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What is your favorite New Life Festival event?

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  • Glaiceana
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    Had to go with Snow Bear, I love that there's new animations for it, but also like how it feels like a proper fun community sort of event. Have to go to the three locations, and there's NPCs there "doing the same thing", feels sort of like one that might happen in real life haha :)
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    Dances-With-Frost-Dragons - DK, Argonian, Male, Tank, Werewolf.
    Raziel The Paradox - Mag TP, Dark Elf, Male, DD, Vampire.
    Swims-Through-Starlight - TP, Argonian, Female, Healer, Werewolf.
    Glaicean Mag Ward, High Elf, Male, Ice DD, Werewolf.
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  • TerraDewBerry
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    I love the snow bear plunge because it's just quick and fun and done!
  • EldritchPenguin
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    Glaiceana wrote: »
    Had to go with Snow Bear, I love that there's new animations for it, but also like how it feels like a proper fun community sort of event. Have to go to the three locations, and there's NPCs there "doing the same thing", feels sort of like one that might happen in real life haha :)
    It already does happen in real life, believe it or not.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear_plunge
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  • Abeille
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    Trial of Five-Clawed Guile
    When I'm on a hurry, War Orphan's Sojourn because it is the quickest.

    When I'm not, I like to see how fast I can unlock all the chests.
    Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.

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    Command: Do the thing.

    Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
    Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
    Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
    Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
    Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
    Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
    Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
    Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
    Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
    Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.
  • BlackEar
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    Signal Fire Sprint
    Fire sprint, so many people! :D running around like crazy.
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  • Glaiceana
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    EldritchPenguin wrote: »
    Glaiceana wrote: »
    Had to go with Snow Bear, I love that there's new animations for it, but also like how it feels like a proper fun community sort of event. Have to go to the three locations, and there's NPCs there "doing the same thing", feels sort of like one that might happen in real life haha :)
    It already does happen in real life, believe it or not.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear_plunge

    Doesn't surprise me in the slightest :smiley: Saw plenty of people doing this kind of thing in Scotland, but wouldn't have known what it might have been called, especially in all different places, not surprised its a world wide kind of thing :)
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    Rothelnog - Stam NB, Orc, Male, DD, Werewolf.
    J'Xena - Mag DK, Khajiit, Female, DD, Werewolf.
    Dances-With-Frost-Dragons - DK, Argonian, Male, Tank, Werewolf.
    Raziel The Paradox - Mag TP, Dark Elf, Male, DD, Vampire.
    Swims-Through-Starlight - TP, Argonian, Female, Healer, Werewolf.
    Glaicean Mag Ward, High Elf, Male, Ice DD, Werewolf.
    Hjurne Hircine's Forsaken - Sorc, Redguard, Male, PvP DD, Werewolf.
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  • greylox
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    Yeah there's just something good about jumping off really high things
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    *{Smokes-in-the-Shade }* (Mag pet Sorc Argonian, prolific thief, willing participant of the dark arts, gardener of exotic...herbs)
    {Lugdum The Mechanist} (Hybrid Orc Templar, collector of ancient Ayleid smoking pipes)
    {Rantoul} (Dark Elf Magknight, likes an ale between boss fights, has been known to offer daedric princes out in a fist fight)
    {Red, The Wanderer} (Bosmer stam sorc and hunter extraordinaire)
    {Shoots-For-Stars} (Argonian Mag pet Sorc Ice mage Healer)
    *{Jinny the spark }* (Sassy Imperial Stamplar)
    {Crezzi the Drifter} (Magblade khajiit burglar, available for questionable operations)
    {Grif the Despised} (StamKnight Tank Nord, Eastmarch Master Drinker and spinner of tall yarns)
    {Geraldine Stone-Heart} (High Elf MagSorc Ice Tank, Mystic, practitioner of the ancient arts)
    *{Anawinn}* (Stam pet Ward Redguard, Mother to a bear and an unruly Hunger,Librarian, field medic and natures fist)
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  • bearybrown
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    Mud Ball Merriment
    I also love riding my trusted horse across the continent and leveled up almost 30cp just by discovering new places and turn in quest. It give me a little bit of appreciation towards game dev for making this huge places to go that sometimes I lost my direction into other country (I'm looking at you, Craglorn).
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  • Cazic
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    Cause I love that they put in the cannon ball animation.
  • AcadianPaladin
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    Lava Foot Stomp
    Lava Foot Stomp. Because, well, my elf loves to dance! :)
    PC NA(no Steam), PvE, mostly solo
  • akl77
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    Other or None
    None, honestly none, all lame imo.
    Pc na
  • Jemcrystal
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    Lava Foot Stomp
    Lava Stomp because it's in my home town. Since I started playing I have always thought of Davon's Watch as my city.
  • WhiteCoatSyndrome
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    Mud Ball Merriment
    From a gameplay perspective I really enjoy the Mudball quest – it's simple, it's easy, it's fun; I'm not waiting for anything to spawn, I don't have to do anything in a particular order like the Lava Foot Stomp or Charm Challenge (really, why do I have to visit the inns in that exact order? Who parties like that???).

    From a lore perspective the Fire Sprint is interesting and I want to know more about how dancing got banned in Dunmer lands. (I'm assuming the Tribunal did it, because...? We never find out the because.)

