Not sure if the current parameters for valentines and bandit spawn are in place to keep valentines in a fixed, sustainable rate, but...

Basically, 2 hours to reset the festival event feels a bit long for a 2-stage (mainly 1 stage and boss) dynamic event.
Particularly because the first stage (killing 1000 bandits, split between 50-125 people in the festival zone, depending the time of day) goes by too quickly (feels like not even 30mins? I could be mistaken), and having the queen there for 2 hours while waiting is a bit much.

I'm not sure if the zone is segmented during the bandit stage so wild pets can be caught on one side (i.e. the north side) and bandits only appear on the other side (i.e. the south side? seen more bandits there frequently), but if so, then it'd be feasible to have the event reset more often, by at least an hour, so people can still roam the northern part of the zone. The pet-to-bandit ratio seems the same as every other fest, but there's more to gain from having more stage resets (more 1000 bandit stages, more valentines, and the only consequence being a decrease in value for valentines as they are now).

If the event is supposed to be this way to control the value of valentines, then I'm fine with that.
Was just thinking that since most items that can only be gotten with valentines, and the biggest output of valentines might come out of a constant streak of fighting bandits, resetting the event more often (or at least decreasing the wait time by an hour or 90mins) could benefit players who are waiting around for the next stage.

I second this!

As a player who doesn't get to pop on too often - this fest is already short and there is only one boss. A one hour reset time would be much preferred!! 2 hours is a bit long to go with no big baddies to smash! :)

Agreed! With only 1 boss in the zone, I think it would be fair to shorten it. Or get a second boss in the zone XD

Agreeing. With this festival being a rather short one with nothing else to really do but fight the queen and bandits, the reset time is just overly long in my opinion

Great idea. Either that or the Queen can respawn times in that two hour period so we can fight her more.

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Katana should be available during the 2 hour 'reset time' for those who haven't defeated her yet.

Additionally, bandits can always be found no matter the event status. They're just guaranteed beyond a certain point south on the map during the event. And vice versa, during the event, pets can still be found above a certain point north on the map.

The reason for the 2 hour pause is to try to limit the amount of events that fire per day. That's really just the main purpose of the cooldown - to put a rate on spawns that we are comfortable with.

I hope that makes sense.

That does make sense, but honestly the "event" part does go by amazingly quickly. I've gone in 15 minutes after it starts and missed out on fighting the bandits part, just because i had to go check missions quickly.

Is there any chance of adding a mini boss? Maybe in the courtyard where the hidden room is behind the secret" door? Some reason to keep checking in there would be kinda cool. This boss would spawn every half hour like the mini bosses in the others, and give us something to break up the monotony of going round in circles. As far as I'm concerned they could wear the same costume as the Bandits, just with a better chance of dropping the special prizes? Kind of like the Captain Bandit or something, lol.

I would also love an additional box/treasure chest spawn area at the end of that long hallway there. Again, a good reason to go checking in there from time to time. A treasure chest that has a slower regen rate like the other chest in the zone would be perfect there *grin*

Unfortunately, not for this time around. By the time the Sylvorpa is finished, the Festival will be halfway over and we don't want to add something like that midway through. I can see about increasing the Bandit counter though.

That would help... last time I missed the start time by five minutes, and the bandits were already done counting. I know I missed it by that much cause I saw the count tick over the last couple left over, but couldn't find a bandit to kill in time. I could still fight mostly bandits in the zone till the Queen showed of course, but it didn't count toward the tally so I didn't get a chance at the special boxes.

Hey, are the Zephyr charms gonna come back next year? Just wondering if this is the one and only chance to get them. So far I have gotten exactly one piece. With all the time i have spent in the zone, I don't think it's looking good for me to get four, let alone the right four, not this year at least. So are they gonna be around each year for the love fest? I hope so... I love the concept, really like the four viz luff that could result from these. I want one, eventually, lol...