I'm a pretty princess!! (Finally!)

Ran into some problems this week with Final Fantasy XIV. Namely that my account information was changed by someone other then myself! Trying to log in and seeing that your email address is not found in the system can create the worst feeling that you can imagine.

Eventually I got my account restored thanks to the help of a friend (who pointed out that I was going to all the wrong places) a patient person in Square's help desk, and a quick email of my ID. I truly lucked out, about half my Gil was missing, and I was in an odd place, but none of my characters were deleted, they didn't change too much of my personal information, and I wasn't banned! Thank goodness!

As account hijacking goes, mine was actually pretty polite. 

Anyway I finally got in to take part in the Little Ladies day event! Billed as being a 'Princess for a day' event, you sadly don't get any cool or pretty dresses for your character to feel like a princess. You get some flowers, food, and eventually a companion pet, but not much else really.

The quest line is pretty simple as well, you simply go to the major towns and bribe, ahem I mean show off your pretty doll to get votes. The quests are well written lore wise and fun. I was squee-ing the entire time I was wondering around with my pretty doll.

I will admit some disappointment in the lack of any princess like gear or outfits. So far most holidays leave you with considerably less bag space with the odd vanity gear they leave behind (horse helms anyone?). The one time I want the gear, they don't offer it! I would expect a holiday that is billed around you being a princess (or in the case of the men a chance to 'dote on their princess and become a true gentleman, whatever that means) to give us some sort of fancy, dressy, royal garb. But sadly there was none to be found.

I also would have expected a doll competition to have...well an actual competition when it came to the dolls! There were none besides the players dolls to be seen. Having an NPC or two show off their 'entries' or seeing children react to the fancy toys would have been a nice touch. 

All in all this was an enjoyable (if short) event that made me feel like there was a lot of potential that went unused. Still I have a new favorite companion pet to explore the world with, and I guess that will just have to be enough.