Official Discussion Thread for The New Life Festival (Live Now- Dec.21 to Jan.9)

ZOS_Kevin

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm getting continual disconnects, it looks like the server can't handle the load (and yes, I have a more than "valid" internet connection, as that popup message says).

We haven't seen any issues on our end. But we will continue to monitor.

vsrs_au

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm getting continual disconnects, it looks like the server can't handle the load (and yes, I have a more than "valid" internet connection, as that popup message says).

We haven't seen any issues on our end. But we will continue to monitor.

I'm actually getting it mainly when traveling to the snow globe home, @ZOS_Kevin . I thought it might be a good idea to travel back to Breda to complete the event quests that way (i.e. traveling to the "outside" of the home), but I'm guessing a million other players have the same idea? It was particularly bad when I tried traveling from Reaper's March back to Breda using this method: I made 3 attempts and got disconnected on all of them. After switching to just using wayshrines, it was more reliable.

ZOS_Kevin

@vsrs_au Thanks for the info. We'll pass this along incase something is going on there.

BahometZ wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

On sale for XBox right now. Probably Soon™ everywhere else.

Wait, theres a crown sale on xbox right now? Where the heck is that information given?

Sales are up now!
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/649139/official-discussion-thread-for-necrom-chapter-and-crown-pack-sale#latest

vsrs_au

Performance is bad right now. I tried 3 times to go from Eastmarch to N Elsweyr via wayshrine, and got disconnected each time. I then started getting Error 307 while trying to login again, so now I'm forced to quit the game for a while to let the server reset my status.

Alarra

Is the automatic xp boost supposed to appear in Active Effects, or is it just there? There's been confusion among folks in-game as to whether it's on/working.

Ingenon

vsrs_au wrote: »

Performance is bad right now. I tried 3 times to go from Eastmarch to N Elsweyr via wayshrine, and got disconnected each time. I then started getting Error 307 while trying to login again, so now I'm forced to quit the game for a while to let the server reset my status.

If the bad performance continues, consider trying as a test going through a VPN to Germany, where I think that the PC/EU servers are located. Proton VPN free has worked for me in the past for testing. Since ZOS isn't seeing an issue at their end, and @Elsonso isn't seeing it from where he is, I am wondering if it has to do with the route between your location and PC/EU. Your latency will be high going through a VPN to Germany, but if you can reliably wayshrine travel to Eastmarch and back over VPN, that will help understand the cause.

ZOS_Kevin

Alarra wrote: »

Is the automatic xp boost supposed to appear in Active Effects, or is it just there? There's been confusion among folks in-game as to whether it's on/working.

The automatic xp boost is applied. Same as Witches Festival. This will be the norm going forward. However, we have made a note to the team to have a better way for this to be displayed in the future.

Alarra

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Alarra wrote: »

Is the automatic xp boost supposed to appear in Active Effects, or is it just there? There's been confusion among folks in-game as to whether it's on/working.

The automatic xp boost is applied. Same as Witches Festival. This will be the norm going forward. However, we have made a note to the team to have a better way for this to be displayed in the future.

Awesome, thank you!

vsrs_au

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Alarra wrote: »

Is the automatic xp boost supposed to appear in Active Effects, or is it just there? There's been confusion among folks in-game as to whether it's on/working.

The automatic xp boost is applied. Same as Witches Festival. This will be the norm going forward. However, we have made a note to the team to have a better way for this to be displayed in the future.

Thanks, @ZOS_Kevin . It would be nice if it was displayed as a buff in the Character window, just like we get from XP scrolls?

vsrs_au

Ingenon wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

Performance is bad right now. I tried 3 times to go from Eastmarch to N Elsweyr via wayshrine, and got disconnected each time. I then started getting Error 307 while trying to login again, so now I'm forced to quit the game for a while to let the server reset my status.

