LOTRO Events Schedule

[FoxFire]

I know this is a bit early to ask, but what are the odds we'll get a Spring Festival encore?

Just trying to plan out how many tokens I need to earn per day in order to get all the cool things I'd like to get for my main and my alts.

[Mar-Evayave]

Any idea when the events schedule will be updated next? It was last updated through the end of March and we're almost halfway through April. Been hoping to find out if we'll have another VIP weekend.

[Cordovan]

Any idea when the events schedule will be updated next? It was last updated through the end of March and we're almost halfway through April. Been hoping to find out if we'll have another VIP weekend.

I've been too busy to get to this, but there are a few more things to add. Will try to get to it this week.

[Derquin]

Good to hear that the schedule will be updated soon.

I know this is a bit early to ask, but what are the odds we'll get a Spring Festival encore?

Just trying to plan out how many tokens I need to earn per day in order to get all the cool things I'd like to get for my main and my alts.

With more than the typical RL chaos over the last few weeks and the Festival Stomping Ground being overrun even at nights I could do with a Spring Festival encore. Please consider upgrading the token rewards for other festival activities to give an alternative to the stomping.

[Shadowvisitodir]

Any idea when the events schedule will be updated next? It was last updated through the end of March and we're almost halfway through April. Been hoping to find out if we'll have another VIP weekend.

At this time schedule is still going (today start +25% extra exp(unfortunately for me)) but for a week, I think we need update. Personally I hope for Anniversary and Summer Fest encores (no for Spring) Second my hope we be know about encores b4 half main part these events

[Mar-Evayave]

I've been too busy to get to this, but there are a few more things to add. Will try to get to it this week.

Thank you!

[Cordovan]

The LOTRO Events Schedule has been updated. We would also say that we're tentatively planning to add a Spring Festival Encore due to community interest, probably after the anniversary event but before the summer festival, exact time/date TBA.

[Mar-Evayave]

Thanks for updating the schedule! I love the timing of the VIP boost. I can take Thursday and Friday off and push my chars through Mordor over the holiday weekend.

[Derquin]

Thanks for the update and the info about upcoming encores.

Hope you can slow down a bit for the coming weekend.

[BinaryTertiary]

The LOTRO Events Schedule has been updated. We would also say that we're tentatively planning to add a Spring Festival Encore due to community interest, probably after the anniversary event but before the summer festival, exact time/date TBA.

So when mediocre casuals ask for completely irrelevant festivals you provide them, but when raiding community express interest for scaled 115lvl Rift you promised in the lotro stream there's not a single word about it in the Patch Notes.
Can you stop favoring people who spend time roleplaying pumpkin in the Shire and focus on fixing and developing things that ACTUALLY matter (PvP, challenging end game instances, class balance, lag, 64-bit client)?

[Bohdb]

So when mediocre casuals ask for completely irrelevant festivals you provide them, but when raiding community express interest for scaled 115lvl Rift you promised in the lotro stream there's not a single word about it in the Patch Notes.
Can you stop favoring people who spend time roleplaying pumpkin in the Shire and focus on fixing and developing things that ACTUALLY matter (PvP, challenging end game instances, class balance, lag, 64-bit client)?

Extending festivals and giving encores are relatively easy to do more of a matter of just changing start and stop dates. I believe they said before one of the issues on scaling Rift and older stuff is that those who wrote the original code no longer work at the company and messing with it in some ways could ruin the code. Fixing bugs, working new areas, fixing classes and so forth take time and it all can't be done at once. There was talk about upcoming things a week or two ago, if you look at Youtube you can find the video. Not everything can be fixed right away. Takes time to do it and resources, turning a festival on takes little time.

Oh and the 64 bit client is most likely not in any kind of near future. They would have to either divert the programers away from any other kind of work or just put it on the back burner. You cannot get both at the same time.

[Cenifh]

Thank you so much for this!

[FoxFire]

Encore advocate here!

Festival junkies and the time limited alike thank you.

[FoxFire]

Thank you so much for this!

LOL. Awesome. I only just read the earlier post that explains this thank you.

[Cordovan]

So when mediocre casuals ask for completely irrelevant festivals you provide them, but when raiding community express interest for scaled 115lvl Rift you promised in the lotro stream there's not a single word about it in the Patch Notes.
Can you stop favoring people who spend time roleplaying pumpkin in the Shire and focus on fixing and developing things that ACTUALLY matter (PvP, challenging end game instances, class balance, lag, 64-bit client)?

To be fair, adding an encore to our events schedule is much easier to do than extensive development work to scale a raid, and doesn't actually involve anyone from the development team to do the work. I don't recall us "promising" a scaled raid, either. It's a cool idea, but not something I am aware of us intending to do any time soon.

[sahanto]

To be fair, adding an encore to our events schedule is much easier to do than extensive development work to scale a raid, and doesn't actually involve anyone from the development team to do the work. I don't recall us "promising" a scaled raid, either. It's a cool idea, but not something I am aware of us intending to do any time soon.