    I will note, however, that as soon as my main found out how the Five-Clawed Guile test actually worked, she went and made a bunch of clay pieces the exact size and shape as the Rahjin coins, with a message stamped on the back to the effect of 'redeemable for one free drink from the Craglorn Dominion Embassy' and then stuffed her pockets with them and went to pick locks every time a major trade caravan stopped by for the festivities. With luck, some enterprising soul will get it into his or her head to start forging them, and she'll get lots of visitors when the embassy opens. :mrgreen:
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  • VinyParsley2016
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    Mud Ball Merriment
    Throw shxt balls :p
  • jedtb16_ESO
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    didn't vote...

    i like it all.
  • Thundertalon
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    Mud Ball Merriment
    I like the mudball event the most. Hitting pretentious ambassadors and political types with mud always makes my day. Too bad it's not really viable in real life, haha
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  • TX12001rwb17_ESO
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    Other or None
    None, my character's are all depressed and angry vampires who view mortals as nothing but food, they especially don;'t care for mortal affairs such as celebrating a random day.
  • Zaldan
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    Other or None
    I like the one where the entire player base visits the same NPC every 2 hours ;)
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  • code65536
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    Mud Ball Merriment
    I don't really like any of the quests. They were cute and fun the first I did them back on the PTS. But they get old very, very quickly.

    That said, throwing mudballs is fun, and that pouch is now my favorite collectible of all time. So I'll vote for the mudball quest, even though the quest is unconnected to the memento.
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  • starkerealm
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    Lava Foot Stomp
    It'd probably be mudballing people if the controls were more responsive. I love the ambassador's barks when they get tagged.

    But... since the mudball is a pain to trigger. :\
  • Yinmaigao
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    None:

    Not a damn one.

    Cool once, BS every other time.
  • starkerealm
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    Lava Foot Stomp
    Yeah, what I'm not thrilled with is the gift box RNG. If it was just the motif... okay. But the recipes being tied to the title is agrivating. Having to run everything two or three times for the achievements would be one thing. Cracking 270 boxes hoping for that last Hissmir recipe for your third character? Not so much.
  • acw37162
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    Absolutely none of them, in particular the fish boon.

    I'm one of the people who have never fished, will never fish, and don't want to fish and while I understand there are players who enjoy this activity and the achievements I don't.

    If they were going to make you fish to complete the event the should have made the fishing holes so the never de spawned and changed the loot tanle so you always caught one of three fish and removed used bait from the loot table. You should not have to spend any more Rhine then minimally necessary to accomplish this.

    This particular event is absolutely terrible.
    Edited by acw37162 on December 21, 2016 4:00AM
  • newtinmpls
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    acw37162 wrote: »
    Absolutely none of them, in particular the fish boon.

    I'm one of the people who have never fished, will never fish, and don't want to fish and while I understand there are players who enjoy this activity and the achievements I don't.

    I do enjoy it, and noted that while I was there many folks were saying in chat that they had this or that fish or fishes extra in case anyone wanted them. Shouldn't be too hard if you ask for help.
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    ***
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  • nil101
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    nude jump into cold water like a ture nord!
    Viky,just a old cat.
  • acw37162
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    newtinmpls wrote: »
    acw37162 wrote: »
    Absolutely none of them, in particular the fish boon.

    I'm one of the people who have never fished, will never fish, and don't want to fish and while I understand there are players who enjoy this activity and the achievements I don't.

    I do enjoy it, and noted that while I was there many folks were saying in chat that they had this or that fish or fishes extra in case anyone wanted them. Shouldn't be too hard if you ask for help.

    I can fish.

    I choose not to, I find it boring and don't enjoy it.

    And while using a holiday event to introduce players to an aspect of the game they may not know about or have tried before is cool. Putting barriers in place that make an already boring activity more boring is in my opinion bad design.

    They could have removed junk from the loot table saving players time.

    They could have removed the despawn - respawn timer from the holiday fishing holes and saved the synchronized movement from position to a position saving players time.

    I wouldn't have enjoyed it either way but it would be more bearable and is an easy quality of life fix for those who do not enjoy fishing, which I have no data on but suspects is the majority.

  • quadraxis666
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    I'm in no rush to finish the last couple achievements for this event. The whole thing is a lame repetitive grind imo.
  • VoidBlue
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    I enjoy stopping what I'm doing and running back to eastmarch to refresh my double XP buff event every two hours.
    Edited by VoidBlue on December 21, 2016 4:21AM
  • CelticStones
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    The last one on my 8th alt. B)
  • Annalyse
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    Snow Bear Plunge
    itehache wrote: »
    Snow Bear Plunge and Mudball are the most fun to me, but after completing the quests some days in a row I appreciate the lockpick one since it's the quickest to complete xD

    All quests are really fun though.

    This exactly. I liked those two best for a few days, but today I just bought the three motifs I was missing to get the achievements on the two characters I was trying for because it has gotten more tedious than anything now. If they had spread things out more so that lag wasn't a factor, like having multiple locations for each event, it would have been better.

    Really, they should have just had 4 events per day (two boxes per turn in) and rotated through them randomly so that they didn't get stale as quickly.
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