Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Yeah...this quarter has been weird. First quarter was all laid out, as was the second quarter. I don't know that not having MYM threw them off, since they just replaced it with an encore of DB/TG event. Maybe they're considering whether they can go ahead with MYM sometime in Q4 and are thus trying to determine what events to have as the final for the third quarter and the ones for the fourth quarter.

So far, the only events that have been put on the PTS recently that haven't yet occurred are Witches, Undaunted, and New Life (which is available for testing this week). We haven't yet had the CWC anniversary event this year. There are also potential anniversaries for Summerset and Murkmire. I don't think they'll do Summerfall again, since that was a promotional event to sell the SS chapter, but they could give it the anniversary treatment with double drops from dailies and the trial, with tickets awarded from the first daily completed. They could also hold MYM, but we did actually have that event earlier this year as an encore, so I'd rather have some of the anniversary events that still haven't happened.

I did notice that they are awarding 2 tickets for the first New Life daily completed each day, vs. the 1 ticket from last year, so maybe that event will offer 2 berries plus the Indrik pet, instead of the final berry/pet. It sure would be nice to know what ZOS' plans are for the remaining Onyx berry/pet and the Pure Snow berries/pet. I'm still doing ok for feathers, as I have 3 of the 4 required for the Pure Snow and all 3 of the Onyx berries that have been available. But, it might be that I'll come up short if I want to get feathers for a 5th nascent (since I skipped the IC event).

Sylvermynx wrote: »

@Starlock - you are of course entitled to your opinion. So however am I, and also I'm perfectly happy to spend RL money on my hobby, which is this game.

I gave the yellow indrik a miss as I thought it ugly. I want the onyx and the white ones. I didn't like any of the Q3 events so far, no telling about the 4th (if there is one even....) so I'm quite enjoying being able to get the tickets another way. I will likely be able to get all the tickets Q4 through events, and I'm very glad ZOS gave me and others with issues getting tickets for whatever reason another option.

I will continue to buy as I see fit, because I'm really having fun in this game. I will also continue to sub for two accounts.

Each to her own.

Starlock wrote: »

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I just need to know what it's going to be so I know whether I'll be eventing for tickets or buying them outright for the 4th berry. *sigh*

This here is the reason why events were transformed from good spirited fun celebrations to a classic example of predatory microtransaction schemes. Not to pick on you, but you're being exploited by the design of these. Don't give them the pleasure, much less your money. And for the record, I fell for it too until I recognized exactly what was going on:

Step 1 - introduce a fun, community event with no strings attached to acclimate the community to them
Step 2 - introduce event-based currency that can only be earned by participating in the event; attach limited time rewards to the event that can only be purchased with the event-based currency
Step 3 - offer the limited time currency in the cash shop and cap the amount of event-based currency that can be held to force many players into the cash shop in order to complete collections or bypass deliberately designed grinds (because "convenience")
Step 4 - make future events and their prizes as convoluted and opaque as possible to confuse the buyer and frustrate them into just buying even more of the currency in your cash shop (because "convenience")
Step 5 - profit by the hundreds of thousands of dollars from your masterfully designed racket and laugh as players are mostly oblivious to the fact that you're deliberately exploiting them

The_Saint wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

heaven13 wrote: »

Edaphon wrote: »

Kiyakotari wrote: »

Mr_Walker wrote: »

Undaunted event will be fun.

Hey, totally unrelated question, is the group finder still stuffed?

Yup! And even better, the "port to FG1" way of handling the horror of queuing for a random on, say, your level 46 and ending up in some place like March of Sacrifices when you have half a dozen OTHER randoms you still need to run that day for the event no longer works.

It's also no longer necessary. You don't need to complete a random quest anymore, you just need to kill the last boss.

If you want to you can just enter FG 1 solo to get your tickets.

There's a difference here. For tickets you only needed to kill the final boss of any dungeon meaning soloing Fungal Grotto was fine. If you wanted mysterious boxes that had the extra goodies in them, you had to use dungeon finder for a random.

They should just reward the boxes for doing pledges instead of random dailies.

They will. Look at the Patch Notes. Just final Boss, no rnd daily needed

...
-Defeating the final boss of any dungeon will award an Undaunted Event Reward Box. If it’s your first dungeon boss of the day, you’ll also get an Exceptional Reward box with even more rewards.
...
During the event, you can earn three Event Tickets once per day, per account, by defeating the final boss of any Dungeon (Normal or Veteran). These can be traded for special items at the Event Merchant (the Impresario).
...

RexyCat wrote: »

In last event you had only 2 tickets a day, now it is 3 tickets?
//RexyCat

ZOS_KaiSchober wrote: »

Die vierte Beere kommt mit dem Event nächste Woche, mehr Infos gibt es in Kürze.

