Does ESO Have GM Events?

Slonekb05

Just curious about this, i used to play a lot of Everquest back in the day. Something cool they did from time to time was have GM events. They could take place in any random zone (usually a lower end zone) and it would be some random event happening for a week or so. Example, on 4th of July they made a quest where at the end you got a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with. (clicky item is an item in your inventory you can click and get a result). They had a lot of variety with this and was a lot of fun. Even remember times they had Dueling battles against GM's for prizes, or races a crossed zones.

tinythinker

No.

tinythinker

Skwor wrote: »

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Some GMs were spotted last spring/early summer when bots were a serious problem, and some devs/community managers showed up with alts that identified them as such during a test of PvP for1.6 on the PTS (in which everyone crashed about 7 times in 30 minutes). But yeah, that's it.

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Psychobunni

No, that would be too sociable and MMO-ish

RobDaCool

Skwor wrote: »

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That's sort of sad. Do they have ANY events like double XP weekends like other MMOs?

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Siniztor

Psychobunni wrote: »

No, that would be too sociable and MMO-ish

Best response ever !!

MissBizz

RobDaCool wrote: »

Skwor wrote: »

LOL they don't even have GMs the game is devoid of any developers actually playing, well at least that can be seen. TESO has had the least amount of developer interaction in open game-play of any MMO I have played.

That's sort of sad. Do they have ANY events like double XP weekends like other MMOs?

They have not done any double xp weekends or anything. Only special weekend I recall was when they invited beta testers back for the weekend.

Although I do know they have had PvP events, I think always on the PTS to help test out changes

nimander99

It is up to the player community to run any form of in game events... it lets the devs do things like vacation, time off, sick leave, and just much needed breaks.

Slonekb05

nimander99 wrote: »

It is up to the player community to run any form of in game events... it lets the devs do things like vacation, time off, sick leave, and just much needed breaks.

Problem is players cant generate special one time items for rewards.

Rox83

I wish ESO had holiday events

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO

Once there were a bunch of GMs standing around in Vulkhel Guard answering questions for a while and then they organized a footrace. I've never seen anything like it again though.

sylviermoone

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO wrote: »

Once there were a bunch of GMs standing around in Vulkhel Guard answering questions for a while and then they organized a footrace. I've never seen anything like it again though.

"One time, in Vulkhel Guard..." sounds like "One time, in band camp..."

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO

sylviermoone wrote: »

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO wrote: »

Once there were a bunch of GMs standing around in Vulkhel Guard answering questions for a while and then they organized a footrace. I've never seen anything like it again though.

"One time, in Vulkhel Guard..." sounds like "One time, in band camp..."

Well... I do recall using the /flute emote. Didn't stick it anywhere though.

Korozenn

Back when the botting issue was going on, I talked with numerous GMs in-game while helping out with the reporting stuff. It was admittedly hilarious when I would see the bots that practically teleported to nodes getting chased through the air by GMs and banhammer'd. They were all really fun to watch. We danced, drank merrily on top of the hundreds of dead bots' corpses (at least...in my mind we were...might have been the skoo--uh, I mean alcohol), and I saw them all zip through the world giving bots the banhammer along the way.

The zones would be desolate afterwards because most people stopped farming in the starter zones due to the botting back then, so you would have a handful of people active at any given time.

It was like watching a High Elf Mage with no clipping or collision detection running about 50x faster than normal speeds (probably more). The High Elves of the Mages' Guild must have been really tired after all of that, but it was fun to traverse Tamriel with them by our side, honestly.

I actually really want to see ZOS host their own community events where you can play (or chat) with GMs, Community Managers, Developers, and more people from ZOS. It'd be a lot of fun!

wafcatb14_ESO

Nope they do not , which is lame really I played EQ from 99-2005 the random GM events were great.

I remember once running from Qyenous to Freeport crossing through west Karna I saw an npc by the side of road standing near a broken wagon.

As I got closer she ran up to me and told me they had been attacked by a band of Gnolls, and she got away but they captured her brother, and asked if I had any friends that could help to rescue him.

After a shout out in zone 4 others came to help and basicly 2 hours later we finished the event, rescued her brother and each of us recieved a one of a kind magic item each was different and was the only one like it in game. I ended up getting a ring that granted See invs, Ultravision, and underwater breathing.

