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Zeal of Zenithar 2023, when does it start?

ApoAlaia
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Will it start next Thursday the 27th?

Will it be pushed to August?

Que será, será, whatever will be will be?

Where did having a bit of advance notice about these things go?

Do we need to make an offering of rum and sweets to the Maître Carrefour?
Edited by ZOS_Icy on July 24, 2023 5:00PM
  • redlink1979
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    As usual ZOS only announces the event's date a couple of days before it starts.
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  • Grizzbeorn
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    I'm guessing (so I could be wrong) that it will start next Thursday, and if so, I would expect an article for the event to appear later this morning (sometime after 10am EDT), being one week out from the [possible] start-date.
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    • laniakea_0
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      are you sure there's even going to be a Zeal of Zenithar event this year?
    • SeaGtGruff
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      laniakea_0 wrote: »
      are you sure there's even going to be a Zeal of Zenithar event this year?

      It was on the PTS a while ago, which AFAIK usually/always means it's going to be on the Live servers several weeks later.
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    • ApoAlaia
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    • Khenarthi
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      laniakea_0 wrote: »
      are you sure there's even going to be a Zeal of Zenithar event this year?

      It's listed here for July:
      https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/64359
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    • ApoAlaia
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      No announcement yet?

      If is going to be starting this Thursday is going to be down to the wire.
    • DragonRacer
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      Trading guilds would certainly like to know the start of this event in time to place trader bids before flip midday tomorrow…
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    • ApoAlaia
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      Trading guilds would certainly like to know the start of this event in time to place trader bids before flip midday tomorrow…

      Slips tinfoil hat on...

      Maybe that's why they are leaving the announcement until the last minute... or at least until after the trader flip.
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    • 16BitForestCat
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      I see the extremely unpopular forced guild-grouping content for the Zeal event on PTS has made it over to live. Given that so many of the new Endeavors being tried out on PTS* right now are group-/guild-focused, this is a really bad look for the future in ESO. I hope people speak up to ZOS about this.
      In addition, you can earn Zenithar’s Delightful Parcel boxes by participating in the following activities:

      Completing the introductory quest “The Unrefusable Offer”
      Completing any Master Writ, per discipline, per account, each day
      Subsequent Master Writs of the same discipline won’t provide further boxes until the daily reset
      First daily Crafting Writ, per account, completed each day
      Each time you defeat a world boss while grouped with a player who is in at least one of your player guilds
      Each time you complete a world event while grouped with a player who is in at least one of your player guilds

      You also have a chance to earn a Zenithar’s Delightful Parcel box when conquering each round of a group-based arena challenge while teamed up with a player who is a member of at least one of your guilds.

      *See the PTS thread at https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/638210/u39-pts-endeavours-more-choice-is-less-it-seems/ for the ongoing discussion. Take note that the longer the thread goes on, the more "do group content with a guildmate" Endeavors show up.
      Edited by 16BitForestCat on July 24, 2023 4:18PM
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    • TaSheen
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      Yeah. Ain't hap'nin. I'll do the writs, daily and master (always do all the daily crafting ones on each account), and call it good. Way to ruin a really great event, ZOS.
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    • Marcus684
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      I see the extremely unpopular forced guild-grouping content for the Zeal event on PTS has made it over to live. Given that so many of the new Endeavors being tried out on PTS* right now are group-/guild-focused, this is a really bad look for the future in ESO. I hope people speak up to ZOS about this.
      In addition, you can earn Zenithar’s Delightful Parcel boxes by participating in the following activities:

      Completing the introductory quest “The Unrefusable Offer”
      Completing any Master Writ, per discipline, per account, each day
      Subsequent Master Writs of the same discipline won’t provide further boxes until the daily reset
      First daily Crafting Writ, per account, completed each day
      Each time you defeat a world boss while grouped with a player who is in at least one of your player guilds
      Each time you complete a world event while grouped with a player who is in at least one of your player guilds

      You also have a chance to earn a Zenithar’s Delightful Parcel box when conquering each round of a group-based arena challenge while teamed up with a player who is a member of at least one of your guilds.

      *See the PTS thread at https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/638210/u39-pts-endeavours-more-choice-is-less-it-seems/ for the ongoing discussion. Take note that the longer the thread goes on, the more "do group content with a guildmate" Endeavors show up.

