Turbine Staff, Please Extend the Summer Festival! :)

[Sapience]

Do we have an official announcement for a new end time yet? Several people in /glff /regional are asking if today's the last day =)

Scroll up to the post made 6 minutes earlier.

[RavnDottir]

Just confirmed and I'll post it officially in a few minutes, but we're extending the festival through Monday. We are also going to increase the drop rate of loot boxes this weekend from Friday through Sunday. So even if you aren't interested in festivals, you might score some extra loot boxes.

YAY!!!!

Thank you!

*hugs*

[Crell_1]

..Suddenly I'm wishing for a 'New Actitivty in thread' style plugin. It'd be nice to know a thread has been updated right before submitting our reply. (We might need to put the activity review on the top of the 'reply to thread' to make it more natural)

Just confirmed and I'll post it officially in a few minutes, but we're extending the festival through Monday. We are also going to increase the drop rate of loot boxes this weekend from Friday through Sunday. So even if you aren't interested in festivals, you might score some extra loot boxes.

Will you also be increasing the rate of 'keys' by an equivalent amount?

[Silmelin]

Just confirmed and I'll post it officially in a few minutes, but we're extending the festival through Monday. We are also going to increase the drop rate of loot boxes this weekend from Friday through Sunday. So even if you aren't interested in festivals, you might score some extra loot boxes.

Wohoo! Thanks a million!

[Angadan]

Just confirmed and I'll post it officially in a few minutes, but we're extending the festival through Monday. We are also going to increase the drop rate of loot boxes this weekend from Friday through Sunday. So even if you aren't interested in festivals, you might score some extra loot boxes.

Thanks very much, Sapience and Turbine Team!

[Gladr]

...We are also going to increase the drop rate of loot boxes this weekend from Friday through Sunday. So even if you aren't interested in festivals, you might score some extra loot boxes.

And all the complaints die.

[Finduilas88]

And all the complaints die.

{snerk} As if. Trust me, someone always finds something to complain about.

But not me this time. Thanks, Sapience, that'll give me chance to put some more levels on my 41ish hunter before I try to deliver a brew to Hrimbarg.

[Ellieni]

Thanks Sapience, you've made one player very happy : D

[Rainith]

Will you also be increasing the rate of 'keys' by an equivalent amount?

Don't know about that but make sure you get the free sample from the store before this weekend (Free key use code "KEY88" IIRC).

[Gaming_Gal]

Thank you for the extension.

I'll pass the word around as I can in game.

[TopcatNZ]

Good going Sapience, and well thought out. I liked the weekend call.

[Mirarian]

I never get those popups when leveling. Only once on the first day of the festival, and then once after every server restart

This is how it works. I have been leveling a new character this festival. It is NOT every level. It is once at the beginning of the festival or first login after leaving the starting area or after a server restart.

You can just let the popup expire and avoid even the mouse clicks. It vanishes in a few minutes.

[Crell_1]

This is how it works. I have been leveling a new character this festival. It is NOT every level. It is once at the beginning of the festival or first login after leaving the starting area or after a server restart.

It appears to only happen on some level ups in addition. It may be based on specific level, OR it may simply be a matter of server-load.

I can also attest that I've had to cancel it multiple times in a given leveling session.

[TarquinBlackwood]

Thank you LOTRO Staff and Sapience for attending this first thing.


Kindest Regards

[Vexendynamus]

Thank you to Sapience and the rest of the Turbine staff for extending the Summer Festival. I lost about half a day to login problems but the extension already made up for that. The ability to complete a few more festival deeds is much appreciated.

[Sapience]

Thank you to Sapience and the rest of the Turbine staff for extending the Summer Festival. I lost about half a day to login problems but the extension already made up for that. The ability to complete a few more festival deeds is much appreciated.

I think there are also summerfest tokens in the lottery at the moment.

[Ardineck]

I wanted to say thanks for the extension to Turbine, since I had requested it in a thread on the temporary forums. I WOULD have liked it for at least another week (because fishing doesn't just waste time, it requires it through the timer, the percentages of the fish to trash (even with a fishing rating of over 200 with the Rohirric Fishing Rod), the time it takes for the animation and the catch, the time required to ride to all locations, and the time waiting for another round of fishing. It also seems like it's not related to the lack of new content on the horizon or the problems inherent in the structure of this festival, but for the outages.

Still, I'll take what I can get. Thanks to whomever championed this in house.

[Eartholloth]

I wanted to say thanks for the extension to Turbine, since I had requested it in a thread on the temporary forums. I WOULD have liked it for at least another week (because fishing doesn't just waste time, it requires it through the timer, the percentages of the fish to trash (even with a fishing rating of over 200 with the Rohirric Fishing Rod), the time it takes for the animation and the catch, the time required to ride to all locations, and the time waiting for another round of fishing. It also seems like it's not related to the lack of new content on the horizon or the problems inherent in the structure of this festival, but for the outages.

Still, I'll take what I can get. Thanks to whomever championed this in house.

You got a extra 6 days...

[Silvraelle]

Whine whine whine....wrong kind of wine-ing fellows, it should be wine wine wine! Be merry! There are some very sour fellows complaining and little else. I for one am thankful for the extension simply due to the fact that I have had login and update issues. So had there not been the extension I would not have been able to make it to Hengstacer's for the lovely new steeds I added to my stable, nor would I have been able to add a few new, and sorely needed, outfits to my tired wardrobe. Plus an extra added chance of completing deeds...all I can say is THANK YOU Sapience and others for allowing the extension. I love the Festivals, love the games and love LOTRO. Now cheers to all and raise a mug!

[Sapience]

Today is the final day of the Summer Festival. So if you haven't finished up anything you were working on, today's the day!

[Angadan]

Thanks again for extending it, Sapience & Team. Really appreciated it!

[keithlm]

Yay... got my "Rare Fish" title before the end.

Had to do it the hard way since apparently if you spend summer tokens and buy fish from the hobbit by the party tree... those fish don't "count" for this deed since you didn't "catch" them. (Probably a bug... but I don't care... I just did it the hard way.)

I didn't think I'd make it... some days I would fish and get nothing... and I had about 2 of each of the four left. But I caught them all last night. Hurray.

[Silmelin]

Yay... got my "Rare Fish" title before the end.

Had to do it the hard way since apparently if you spend summer tokens and buy fish from the hobbit by the party tree... those fish don't "count" for this deed since you didn't "catch" them. (Probably a bug... but I don't care... I just did it the hard way.)

I didn't think I'd make it... some days I would fish and get nothing... and I had about 2 of each of the four left. But I caught them all last night. Hurray.

It's not a bug. The deed says to "catch" the fish, and the fish wouldn't be rare if you could just buy them using tokens and finish the deed the same day the festival started