Witches festival, a huge disappointment.

Peekachu99 · October 2017

Well other games that shan’t be named have: an instance, an open world group instance with bosses and collectibles, achievements, achievement collectibles, unique crafting recipies. That just off the top of my head. I appreciate the holiday spirit, but they could step it up a bit in terms of content. It’s just not compelling when other games are doing Halloween sooo much better.

Hallothiel · October 2017

Gotta love how much people will whine over nothing.

Agree that best thing is double xp - helps me level up my alts. (But can understand if don't have alts / did this last year might be useless). Have the achievement on main but really am not bothered to get it on others.

As for plunder skull / drops? RNG is always, well, random. At least it makes going round dungeons & WB a bit more fun. And I intend to make something interesting with all my lovely twigs.

But tne idea of decorating everywhere for festivals? No thank you. unnecessary.

Just enjoy it for what it is - free - and either join in or ignore.

ZunaRoath · October 2017

I enter the forum, see the title of this post, immediately think:

Oh look, yet another sad person who likes to complain and think about how ZOS does everything bad.

I am not disappointed on this event, much better than the last year. If this is a huge disappointment, I ask OP, how was last year? Huge huge disappointment? Because we didn't the amount of things we're getting this year and the polymorph was a total need.

Vapirko · October 2017

In a day of playing I’ve got a ton of new housing plans some decent recipes and a mask. Not too shabby. Plus I’ve gained 15 levels with not much work at all.

iiYuki · October 2017

Must agree it's a boring event, especially compared with wow that has a dungeon with the headless horseman that drops some sweet transmog items, the towns get decorated up and new NPCs selling holiday themed items appear.

SpearDusk · October 2017

I grinded this festival so hard last year, I still have last years plunder skulls, and now I'm getting even more xD
Was pretty un-hyped for this year knowing it was going to be almost the same

Banana · October 2017

No complaints here

ValkyriesWolf · October 2017

MercTheMage wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

MercTheMage wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

The are 2x purple and 2x blue housing recipes from what the data mining thread is saying.

There a 8-10 blue/purple housing items.

4 Headgears.

Double XP.

I mean, what do you want from it?

4... huge number...
2 of which havnt been seen, and 1 is already an in game item. So 1 recipe added...

4 masks that are recolors of eachother, so no masks.

Double xp... I have 843 cp. Big whoop.

As for what I want from it, how about them not copy pasting "new" content into the game and actually giving a sh!t.

The salt is real, I am sure ZoS will cater new stuff specifically for you from now on though, and it is a festival, same as last year...

Come back after the event finishes and let us know if your luck improves though ye?

How would it be new content only for me, literally everyone whos played for more than a year has done this you *** tard
Why do we even bother subbing for a game that just *** out the same stuff every few months with some new colors

Really? What about new players, eh? Do you understand that word, new? Those who weren't around last year or missed it due to real life or whatever.....
I mean, if it's so disappointing for you, then leave it be, but don't insult people. Take the offered or leave it, but don't go around with your obvious hate. Really, where are we, the kindergarten? Get off your high horse there for a moment. What do you think an mmo is like? Of course it has to cater to the new players as well. Yes, there is not that much new stuff, but where is the problem? If you don't want to get this stuff, then don't participate in it and do thenew dlc instead. No one is forcing you to do the festival again. And since it is an annual festivity, what are you expecting of great new content? It's annual! Get that in your head, please! It practically means mainly old stuff with a bit of new stuff, so every player category, old and new, have a chance at getting the same stuff without a massive disadvantage for the newer players.
I am getting the same old motifs again this year as well, and yes, I keep complaining about only getting the motifs as well, but more on the fun side of it, comparing with what useless stuff my friends got. RNG has never been on my side before, so I take it easy and with humour. Take it as a fun festival, go out with people you know and have fun. Best thing, you can even trade with them. ;-)
And if all the duplicates are oh so disappointing for you, others might like them, so give them away. Or use them on your alts like me. Or give them to friends or guildies, who can still use them because they didn't get those. Heck, even sell it, some extra money.
Just don't go around insulting people or their intelligence, because they don't share your opinion and tend to make fun of your more extreme opinions. Or you aren't any better than those dictators forbidding the right of free speech.
And yes, that is just my opinion as well.

Tandor · October 2017

No complaints from me, the event is running fine and I've had some worthwhile drops. I hate silly decorations throughout cities in MMOs, they give a completely absurd atmosphere and make in-game festivals too much of a copy of real world ones which I don't agree with, so I'm happy that ESO doesn't go down that road.

Besides, ZOS have made a few changes and additions this year whereas most developers just patch in the same old, same old, every year. It doesn't bother me if some drops are duplicates or re-skins of stuff already seen in the Crown Store as I won't have seen it before anyway not being a buyer of cosmetic or fluff items.

As for the complaint about people having done it all last year, apart from the fact that some things have changed or been added there's always for me the attraction of doing it with different characters. I can appreciate that that is more of a problem for those who only play a single character, but then they quickly burn out on a game anyway.

