Do you like having surprise in-game events?

silvereyes

No

Not sure why an event was needed now, with the Jester's Festival coming up so soon. Seems more of a way to distract people and the media from the rough Update 33 launch.

_Zathras_

No

wolfie1.0. wrote: »

What i would really like is a stable calendar for regular events.

Regular events are ones that we all know happen every year. As in Event ticket events. We as players should really know in advance when events are going to hit, and a well in advance. Often we know events are coming due to PTS testing and past years, but not knowing the exact start dates and duration is very very frustrating.

A good example of this: The 2022 Jester's Festival is supposed to be sometime in Q1, which ends in 11 days. We should have had an announcement by now as to when it is.... and we have heard nothing. So when is it? How many days is it going to last? will I even have time to get enough tickets to finish a thing with tickets?

Anniversary Jubilee Event is supposed to happen sometime.... and we have nothing on that one either.

Events are fine and great. but we need some notice. Events often serve as an interruption to normal gameplay, some activities are just simply harder to do while they are going on. having notice allows us to plan accordingly.

what would i consider a sufficient notice? No less than two weeks (a month preferably) for all events that involve event tickets. I remember one year ZOS announced all of the ticket events for the end of the year at the start of November. More of that would be nice. For popup surprise events. give us at least 24 hours notice.

Their prime competitor has a very detailed calendar. You can look a couple of months ahead, see the exact start and stop dates, look for overlaps in events, and easily plan accordingly.

There isn't any reason why other games can't do the same, like ESO.

As mentioned, my feeling is that this surprise event is just a tossing of a bone because of the U33 dumpster fire.

..which also underscores how deeply out of touch they are.

Eric_Prince

No

wolfie1.0. wrote: »

What i would really like is a stable calendar for regular events.

Regular events are ones that we all know happen every year. As in Event ticket events. We as players should really know in advance when events are going to hit, and a well in advance. Often we know events are coming due to PTS testing and past years, but not knowing the exact start dates and duration is very very frustrating.

A good example of this: The 2022 Jester's Festival is supposed to be sometime in Q1, which ends in 11 days. We should have had an announcement by now as to when it is.... and we have heard nothing. So when is it? How many days is it going to last? will I even have time to get enough tickets to finish a thing with tickets?

Anniversary Jubilee Event is supposed to happen sometime.... and we have nothing on that one either.

My guess it's ZOS plan all along. To keep us in suspense. Force us to check news every day, log in every day, to be afraid of losing goodies. Just like they do with their favorite crown store.
If we had event calendar, we could actually predict how many tickets we can have and make plans. Which would illuminate all that fear of losing profit.

ArgentAegis

Yes

yes

Although I am seriously disappointed with the update 33 technical issues that continued during this event. I love 2XP and Mats. But with the dungeon finder broken. issues logging in (seriously - over10 minutes on waiting on '"1second" to log in?), and then sometimes getting the error message that I cannot join a PUG team when I am trying to run a random- it has become more frustrating than fun and rewarding.

I hate to say it, but instead of encouraging me to play more since update 33, I have actually played less due to the above, and other issues. I like to play to escape frustration, not to add to them.

I still love the game, but I wish that they rolled this event out AFTER they fixed the problems that prevent players from fully enjoying it. Glad that there were not event tickets in this pop up.

Drammanoth

No

Eric_Prince wrote: »

My guess it's ZOS plan all along. To keep us in suspense. Force us to check news every day, log in every day, to be afraid of losing goodies. Just like they do with their favorite crown store. If we had event calendar, we could actually predict how many tickets we can have and make plans. Which would illuminate all that fear of losing profit.

It's not a guess - it's a FOMO-inducing fact.

ZOS has made a great game - no doubts about it - but they way they handle it is clearly wrong.

Whose fault is it I wonder - ZOS' or their shareholders'.

RoseTheSnowElf

No

I didn’t want to vote for lack of an “other” option. I didn’t feel like an either/or of “yes” or “no” suited my opinion on this topic.

For “events” like this (double nodes, gold and XP) sure, I’m content with it being a surprise.
For bigger “events” (like all the themed celebration events) I am in agreement with many others, I would really love for there to be an “official” schedule or calendar.

