Does someone want to try and tell me that this isn't designed to encourage people to buy tickets?
Kiralyn2000 wrote: »Does someone want to try and tell me that this isn't designed to encourage people to buy tickets?
It's designed to get people to play more than the absolute minimum (i.e, "I parked an alt next to a delve boss; I log in, kill it, and log out til tomorrow"). So the ticket isn't guaranteed on the first kill, so maybe you'll have to do a whole daily quest (ooh, the burden) to get their tickets for the day.
"They're rigging it for ticket sales!" is /tinfoilhat territory.
redgreensunset wrote: »Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »In the Dragonrise event, trash mobs in Northern Elsweyr theoretically had a "chance" to drop event tickets, and bosses/dragons were guaranteed drops. In practise, a very few people complained of missing event tickets, but most players got their tickets every day - and trash mob kills seemed very likely to give tickets if you had not already received them (and were not maxed in tickets carried already). The Murkmire event will likely be the same. The complaints about this issue (event tickets being subject to RNG) seem overblown to me.
You must not have frequented the forum during Dragonrise, or maybe your memory is just faulty, if you think there were no complains about this. A lot of people lost tickets because of this and on the whole it was an extremely unpopular decision.
Which makes it baffling that they went all out RNG on the tickets. Soooo many more people are going to lose tickets this time around.
Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »redgreensunset wrote: »Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »In the Dragonrise event, trash mobs in Northern Elsweyr theoretically had a "chance" to drop event tickets, and bosses/dragons were guaranteed drops. In practise, a very few people complained of missing event tickets, but most players got their tickets every day - and trash mob kills seemed very likely to give tickets if you had not already received them (and were not maxed in tickets carried already). The Murkmire event will likely be the same. The complaints about this issue (event tickets being subject to RNG) seem overblown to me.
You must not have frequented the forum during Dragonrise, or maybe your memory is just faulty, if you think there were no complains about this. A lot of people lost tickets because of this and on the whole it was an extremely unpopular decision.
Which makes it baffling that they went all out RNG on the tickets. Soooo many more people are going to lose tickets this time around.
Actually I check the forums fairly often, and there WERE several complaints - but only from a TINY fraction of the player base. Here's the other thing though - most people who "lost" tickets were able to call in to ZoS support and get their tickets that way. Does anyone else think that the support people will be trying to make sure that they get as few calls as possible from this issue? I do. That's why I'm confident that people will get tickets from the first Murkmire mob body that they can loot that day (SarahHecker's comments notwithstanding). The main RNG issue will be for people trying to kill a boss to get tickets - only the first 12 get loot, so you can't get tickets if you don't get loot. I agree that there are better ways to tie event tickets to activities, e.g. daily repeatable quests - I just think that all the complaints so far about "RNG" are wildly overblown. The download of Update 25 is going to have a far bigger impact on more players than the "RNG" will.
bossonova420 wrote: »on feb. 20th is when the event starts but we all redownload on the 24th.... Are we gonna be given some extra time for the event that we will miss?
ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »
Delve into the perilous region of Murkmire during this in-game event and you can earn bonus rewards including style pages, crafting materials, collectibles, and more!
redgreensunset wrote: »Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »In the Dragonrise event, trash mobs in Northern Elsweyr theoretically had a "chance" to drop event tickets, and bosses/dragons were guaranteed drops. In practise, a very few people complained of missing event tickets, but most players got their tickets every day - and trash mob kills seemed very likely to give tickets if you had not already received them (and were not maxed in tickets carried already). The Murkmire event will likely be the same. The complaints about this issue (event tickets being subject to RNG) seem overblown to me.
You must not have frequented the forum during Dragonrise, or maybe your memory is just faulty, if you think there were no complains about this. A lot of people lost tickets because of this and on the whole it was an extremely unpopular decision.
Which makes it baffling that they went all out RNG on the tickets. Soooo many more people are going to lose tickets this time around.
Does someone want to try and tell me that this isn't designed to encourage people to buy tickets?
I'm looking forward to the Murkmire Event! Also, I wanted the Xanmeer Manor (Murkmire Underwater Home) to come back, but now I hear it is coming back in furnished & unfurnished versions on Feb. 20, 2020 for the Murkmire Event! So, now I'm happy. I just wish I knew in advance how much it will cost? I was thinking to get another Valentines Furniture pack, it was so nice! However, I better hang on to my remaining crowns till I see if I can get Xanmeer Manor on the 20th. I previewed it & i love it! Thanks to ZOS for bringing it back for Murkmire Event!
Dear Zos, in the future can you please list the house prices before the events for the homes to become available? Thank you so much.
They added event tickets to the cash shop in Spring 2019, which was a very transparent move in the direction of monetizing events. Since then they have added additional elements that inconvenience the customer and encourage them to pay to win the event rewards.
Dusk_Coven wrote: »They added event tickets to the cash shop in Spring 2019, which was a very transparent move in the direction of monetizing events. Since then they have added additional elements that inconvenience the customer and encourage them to pay to win the event rewards.
Which is really too bad because tickets in the cash shop -- especially since they are giftable -- is actually a good move on its own. Sometimes, people are just not interested in an event or have IRL conflicts.
It'll be interesting to see a year from now how events compare to pre-crown-store-ticket events and if they try to increase the scarcity mentality in the event rewards.
Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »bossonova420 wrote: »on feb. 20th is when the event starts but we all redownload on the 24th.... Are we gonna be given some extra time for the event that we will miss?
@bossonova420 Not sure if you noticed, but the Murkmire event is going to be a day longer than usual (for this sort of event), and offer THREE tickets a day instead of the usual TWO for this length of event. So ZoS have already adjusted things a little so that most players should not suffer a lack of event tickets, at least. (I know there are still going to be a lot of players with a slow internet connection, or other download/installation problems, who may be unable to play for several days... ).
ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, just to clarify a few points on Event Tickets before the start of the event:
All three tickets drop at once (rather than one at a time.) Even though there is only a chance for them to drop, that chance is quite high for basic enemies and even higher for World & Delve Bosses. That being said, you might want to turn on auto loot before the event to make sure you're grabbing everything.
augestflex_ESO wrote: »Still nothing and I have killed a lot of mobs in the zone over and over, opened a bunch of chests, etc.
Any thoughts?
CP1002, Sorc with two pets.
augestflex_ESO wrote: »Today I got event tickets!!!!!
Edited to add: And a golden strongbox. Now the question, how come in 5-6 hours of gameplay in Murkmire zone yesterday doing world bosses, delves, gathering, opening chests, killing tons of mobs, I didn't get either?