If the bad performance continues, consider trying as a test going through a VPN to Germany, where I think that the PC/EU servers are located. Proton VPN free has worked for me in the past for testing. Since ZOS isn't seeing an issue at their end, and @Elsonso isn't seeing it from where he is, I am wondering if it has to do with the route between your location and PC/EU. Your latency will be high going through a VPN to Germany, but if you can reliably wayshrine travel to Eastmarch and back over VPN, that will help understand the cause.

Yes, I might try that. This morning (in my timezone, anyway) was a special case: the event started 2am my time, and I wanted to do some event quests before the daily reset time (2pm my time). When I redo the event quests after the daily reset, the servers will be **much** quieter, because it will then be 3am GMT and 4am Western Europe. Plus I'm on leave after today, so I can pick the quiet times for the daily event quests. It's all good.

ZOS_Kevin

vsrs_au wrote: »

Thanks, @ZOS_Kevin . It would be nice if it was displayed as a buff in the Character window, just like we get from XP scrolls?

Definitely. Yeah, we passed that feedback during Witches Festival and will do so again for this.

BahometZ

vsrs_au wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm getting continual disconnects, it looks like the server can't handle the load (and yes, I have a more than "valid" internet connection, as that popup message says).

We haven't seen any issues on our end. But we will continue to monitor.

I'm actually getting it mainly when traveling to the snow globe home, @ZOS_Kevin . I thought it might be a good idea to travel back to Breda to complete the event quests that way (i.e. traveling to the "outside" of the home), but I'm guessing a million other players have the same idea? It was particularly bad when I tried traveling from Reaper's March back to Breda using this method: I made 3 attempts and got disconnected on all of them. After switching to just using wayshrines, it was more reliable.

I have disconnected every time I've tried fast travelling to outside the snow globe home. Every time. Wayshrine to wayshrine has been ok.

By the by, has anyone seen any new light furnishing items drop in the reward coffers? If not, I'll probably just do one a day for the tickets.

vsrs_au

BahometZ wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm getting continual disconnects, it looks like the server can't handle the load (and yes, I have a more than "valid" internet connection, as that popup message says).

We haven't seen any issues on our end. But we will continue to monitor.

I'm actually getting it mainly when traveling to the snow globe home, @ZOS_Kevin . I thought it might be a good idea to travel back to Breda to complete the event quests that way (i.e. traveling to the "outside" of the home), but I'm guessing a million other players have the same idea? It was particularly bad when I tried traveling from Reaper's March back to Breda using this method: I made 3 attempts and got disconnected on all of them. After switching to just using wayshrines, it was more reliable.

I have disconnected every time I've tried fast travelling to outside the snow globe home. Every time. Wayshrine to wayshrine has been ok.

By the by, has anyone seen any new light furnishing items drop in the reward coffers? If not, I'll probably just do one a day for the tickets.

I was only getting it early this morning (for me): it was about 5am my time, and only 3 hours after the event started, and so very busy. Much later, traveling to the outside of the snow globe worked every time.

Soraka

Thanks for the proactive extension.

vsrs_au

@ZOS_Kevin , my main character got the 9 quests from Breda on the 1st half-day of the event (before the 1st daily reset), but since then she's got none from Breda, but all my 7 alternate characters are still getting them. Now, my main character only gets the daily quest from Petronius.

RealLoveBVB

Is there any possibility that you can add all indrik- and deadland-fragments?

Have all fragments from this year and missing out a few indriks, so those 60 tickets would be mostly wasted right now, since the missing fragments are not offered right now:/

vsrs_au

@ZOS_Kevin , please ask the devs if they'll consider splitting the event pavilion into multiple locations for next New Life. With everyone traveling to/from the same spot, it's chaotic (and causes lag).

tomfant

RealLoveBVB wrote: »

Is there any possibility that you can add all indrik- and deadland-fragments?

