I would like them to cease the season pass model and return to chapters again, but I realize this is likely a pipe dream at this point.

I voted "No" just to the idea of having a once-in-a-lifetime event again, but I liked the idea of the community event itself. I felt rushed doing the Writhing Fortress because it was a one time only thing, and I was sad that there wouldn't be a chance for me to go back and do it again to really explore and get to know the mechanics a little better. It also seems like a waste of developement and design effort to just have something only appear once during a limited time and then never again. I think it ruins some of the joy of a game that leans too hard into FOMO to attract players. I would love to be able to revisit the Writhing Fortress over again with other toons and other friends in the future.

Absolutely I don't want ill-thought-out untested content with that many bugs. At the moment it's all I can do to keep playing.

As it has been expressed already, yes if is a recurring thing.

Phase 1 and 2 were not quite what I was expecting (won't go into details because there are other threads for that) but the fortress, when working - which for me has been 'most of the time', probably because some hotfixes had been rolled out by the time I starting engaging with it - is good fun.

Feels like a bit of a waste to make it a 'once a done' thing.

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Yes but not time limited

Maybe also be limited to 12 players so a premade group can do it without randoms joining in, but at that point just make it a mini trial or dungeon

This would instantly exclude a huge number of player base, the solo players. Not the direction they would probably want to take with the events.

Open dungeon was pretty cool experience tbh but you had to be able to join it in a specific time. There was sense of battle and some confusion (good kind of confusion) as you had to figure things out fast to not get behind of the group - and at the same time to try to help with the progress. So the base idea was pretty fun but the execution didn't quite hit the mark, especially for those whom experienced bugs and were not able to join the event in time.

I don’t get the hate. The Writhing Fortress was the coolest most epic thing I’ve ever experienced in this game. It was cinematic and fresh. Yes, it was buggy and not everyone got to experience it in its full glory so that’ll have to be addressed but honestly phase 3 as a whole was a massive W for me

I personally don’t understand the desire to have limited time events though. The devs clearly put a lot of love and effort into making the Writhing Fortress and they really nailed it (excluding the bugginess lol). From a devs point of view, all that work for a week long event to never see it again must be heartbreaking.

Yes, like a mini-trial or something. that would be fun.

I said Yes BUT if
- ZoS properly QA it before release. The amount of major bugs is completely unacceptable. ie. Having to restart the quest line for Eastern Soltice 5 times until I happen upon the exact sequence of doing thins that actually works, bugged instances of conquering the wall and no support who can ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM is IMO in violation of some countries' laws for what are acceptable faults in a product.
- The drop rate for collectables is reasonable.
- The majority of the content remains for those who weren't able to do it at the time to complete. Maybe 1 award or trophy for those who did it at the time, but the rest achieveable at a later time.
- FINISH THE UNOPENED AREAS OF THE MAP. This dragging it out opening different areas that aren't even on the map isn't working. People are still leaving.

No... the grind got boring very quickly. I prefer the Chapter way of doing things anyway. Still undecided whether I'll buy another season pass... they need to give more detailed info on what will be included and when. But, gatekeeping the second part of the story/zone behind WW isn't cool in my book.

Ideally, I want a return to Chapters. I'm thinking of Elsweyr, Greymoor, and Necrom as good examples.

But I don't think it's even a possibility for ZOS right now. This whole Season Pass thing feels like a rebranding induced by lower capacity at ZOS. Solstice feels like a Chapter zone split in half so they could stretch out the content over the year.

My biggest issue with the Writhing Fortress is its limited-time availability. The activity itself sounds cool - when it works - but I'm not doing it because it's time-limited. I don't want to contribute to their participation numbers. And there's no real reward outside of some title I'll never use. Would I want the WF on its own? Sure. Do I want it again as a FOMO event? No.

The awful phase 1 and 2 grind? No way. The time limited public dungeon? No way, I do not trust it to not be a buggy mess given how every content release seems to be full of major bugs with the Fortress being a new low in buggy messes.

I wouldn't mind something like Phase 3 down the road but would rather see some fresh new ideas for the next couple seasons.