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Announcing big events: Zos should inform of some events sooner
Jeshugan
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Hi,
Feels really really off that zos doesnt inform on events as big as the one that just been dropped a little bit more in advance.
I was consulting website this morning, still nothing about event.
Events covers 3 big zones, both pve and pvp, with possibility to grind, loot and whatnot... things that an average playermight have to plan in advance in order to schedule what content he'd like to run etc.. event start middle week for 7 days?
Also they would get more awareness to people who maybe are more casual player or just busy doing other stuff? they might see the info later in the event and not benefit from it.
24/48hours event announcements seems reasonnable? should be looked at imho.
Good day!
Feels really really off that zos doesnt inform on events as big as the one that just been dropped a little bit more in advance.
I was consulting website this morning, still nothing about event.
Events covers 3 big zones, both pve and pvp, with possibility to grind, loot and whatnot... things that an average playermight have to plan in advance in order to schedule what content he'd like to run etc.. event start middle week for 7 days?
Also they would get more awareness to people who maybe are more casual player or just busy doing other stuff? they might see the info later in the event and not benefit from it.
24/48hours event announcements seems reasonnable? should be looked at imho.
Good day!
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Lugaldu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Yes, really surprising, if I had known, I would have planned my short vacation this weekend differently...5 -
allhailskippy✭✭✭✭✭Communication doesn't seem to be their strong suit lately.
In other news, have you seen the new 800 gem mount?Hireling Wanted! - An Elder Scrolls Tale https://hirelingwanted.com22 -
Lady_Galadhiel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Not a big event in a meaning that it will give us tickets but yea.... I agree with you,I just finished crafting on all of my toons before the event did go live.I missed all that sweet gold and exp for today.
Total ESO playtime: 8325 hours
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ESO currently uninstalled.4 -
jaws343✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭It seems like this is more of a surprise reward type event than necessarily one that they wanted to tell us about in advance. I like surprises. It'd be cool if they dropped random XP, or double loot zone events on us more often, rather than just the scheduled event ticket events.7 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Huh. I guess that the CM's alarm clock didn't go off this week.The Elder Scrolls Online: Grind Road
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fizl101✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I'm with Jaws343, I quite like a surprise in game. I'm still virtually trying to keep my ears blocked and singing lalalalallaa to try and avoid all of the information about BlackwoodSoupy twist5 -
Haenk✭✭✭✭I found this to be a pleasant surprise.
No need to advertise a surprise event in advance (and it's a week long, so no drama to miss half a day of it...)
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Greystag✭✭✭✭While I agree some sort of "warning" would've been nice, this is not a "big event" at all, it's just a double EXP and gold event.
By ESO standards this event is as small as they get.| PC / EU |
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JavaRen✭✭✭✭✭"Event covers three big zones..." What is the OP talking about? That sounds like the Year One Celebration, not the Explorerer event they just pulled out of the hat.5
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Kalik_Gold✭✭✭✭✭
✭Exp not working. Per main page of forums.
Harvesting not working. Per main page of forums.Edited by Kalik_Gold on May 13, 2021 5:29PMMain: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade
Leveling...
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
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Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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✭✭✭✭✭Kalik_Gold wrote: »Exp not working. Per main page of forums.
Harvesting not working. Per main page of forums.
I can't vouch for XP, but I ran around harvesting nodes on one of my low-level alts to stock up on lower-level mats, and I was getting double mats. Not double other stuff, like worms, bast, heartwood, viridian dust, etc., but double of the basic mats and alchemy ingredients.I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!3 -
virtus753✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭More to the point, they shouldn't give us incorrect information about not having events and then drop one:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7202885#Comment_72028857 -
Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo✭✭✭✭✭
✭Agreed. I found out in game and actually am still wondering what it's about?
It would be nice to have it in the banner with optimized information (web dev please read us!)
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virtus753✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Goregrinder wrote: »Isn't there a yearly calendar of all the big events?
Nope. There's only a record of what events have happened (e.g. on UESP). Some events always run (the big four double-XP base game ones, for example). But other than that, everything's fair game. Midyear Mayhem *should* run each year, now twice per year, but we have gone well over a year without it due to performance issues in the past. And there isn't enough room in the calendar to fit in every event every year. Some have run only once (Dawn of the Dragonguard, Murkmire, etc.).