Have all fragments from this year and missing out a few indriks, so those 60 tickets would be mostly wasted right now, since the missing fragments are not offered right now:/

Same here. I can't buy anything usefull with my event tickets since I already have all the fragments that are available right now. In my desperation I even bought the indrik pet which I'll never use.

Please make the indrik merchant like the other event merchants, ie offering ALL existing fragments.

Araneae6537

tomfant wrote: »

RealLoveBVB wrote: »

Is there any possibility that you can add all indrik- and deadland-fragments?

Have all fragments from this year and missing out a few indriks, so those 60 tickets would be mostly wasted right now, since the missing fragments are not offered right now:/

Same here. I can't buy anything usefull with my event tickets since I already have all the fragments that are available right now. In my desperation I even bought the indrik pet which I'll never use.

Please make the indrik merchant like the other event merchants, ie offering ALL existing fragments.

Aren’t the other event merchants also offering past event items on rotation? That was my understanding of the event page.

In the past, there was NO options except the current event’s items! Now you can get collectibles from several previous years — two evolved Indriks and pets and two full morphs from another year! If you’ve been around for a while and have all that you want from these, be grateful that on top of all that there are group repair kits and guild commendations for companions if you want nothing else!

tomfant

That's exactly my point, I have everything from previous years that is available right now. I haven't completed all indriks yet but the ones I'm missing are not available now.

I don't care about companions. The only useful for me is the group repair kits. But spending like 50 tickets on these kits feels bad.

Araneae6537

tomfant wrote: »

That's exactly my point, I have everything from previous years that is available right now. I haven't completed all indriks yet but the ones I'm missing are not available now.

I don't care about companions. The only useful for me is the group repair kits. But spending like 50 tickets on these kits feels bad.

If you like the new style, you could use tickets on that and sell any pages you get in boxes. Just a thought.

Since New Life festival has been for people to get caught up on collectibles, it is to be expected that those without catching up to do will have an excess of tickets, and there haven’t always been other options. ZOS has to balance between these players and those who will be upset if they cannot get ALL THE THINGS this year.

vsrs_au

vsrs_au wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin , my main character got the 9 quests from Breda on the 1st half-day of the event (before the 1st daily reset), but since then she's got none from Breda, but all my 7 alternate characters are still getting them. Now, my main character only gets the daily quest from Petronius.

Never mind, I had an unfinished quest I'd forgotten about, so it was just user error.

vsrs_au

I'm jealous
Mirri is spending more time with that drinking wench than me.

vsrs_au

Mirri's moved on from the tavern wench, and has now decided to try table-top posing instead

vsrs_au

I call this one "sorcerer bard spriggan"

vsrs_au

@ZOS_Kevin , can you please arrange for the mud ball event quest to be troll-proofed, by which I mean the mud balls should NOT work on other players, only on NPCs. I'm fed up with having so many mud balls thrown at me that I can't throw any at the NPCs. With my average ping of 400, there's little I can do to defend myself from these trolls.

Araneae6537

vsrs_au wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin , can you please arrange for the mud ball event quest to be troll-proofed, by which I mean the mud balls should NOT work on other players, only on NPCs. I'm fed up with having so many mud balls thrown at me that I can't throw any at the NPCs. With my average ping of 400, there's little I can do to defend myself from these trolls.

But it’s expected to be pelted by Mudballs at Skyreach during the event, especially at the wayshrine. It’s not trolling — I figure we’re all there for the event — and so throw mudballs and am pelted in turn. I don’t chase anyone and try to spread them around and I never use them elsewhere nor outside of the event. I do exclusively throw mudballs at other players for the event though, since I have checked the prevent attacking innocents, which also prevents throwing mudballs, surprisingly. I could switch my settings back and forth, but as explained above, I didn’t think that was necessary.

(Edit: silly typos)

Elsonso

Araneae6537 wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin , can you please arrange for the mud ball event quest to be troll-proofed, by which I mean the mud balls should NOT work on other players, only on NPCs. I'm fed up with having so many mud balls thrown at me that I can't throw any at the NPCs. With my average ping of 400, there's little I can do to defend myself from these trolls.

