Review of the 10 Anniversary Juiblee

tinythinker

Hello there! This review is subjective, and as such will not necessarily reflect anyone else's view in hole or in part. I think it offered some really nice things compared to prior years, but it is after all the 10 anniversary celebration so expectations were naturally higher with the added hype. Whether that is fair or not, it's true. So, how did it stack up?

General Concept: B-

Giving lots of rewards and achievements and things people can earn in-game is the right path, though a small quest where past adventures and choices are referenced would have also been nice. However, the ever-present push of FOMO and not quite enough flair and pomp made it seem more like a slightly enhanced anniversary rather than a banger worthy of a hyped up Sanguine throwing the party of the decade.

"Wow!" Factor: C+

While there were some nice prizes to be had, there didn't seem to be something that really dazzled or amazed. And this isn't just items, see the suggested quest idea above or having lots of illusion dazzlers going off at set times over major cities or other things that shout out that this is big deal. The flowers on the wayshrines were nice, though.

Rewards: C-

Here the focus is on things not usually obtainable in the game or other anniversary events, not the same stuff you always have a chance to get like motif pages and recipes from reward boxes. There were four special things people could farm. Two I got with a reasonable amount of effort, two I didn't see even when I put in lots of time. When you work an 8 hour shift farming something (in addition to other time you also put in), it's not unreasonable to expect a positive result. I know some people farmed way harder than me and still got nothing.

I would also add another example - the cake achievement. If you have all of the cakes from prior anniversaries, they should function for giving the achievement. Asking players to spend event tickets (which you already needed for so many other anniversary items) to get new cake slices is basically telling players who have been with the game a long time that pushing them into the cash shop for more tickets outweighs their time played. And speaking of the cash shop, there was no major sale across it with, I don't know, 10% off everything for the 10th anniversary.

Fun Factor: C-

It was mostly a regular anniversary with some grinding thrown in, so while I was happy to get another fishing achievement on one of the grinds, I was mostly dealing with inventory management and reading a book while waiting for Morrowind bosses to spawn.

Overall Grade: C

It wasn't terrible, but it was nothing spectacularly special either. Nothing new to do or learn or see. Adding additional activities that qualify for the Jubilee Gift Boxes was a nice touch.



What grade would you give the 10th Anniversary Jubilee?

Araneae6537

You posted this already in the appropriate thread — why start a new one as well?

tinythinker

Araneae6537 wrote: »

You posted this already in the appropriate thread — why start a new one as well?

I forgot that there was a forum for events. Would you feel better if I delete the comment in the other thread? It doesn't matter to me.

Araneae6537

tinythinker wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

You posted this already in the appropriate thread — why start a new one as well?

I forgot that there was a forum for events. Would you feel better if I delete the comment in the other thread? It doesn't matter to me.

No, it is well there. The moderators might close this one since there already are several threads on the topic.

tinythinker

Araneae6537 wrote: »

tinythinker wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

You posted this already in the appropriate thread — why start a new one as well?

I forgot that there was a forum for events. Would you feel better if I delete the comment in the other thread? It doesn't matter to me.

No, it is well there. The moderators might close this one since there already are several threads on the topic.

Perhaps. Not sure if they will see a reply in one thread and a new thread on a different forum as unacceptable redundancy.

Lucinator

I give it a F for four reasons
1. The drop rates for several of the items were so low as to be ridiculous most people spent way over 8 hours farming, for just one item. to give you a example I did over 180 geysers before the style page dropped, and in my guild at least that was on the low end of what people did. To make things more insulting they had plenty of time to fix the drop rate and did not.
2. the tickets for the event items like the horse which could not be gotten with a daily coffer and were VERY expensive which given the limited quantity of tickets and all the other stuff to buy like cakes just reinforced the pain.
3. Many players were banned during the event if they had been on the test server cause somebody at ZOS merged the live and test servers. this shows a lack of caring about making sure things work as planned instead of doing number four
4. The stupid live party in Amsterdam was kinda a FU to most players as most players cant afford tickets to get that far and seeing the massive amount of money they wasted on what was really a party for themselves that they live-streamed while we had to deal with the technical disasters and poor choices those same people partied made felt like them spamming the "flipping the bird" emote. and there is still no apology for the first three issues I listed.