Was fun adventure, however haven`t really seen any other MMO do stuff like that since EQ , where a GM does a random adventure quest .

tinythinker

Rox83 wrote: »

I wish ESO had holiday events

Yeah, plenty of holidays in Tamriel. I know people asked to officially celebrate some of them right after the game was launched. RPers sometimes do on their own. I am hoping that after things settle down now that the first year since computer launch is done/console launch was pulled off that ZOS might make time for such events. Maybe if we keep asking really nicely it will one day come to pass.

Kildayen

Slonekb05 wrote: »

Just curious about this, i used to play a lot of Everquest back in the day. Something cool they did from time to time was have GM events. They could take place in any random zone (usually a lower end zone) and it would be some random event happening for a week or so. Example, on 4th of July they made a quest where at the end you got a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with. (clicky item is an item in your inventory you can click and get a result). They had a lot of variety with this and was a lot of fun. Even remember times they had Dueling battles against GM's for prizes, or races a crossed zones.

I was a GM for Everquest and I absolutely LOVED hosting those events. It was really so much fun. I would clue everyone in by typing a server-wide emote and then everyone would start hunting. I remember one of the events I created... I was a little white rabbit that no one suspected anything about. Little did they know I was actually a dragon in disguise. I had the power to one-shot entire groups with my fire breath. It was so much fun! I loved giving away the super uber rare loot.

I really wish there were games that still did this.

Sausage

Not GM events but some players has hosted events, a few months ago there was Fishing competition.

Slonekb05

Kildayen wrote: »

Slonekb05 wrote: »

Just curious about this, i used to play a lot of Everquest back in the day. Something cool they did from time to time was have GM events. They could take place in any random zone (usually a lower end zone) and it would be some random event happening for a week or so. Example, on 4th of July they made a quest where at the end you got a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with. (clicky item is an item in your inventory you can click and get a result). They had a lot of variety with this and was a lot of fun. Even remember times they had Dueling battles against GM's for prizes, or races a crossed zones.

I was a GM for Everquest and I absolutely LOVED hosting those events. It was really so much fun. I would clue everyone in by typing a server-wide emote and then everyone would start hunting. I remember one of the events I created... I was a little white rabbit that no one suspected anything about. Little did they know I was actually a dragon in disguise. I had the power to one-shot entire groups with my fire breath. It was so much fun! I loved giving away the super uber rare loot.

I really wish there were games that still did this.

Sounds about right lol, there were so many events its hard to remember them all. Was good times.

Xendyn

Naw, they didn't even do anything for the one year anniversary.

Gandrhulf_Harbard

Does ESO Have GM Events?

Yeah they play a sweepstake to see who gets the right date for the next pushed-back release of information?

"Hey, Andy you lost, they just dumped the July 13th release".

Someone may win, around September.

All The Best

Bromburak

RobDaCool wrote: »

Skwor wrote: »

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That's sort of sad. Do they have ANY events like double XP weekends like other MMOs?

Not on regular basis, but they had one event for some Tamriel Unlimited and Eso plus promotion.
That wasn't really funny because I had severe lags that weekend.

Whendim_ESO

LOTRO did holiday events with special rewards. The rewards were seasonal mounts and special food and drink with extra buffs so participating was actually worth it. Really super fun.

Fruity_Ninja

I think a great event would be a day where town guards became mortal for 24 hours.

It would take maybe 20 players to take one down, but it is possible. This would be the best day of my life...please ZOS. Do it.

omni2015

a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with.

I like that idea.

Slonekb05

omni2015 wrote: »

a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with.

I like that idea.

EQ had a lot of different "clicky" items, think i had another one from a GM event that turned me into a pumpkin head guy, from a Halloween event.

Whendim_ESO

omni2015 wrote: »

a firework clicky item with infinite charges to just play around with.

I like that idea.

Until people start setting them off in the bank ad infinatum.

Furor

@ZOS_RichLambert This would be a GREAT place to find you lurking about

On a serious note, these types of events would be incredible to see again!

AngryNord

There are GMs in ESO??

Sallington

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If more social events and social elements (see: non-combat) aren't included, the game will get stale after another year. Social aspects are what give MMOs longevity. Any game can give you a grind and have you kill stuff over and over. That's how people get burnt out and leave. Giving people something to do besides go grind mobs or dungeons keeps people around.

Slonekb05

Sallington wrote: »

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If more social events and social elements (see: non-combat) aren't included, the game will get stale after another year. Social aspects are what give MMOs longevity. Any game can give you a grind and have you kill stuff over and over. That's how people get burnt out and leave. Giving people something to do besides go grind mobs or dungeons keeps people around.

agree completely, some events would last for just a day, or could be a week. But it was a nice side distraction that everyone could get involved with.