Why is the Jester's Festival so much shorter this year?

Chaos2088 · March 2018

Bit of all the below maybe:

They have other things planned around this time and squeezing it in.
The numbers on how many people interacted with quests etc last time did not warrant the same time frame.
Might of forgot/other things were more important in the schedule.

LadyAstrum · March 2018

sylviermoone wrote: »

Kanar wrote: »

sylviermoone wrote: »

Last year this event happened to coincide with April Fools. This year, it also coincides with April Fools.

It isn't ZOS's fault that the date of Easter changes dramatically from year to year.

Did you miss the fact that the event is a week shorter this year?

Apache_Kid wrote: »

sylviermoone wrote: »

Last year this event happened to coincide with April Fools. This year, it also coincides with April Fools.

It isn't ZOS's fault that the date of Easter changes dramatically from year to year.

The event is literally a whole week shorter than last year. What about that do you not understand?

I did not miss it, nor is there something about that I don't understand. ZOS shortened the event. My guess is their reasonings have something to do with the Birthday event coming, or perhaps their data pointed to the fact that participation in this event petered off last year. I'm not privy to those reasons, and neither are you.

The main complaint in this thread seems to not be so much that it's shorter, but that it falls on what is, for some, a "holiday weekend". It isn't a holiday for everyone, and further, it's a "holiday" that moves around. ZOS can't control that. I personally don't see any issue with the length or timing of the event.

And newer players? I wasn't playing ESO this time last year (I started in October). Pretty disappointing us newer ones get to experience a shorter Jester's festival.

Pixel_Zealot · March 2018

I guess it's safe to say the jester festival is a joke

Jade1986 · March 2018

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

Apache_Kid wrote: »

It's absolutely mind-blowing that they have achievements locked behind an event and then run the event in a 4-day window on a holiday weekend. It's like they thought about it for 0 seconds.

There's always next year. If you aren't going to be around next year because you left the game, wouldn't matter just the same.

Last year it felt like there was double XP every month. Seemed a bit much.

Next year, at this rate, itll be 1 day.

Jade1986 · March 2018

Azurya wrote: »

mb10 wrote: »

Get that dubious camoran recipe in those 4 days is my biggest advice to any player.

You'll get fools trying to charge stupid and unfair amounts in a few months time for it

the recipes are not in the rewardlist on the homepage!!!!!

I would be incredibly pissed off if it wasnt.

Prospero_ESO · March 2018

Does anybody know if the Jesters crafting motif will be available ?

WhoSlappedThePie · March 2018

How do you get the dubious camoran recipe?

And is there anything else worth doing during the event (rather than leveling up)

Apache_Kid · March 2018

WhoSlappedThePie wrote: »

How do you get the dubious camoran recipe?

And is there anything else worth doing during the event (rather than leveling up)

you have to do the 3 quests located in stonefalls, auridon, and glenumbra, after doing each quest you'll get a reward box that has a small chance for the recipe.

WhoSlappedThePie · March 2018

Apache_Kid wrote: »

WhoSlappedThePie wrote: »

How do you get the dubious camoran recipe?

And is there anything else worth doing during the event (rather than leveling up)

you have to do the 3 quests located in stonefalls, auridon, and glenumbra, after doing each quest you'll get a reward box that has a small chance for the recipe.

OK, thanks

Datolite · March 2018

It's not very friendly to make it only available over Easter weekend. I'm basically gonna miss it.

Menelaos · March 2018

Apache_Kid wrote: »

It's absolutely mind-blowing that they have achievements locked behind an event and then run the event in a 4-day window on a holiday weekend. It's like they thought about it for 0 seconds.

That's because Zo$ thinks you are glued behind your flatscreen busily sucking in everything they throw at you, no matter how stupid it may look; including a weird festival over one of the iconic Christian and family holidays.

Ridiculou$

pod88kk · March 2018

There's going to be so many banners

jazsper77 · March 2018

The issue here is simple. A large amount of players want to HOARD the Dubious recipe and resell for a SMALL FORTUNE.
Let's not pretend it's anything other then that. It's 3 quick quests that can be done in 15min. Not a lot of time needed to complete.

