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New Life Festival 2023 Extension

ZOS_Kevin
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Hi Everyone! We wanted to give you a heads up that due to a scheduled maintenance for all megaservers on Wednesday, January 3rd, we are extending the New Life Festival. Normally, we would extend the event by one day to account for the maintenance, however we have also seen player requests asking for a longer event, inline with past New Life Festivals, so we have decided to extend the event by six days.

This will change the end date from Wednesday, January 3 at 10:00am ET to Tuesday, January 9 at 10:00am ET. Additionally, this increases the amount of earnable tickets from 42 to 60. These changes are now reflected in the New Life Festival blog post. Thanks so much and enjoy the extra days of the New Life Festival!
Edited by ZOS_Kevin on December 21, 2023 4:20PM
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    Wow. @ZOS_Kevin, what a WONDERFUL gesture from all of you at ZOS! You just made the rest of my year....

    Blessed be, all of you!
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    im sure many will appreciate the extension, though still seems unclear why it wasnt set like that initially lol
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    Thank you.
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    Well that was... unexpected. Unexpected but not unwelcome.

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    As one of the complainers in the original thread... Thank You!!
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    waow that is wonderful :3
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    Thank you!
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    Wow. Awesome! Thanks!
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  • ninibini
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    Awesome, thanks for keeping it the usual event length!
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    Thank you for the extension!
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    Thank you, ZOS! I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday time. :)
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    @ZOS_Kevin Also please be advised, January 9th is a Tuesday. Article says it’s a Wednesday. Sorry for the nitpick, just trying to avoid confusion down the line!
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    Tusen tack! Käre Kevin! :)
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  • ZOS_Kevin
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    @ZOS_Kevin Also please be advised, January 9th is a Tuesday. Article says it’s a Wednesday. Sorry for the nitpick, just trying to avoid confusion down the line!

    Thanks for this. We'll update that now.
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    Thanks for the quick action.
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  • Brightuatha
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    Thank you so much! It’s my favorite event!!
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    Fantastic! That makes the event match my annual leave for this year perfectly. I have 7 alt characters to level up, and this will definitely help. Cheers, @ZOS_Kevin ! <<cue clinking of a pair of Breda's bottomless mead mugs>>
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    Thank you!

    Merry Holidays to all <3

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    Thank you for the extension. Have a nice holiday :p
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    That’s a really great gesture and nice to see such a response to community requests and concerns!
    Happy holidays to all! :relaxed:
    Edited by Araneae6537 on December 18, 2023 10:24PM
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    Thanks for the update, and for the extension!
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    Thank you for the extension and the information! Huzzah!
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    My cynical side says this was a business move. To shorten the event, and if people noticed and made a fuss, it gave ZOS an opportunity to look good in the players’ eyes.

    But either way, idc. I’m just grateful it got extended.
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    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    Hi Everyone! We wanted to give you a heads up that due to a scheduled maintenance for all megaservers on Wednesday, January 3rd, we are extending the New Life Festival. Normally, we would extend the event by one day to account for the maintenance, however we have also seen player requests asking for a longer event, inline with past New Life Festivals, so we have decided to extend the event by six days.

    This will change the end date from Wednesday, January 3 at 10:00am ET to Tuesday, January 9 at 10:00am ET. Additionally, this increases the amount of earnable tickets from 42 to 60. These changes are now reflected in the New Life Festival blog post. Thanks so much and enjoy the extra days of the New Life Festival!

    Thank you!

    I really don't get why we needed this situation to begin with, but at least you worked with us. I'm especially happy to see some proactivity on recognizing that maintenance might impact the event.

    Hopefully next year doesn't require our rather emphatic requests to keep it at 20 days.
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    I believe the point of New Life being longer was to allow people at least some chance to *catch up* on past things they missed during the year.

    (Now I haven't actually missed anything but I know that other people have. I'll use the spare days to catch up on Indriks. Of course.)
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    It's really nice it's been extended so everyone will get a chance to participate.

    I hope in future they go back to having it start earlier in December, though. It's way more fun to do festive activities like this leading up to, and during, the holidays... after January 1st all my holiday cheer has been used up, haha.

    But I will still appreciate the double XP :)
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    Awesome! Thank you!
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  • smdalyb14_ESO
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    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    @ZOS_Kevin Also please be advised, January 9th is a Tuesday. Article says it’s a Wednesday. Sorry for the nitpick, just trying to avoid confusion down the line!

    Thanks for this. We'll update that now.

    Steam announcement still says "Wednesday, January 9, 2024" @ZOS_Kevin
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