      It's an MMO. ZOS wants to encourage us to group up, but no one is being "forced" to. If you don't want to group up to get those boxes, you have plenty of other options.
    • 16BitForestCat
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      Marcus684 wrote: »
      It's an MMO. ZOS wants to encourage us to group up, but no one is being "forced" to. If you don't want to group up to get those boxes, you have plenty of other options.

      If you want to maximize your drops, then yeah, you do actually have to group up--and not even just group up with the best friend you play with or a random, but group with a guildmate specifically. I'm not interested in getting all the available parcels, and I'm in guilds with people I've played with regularly for years, so you could say this wouldn't affect me if I were trying to get all the parcels. But I still agree with the many players who loved Zeal last year and are angry, disappointed, or both, about this change. <--(I got my thoughts mixed up, what with taking part in eight different ESO forum tabs at the same time today--I had a different activity in mind that wasn't Zeal when I was writing that up that's more PTS-related, so ignore the "this is new" bit! Thanks to those who pointed it out. :D)
      Edited by 16BitForestCat on July 25, 2023 1:26AM
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    • DragonRacer
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      IIRC, we had to group up with guildmates for that same stuff last year as well. That's not really new or different for this event.

      What is new and different is nerfing the amount of master writs that give loot boxes daily and that there's a ton of daily endeavors on PTS that now force grouping.

      But I remember last year very specifically for Zeal, you had to group with guildies for world bosses, etc for this one.
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    • loosej
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      I'm not interested in getting all the available parcels, but a lot of people who loved Zeal last year are angry, disappointed, or both, about this change.

      I might remember this wrong, but wasn't grouping with guild members a requirement last year as well?
    • 16BitForestCat
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      But I remember last year very specifically for Zeal, you had to group with guildies for world bosses, etc for this one.
      loosej wrote: »
      I might remember this wrong, but wasn't grouping with guild members a requirement last year as well?

      People were hoping ZOS would have gotten it through their heads this year that most players really didn't want that requirement. (I got my thoughts mixed up--I had a different activity in mind that wasn't Zeal when I was writing that up that's more PTS-related, so ignore the "this is new" bit!)
      Edited by 16BitForestCat on July 24, 2023 4:31PM
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    • Marcus684
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      But I remember last year very specifically for Zeal, you had to group with guildies for world bosses, etc for this one.
      loosej wrote: »
      I might remember this wrong, but wasn't grouping with guild members a requirement last year as well?

      People were hoping ZOS would have gotten it through their heads this year that most players really didn't want that requirement. (I got my thoughts mixed up--I had a different activity in mind that wasn't Zeal when I was writing that up that's more PTS-related, so ignore the "this is new" bit!)

      <Citation needed>
    • 16BitForestCat
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      Marcus684 wrote: »
      <Citation needed>

      I know what I've been reading on the forums, Reddit, Discord, not to mention other sites and in-game, thanks. I have seen...so many complaints. SO many.

      Also, it's hilarious that you're rudely implying I'm the dishonest one here, when you originally came up in this thread trying to derail the topic and got your other posts here nuked by mods. You're obviously being deliberately disingenuous, but you can literally just go to that PTS thread I linked and see for yourself just a few of all the complaints about how people are not happy with this. But since you only came up in here to troll and derail, you're obviously not gonna do that and will continue to argue against or ignore any posts that confirm the truth you don't want to see. (Later edit: and, yuuuuuuup! That's exactly what you've been doing. You're so predictable it's amusing. [Much, much, much later edit: annnnnnnnnd I see now you got permabanned for trolling and harassing folks. I'm not even the one who reported you; it looks like you just couldn't be a decent freaking person to anyone for even five minutes. Good gods. :smile: ])

      Coming back to add, that's actually a topic of discussion over in the PTS thread right now. And when I get back from lunch, I'm expecting some of the ESO Discord servers I'm on to already have long and insightful discussions about this, because they are seriously warming up for some venting over the Zeal news article as I type.
      Edited by 16BitForestCat on January 10, 2024 4:18AM
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    • joergino
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      absolutely disappointing changes to this event, yet another "do the absolute minimum and then forget about it" event
    • ZOS_Icy
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      Greetings,

      This thread has been moved to the Events & Contests section, as it is better suited there.

      Thank you for your understanding.
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    • vsrs_au
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      I'm not too fussed about the changes. I'm currently in the middle of leveling up 7 new alt crafters I created not long ago, and the inspiration boost will be most welcome. I'll also do my best to get reward boxes via all the non-grouping means. All hail Zenithar! :)
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