Horned Owl feathers?

MasterSpatula · October 31

Either they never learn that stuff like this alienates people, or they simply don't care. Neither is okay.

cozmic72 · October 31

I stopped picking up the crow quest until I did my other good skull quests. Got the final 6 owl feathers I needed in 2 days. Not sure if it was coincidence or the crow feathers interfere with owl feathers drop but I’ve got my 10 owl feathers!

kringled_1 · October 31

31 gold boxes. 0 dropped owl feathers, 1 memento, 2 eltheric style pages (both hats).

katanagirl1 · November 1

MasterSpatula wrote: »

Either they never learn that stuff like this alienates people, or they simply don't care. Neither is okay.

Yes, it’s like the Minstrel Scraps all over again. The lucky few can extort many thousands of gold per feather from those with poor luck if they don’t have enough tickets to buy feathers. All enabled by those who created the event.

dcrush · November 1

The biggest issue here is still that a conditional freebie in the crown store depends on getting ten of these. They should have tied that to another achievement, like collecting all the different types of plunder skulls (for example).

Elsonso · November 1

dcrush wrote: »

The biggest issue here is still that a conditional freebie in the crown store depends on getting ten of these. They should have tied that to another achievement, like collecting all the different types of plunder skulls (for example).

Limited Time conditional freebie. FOMO, man! Not sure what the two have to do with each other, but I don't think they are really looking for synergy, here.

HatchetHaro · November 1

I've just been playing the game normally and I already have 11 Feathers. They are also tradable, so you can buy them off of guild stores or directly from other players.

Shanee · November 1

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

anadandy · November 1

kringled_1 wrote: »

31 gold boxes. 0 dropped owl feathers, 1 memento, 2 eltheric style pages (both hats).

That's the other thing. If the new pages are RNG can they at least be curated so we don't get duplicates? I'm on my third belt page.

Elsonso · November 1

anadandy wrote: »

kringled_1 wrote: »

31 gold boxes. 0 dropped owl feathers, 1 memento, 2 eltheric style pages (both hats).

That's the other thing. If the new pages are RNG can they at least be curated so we don't get duplicates? I'm on my third belt page.

Third? I could start my own library!

SerafinaWaterstar · November 1

Shanee wrote: »

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

Why? Some have limited time or money.

katanagirl1 · November 2

SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »

Shanee wrote: »

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

Why? Some have limited time or money.

Years ago we used to get generous drops and there were extras to give away to guildies who hadn’t got them yet. That’s what a community event should be.

kringled_1 · November 2

My luck has picked up a little. 35 boxes, 2 feathers, 1 memento, 3 eltheric pages (2 unique, 1 dup). Still rather low considering how many feathers go into the pet

Shanee · November 2

SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »

Shanee wrote: »

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

Why? Some have limited time or money.

Because I find it gives the items more value and therefor they are more sought after. I prefer achieving an item/collectible knowing it's not guaranteed loot for everyone who can type in their password.

If all I had to do was login during a 7 day time period and doing so gave me 15 event collectibles. They'd suck. Everyone in the game would have it and I, personally, would lose interest in ever partaking in ESO events.

Sometimes, not everyone should have something/everything.

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( Example being, this is why I will never wear an outfit/costume which was achieved freely through gaining a CP level, etc. Because to me, these are such handed-out items, they have no 'shine' to them.. )

But if I'm to be lucky and obtain an event collectible which at the time would cost around a million gold to purchase, heck yeah, I'm going rock that and show it off.

AzuraFan · November 2

dcrush wrote: »

The biggest issue here is still that a conditional freebie in the crown store depends on getting ten of these. They should have tied that to another achievement, like collecting all the different types of plunder skulls (for example).

Tie it to getting all types of plunder skulls? No thanks. The way it's working now, players can focus on what they enjoy. If they forced players to have to do a dungeon, an arena, a trial, many wouldn't bother. What they need to do is be nicer and have decent drop rates for special items that are available during events. After all, they're supposed to be fun, not stressful.

dcrush · November 2

AzuraFan wrote: »

dcrush wrote: »

The biggest issue here is still that a conditional freebie in the crown store depends on getting ten of these. They should have tied that to another achievement, like collecting all the different types of plunder skulls (for example).

Tie it to getting all types of plunder skulls? No thanks. The way it's working now, players can focus on what they enjoy. If they forced players to have to do a dungeon, an arena, a trial, many wouldn't bother. What they need to do is be nicer and have decent drop rates for special items that are available during events. After all, they're supposed to be fun, not stressful.

Like I said, “for example”. Could be any Witches Festival related achievement. To buy the Exorcised Coven Cottage with gold you also need to get some achievements.

Now players can focus on what they enjoy? Grinding as many gold skulls as possible per day with the slight chance of getting some owl feathers is not what I enjoy.

Bottom line though, we agree events should be fun and I’m all for a better drop rate for items like this.

