Bring on the Fireworks...

That's right, folks... Grab your yukatas, swimsuits, and goldfish bowls cuz it's time to party hardy across Vanadiel. Sunbreeze Festival 2010 is here!!! Woohoo!!! (\(>w<)/) (/cheer)

I'm not entirely sure why, but everyone always seems to think that I'm slightly weird for enjoying this event as much as I do. I love the outfits, the music, the fireworks, and all the little minigames that you do to get special, "one-time-a-year" items. I really do love this occasion the most. 'Course I also really like the Starlight Celebration (during the winter) because they change the Jeuno music to a Christmas-y version. It's so pretty~ (>w<) But yeah... lol.

For those of you willing to participate in the festival, activities will be held from August 3rd thru the 17th. And in case you're a little confused about what to do, here's the FFXIclopedia guide for the all of the events. All other information pertaining to the event can be found on the Official FFXI Site

This year's Sunbreeze Festival brings a new item collection to our Mog Houses... Windchimes! For each of the nations, there is a bell that will ring for a game hour at designated times during the day. They are quite similar to windchimes as the ringing is kind of sporadic (no melody) due to a magical gust of wind surrounding the bell.

You can see each of the chimes on the left most side in the front row.

Sandy - Carillon Vermeil (10:00-11:00) - Obtained from Event Moogle after Synchronizing 10 times with Mumor
Bastok - Aeolsglocke (13:00-14:00) - Obtained from any Hard Mode miniquest (MUST already have Carillon Vermeil)
Windy - Leafbell (16:00-17:00) - Obtained from Goldfish Vendor for 60 points

The Blue Racial Specific Swimsuits (+1) can be obtained by successfully completing any Normal Mode miniquest from any of the three nations. And the Orange Swimsuits and Yukatas can be purchased from Moogle Vendors in Sandy, Bastok, Windy, and Jeuno.

Anyways... I hope that everyone will enjoy the festival to the fullest and keep checking back for more updates from yours truly.

~ Ari