Apache_Kid · March 2018

jazsper77 wrote: »

The issue here is simple. A large amount of players want to HOARD the Dubious recipe and resell for a SMALL FORTUNE.
Let's not pretend it's anything other then that. It's 3 quick quests that can be done in 15min. Not a lot of time needed to complete.

No it's more than that. I have quite a few friends who were all not playing during this event last year. They all need the recipe to learn. We were all going to do the quests and try and make sure they all ended up with a recipe for themselves. Now we only have 4 days to get everyone their recipe and someone will probably end up having to buy one for lots of gold. Your scenario didn't even take into account the players who don't yet know the recipe and want to get one without being price-gouged. This affects those players more than those who want to sell it

If anything, ZoS doing this will make the recipe even more rare and make the price go up even more.

This is about ZoS drastically shortening the length of one of their few events they do throughout the year and placing it during a weekend where the players want to travel and spend time with their family.

Feanor · March 2018

I'll not be able to play much of the event either due to Easter holidays and family stuff. Oh well, at least I have all the achievements and stuff from last year already.

Iarao · March 2018

Menelaos wrote: »

Apache_Kid wrote: »

It's absolutely mind-blowing that they have achievements locked behind an event and then run the event in a 4-day window on a holiday weekend. It's like they thought about it for 0 seconds.

That's because Zo$ thinks you are glued behind your flatscreen busily sucking in everything they throw at you, no matter how stupid it may look; including a weird festival over one of the iconic Christian and family holidays.

Ridiculou$

exactly why they scheduled it for this time.

Iarao · March 2018

mb10 wrote: »

Get that dubious camoran recipe in those 4 days is my biggest advice to any player.

You'll get fools trying to charge stupid and unfair amounts in a few months time for it

it's like any other rare drop. worth what someone will pay for it.

DaveMoeDee · March 2018

Mattock_Romulus wrote: »

Colecovision wrote: »

Juju_beans wrote: »

EvilAutoTech wrote: »

Due to serious health issues, I was not able to participate last year. This year the festival is only four days. Two of which are workdays and another is a holiday. Thursday, I will have a maximum of three hours of play time. Friday maybe four. I will get most of Saturday but Sunday I might not get any.

My opinion is that if it ends on Monday, it should have already started.

I was really looking forward to this but now I doubt I will be able to truly enjoy it.

There's only 3 daily quests here. Not like there's 8 hours of content.

But the recipe. 4 days means 12 boxes for anyone’s main if they can do it every day. For someone that can’t, maybe 6 boxes. For people with 1 - 3 total characters and scheduling issues, it’ll probably stay under 20 boxes. If you are a no lifer, there is plenty of time to get 96 or more boxes, but a lot of people will miss out on the big drops and achievements.

Welp, time to mark up my Dubious Cameron Throne recipe to 500k.... thanks Zos!!!

I don't think the price would go up during the event where it drops, increasing supply.

DaveMoeDee · March 2018

mb10 wrote: »

Get that dubious camoran recipe in those 4 days is my biggest advice to any player.

You'll get fools trying to charge stupid and unfair amounts in a few months time for it

A high price is not stupid if it sells. It is smart.

I have no idea why you think it would be unfair. People should always price items for what they can get for them.

SirrBacon · March 2018

I assume the Anniversary event will start right after Jester's fest ends. So hopefully that will be an additional 2 weeks or so of bonus xp.

carljokl · April 2018

I wasn't playing when the event ran last year as I was dealing with health and job hunting.

This year I did the event and managed to get everything. I wish the fireworks were a momento.

I only completed it because I didn't have holiday plans and spent pretty much my whole easter just playing the event. It took until either late Sunday or Monday before the Dubious Camoran Throne dropped. As such I only just managed it. If I had plans or was away I wouldn't have had any hope of completing in in the contained time.

That said it is over now so cannot be changed.