AzuraFan wrote: »

metheglyn wrote: »

That's an interesting take on the situation. I don't think PCNA "wimped out"--there were always people there taking on the camps. I also don't think the server's reputation hangs on this single event. Of course, I'm one of those quitters you mention, since I stopped participating in the event a little while ago, when I wasn't having fun with it.

No, you're not one of the quitters. The quitters were those who wanted phase 2 shortened, rather than just doing what you did, which was to do other things until it was over.

twisttop138 wrote: »

You're worried about what strangers say or think about what a sever did or didn't do during an imaginary video game event? Quitters lol. As if not enjoying the content you paid for is bad.

"Imaginary video game event"? It seemed pretty real to me. I can remember doing quests and everything. I'm pretty sure I wasn't imagining it, but YMMV.

As for the server wimping out, that was a bit of a light-hearted tongue-in-cheek jab. I should have known better than to say something like that here, where people are so easy to unintentionally rile up. Nobody, including me, ever cared about the server competition. We all know it was rigged. It's something I hope isn't repeated in future events.

Hey, if I got it wrong I got it wrong. You're not the first person here to express that opinion and, while you may have been joking, some folks are actually turning on the people on their servers or other servers. Accusations of cheating even were thrown around today, an unwillingness to accept the results. Europeans no less. That's supposed to be an American thing. I think how this thing has turned out has made a lot of people frustrated and that sucks for a community event lol. So, sorry if I jumped down your throat.

AzuraFan wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I was one of those that did other things because I couldn't mentally keep doing it any longer. I am not a quitter for wanting this shortened so we could experience the rest of the content we paid for.

You couldn't spend 30 seconds/day doing one quest (the crafting one) for a golden box?

Anyway, I agree for sure that the event has lagged on for way too long. I also think it was a bad idea to gate content we paid for behind completion of an event. But I was okay with waiting (and literally spending 10 minutes a day to get three golden boxes) until phase 2 finished as intended.

I could have but I didn't until they increased the progress to get it over faster. I was not fine with waiting any longer and just wanted the grind to stop.

Rishikesa108 wrote: »

I thought this was a quest that only became available through the current event

"Crossing the Wall" is just regular Solstice main quest part 6. The event-only quest is "Support the Fellowship".

tomofhyrule wrote: »

(And I’ll reiterate that a lot of people are seriously reconsidering paying any money to ZOS ever again because of everything this year, so a massive reveal in January of actual things would be in everyone’s best interest if it is intended that ESO still makes a profit)

For sure. ZOS has had its transition year. Now it's time to show us what's coming in January so we can get a sense of where the game is going, and if we want to stay around for the ride.

I just really hope we don’t have to read a whole paragraph about how great and wonderful this event was in the yearly studio director’s letter.

I get that PR will forbid saying anything negative, but what we absolutely don’t need to see is some effusive purple prose dripping with praise. That will look disingenuous at best and be blatant lies at worst.

But I’ll also agree that I hope they mean it that this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, in that we’ll never have to see anything like this ever again.
(And I’ll reiterate that a lot of people are seriously reconsidering paying any money to ZOS ever again because of everything this year, so a massive reveal in January of actual things would be in everyone’s best interest if it is intended that ESO still makes a profit)

Destai wrote: »

[*] Engagement micromanagement. Too much focus is on "driving engagement" with things like once-a-day-drops, ticket caps, ultra-rare drops. Focus on the fun, respect people's time, and the rest will fall in place. If you're unsure about what fun actually is, which I'm starting to think is the case, open a discussion. Have a survey.

Thanks for this post, you deserve all the awesomes for it. I feel like this is what's going awry at the moment. Rewards are increasingly focused on rarity, with ultra rare rewards and nested RNG being common now, and I've increasingly felt that my time is not being respected. ESO was grindy before, but what it's becoming now is beyond grindy. The extreme rarity of certain rewards is puzzling because I can't decide if ZOS wants us to give up, or wants us to grind more. I can't grind more, I value my time and I just won't.

AzuraFan wrote: »

The quitters were those who wanted phase 2 shortened, rather than just doing what you did, which was to do other things until it was over.

I was one of those that did other things because I couldn't mentally keep doing it any longer. I am not a quitter for wanting this shortened so we could experience the rest of the content we paid for.

Drops are borked... but still getting multiple daily drops of of the fragments for the Wormwrithe Haj Mota pet

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

Hi all, last update for tonight. We believe we've narrowed down the root cause of what is happening with the Writhing Fortress and are testing potential fixes. We'll have another update in the morning. Thank you all for your understanding.

Can you just stop the "clock" until you fix it?
OR
Is it just going to be broken till you fix it, making the time we have available to do it less?

lostineternity wrote: »

Can someone please explain from PS NA/XBox NA servers how the wall fell? Was it live or maybe they showed some kind of cinematic?

Went through the Writhing Fortress and smashed a thing at the core as part of the first 8:00pm Eastern brigade inside. Portal back to main camp. Talked to Skordo. Then talked to the Prince. Given the honor of firing off the Meridian lens. Screen went bright white with the power and faded back into sight with the wall now gone.

Neat, but no dramatic cinematic of the wall collapsing or anything. More of a fade out/fade back in transition.