Cord he is mostly referring to lotro's favoritism towards casual player. That's definitely whats coming off when ssg chooses to respond to mostly role playing forums instead of REAL issues like the dwindling raiding community because of the massive lack of instance content.
I just hope the ssg team realizes that by answering mostly role play questions it makes the team come off as bias and the raiders feel like casuals are getting favoritism, this creates a war between casuals and raiders. This has basically happened already since us raiders are getting the impression that u dont care about us.

[Mar-Evayave]

But responding to raiding forums exclusively would definitely not make it appear like favoritism towards raiders. Because of course there is absolutely nothing more important than raiding -- its the only real type of gameplay that exists.

Didn't Cord just say that responding to stuff like festivals and roleplay stuff require little to no dev xp? Easy things almost always get done. Has nothing to do with favoritism.

[istvana]

This just in - you can make valid points without being nasty and disposing anyone who still is willing to listen towards the opposing perspective.

Calling persons with a different perspective "mediocre casuals" rather than "casuals" just closes ears and does not enhance your argument. Likewise saying your issues are "real" but by implication other people's issues are not real just closes ears. Granted most ears are already long since closed this deep into any thread.

I view myself as somewhat neutral. I rarely raid but I play quite a bit more than the typical "casual" and I recognize the value of keeping raiders playing LOTRO.

And I know the "casuals" have made similar comments about raiders over the last 10 pages and deserve a slap on the wrist for them too but this is what I see looking at the last page for what is new in the discussion.

[sahanto]

But responding to raiding forums exclusively would definitely not make it appear like favoritism towards raiders. Because of course there is absolutely nothing more important than raiding -- its the only real type of gameplay that exists.

Didn't Cord just say that responding to stuff like festivals and roleplay stuff require little to no dev xp? Easy things almost always get done. Has nothing to do with favoritism.

The thing is theyre not. They are not responding to raiding forums at all even when they are discussing very serious subjects like the fact that helms deep is happening again. (Serious lack of content)

Cord idk if your reading this but everyone in the raiding community currently things that YOU only care about casuals. We feel unrepresented and attacked by the ssg devs -------https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?663465-Trade-channel-b

And mar i want you to go to the dev tracker folder, look through it. There has been more then 6-7 forums about raiding yet the responses are exclusively about festivals and fiddles.

[Wanderv]

The thing is theyre not. They are not responding to raiding forums at all even when they are discussing very serious subjects like the fact that helms deep is happening again. (Serious lack of content)

Cord idk if your reading this but everyone in the raiding community currently things that YOU only care about casuals. We feel unrepresented and attacked by the ssg devs -------https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?663465-Trade-channel-b

And mar i want you to go to the dev tracker folder, look through it. There has been more then 6-7 forums about raiding yet the responses are exclusively about festivals and fiddles.

Yeah SSG hates raiders that's why they make multiboss raid just 4 months ago and will make another small raid this autumn. What an incredible hatred!!!111

To be serious. Don't you think that devs talk much about festivals because huge one is incoming? No? Obviously no. Raiders are the most elitist, arrogant and egocentric game audience, they think only about themselves and often be rude to other players.

[Mar-Evayave]

The thing is theyre not. They are not responding to raiding forums at all even when they are discussing very serious subjects like the fact that helms deep is happening again. (Serious lack of content)

Cord idk if your reading this but everyone in the raiding community currently things that YOU only care about casuals. We feel unrepresented and attacked by the ssg devs -------https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?663465-Trade-channel-b

And mar i want you to go to the dev tracker folder, look through it. There has been more then 6-7 forums about raiding yet the responses are exclusively about festivals and fiddles.

Wanderv summed my thoughts up pretty well. I used to be a raider but i feel a little dirty by association...

[sahanto]

Yeah SSG hates raiders that's why they make multiboss raid just 4 months ago and will make another small raid this autumn. What an incredible hatred!!!111

To be serious. Don't you think that devs talk much about festivals because huge one is incoming? No? Obviously no. Raiders are the most elitist, arrogant and egocentric game audience, they think only about themselves and often be rude to other players.

Told you bro, because of ssgs favoritism we hate yall thats why we're so rude and arrogant towards yall. Yes, they love us. Thats why they: ignore our questions and concerns, Ban us when we talk about major issues and shady things they are doing, and decide to make quest pack for yall and leave the raiders for a full year with 1 3 boss raid that can be done in less then 2 hours. (Btw no one believes theyre gonna drop another raid in autumn, they're prolly gonna push it to like January)

[Ebyl]

Here's another vote for a Spring Festival encore.

[Mar-Evayave]

Told you bro, because of ssgs favoritism we hate yall thats why we're so rude and arrogant towards yall. Yes, they love us. Thats why they: ignore our questions and concerns, Ban us when we talk about major issues and shady things they are doing, and decide to make quest pack for yall and leave the raiders for a full year with 1 3 boss raid that can be done in less then 2 hours. (Btw no one believes theyre gonna drop another raid in autumn, they're prolly gonna push it to like January)

I can't even take you seriously anymore... lol

[sahanto]

I can't even take you seriously anymore... lol

I never took you seriously