Would you like holiday events added to ESO?

Neizir

With Halloween and Christmas both coming up, I think it would be a good idea for ZOS to add in some sort of holiday event system with Update 5 maybe complete with repeatable quests/achievements, just to give people a little extra something to do and an event to look forward to every year.

Inversus

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

What seasonal events do they have in tamriel
hmmm

babylon

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

Yep, with seasonal activities and costumes and pets and emotes and mounts and trophies that do things etc.

LOTRO had this down, that's a good place to get some inspiration for what we'd like to see happen and the standard we expect.

Neizir

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

Inversus wrote: »

What seasonal events do they have in tamriel
hmmm

There's the New Life Festival which is generally held on the 25th of Evening Star (Equivalent to 25th December), and the Old Life Festival held on the 1st of Morning Star (1st January) which could count as Christmas and New Year's.

Plus, nothing's stopping ZOS from adding their own lore. It is in the Interregnum, after all.

Nestor

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Tamrielic Holidays, absolutely should be in the game.

Real world holidays, probably not, as who's holidays are you going to pick? Not everyone in the world celebrates the same holidays as everyone else. This way no one feels left out or excluded.

Because you just know, someone will complain about there being no Groundhog Day.....

Inversus

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Neizir wrote: »

Inversus wrote: »

What seasonal events do they have in tamriel
hmmm

There's the New Life Festival which is generally held on the 25th of Evening Star (Equivalent to 25th December), and the Old Life Festival held on the 1st of Morning Star (1st January) which could count as Christmas and New Year's.

Plus, nothing's stopping ZOS from adding their own lore. It is in the Interregnum, after all.

I wouldn't like to see eso's lore corrupted too much - if I see christmas trees...
but you have a good point about christmas/new year

Although it would be nice to see things like this added, they have a lot on their plate atm which they aren't quite getting done - cough stamina builds etc

eventide03b14a_ESO

Other (State below)

No, it's pretty clear their coders and QA are already strained enough.

AshySamurai

No, holiday events are a waste of time.

I don't like this idea. And not only because wow already has it. I really don't understand why eso need it. There are a lot of to do in game. Also I don't celebrate nor Christmas, nor Halloween. So how about people like I? I don't like this holidays. Think not only about yourself, please.

Sallington

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

babylon wrote: »

Yep, with seasonal activities and costumes and pets and emotes and mounts and trophies that do things etc.

LOTRO had this down, that's a good place to get some inspiration for what we'd like to see happen and the standard we expect.

Super agree!

I'm OK with going a bit outside the lore if it means more activities that bring the community together, and make the world feel more alive.

DenverRalphy

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

Whether some players actually observe some real world holidays or not is moot to the whole concept. If you don't observe Christmas, and an ingame holiday mimics Christmas to some point... well then you can simply choose not to partake in the celebration. It's not like it's required content.

Holiday events are fun because it gives players an opportunity to distract themselves from the usual content they're repeating day after day. They typically award limited edition vanity items like, costumes, pets, mounts, recipes, weapon/armor motifs, etc.. that can only be acquired during those events.

It's a pleasant in-game distraction that temporarily assuages the daily grind monotony. And when the events end, players are able to return to that daily grind with a better attitude.

Not to mention, even players hard-core against roleplay actually find themselves enjoying the festivities.

BBSooner

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

I would like Tamrielic holidays to exist. No Christmas, Halloween, independence day, thanksgiving, etc. I'd rather explore the cultures of Tamriel than see yet another rendition of "MMO Thanksgiving".

Volkodav

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

Holidays sound like fun to me.I am not one of those who begrudge others things that make them smile.Like,..if it is Hannuka,fine,though I am not Jewish.Not a problem if I see a torah,or anything.

deathmasterl_ESO

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Yeah only Elder Scrolls Lore based holidays. It would fit better with everything and all they would be is something else fun to do.

timidobserver

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

I want Elder Scrolls Thanksgiving and Christmas just to drive lore nuts crazy.

Brawn

No, holiday events are a waste of time.

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

No, it's pretty clear their coders and QA are already strained enough.

^This, so much this. I'd rather see meaningful, lasting content added and balance changes made instead of throw-away holiday events.

Nestor

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

No, it's pretty clear their coders and QA are already strained enough.

Based on the mods that added holidays to Skyrim and Oblivion, holidays are relatively easy to add to a game. Throw up some pretty lights or lanterns, maybe some banners, have some special music playing from the bards and, well, that pretty much covers it. Unless they want to throw in holiday events or quests.

But, if I had to choose between holidays and new content, I will take new content first.

Varicite

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Holiday events are generally pretty popular in every MMO, whether people would care to admit that or not.

As long as the events aren't lore-breaking, I don't see any reason not to have them. They do usually help to bring the community together to have fun, or at least just to do something new and "exciting".

Now that I really think of it, I can't think of a MMO that I've played in the past decade that didn't have them: WoW, LotRO, FFXI, FFXIV, Aion, SWTOR, etc.

Obviously I haven't played every MMO, but in every single one that I have played, the majority of people have enjoyed at least a few aspects of the events.

Gythral

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Holidays based on Tamrielic Lore not the USA

eventide03b14a_ESO

Other (State below)

Nestor wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

No, it's pretty clear their coders and QA are already strained enough.

Based on the mods that added holidays to Skyrim and Oblivion, holidays are relatively easy to add to a game. Throw up some pretty lights or lanterns, maybe some banners, have some special music playing from the bards and, well, that pretty much covers it. Unless they want to throw in holiday events or quests.

