witchdoctor wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I want fewer events in 2020.

I think one event in between quarterly releases is more than enough. Too much, like the schedule we had this year could be exhausting to those people who did want to participate in the events.
There would be less pressure, though, if we were assured the events would come again on a regular schedule, like in SWTOR. But I guess the keep-em-guessing factor is the marketing plan to keep people frantic with scarcity mentality.

SantieClaws wrote: »

Saying that as this one has done these quests since Brenda first set up her mead tent she does not do them perhaps as much as she first did.

Haha - I chose to call her Brenda, too, mainly because 'Return to Sender' kept popping into my head after completing a task.

This is my first year of ESO and I've been assiduous in partaking in all the events' daily tasks, ticket- and collectible-collecting since I started playing, halfway through the Jubilee Celebration (when I didn't have a clue what was going on)... until this one.

It didn't feel particularly festive to me, it was just another ESO event. On top of that, I found Brenda's daily tasks very boring and, eventually, arduous, so I cut them down to one a day, just to get the event tickets.

I also found that the writs (I got half of my Skaal stuff and the 12-New Life Writs award through them) consumed an obscene amount of Heartwood that I just wasn't prepared to sacrifice. I suppose that ridiculous expense was a reflection of the true meaning of Christmas, though.

One question, though... what am I supposed to do with all the Runeboxes? Are they just worthless now if they're already in my collection? (I have the same question about other event things like the Jubilee Cake ticket and also quest starter letters - they're all hanging around in my inventories... not talking about mementos, just the guff that clogs up the inventory.)

The sheer plenitude of guff from this event was something else that convinced me to slow down with it.

Over the last 12 months we’ve had 16+ Events, which is a lot and certainly felt like it at times. And all for a bunch of rather crappy Indriks....

Some were genuinely fun, I was actually glad that Witches was extended (due to the inevitable PC EU systems crash) and it felt as though it should always have been 14 days. I did more group arenas then than in the rest of the year combined. The double XP meant I could take 2 characters from 0 - 50 relatively quickly.

Some felt as if they had overstayed their welcome. The 5 week Anniversary Event ended up feeling way too long and bloated, especially as it topped a first quarter stuffed full of other Events.

Some were just bad. The continued failure of the Group Finder meant both Midyear Mayhem and Undaunted were tedious disasterfests that reinforced the feeling that little care and attention is going into the running of the game.

What I like about events
- they pull lots of people into the same content. So Wrothgar World Bosses become doable to get your ‘do 30 of them’ achievement, or many people want to do ICP or Blackrose Prison, and many people will be trying these for the first time
- they’re generally good natured and positive
- Double XP
- They’re slightly frivolous, which is good because we can all be a little po-faced about the game sometimes
- Some of the rewards are useful and fun
- ZOS have put in a (minimal) amount of effort addressing choke points (esp quest related node spawning) which made some quests annoying PvP resource battles

What I don’t like about events
- After playing for a year they are boring and repetitive. There is a fig leaf of new stuff (a recipe!, a motif!) tacked on, with the ‘Charity Writ’ being the latest lame idea (an idea so past its prime that New Life now has 2 sets of Charity Writs), but essentially we could all tell you exactly how the next ‘no effort spent’ Jester’s Festival will go and what the 3 tedious tasks will be right now. That’s a real recipe for no fun at all.
- There are too many. If everything is an Event and special, then ultimately nothing is special.
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- Indriks, I don’t like them at all
- Non-stacking, bag blocking rewards are offensive
- The Nord Bathers Towel is so low res it almost feels like an antique. It also dyes very badly. Again no effort has been spent to improve something that could have a big, fun impact.

On balance, I’d like to see fewer, better thought out and implemented events in 2020. With more thought going into improving and updating the event elements, rewards and achievements

And no bloody Indriks thanks.

Edit for profanity and bashing.

FierceSam wrote: »

And no bloody Indriks thanks.

Actually, a Bloody Indrik is a great idea – especially if it spurts when you kick it into sprint.

GenjiraX wrote: »

FierceSam wrote: »

And no bloody Indriks thanks.

Actually, a Bloody Indrik is a great idea – especially if it spurts when you kick it into sprint.

LOL

Or better still, flops on the ground dead when you try to mount it.