But I went ahead and voted “no” and decided to take the time to explain.

While I’m on console and haven’t been affected yet by the recent update like PC players have, I can’t help but be in agreement with those who find the timing of this “surprise” event highly suspicious.

As well as very inconsiderate of the players who do not have the ability to benefit from the “surprise” double nodes, gold and XP, because they are being negatively impacted by the recent update.

As others have pointed out, an official schedule or calendar would be a way for a company to show respect for their customers.

And I add my vote for an official schedule or calendar.

(And yes, I'm reasonable enough to recognized that schedules and calendars are subject to change. But I believe they should still be done and announced with the appropriate changes also announced in timely manners. It's the professional thing to do.)

Theros

No

No

1º With surprise in-game events there's allways some players who will know about early then many others (Yes. This happens in ALL GAMES)
2º I don't like surprises. And the last surprise i have in eso was with patch 33 and that make the game 100% unplayeble... unless i play with only Main char!

Dragonredux

Yes

As long as the event doesn't have anything worth missing like tickets or limited exclusive items. I don't mind the occasional unplanned 2x week or perhaps some modifier to an insurgent event or something like dragons regenerate health but drop like triple reagents like rheum.

drsalvation

No

I voted no simply because I'd like to be able to plan ahead.
On the other hand, if surprise events are just double drops/exp, but no unique rewards or quests, in that case I'm completely fine with them being surprise. I don't think I'd ever be missing out if I can't play.

haelene

Yes

RoseTheSnowElf wrote: »

I didn’t want to vote for lack of an “other” option. I didn’t feel like an either/or of “yes” or “no” suited my opinion on this topic.

For “events” like this (double nodes, gold and XP) sure, I’m content with it being a surprise.
For bigger “events” (like all the themed celebration events) I am in agreement with many others, I would really love for there to be an “official” schedule or calendar.

But I went ahead and voted “no” and decided to take the time to explain.

While I’m on console and haven’t been affected yet by the recent update like PC players have, I can’t help but be in agreement with those who find the timing of this “surprise” event highly suspicious.

As well as very inconsiderate of the players who do not have the ability to benefit from the “surprise” double nodes, gold and XP, because they are being negatively impacted by the recent update.

As others have pointed out, an official schedule or calendar would be a way for a company to show respect for their customers.

And I add my vote for an official schedule or calendar.

(And yes, I'm reasonable enough to recognized that schedules and calendars are subject to change. But I believe they should still be done and announced with the appropriate changes also announced in timely manners. It's the professional thing to do.)

All of this, but I voted yes.

spartaxoxo

Yes

As long as they are smaller events like this one. I'd be pretty annoyed to miss out on event tickets because I didn't know an event was going on, or any other exclusive rewards. But something like this is fun because it's not a big deal to miss out on if you didn't know.

EdmondDontes

if the focus is on anything other than dealing with performance issues zos is missing the mark and trying to distract players from the issues that matter.

Zama666

Yes

As long as the events are beneficial.

Not like 'have to start over' events.

newtinmpls

No

NanoTechnicianHQ wrote: »

I like the idea of seeing random Daedric forces teleporting in front of you mid destination. An advanced version would be like what they had in another MMO called Firefall, where the whole town needed defending against NPC's.

As for this event, I don't mind a mini event, actually, an in game event board showing the time or things that are happening around the zone, oh, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself.

I'd actually love to see this as in impromptu Cyrodiil event.

krismissee82

Yes

I like events, so yes. But a little advance notice always works out better.

shadyjane62

No

What I don't like is a 10 hr maintenance in the middle of an event, any event with tickets or without.

huskandhunger

No

No, because you only do it when the game is broken, so it feels bad because it is unplayable in the first place. Fix your game instead of releasing an 'event' that was never advertised in the first place. We can't even login to play the game, much less do any sort of event at all.

Tannus15

Yes

surprise events are fun, especially ones that are just light weight and rewarding like this weekend.

that said, maybe don't put up a surprise event when there are so many problems.