ZOS traditionally doesn't publish dates more than a week or so in advance at most, aside from the one time they gave us the Q4 dates for the first indrik cycle. And now there's been extremely misleading info circulated by a CM about what the next event would be, combined with zero notice of this current "mini-event." Not looking too good on the communication front.1 -
drunkendx✭✭✭✭I'd actually like at least 24 hour heads up.
Some of us have actual lives outside of videogames.
And just dropping event like this out of the blue seems... irresponsible IMHO...
Not behavior you'd expect of big company but from some small 2 man indie group...
EDIT: In the end this event "announcement" instead of getting me in "WOHOO DOUBLE XP" mindstate, got me in "oh *BLEEP*, *BLEEP you ZOS" mindstate.Edited by drunkendx on May 14, 2021 12:57AM1 -
GenjiraX✭✭✭✭✭I also took it as a pleasant surprise. Pity it’s my crunch week in work but I’ll play as much as I can.
It says double gold from all sources. Does that include daily rewards?
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Ringing_Nirnroot✭✭✭✭✭I think they added this event so people wouldn’t focus too much or be bothered by the 800 gem exclusive mount (just a bad theory)0 -
oldbobdude✭✭✭✭✭Like many others I was happy to get extra gold and XP. Especially since it stacked with XP scrolls. It's a freebie, take advantage as best you can.2 -
Elsonso✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Ringing_Nirnroot wrote: »I think they added this event so people wouldn’t focus too much or be bothered by the 800 gem exclusive mount (just a bad theory)
I think it's because of the console patch fiasco currently headlining the game news.The Elder Scrolls Online: Grind Road
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xaraan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Would have been nice to have a heads up.-- @xaraan --
nightblade: Xaraan • templar: Xaraan-dar • dragon-knight: Xaraanosaurus • necromancer: Xaraan-qa • warden: Xaraanodon • sorcerer: Xaraan-ra
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zvavi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭More to the point, they shouldn't give us incorrect information about not having events and then drop one:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7202885#Comment_7202885
This!!! I will post here the quote of that thread:ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hi all! We can confirm that the third and final fragment for the Deadlands Firewalker Personality will be available during our next in-game event, Midyear Mayhem, in June.
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what_the✭✭✭More to the point, they shouldn't give us incorrect information about not having events and then drop one:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7202885#Comment_7202885
This!!! I will post here the quote of that thread:ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hi all! We can confirm that the third and final fragment for the Deadlands Firewalker Personality will be available during our next in-game event, Midyear Mayhem, in June.
and the announcement for this XP event states this:
"Note that the Explorer’s Celebration doesn’t grant Event Tickets and doesn’t have its own unique quests, Achievements, or collectibles associated with it. Additionally, the Impresario isn’t available during this limited period."
What's the confusion about?
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zvavi✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭More to the point, they shouldn't give us incorrect information about not having events and then drop one:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7202885#Comment_7202885
This!!! I will post here the quote of that thread:ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »Hi all! We can confirm that the third and final fragment for the Deadlands Firewalker Personality will be available during our next in-game event, Midyear Mayhem, in June.
and the announcement for this XP event states this:
"Note that the Explorer’s Celebration doesn’t grant Event Tickets and doesn’t have its own unique quests, Achievements, or collectibles associated with it. Additionally, the Impresario isn’t available during this limited period."
What's the confusion about?
There is no confusion. Just misinformation.ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »during our next in-game event, Midyear Mayhem, in June.Edited by zvavi on May 14, 2021 4:53AM3 -
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They actually very proudly announced back in January that they were going to let us know well in advance what events they had planned for each quarter.
[Edited to remove Bashing]Edited by ZOS_ConnorG on May 14, 2021 1:11PM0 -
FluffWit✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Seriously though I can give them a pass on this one. It's something they threw together to keep us playing at the last minute.
But like I said they explicitly said they would let us know in the form of an official announcement at the start of each quarter what events we could expect that quarter. This quarter literally has one planned event- Midyear Mayhem. Which is supposedly next month. Maybe. Or it might not be.
Because all we have to go on is one post on the forums from one of their employees.
All they had to do was throw a post on the news page saying "Midyear Mayhem is the next event. It's in June". But they just couldn't be bothered.
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StormWylf✭✭✭✭Suggest you are going to see more of these Double XP events, they are trying to make up for the botched CP system & yes I am bitter about it.1