But it’s expected to be pelted by Mudballs at Skyreach during the event, especially at the wayshrine. It’s not trolling — I figure we’re all there for the event — and so throw mudballs and am pelted in turn. I don’t chase anyone and try to spread them around and I never use them elsewhere nor outside of the event. I do exclusively throw mudballs at other players for the event though, since I have checked the prevent attacking innocents, which also prevents throwing mudballs, surprisingly. I could switch my settings back and forth, but as explained above, I didn’t think thay was nevessary.

I also have the setting turned on to prevent attacking innocents. I can only target players during the quest. I have turned it off in the past, but then I forget to turn it back on after. It is just easier to leave it on and throw mudballs at the players between the wayshrine and the diplomats.

For people with long latency, I just recommend standing off to the side, out of the way, near the diplomats, or by the wayshrine, and getting 10 players and NPCs there. There are also plenty of places to the side where it is possible to get NPCs that are outside of the normal path players take.

vsrs_au

Elsonso wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin , can you please arrange for the mud ball event quest to be troll-proofed, by which I mean the mud balls should NOT work on other players, only on NPCs. I'm fed up with having so many mud balls thrown at me that I can't throw any at the NPCs. With my average ping of 400, there's little I can do to defend myself from these trolls.

But it’s expected to be pelted by Mudballs at Skyreach during the event, especially at the wayshrine. It’s not trolling — I figure we’re all there for the event — and so throw mudballs and am pelted in turn. I don’t chase anyone and try to spread them around and I never use them elsewhere nor outside of the event. I do exclusively throw mudballs at other players for the event though, since I have checked the prevent attacking innocents, which also prevents throwing mudballs, surprisingly. I could switch my settings back and forth, but as explained above, I didn’t think thay was nevessary.

I also have the setting turned on to prevent attacking innocents. I can only target players during the quest. I have turned it off in the past, but then I forget to turn it back on after. It is just easier to leave it on and throw mudballs at the players between the wayshrine and the diplomats.

For people with long latency, I just recommend standing off to the side, out of the way, near the diplomats, or by the wayshrine, and getting 10 players and NPCs there. There are also plenty of places to the side where it is possible to get NPCs that are outside of the normal path players take.

I was located where you suggested, and I still got repeatedly targeted by one player. That's trolling, as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps it doesn't bother you, but it bothered me.

Elsonso

vsrs_au wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin , can you please arrange for the mud ball event quest to be troll-proofed, by which I mean the mud balls should NOT work on other players, only on NPCs. I'm fed up with having so many mud balls thrown at me that I can't throw any at the NPCs. With my average ping of 400, there's little I can do to defend myself from these trolls.

But it’s expected to be pelted by Mudballs at Skyreach during the event, especially at the wayshrine. It’s not trolling — I figure we’re all there for the event — and so throw mudballs and am pelted in turn. I don’t chase anyone and try to spread them around and I never use them elsewhere nor outside of the event. I do exclusively throw mudballs at other players for the event though, since I have checked the prevent attacking innocents, which also prevents throwing mudballs, surprisingly. I could switch my settings back and forth, but as explained above, I didn’t think thay was nevessary.

I also have the setting turned on to prevent attacking innocents. I can only target players during the quest. I have turned it off in the past, but then I forget to turn it back on after. It is just easier to leave it on and throw mudballs at the players between the wayshrine and the diplomats.

For people with long latency, I just recommend standing off to the side, out of the way, near the diplomats, or by the wayshrine, and getting 10 players and NPCs there. There are also plenty of places to the side where it is possible to get NPCs that are outside of the normal path players take.

I was located where you suggested, and I still got repeatedly targeted by one player. That's trolling, as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps it doesn't bother you, but it bothered me.

That would be reportable.