FloppyTouch · October 2017

It’s an event it’s somthing fun to do WTH do you want every item in the crown store and crown crates to drop from one plunder skull?

I look forward to this event it’s breaks of the day to day grind with something else to do. We use to not get any events at all.

Beardimus · October 2017

As a first timer it was great last year. It's hard to get noticed to so much this time, i will but i think they would be better to season the event, new items each time.

Kneighbors · October 2017

Classic thread. Every event there's one like this.

Danikat · October 2017

I'm disappointed there's not more to do.

Last year I was defending them, saying it was their first ever festival and we don't know how long they had to plan and build it, maybe they wanted to start small and build up etc. and after the New Life festival and Jesters festival had more activities I was optimistic about this year's Witches Festival. But no, it's the same 1 additional drop on existing bosses.

I understand not having towns decorated or anything like modern Halloween in real-life, because as I understand it the Witches festival is very much something 'celebrated' by witches and other casters who live outside of Tamriels main societies and most people would avoid it at all costs.

But they could build on that - apparently it's a common day for people to summon demons and monsters, so there could be quests to stop them or kill the things they summoned, or alternatively the option to help them by gathering components, completing the rituals etc.

UESP also mentions the Mages Guild identifying potentially magical items for free and selling spells for 1/2 price (I assume this was a mechanic in one of the games, probably Daggerfall) and that could come into it too - helping them sort items, dealing with the fall-out of people bringing all kinds of weird and wonderful things together at the guild halls, special quests following up on new discoveries etc.

It has so much potential to be a really interesting festival, and yet all we've got is 1 extra drop on bosses.

The only upside is that lots of other games do Halloween events too (even single-player ones) so the lack of extra stuff to do in ESO gives me more time to focus on those games instead.

rootimus · October 2017

I'm having fun, but that's probably because this was by far my favourite of last year's events. My last two lowbies will be getting leveled up while farming plunder skulls while I figure out what my next alt is going to be.

Sanctum74 · October 2017

Maybe they should just end all festivals for a year instead of giving people all this free stuff and the ability to level a character to 50 in a day. Let them grind their characters the old fashioned way and make them pay thousands for xp pots, motifs, recipes, and furniture. Maybe then people will learn to appreciate free stuff.

ProfesseurFreder · October 2017

I'm on the positive side of tis argument. The only slightly disappointing thing to me is the drop rate, and that only because some of us can't spend our whole lives in ESO farming for the good stuff. I can play for about 90 minutes a day, max -- and in that time I have done all the delves and boss monsters that I possibly can... and all I've gotten are dead branches and craft motifs.

I was thrilled with the first two branches I got... but it's hard to maintain that level of thrilled when the dead branches just keep piling up. Couldn't I get just ONE mask, PLEASE????? Just one?

Annalyse · October 2017

I was disappointed in the event but not due to the reward variety, just due to the fact that it is exactly the same as last year with no new achievements. I'm farming a little only because I'm making a new provisioner and want the recipes, but I wish it at least had some interesting quests or a new achievement to make it more fun.

That said, with the DLC coming out I do understand them not wanting to bother creating a whole new event. But I hope all of the seasonal stuff doesn't turn out like this in the years to come.

jlboozer · October 2017

If you're a trader its awesome. Sit on the motif pages and recipes for about 6 months, then profit.

Myyth · October 2017

I am getting a little tired of having to go find a vendor every single time I open a plunder skull and sell all the trees, bushes, branches and worms. I don't see why they need to have so much garbage drop in those.

Pops_ND_Irish · October 2017

Another whine fest

VDoom1 · October 2017

Plunder skulls, that's my disappointment. Besides maybe a recipe and spider eggs the other 2 legendary items I have acquired from plunder skulls are....worms and guts. Are these plunder skulls supposed to contain nice stuff?

ThePrinceOfBargains · October 2017

Turelus wrote: »

BrianDavion wrote: »

I'm glad the towns aren't decorated, it seemed realy REALLY tacky when Orgrimarr had a buncha christmas lights all over.

That said I do wish MMOs borrowed from LOTRO's seasonal events, THOSE where amazing

I agree with the decorations. It's very tacky to push our worlds decorating styles into a setting it doesn't suit just to make us feel like it's more festive.

In what way is it unsuited? Yeah, jack-o-lanterns would’ve been tacky. But it’s still a festival. Generally, those have decorations and look visually appealing. Having things like skeletons, spider webs, cauldrons, and orange/yellow colored flames, etc. would not be unfitting. The capitals trying to do this for the festival in spite of difficult times is not an absurd idea. You know what I saw during this year’s “festival”? Absolutely nothing. Just the same old NPCs whining and crying about how horrible their lives are. That is not an event.

Though really, I wouldn’t be so disappointed if they hadn’t overhyped it. Even calling this the “witch’s festival” is overhyping it. It takes place after the lore-specific date and there’s no festival to be seen anywhere. Nothing is going on. They should’ve just called it a double XP week with some themed rewards, because that’s all this is. “Festival” my derrière.

Girl_Number8 · October 2017

I really love it

Just that double xp equals free mega exp scrolls itself! More people are on playing, wbosses matter again, and it's new build time. You can even finally get a few characters leveled up on the other server to play on. Just imo

Tasear · October 2017

It didn't even start on real witch festival tamerial holiday. I mean I will take 100% more xp as it saves me time and inspires me to try some new things... I mean that's what marketing was thinking with happening next to dlc drop right? Otherwise it's just not festival at all.

What they could of done is at more dymanics to world immerision of the holiday. Maybe have new npc dialogue or AI pathing. Some change in scenery like different mobs or special boss. Maybe add some silly consumbles you prank friends with.Why not, have eso holiday decorating contest (marketing chance missed). Also how about a different ploymorph to dress up as new year (nobody dresses the same for halloween two years in a roll)

As to say, I will take the xp, but I am not voting witch festival as number 1 event in the next poll.

kyle.wilson · October 2017

BrianDavion wrote: »

I'm glad the towns aren't decorated, it seemed realy REALLY tacky when Orgrimarr had a buncha christmas lights all over.

That said I do wish MMOs borrowed from LOTRO's seasonal events, THOSE where amazing

As for tacky. I find pretty much every epic mount that's come out of the crown crates to be extremely tacky.
If ZOS were to have an event and decorate, but still be at least sorta lore friendly, that would be awesome for me.

The events encourage people that have become causal to get them playing again, I am all for an expanded active player base.

SanTii.92 · October 2017

MercTheMage wrote: »

Nogawd wrote: »

Classic want cheese with that whine?

Are you telling me you’re not disappointed?

No? Who was excited about it in the first place.

Aliyavana · October 2017

ValkyriesWolf wrote: »

MercTheMage wrote: »

SHADOW2KK wrote: »

MercTheMage wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

The are 2x purple and 2x blue housing recipes from what the data mining thread is saying.

There a 8-10 blue/purple housing items.

4 Headgears.

Double XP.

I mean, what do you want from it?

4... huge number...
2 of which havnt been seen, and 1 is already an in game item. So 1 recipe added...

4 masks that are recolors of eachother, so no masks.

Double xp... I have 843 cp. Big whoop.

As for what I want from it, how about them not copy pasting "new" content into the game and actually giving a sh!t.

The salt is real, I am sure ZoS will cater new stuff specifically for you from now on though, and it is a festival, same as last year...

Come back after the event finishes and let us know if your luck improves though ye?

How would it be new content only for me, literally everyone whos played for more than a year has done this you *** tard
Why do we even bother subbing for a game that just *** out the same stuff every few months with some new colors

Really? What about new players, eh? Do you understand that word, new? Those who weren't around last year or missed it due to real life or whatever.....
I mean, if it's so disappointing for you, then leave it be, but don't insult people. Take the offered or leave it, but don't go around with your obvious hate. Really, where are we, the kindergarten? Get off your high horse there for a moment. What do you think an mmo is like? Of course it has to cater to the new players as well. Yes, there is not that much new stuff, but where is the problem? If you don't want to get this stuff, then don't participate in it and do thenew dlc instead. No one is forcing you to do the festival again. And since it is an annual festivity, what are you expecting of great new content? It's annual! Get that in your head, please! It practically means mainly old stuff with a bit of new stuff, so every player category, old and new, have a chance at getting the same stuff without a massive disadvantage for the newer players.
I am getting the same old motifs again this year as well, and yes, I keep complaining about only getting the motifs as well, but more on the fun side of it, comparing with what useless stuff my friends got. RNG has never been on my side before, so I take it easy and with humour. Take it as a fun festival, go out with people you know and have fun. Best thing, you can even trade with them. ;-)
And if all the duplicates are oh so disappointing for you, others might like them, so give them away. Or use them on your alts like me. Or give them to friends or guildies, who can still use them because they didn't get those. Heck, even sell it, some extra money.
Just don't go around insulting people or their intelligence, because they don't share your opinion and tend to make fun of your more extreme opinions. Or you aren't any better than those dictators forbidding the right of free speech.
And yes, that is just my opinion as well.

No one stays a new player forever

Humperdoo · October 2017

I didn't read any of this thread.

Jeremy · October 2017

aliyavana wrote: »

its disappointing when compared to other mmo holidays. not even new achievements and towns are not even decorated. I want a hallowjack spectre wb to spawn in starting areas that drops spooky items, and towns to have pumpkins etc. I want a earnable mount and pet ingame for this holiday not reskins.

I'm enjoying the festival. The plunder skulls (while extremely luck-based) add a chance to get something cool.

But I have to agree with you and others here. There is plenty of room for improvement. So I don't believe your complaints are without merit. More atmosphere would be nice (whether in the form of decorations or something else).

LOTRO had a haunted house you could explore to collect tokens and earn prizes. So an addition along those lines might also help give the festival a little more flair.

Mazbt · October 2017

What exactly do people want from these little low effort events? Take it for what it is and spend some time having some fun with friends or try leveling a new alt.