Elsonso · November 2

Shanee wrote: »

SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »

Shanee wrote: »

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

Why? Some have limited time or money.

Because I find it gives the items more value and therefor they are more sought after. I prefer achieving an item/collectible knowing it's not guaranteed loot for everyone who can type in their password.

If all I had to do was login during a 7 day time period and doing so gave me 15 event collectibles. They'd suck. Everyone in the game would have it and I, personally, would lose interest in ever partaking in ESO events.

Sometimes, not everyone should have something/everything.

But you aren't really doing anything, either. I see people just running around, likely in circles killing the same monsters, possibly on different accounts to maximize the gold goodie bag drops. The feathers are random drops, which means that players just need to show up and get the goodie bag for a (remote) chance to get one. There is no real skill required, other than optimizing time for more goodie bags per hour, because the reward is random and not tied to any skill at all.

Jaimeh · November 2

The feather drop rate has been low for me as well, and besides the feathers and the style pages, I didn't like the fact that they put a collectible bust furnishing behind RNG as well. Too many things depending on variable drop rates, and it really makes the event a stressful experience rather than an enjoyable one.

Syldras · November 2

40 boxes until today (I pick up 4 a day: world boss, world event, open dungeon boss, delve boss - couldn't be bothered to do something more time-consuming so far) and I've got 6 owl feathers (most days none at all, sometimes 1, and even 2 today) and from the new outfit, I'm still missing 4 parts (not sure how many there are in total, I made a list at the beginning of the event and just delete it from the list when it drops).

Does the event end on Tuesday or on Wednesday, btw? I know they normally end on Tuesdays, but the news article says the event runs until November 6.

spartaxoxo · November 2

Syldras wrote: »

40 boxes until today (I pick up 4 a day: world boss, world event, open dungeon boss, delve boss - couldn't be bothered to do something more time-consuming so far) and I've got 6 owl feathers (most days none at all, sometimes 1, and even 2 today) and from the new outfit, I'm still missing 4 parts (not sure how many there are in total, I made a list at the beginning of the event and just delete it from the list when it drops).

Does the event end on Tuesday or on Wednesday, btw? I know they normally end on Tuesdays, but the news article says the event runs until November 6.

Wednesday because of maintenance the other day

spartaxoxo · November 2

Most days I have received 3 feathers by opening all 10 boxes at once.

Grec1a · November 2

kringled_1 wrote: »

My luck has picked up a little. 35 boxes, 2 feathers, 1 memento, 3 eltheric pages (2 unique, 1 dup). Still rather low considering how many feathers go into the pet

I think they must've increased the drop rate. I got 5 feathers in the last two days, and 5 in the previous 8 days (from 7-8 golden coffers a day).

ArchangelIsraphel · November 3

I'm getting owl feathers consistently each day, but none of the new eltheric pages at all. I get older crowborn horror and other motifs a ton, however.

spartaxoxo · November 3

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

I'm getting owl feathers consistently each day, but none of the new eltheric pages at all. I get older crowborn horror and other motifs a ton, however.

I had plenty of luck with feathers but I got constant duplicates with the Eltheric pages. I kept getting epaulets. There, I did have bad luck. I ended up just buying the pages.

TybaltKaine · November 3

Grec1a wrote: »

kringled_1 wrote: »

My luck has picked up a little. 35 boxes, 2 feathers, 1 memento, 3 eltheric pages (2 unique, 1 dup). Still rather low considering how many feathers go into the pet

I think they must've increased the drop rate. I got 5 feathers in the last two days, and 5 in the previous 8 days (from 7-8 golden coffers a day).

Would track with previous event behaviors. RNG is generally very good across the board in the first few days, stagnates in the middle, and picks up toward the end. Could be some correlation with number of people participating though, as event attendance spikes in the first and last 3 days.

colossalvoids · November 3

Not sure if anything changed after the last hotfix but I had 4 feathers total from all the days and yesterday got 4 from around 5-6 skulls and this day another 2 from 3, was absolutely nor the case before drop wise but I'm glad it's collected now.

Elsonso · November 3

spartaxoxo wrote: »

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

I'm getting owl feathers consistently each day, but none of the new eltheric pages at all. I get older crowborn horror and other motifs a ton, however.

I had plenty of luck with feathers but I got constant duplicates with the Eltheric pages. I kept getting epaulets. There, I did have bad luck. I ended up just buying the pages.

My XBox EU account, which has been doing at least 3 golden goodie bags per day for a week, has 1 feather. They are back up at 12 tickets, so I think I am done with the event.

Syldras · November 3

4 boxes, 1 feather today.

polaris86 · November 3

I got feathers but the style pages keep dropping dupes. And I still haven't found the Bust of LHJ although I have fought him every day. RNG

Arizona_Steve · November 3

I got my ten feathers this morning and feel no desire to participate further in this event. Honestly not sure why I bothered as the owl is almost as annoying as the twilight matriarchs with the endless flapping. Couldn't the poor thing land somewhere and take a break occasionally?