Date/time: Sunday, June 12th at 4PM EST / 1PM PST.
Entrance fee: FREE
Prizes:
1st place:
40% of the gil pool
Mosshorn Scale Mail
Champion's Lance +1
Barbarian's Bardiche +1
Aeolian Scimitar
Silver Tricorne
Dodore Doublet
2nd place: 40% of the gil pool
3rd place: 20% of the gil pool
4th place: Complete Dream Set +1
So far 14 million gil has been donated to the prize pool, which will be distributed amongst the 3 winners.
Challenge:
A foot race throughout the lands of Eorzea. Exact checkpoints will be released at the time of the race.
Race outline:
- We will start in the Conjurer's Guild (Gridania) at 4pm EST. Please gather a few minutes earlier to recap rules and issue linkpearls
- Once you receive your pearl you are to /sit (I'll take a screenshot of the specific starting "boundary" tonight)
- Once everyone is pearled and seated, I will call out the first waypoint, and everyone stands and begins running! It will be an aetheryte camp or gate, and it will be required to touch the crystal so it shows in your Lodestone history
- When the first runners are near the waypoint, I will call out the second waypoint over /ls chat. Make sure you don't filter out that linkshell channel
- This will proceed until the final waypoint. I need to determine the best way to finish the run, maybe have people buy something from my bazaar at the finish line for 1gil, and screenshot my chat log of transactions (if new accounts get gil, need to verify)
Rules:
- Runner MUST be a new mule (see below for help adding a new char slot)
- Any class is fine, must be rank 1 and physical level 2
- Any gear is fine EXCEPT Hermes Sandals, nothing will save a rank 1 from 3000+ dmg
- Onion Helm is fine, you'll still get one-shotted, weakened or not lol
- No parties
- No teleporting
- Using return after dying is fine
Other Info:
I hope everyone sticks to the spirit of the event and avoids cheating, but we will still take precautions to watch all nearby camps for players warping in.
A linkshell will be created specifically for this event and pearls will be given out at the predetermined starting location. Once the pearl is received the runner is not to leave the starting area. Please keep the pearl until prizes are awarded, it will be used as part of the verification process. The winners will also have their lodestone pages/history verified before prizes are awarded. Obtaining any aetheryte points beforehand is not allowed.
The race path will not be released before the event. I suggest you recap camp/gate names to minimize time spent scouring the map.
Thanks to the following for assisting with this venture:
Cornelia's ULC and their ffxivpro post which kicked this off
Brucey Bangbang
Gaven Bylander
Danielle Vahn
Sol Aureus
Elite LS
Conviction LS
Instructions to add a new FFXIV character slot:
- Log into the Square Enix Account Management System
- Under Services and Options (left menu), click Select Service
- Click FINAL FANTASY XIV
- Under Active Service Accounts, click Options List
- Click Add new options
- Continue from there to add a new FFXIV character slot