Is there an end date for the Writhing Wall Event?

SilverBride · 4:42AM

Is there an end date for the Writhing Wall Event? The Golden Pursuit has 17 days left. Is this when we are expected to have the wall down? Or could this continue for weeks more?

cozmic72 · 4:58AM

Can’t end soon enough.

Everdeen · 4:59AM

Yea, cant end soon enough. If the developers think this is fun, i dont have any hope for the future...

SilverBride · 5:01AM

I agree. I was just hoping that there is a set end date and that this won't continue much longer.

The longer this goes on, the more frustration I feel. I have absolutely zero desire to do a single one of these quests ever again. I just can't bring myself to do it.

I wish they would take note of the almost exclusive negative feedback and do something... anything... to make this end.

Minnesinger · 5:15AM

There is a positive side that the quests are fast to do. This way I have been able to level up subclasses that I do not normally use in any content. The wall progresss is just very slow and there is not much new and becomes a repetitive grind.

Treeshka · 6:42AM

Current Golden Pursuit has tasks to do in last Phase, so i am guessing Golden Pursuit's end date, will be the end date of the event in worst case scenario.

RebornV3x · 6:47AM

I honestly don't even care anymore if the wall comes down or not. In the back of my mind I lowkey wish the wall stayed up forever it would be funny and embarrassing for ZOS

iKillElves4Septims · 7:15AM

We're looking at one more week of phase 2. Let the snoozefest continue.

redlink1979 · 9:02AM

Phase 3 ends at the end of the month, 26th Nov, according to GP math.

Syldras · 10:03AM

SilverBride wrote: »

I wish they would take note of the almost exclusive negative feedback and do something... anything... to make this end.

It would be wise at least, to react to the criticism in any way. No reaction makes it look like what the customers want doesn't matter. Which certainly doesn't help selling the 2026 content.

Danikat · 10:25AM

Phase 2 can't end until consoles get Update 48 (on the 12th) because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get Phase 3. Phase 3 will last for 7 days after it starts, so the earliest the event could end is the 19th.

I suspect ZOS wouldn't want Phase 2 to end immediately after the update, both because that would look too convenient, and because they'll want some time to fix issues with the base game update before they need to focus on issues with the event, especially since 7 days doesn't give them much time to fix it.

Technically it runs for 7 days from when the Writing Fortress is first completed, but from what people on the PTS said that's simple enough that the only delay will be loading in and moving through it, so the first clear is expected to be within an hour of Phase 3 starting, unless there's a truly game-breaking bug - one which makes it impossible to complete.

My guess is Phase 2 is scheduled for around 2.5 weeks, same as Phase 1, which will bring us up to the 19th, then Phase 3 will run until the 26th, or 27th depending on your time zone, so it'll end shortly before the Golden Pursuit does. (Maybe they'll add another day so the Golden Pursuit ends first, to ensure people who are just relying on that timer don't get caught out.)

And yes, hypothetically the event is totally 100% based on player participation and so if that drops too much one or more servers could end up falling behind and the event could drag on much longer for them (there is no way for it to fail, only slow/stall) but whether you believe that or not the progress bars indicate we're going to finish it shortly before Update 48 for consoles, and could actually have finished sooner if ZOS didn't manually adjust progress during Phase 1.

liliub17_ESO · 2:57PM

The Roadmap says the end of the event "TBD".

The blog states

"Unlike the other phases, which last a variable length of time depending on player successes and mobilization, the third phase lasts one week from when the Writhing Fortress is first completed on a given server, bringing the event to a close after that period. "

(emphasis mine)

Of course, there's also this: "Daedric War Celebration (November 20-December 2)".

So we'll have dual events going again. See you in Vvardenfell!

This_0ne · 3:55PM

It doesn't matter at all. The content for the second part of Solstice has already been uploaded to the live servers. So, the wall-breaking could take at least another year until we farm for it or until the ZOS get tired of laughing at us and start showing at least a little respect for their players.