aliyavana wrote: »

I logged in today and what do you know! I'm done with this years new life festival. All the quests were the same and yet imperials which are a race that have been part of the elder scrolls universe for some time were not even given a quest even though we requested last year and you know, a festival would help in relieving stress the planemeld caused to the imperials... 3 momentos added that are essentially items that existed last year as consumables so do they really count? And no new achievements so I qualified for this years event vendor immediately... no new achievements not even a simple one like placing a holiday item in your house.

Clearly all the effort went into the crown store just like the branche/witches festival 2 months ago. We cant even earn those crown dyes that zos keeps insisting on being ununlockable and no real reason to continue the same old quests last year as I can buy those 3 copy and paste momentos for 500 gold each in a few days... Why cant zos be like wow where they put a mount behind the daily rng of the festival? atleast then Id have a reason to run the same quests over again. Or even the chance at crown store items that got all of zos efforts... Ofc I'm ready to get attacked by white knights that are happy just for getting an xp buff which isn't even exclusive to this particular festival...

TLDR no new achievements, no new items, and all effort went to crown store, crown dyes still are not unlockable or permanently buyable

Really? You're surprised? When is the last time ZOS did something really good?... Nerver? Just like WWE with Roman Reigns, keep shoving it down your throat until you accept it, what you think, want, wish for is of no worth.

Saves yourself the trouble of grinding the dailies then.

yay, my thread was moved to where it will die

the only thing I am disappointed is imperial quest is not added...

Us who have imperial race unlocked always seem to get such treatment （no new life event, all racial furnitures locked behind pay wall etc）

aliyavana wrote: »

Why cant zos be like wow where they put a mount behind the daily rng of the festival?

what a terrible idea! are you forgetting how many people would complain if RNG didn't give them their mount within 180 attempts?
if the new runeboxes are so terrible that you can't be bothered to make gold off them then just check if you have any characters who would benefit from double XP and be on your way. oh right, the double XP isn't effective or whatever because more than one event offers it. well then, skip the whole thing, i guess.

lucky you: it's optional!

The problem with them adding new achievements is that it makes it harder and harder for new players--who are already spending a lot of time playing "catch up" with other content.

Remember, this is a time-limited festival. The idea is that someone who plays the game during this time (and keeping in mind that due to holiday travel and activities, most people only have a limited amount of time to play this time of the year) should be able to reasonably complete the achievements.

So let's say you keep adding new achievements and things to do each year. What will happen five years down the road? A new player looking at this festival is going to be wondering how the hell they are supposed to complete it. The people playing this year have 7 instead of 4 runeboxes that they need to collect. That's already a pretty substantial grind, considering other new additions to the loot table is diluting the drop rates. Last year, I was able to get 100% completion of the festival (including collecting all the recipes/chapters) on just four characters. And I have a lot more than that.

So stop complaining about there not being new things--it's getting tiresome. Look at it from a broader, longer-term perspective instead of one centered on just your situation. Having the events be essentially the same each year means new players won't feel like that events are like having to scale Everest after years worth of accumulated "event creep". It means people who need to travel or be away during the holiday season can rest assured knowing that it's fine either because of their participation last year or that it'll be easy to catch up next year. It means that people can relax during the holidays instead of grinding events.

This is a good thing. Stop trying to paint it as bad.

code65536 wrote: »

The problem with them adding new achievements is that it makes it harder and harder for new players--who are already spending a lot of time playing "catch up" with other content.

Remember, this is a time-limited festival. The idea is that someone who plays the game during this time (and keeping in mind that due to holiday travel and activities, most people only have a limited amount of time to play this time of the year) should be able to reasonably complete the achievements.

So let's say you keep adding new achievements and things to do each year. What will happen five years down the road? A new player looking at this festival is going to be wondering how the hell they are supposed to complete it. The people playing this year have 7 instead of 4 runeboxes that they need to collect. That's already a pretty substantial grind, considering other new additions to the loot table is diluting the drop rates. Last year, I was able to get 100% completion of the festival (including collecting all the recipes/chapters) on just four characters. And I have a lot more than that.

So stop complaining about there not being new things--it's getting tiresome. Look at it from a broader, longer-term perspective instead of one centered on just your situation. Having the events be essentially the same each year means new players won't feel like that events are like having to scale Everest after years worth of accumulated "event creep". It means people who need to travel or be away during the holiday season can rest assured knowing that it's fine either because of their participation last year or that it'll be easy to catch up next year. It means that people can relax during the holidays instead of grinding events.

This is a good thing. Stop trying to paint it as bad.

A new player always has next year

Osteos wrote: »

People who didnt get everything or finish achievements can do so now.

Plus they introduced a new profession this year, and recently had a big sale on Morrowind, so some of us have a whole bunch of brand new characters we're trying to get through it. Also leveling them and grinding legerdemain for five clawed guile.

Like others, I see it simply as a double xp time. Each year I get a few more of my characters the full achievement but the quests do get monotonous after a while so then I go back to adventuring and getting the most out of the extra xp.

It would have been nice if there had been a new hat or two, much like they did with the Witches Day event in adding 2 more masks. Honestly, I don't find nearly as much use in a momento as I do in costume items.

In addition: This was my first time with the New Year Festival, and I thought it was pretty good. Met some fun people in the process of doing the quests.

Imperials should not get access to Festivals....because of you lot the Anchors are here !....so no soup for you!