatever intense situations may arise!
6. It will be your task to find the notorious monster by solving a puzzle (riddle), and slay it! We want them dead, not alive!
7. We will be waiting for you at the location last seen with the "bait" (A.K.A. the trigger item). First person to /check the Community Rep at the NM's location will be granted the trigger item.
   Only users who are granted the trigger item by a Rep will be recognized as the winner.
8. First to kill will receive a bounty!

*This event is open to players from North America only. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Prizes

Participation Prize

• Athena Orb

5 Rounds - One Winner Each
The winning player for rounds 1 to 5 will be able to choose one of the following trophy statues!

• Behemoth Statue
• Adamantoise Statue
• Fafnir Statue

Happy huntin' and best of luck to all of you! We're looking forward to seeing you on the test server!

Rules

• If you win a round, you are not eligible to win a second prize. One prize per winner.
• You may join in hunting the NM and providing hints for the other participants however!
• If you fail to deal sufficient damage, you will be escorted from the battle.
• This will be judged by referee Camate.
• The Community Team will be surveying these fights and any misbehavior will be subject to disqualification.
• To be eligible to participate and win a prize you must possess a North American account.

Tadaaa.

[Slycer]

Note to SE: The reason nobody logs onto the test server to test anything is because THERE IS NOTHING TO TEST... not because you aren't giving out enough statues. (Not that this is a bad idea or anything...it's kind of cool that they run events like this...though if they're only giving away 5 statues at a time, they should probably hold them way more frequently)

[Economizer]

Eh. The Grand Prize is a bit lacking, but I'm a fan of their inclusion of the fight orb as a door prize. Having to sign up and install the test server and walking home with nothing stings a little.

Hopefully this is an indication that they want a large group of people to have the test server client installed in preparation for a bunch of testing, but this is SE we're talking about, so something clever like that is unlikely. That said, if they wanted people to be testing things they really should be handing out the special fight BCNM orbs like candy to anyone who gives good feedback (like back when we did Cure Formula Testing, Motenten and Aleste who did the bulk of the work should have gotten an event BCNM orb for getting us the cure formula; although arguably they should have just told us the formula from the start and asked for feedback).

Of course, actually having stuff to test helps too.

[SephYuyX]

First person to /check the Community Rep at the NM's location will be granted the trigger item.
First to kill will receive a bounty!

lolnothanks

[Eldelphia]

If you want people to do something, don't give them a prize people either have already or aren't interested in...

[dasva]

Also stop making it so hard to log into on windower!

[Hirronimus]

How is this different than what we do/did on daily basis? Run from point A to point B to claim NM. Didn't we do this back when people camped Kings? Pass.

P.S. I still have 2 unused Athena Orbs from last Bonanza and all the 3 statues. A little more motivation would be nice. Besides, the prize stays on Test Server I'm assuming or is transferable to active servers?

[Chamaan]

Make the prize an 11th marble for mog bananas. I'd play this game all day.

[Mirya]

Last year they did a Hide and Seek event on the test server. It actually was a lot of fun... but the prize was also something hardly any NA had -- the Chocobo Beret. I don't understand why they picked the 3 statues everyone and their mother has for prizes this time around. They should have gone with the crab or gobbie wand.

[Prothescar]

Would have preferred a moogle suit prize because I want an infinite supply of mog missiles