Erst danach beginnen die "echten" Events des vierten Quartals und das Beerensammeln geht von vorne los.

ZOS_KaiSchober wrote: »

Dunkelelfe wrote: »

Warum werden aus denn Events so ein Geheimnis gemacht und erst kurz vor knapp angekündigt? Ich würd mir ja eine frühere Info wünschen

Weil das kommende Event Teil etwas von etwas Größerem ist ... aber pssst.

Die anderen Events sind nicht so geheimnisvoll, sie werden zum Teil auf dem PTS getestet. Z.B die Feierlichkeiten der Unerschrockenen oder diese Woche das Neujahrsfest. Es ist auch kein Geheimnis, dass das Hexenfest zurückkehrt.
Und für die letzten beiden kann man mit einem Blick auf den Kalendar auch erkennen, wann sie ungefähr stattfinden.

Jolipinator wrote: »

Something bigger? Interesting. People on the PTS said there are new collectibles for a Murkmire event, but Q4 seems to already be full with:

Witches Festival
Dungeon event
Clockwork City
New Life Festival

So what could they mean about something bigger? I would assume it's the datamined Elsweyr event, but the Summerfall event wasn't much of an event, just going to several locations on Summerset, and expecting people to own the latest chapter to earn tickets isn't very reasonable.

Maybe Murkmire and CWC will be combined into one event like Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood? Every dlc can't have a solo event or they will run out of space fast. I have no clue anymore.

The_Saint wrote: »

Next week next event start with the 4th berry

ZOS_KaiSchober wrote: »

Die vierte Beere kommt mit dem Event nächste Woche, mehr Infos gibt es in Kürze.

Erst danach beginnen die "echten" Events des vierten Quartals und das Beerensammeln geht von vorne los.

google

The fourth berry comes with the event next week, more information is coming soon.

Only then will the "real" events of the fourth quarter begin and berry picking will start again.

and

ZOS_KaiSchober wrote: »

Dunkelelfe wrote: »

Warum werden aus denn Events so ein Geheimnis gemacht und erst kurz vor knapp angekündigt? Ich würd mir ja eine frühere Info wünschen

Weil das kommende Event Teil etwas von etwas Größerem ist ... aber pssst.

Die anderen Events sind nicht so geheimnisvoll, sie werden zum Teil auf dem PTS getestet. Z.B die Feierlichkeiten der Unerschrockenen oder diese Woche das Neujahrsfest. Es ist auch kein Geheimnis, dass das Hexenfest zurückkehrt.
Und für die letzten beiden kann man mit einem Blick auf den Kalendar auch erkennen, wann sie ungefähr stattfinden.

Question: Why are events made such a secret and announced shortly before?

Kai:
Because the upcoming event is part of something bigger ... but pssst.

The other events are not that mysterious, they are partly tested on the PTS. For example, the celebrations of the intrepid or this week the New Year. It is also no secret that the witches party returns.
And for the last two, you can also tell when they are about to take place with a look at the calendar.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

The_Saint wrote: »

Maybe an Elsweyr event like (last year's) Summerset one
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/489440/elsweyr-event-datamined-possible-character-spoiler-speculation and maybe tickets for killing dragons or something else

Datamined by those Russian hackers again, so subject to change (no official info yet) and an extreme speculation warning, with original text edited a bit for clarity:

@TonyRockaroni wrote on August 14: "[The last Q3 event will actually start next week (early October). It is the] Dragon Rise event, similar to last year's Summerfall - but dedicated to the Elsweyr chapter.
The essence of the event will remain the same: we ["enough" community members] have to fulfill the achievement “Elsweyr Pathfinder” - that is, to visit all the remarkable places in this region. The rewards (ten gifts of Nafaalilargus with various items, a pet - a green demon dragon, a suit of a grim reaper, as well as a pile of dragon treasure[furnishing]) will be unlocked in stages, depending on how many players receive the achievement.
Progress can be tracked on the official website, and all players who have purchased the Elsweyr head will be able to pick up what they deserve, regardless of their personal contribution. More details are expected closer to the start of the event.
Interestingly, the apparent name of these rewards: "The Ten Gifts of Nafaalilargus". For all the Elder Scrolls lore buffs out there, you may recognize that name as a dragon from the game Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. Nafaalilargus, for those of you who don't know, is a dragon who later aligns himself with Tiber Septim, and isn't "slain" until 2E 864. And since ESO takes place around 2E 582, Nafaalilargus is still alive. So what I'm wondering is does this mean we'll see Nafaalilargus and he'll aid us against the other dragons? Or, since this is purely speculation, is this just a fun little one-off lore reference? We shall find out soon enough!"