PeacefulAnarchy

Yes

Yes, but the server performance at the moment makes it not particularly enjoyable. Even though I've been playing it'll feel like the event was wasted because of how much time will have been spent on load screens and crashes.

Bethgael

Yes

Yes, but putting it on when you know 10 hours of a 4-day event will be lost due to a massive maintenance was a bit of a bad move. Starting at 4pm, my time, and running until any Aussie is asleep. I mean, I know we're not considered "real customers", but still...;)

Also my "yes" comes with a caveat: ticketed events should never be surprises.

krayphysh

Yes

I thought it was an awesome surprise. However, I'm not to pleased about running a 10 hour maintenance on the PC NA servers - begining at reset and lasting until the end of the event - excluding us from being able to participate. I realize that my issue is a personal issue and expect others will be sure to remind me. I've barely played for 4 hours during this event due to being ill. I am finally starting to feel well enough that I intended on playing for few hours tonight. I realize the event runs day and night and realize people play when they have the free time to enjoy doing so. Many people play during the daytime hours while others only have the option of playing at night due to what I call "Adulting" (an inside joke term relating to not video gaming due to having to work, investing your time with your spouse and children during the weekend daylight hours while businesses are still opened, doing your share of the housework, perhaps cook dinner and clean up afterwards, ect). I expect many have convinced themselves that they know what's best for everyone, but the truth is none of us know what's best for anyone aside from ourselves. My suggestion is to keep the surprise events to keep the game exciting, surprises are awesome but only if we all get to participate during the whole event. In summary, it sucks that PC NA players are getting ... (chose your own word so I don't get in trouble) over. In the future, consider withholding maintenance until after events - especially very short surprise events. All players should be treated equally...especially those who pay to use your subscription services. Many people don't have the option of day time gaming based on numerous factors unknown by myself. I noticed we had maintenance scheduled for the 23rd, and that's cool. However, I was looking forward to being able to play for a few hours tonight while the event and bonuses are taking place. I hope no one finds my post to be offense, as that's not my intentions. I am simply sharing my thoughts and feelings about surprise events: I love the idea! In the future, it would be super awesome if we were all granted the same amout of participation time during these events.

The_Saint

Yes

I like suprise events, but i would also like to know when main events starts. more then 3 days before the start.
Jesterfestival, Birthday Event are two Events that will be in the next two weeks and we know no dates, thats not good for planning things like special ingame guilds events or for me streams...

tim77

Yes

yes... it's like a... surprise.

trgreenipb14_ESO

No

No unless that means these mini events won't run at all. Otherwise yes.

But also maybe don't run mini events right after a patch breaks performance and the dungeon finder then run a 10 hour maintenance near the end.

gary.mcleodeb17_ESO

Yes

Yes.
I was both surprised and delighted to discover the Explorer's Celebration event.
Through the good, the bad and the ugly times, I log in and enjoy playing. (March 5th picked up my Eighth Anniversary badge) I wish I could express more, but other than what I've expressed already, I offer just a sincere and heartfelt thank you! I've throughly enjoyed the event, and RNG has been especially kind.

VaxtinTheWolf

Yes

More ESO+ trial weekends would be a nice surprise for us who never buy into it but really sometimes really still need the craft bag to get some breathing room after all the events and stuff dumps various craft items and stuff back into it.. (WINK-WINK-NUDGE-NUDGE)

essi2

No

Non-ticket events are fine, but ZOS are already terrible at giving advanced notice of when events will happen, 'surprise' events are imo even worst.

SammyKhajit

No

When is a gift not a gift?

Wipes forehead with paw 🐾

Lysette

Yes

If those are of the double gain kind, like the current one, I'm all for it - but if it would change difficulty, I would rather want a heads up before the event starts instead of a sudden surprise. If you make a surprise, make it a positive one.

EdmondDontes

SammyKhajit wrote: »

When is a gift not a gift?

Wipes forehead with paw 🐾

When it's given with the left hand to hide from view what the right hand is doing. .....to answer your question specifically.

This event was implemented to distract from all the rapidly mounting issues with performance and player retention.