But, if I had to choose between holidays and new content, I will take new content first.

You cannot compare them they are completely different. I have downloaded dozens of player made mods for Skyrim, and while some of them didn't work that well it was always do to the limitations of the game engine. ZOS has shown us that they rush content and end up breaking the game. I am not in support of this type of content since it most likely will only create more problems. If they can show that they can introduce content without breaking the game I might be more open to the idea.

Who wants to wait a week to play the game because the pumpkins or Christmas tree or whatever they decided to add breaks it?

k9mouse

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Gythral wrote: »

Holidays based on Tamrielic Lore not the USA

So Much This^^^ !!!

Please keep ALL content lore friendly!

Rosveen

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

AshySamurai wrote: »

I don't like this idea. And not only because wow already has it. I really don't understand why eso need it. There are a lot of to do in game. Also I don't celebrate nor Christmas, nor Halloween. So how about people like I? I don't like this holidays. Think not only about yourself, please.

When you're on a diet, do you ask everyone else to stop eating chocolate too?

Anyway, that's why they should use Tamrielic holidays. No direct relation to real world holidays, so no one feels offended or left out. Here's a list of lore-friendly holidays, if anyone's curious. Most of them are specific to the Iliac Bay area because they're from Daggerfall. I'm sure loremaster Lawrence could come up with something interesting for other regions as well.

Nestor

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Who wants to wait a week to play the game because the pumpkins or Christmas tree or whatever they decided to add breaks it?

Adding Textures and Meshes to the game will not affect Balance or other things that get messed up with updates. On the other hand Quests themed around holidays could introduce issues.

EJRose83

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

I would say, "Lets stick to lore", but then I remembered SWTOR's Life Day celebration....

eyeseezombiesub17_ESO

Absolutely! Bring on the festivities. Holiday events and items just add to the game imo. I wouldn't mind seeing winter sweep through some of the northern regions personally but perhaps when all the glitches and rough edges have been smoothed out.

If you're offended by in-game holidays... perhaps you take things a tad too serious. It's a game, have fun!

DenverRalphy

Yes please, bring on the holiday events!

Gythral wrote: »

Holidays based on Tamrielic Lore not the USA

Tamrielic Lore only applies to the implementation. Not the time/dates that they are applied.

Every MMO that does holiday events, chooses the deployment around popular holidays that are observed worldwide. Then tweaks the event into a Lore appropriate setting.

Ie.. Christmas/Halloween/Easter/St. Patrick's Day/etc.. are not US specific holidays. Yet they are the most popularly used holidays to incorporate as events simply because so many people worldwide observe or celebrate them.

And the advantage of scheduling them around real world holidays is that more players are either out of school or out of work, and thus have the free time to enjoy them.

Leijona

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

What I voted for, and as long as Lawrence Schick and Wynne McLaughlin have anything to say, we will not see Halloween, Christmas or Valentines Day in Tamriel. At least not, as we know it.

AlexDougherty

No, holiday events are a waste of time.

When real life events get added, they are always American Holidays, not European Holidays like St Swithins day or Bastille Day.

MikeBob

Other (State below)

I don't want to see 'Real Life' holidays added to ESO (no matter how cleverly disguised they might be) - I don't want to see RL anything ingame, for that matter. (I play my game so as not to be bothered with RL - ymmv.)

What I wouldn't mind seeing is the inclusion of seasonal celebrations or festivals throughout Nirn - ideally at the beginning of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter (four times per year is good - but without red hearts, pastel colored bunnies, jack-o-lanterns, jolly fat men - or any other RL holiday ripoffs).

That's my dos centavos.

ferzalrwb17_ESO

babylon wrote: »

Yep, with seasonal activities and costumes and pets and emotes and mounts and trophies that do things etc.

LOTRO had this down, that's a good place to get some inspiration for what we'd like to see happen and the standard we expect.

LOTRO was so cheesy, girly and kiddy with their festivals.

TES is a different beast and I would expect festivals with a twist. Darker with splashes of humour (bad man's hallows type thing). People must die - even at the happiest of gatherings. Things should go very wrong and not be as expected. There should be no way to guarantee happy outcomes in some situations. That's TES tradition - never mind the lore. So LOTRO is the last place you'd look since it's more Disney than Daedra.

Esha76

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

Going back to Arena ES games had lore holidays. They were nice, helped with world immersion. I would enjoy lore only holidays... but if ZOS feels the need to include silly Santa suit, or some pumpkin thing.... fine, whatever. Just because it's there doesn't mean I have to use it. And if I get bent out of shape and feel the need to cry on the forums about people liking RL holidays in game.... I'm the one with the problem then.

Rosveen

Yes, but only if it fits into the lore.

ferzalrwb17_ESO wrote: »

babylon wrote: »

Yep, with seasonal activities and costumes and pets and emotes and mounts and trophies that do things etc.

LOTRO had this down, that's a good place to get some inspiration for what we'd like to see happen and the standard we expect.

LOTRO was so cheesy, girly and kiddy with their festivals.

TES is a different beast and I would expect festivals with a twist. Darker with splashes of humour (bad man's hallows type thing). People must die - even at the happiest of gatherings. Things should go very wrong and not be as expected. There should be no way to guarantee happy outcomes in some situations. That's TES tradition - never mind the lore. So LOTRO is the last place you'd look since it's more Disney than Daedra.

Uh, no thanks. I'm not signing up for a funeral after every party. I don't know why you think there's no place for simple joy in TES.