Hi, will there be lotro winter festival like last year?
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Hi, will there be lotro winter festival like last year?
Yes there will be! I should have a date for you later this week.
Hello :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
What about the deed from last year that had rewards gated behind it? I think it was called The More the Merrier and had three tiers. Will our deeds get reset so we can't get the rewards on all our characters if we have many?
I finished the deed on a few characters last year and I was hoping to take care of a few more this year, and the rest the years after this, but if we have to redo it on the characters who already got the deed finished last year so they can get the new rewards, then it'll be impossible since I made a lot more characters since then :eek:
I really hope they get rid of this ridiculous gated deed thing or make the winter festival much longer then they did last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silmelin
I don't mind the gating as long as it never resets :) That way we won't have to redo it on all our characters every year just to get any new stuff that might be added behind the gated deed :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rosey21
It doesn't matter if the festival is longer, it will still be a huge huge grind to get everything on all your characters and having to do the same every year. The Yule Festival isn't like the others where you can just buy the stuff with tokens, so please Turbine, don't reset the deeds or never add any new things behind that gating. I love festival stuff but after last Yule Festival I got so burned out that I didn't log in for a couple of months or so, and I usually play every day.
By having it longer, people have more time to get the deeds done. Last year we only had 2 weeks. Then given it's over holiday time, makes it difficult for many to do the festival. So yeah it does matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silmelin
Not for me :) I have so many characters now, and even though I didn't have a lot last year I had to spend the whole day every day questing until bedtime to be able to finish their deeds. I mean, the days still won't get more hours than the 24 that they have now and since the quests are daily quests, you'd have to double the amount of festival time to be able to finish a bunch of characters and then start on some more. Because the hours of the day won't be enough to grind the deeds on all characters simultaneously if you have many. And to have to do it all again every year, well, that's no fun at all :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by rosey21
Festivals are something I spend a lot of time at, they're one of my favourite things to do in LOTRO, but I really hope we will only have to finish that deed once per character, or that no new rewards will be gated behind it.
Drat. Has the repetitive auto-bestowed festival invite bug been fixed yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
They already changed the auto-bestowed quests for the treasure hunt and for West-Rohan, so there is reason to hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by whheydt
previously:
original version:accept quest, turn in => you get ported to the area
actual version: accept quest, turn in => you have a map in your inventory. If you use it or not is up to you.
So you only have to accept/turn in the quest once, then you can destroy the map if you want to.
And now I have news.
The Yule Festival will start on December 18th. The last day of the Festival will be January 14th.
Semi-related...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
Can we expect 12.1 at the same time, or do the servers even have to go down to start festivals? I can't remember right off hand for previous ones, but would make sense to do both at the same downtime time instead of a few days apart.
Our current plan is for it to be before the festival. Some of the updates impact the festival. But I wouldn't say it's going to be much before the festival. We don't need downtime to start or stop most festivals.Quote:
Originally Posted by LethalLethality
I can say that 12.1 is going to be quite large. A lot of things being addressed.
Cool, thanks for the quick reply. :D Looking forward to both!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
Thanks for the update Sapience. Here is a link in another thread where i listed some issues. https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...37#post7026037Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
I really hope some of those issues are on the list to be fixed in 12.1
I really hoped you put in bug reports. Forum posts aren't bug reports and aren't treated as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gagmuk
Will the festival tickets we have left over from last year still be usable this year?
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Originally Posted by Sapience
hehe, take it ya just skimmed my post. At end of it, it says i filed a /bug report for everything. :-)
I did not /bug the emerald shard drop rate as that is not an actual bug. unless ya think it would be a good iea?
Can always file it as a 'suggestion' bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gagmuk
And yes, I'm guilty of sometimes skimming posts to try and cover as many as possible.
Can you comment on why the in game bug reporting tool doesn't work for me? I brought it up in the bug reporting tool sticky, but haven't heard anything about it, yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
I spoke with QA and they suggested you should contact tech support. Usually this is a browser related issue. Unless you're going to say you have a Mac, in which case the tool seems to not like any browser on a Mac.Quote:
Originally Posted by LethalLethality
Win 7 Home Premium 64 Bit. It's just a black screen upon click preview or submit when using the IG tool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
I'll bring it up there then. Didn't want to start a thread or ticket if it was an easy fix.
So happy to hear it will be longer this year. Thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
Thank you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapience
with 12.1 coming before Yule Fest will it be addressing the WarSteed buff/debuff that has been with the festival horse races since ROR went live last year? As it stands the races are almost too easy, for not having to worry about the hazards on the courses, being the race mounts are unaffected by them now!
Races are not easy for everyone. There are times when I fail the race.Quote:
Originally Posted by UnoMuyLoco77
Mine have carried over in past years, so they probably will this year as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by ShireDweller
Sapience what can you tell us about Winter Festival this year?
Any new events or cosmetics because Festivals have the best chance of getting me back online but only if there's a reason.
I enjoyed last year's as much work as it was, I really hope it's expanded on since the last few festivals I've taken part in have been lacklustre.
I'm wondering this as well, since a year ago Turbine said the new Festival Token currency would be the only festival currency going forward, but it still isn't. They swept that under the rug, perhaps thinking people would just forget about it. Honestly it wouldn't surprise me at all if they decided to go back to the old Yule Festival tokens, and stayed completely silent on the forums when people come on here outraged and demanding to know why last year's currency is still useless.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShireDweller
Yule festival is without a doubt my fave festival, I've been looking forward to it all year. I just hope there are more quests and prizes. And it's extended even further past it's end date.
I'll enjoy getting drunk in and out game and running past that dead hobbit. It's so nice to see loads of people playing in frostbluff unlike the main game where I see one person everyother hour. (Eldar)
Please have more/ new deeds, I did them ALL last year. If my toon was real they would of died from drink and work overdose.
Looking forward to playing Yule Fest. It is my favorite Festival of all. I started playing LOTRO about the time of Yule Fest and have always held a special place for it in my heart. I had also just moved to Germany and it was a vivid experience for me, everything was. Just wanted to say thank you Sapience for answering all the questions we throw at you, in such a kind manner.
As for those horse races...to whomever stated it was "too easy" ....lucky you, because I happen to fail on a regular basis. Good day all....blessings from this hunter for your holiday season.
Ok we are a few hours into the 18th where is the festival I slept early in the day and i am here waiting with my wife. Like always no info no nothing just no Yule to be seen I should have started 3.5 hour ago come on and start the thing already. Whats the problem someone forget to throw the switch :-(
Might be because it's not yet 7 am in Boston.
it is now tho right, i'm waiting too.
Yule (jul in modern Swedish, joulu in Finnish, and for some very odd reason christmas in English - might have to do with some foreign religion that has been forced upon the inhabitants of the "isles") is this year on 21 of December at 18:11 (6:11 pm) UTC.
So we are closing up ... will Turbine make it in time? Nothing yet as I can see (18th of December @ 7:41 am EST).
The Yule Festival will start today at any moment! https://www.lotro.com/forums/calenda...2013-12-18&c=1 :cool: