Grand Astronomer Lunaris has dedicated her life to the study of Aden’s celestial bodies. Every summer, meteor showers illuminate the twilight sky as the falling stars descend to Aden. Inspired by these natural light shows, Lady Lunaris began gathering and experimenting with the fallen Star Shards—the results were dazzling! When combined with the right elements, they shoot high into the heavens and burst into an explosion of brightly colored light. It’s quite a sight to see! What better way to celebrate summer than a display of lights for all to share?
Grand Astronomer Lunaris has sent I, her humble apprentice Orion the Cat, to every city to aid Aden’s citizens in turning the fallen Star Shards into summer fireworks. It is her dream to see the evening sky illuminated by all, near and far. Gather the fallen Star Shards and bring them to me—I’ll do the rest!
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Gather the Star Shards, along with Gunpowder and Magnesium, and bring them to Orion the Cat. He'll turn them into either regular or Large Fireworks for you!
This annual summer celebration begins on July 3rd after maintenance on all servers, and ends on July 31st after maintenance on all servers.
BTW love the idea to have events run from after maintence to before maintence. Makes it easy for people to know exactly when it will start and end too many events in the past had unclear dates also no one can complain because 1 week or more is plenty of time for any event :)
Hmm, seems like this isn't something new and exciting. Same ol' same ol' and nothing to make a bit of money off of. Maybe the event team should add something else to this event. Fireworks were fun the first, maybe the second time, but then it gets old. I think the players of L2 want either an event that is new and not economy related, or a recycled economy event like the pumpkin event...
Maybe make an option that you can collect regular star shards and turn them into fireworks. How about making special star shards that if you get one you can get something good or play some kind of game with the regular shards for EWA, EWB, something along those lines. If you loose at the game you get a L2Day buff scroll that you can CHOOSE which one you want.
Just something that would make this event a bit more fun and meaningful. If it is too late, keep it in mind for next time. :D
There are fireworks for the 4th of July. Are the ones that dont like this event Euro by chance? It would certainly make sense if they didnt see a point to it.
I am not fond of dragging real life stuff like christmas over into the game personally - but I don't have a connection to the fourth of july, so that's really no problem for me. I honestly think that it's not a particularly great event, but anything is better than those freaking economy-crashers that put people on the dry for months on end while waiting for the market to re-inflate.
Nope, not Euro. I just see cheap when I see it. I see it has been done, and now it's boring. I see it only a half step above the last event which people were already disappointed in. I just want the events to be a bit more thoughtful. I know that the event team can't change certain things like actually have stars fall in the night sky, etc. etc.
There is so much more to the 4th of July than fireworks. And it doesn't even matter, this is Aden not America. There are many races etc. etc. So the events don't necessarily have to correspond with real world events. If I want fireworks on the fourth of July I go see real ones, is that just me?
Anyway, my point is. If this event can't have anything added to it to make it seem worth something, then next time make a better event. I am sure by now the team knows what we want, and I explained it in my last post. :)
lets play pretend: pretend AN nc event gives out Arcana Maces. this item is worth over 200m, no? right, then lets move on. place a 200m dollar item in all 8 million subscriber's hands. whats the item worth now? diddly.
a more apt illustration: pretend you could walk up to an NPC and he will give you 1 B adena for a Stem. you can do this as many times as you like. now lets see what the prices are on your S gear ... surprise surprise. nobody has any for sale. nothing, no B, no A, no S. no epics, nothing. why? everyone can afford one, so the farmers will let you hunt for your gear while they sit in giran selling ORIHARUKON ORES for 1 B. bw gaiter mats for 1.5897 Bil. suddenly noobies walk into the game and see everything has a billion dollar pricetag and turn around and leave.
giveng free money is not worth NC's or YOUR time. working for a tiny glob of money maybe 1 or 2 million from the medal event is all one can expect from any event. expecting that the returning customers will grind out 100m and buy your stuff is not reasonable, nor is pretending that an event that doesnt fork over money left right and center is un-reasonable.
Expecting the events to fork over money hand over fist is a bit presumptious to begin with - firstly that all who can afford the game time can grind for it (or can log in for 30 seconds and go to the NPC for the billion adena) secondly that NC doesnt give a hoot about the in-game economy. thirdly and most importantly it shows you have only one concern with this game and really says something about your character out of game - that you really are selfish.
this post is directed at nobody in particular but those that claim NC's fireworks event is useless and dumb. clearly the events put forward today are not useless and are by no means not-fun.
i seem to remember the last event a LOT of people claimed they would accept the fireworks event over the oils. well, better empty out the warehouse, boys - i seem to recall that there were 3 types of firecrackers to be crafted - each with different mats in varying quantities. its less required space than the oils, but youll still need to hunt at 30/80.
Maybe this is what WE as a collective want. So far there are like 3 people saying it sucks and the rest like it.
Sorry, did I miss the poll where NC asked how crappy events we want? Did I also miss the poll where the other 85k+ NA players posted what event they want?
Dont talk about this being something the community wants when 90% or more of the community doesnt even visit these boards.
Ashane, I'll come too. I'll help shove the fireworks up their *bleeep*.
I am sure by now the team knows what we want, and I explained it in my last post.
Maybe this is what WE as a collective want. So far there are like 3 people saying it sucks and the rest like it.
There is only a few ppl posting in this forum. If you look at the survey from the oil event most people didn't enjoy it.
I am not asking for a money making event. We could have a nice new event with new items or whatever. If we are just going to recycle events then it should be a money making event. And it isn't an event that hands out arcana maces or 1 billion adena for a stem, that ludicrous.
Meet me in Floran and lets have a big RP event with these fireworks!
We can call it the Exploding Well...
how about not. fireworks are not merely for RP use. sometimes clans set off fireworks in the city whose castle they control, or on the siege field after the siege. lots of people use them to denote celebratory events like reaching clan level 7 or 8, reaching noblesse, winning olympiad games, or winning some open field fights.
using them for RP is one of the many ways these things can be used, and again (as the last event was) is supposed to promote a light-hearted atmosphere in these gloomy, dusty servers.
how about not. fireworks are not merely for RP use. sometimes clans set off fireworks in the city whose castle they control, or on the siege field after the siege.
Sometimes more then one clan gather in floran, completey naked and dance in a big bonfire, but they sure as hell dont talk about it ;p
lots of people use them to denote celebratory events like reaching clan level 7 or 8
There are already built in graphics for raising your clan level :P (Mini fireworks, big exploding circle, yadda)
and i dont play lolbartz
Its ok, I hear you dont have to ever really play the game to be a LOLRP'er. Roll up a level 1 yo, call him ImSuccessfullIRL...
But I would think with the "call to arms" event, you'd want to run a more enjoyable secondary event. To hook them back in. Ahh well. Its an appropriate time for the fireworks (for some >.>)
But good lord, what is up with the timeframe? a month of this event?
yeah, can't believe we haven't had a giant pinata event. maybe have some huge ELPYs fly over towns, and give everyone short bows and let em shoot the flying elpy till it spews goodies all over the town. perhaps the falling items may crush some afk dorf shops, but this is a small price to pay.
yeah, can't believe we haven't had a giant pinata event. maybe have some huge ELPYs fly over towns, and give everyone short bows and let em shoot the flying elpy till it spews goodies all over the town. perhaps the falling items may crush some afk dorf shops, but this is a small price to pay.
Cinco de Mayo already passed >.<. Maybe next year.
All people want in there events are adena. Strictly adena and Spud you are definitely right about the mess up in economy.
BTW, is there any RPing going in Erica? I have never tried it
for a pretty all-encompassing view of the RP secene of Lineage2 go to l2rpa.org. most of the predominant RP clans of the game post there with few exceptions.
anyone ever played phantasy star online? they had this quest that had a buncha these big yellow bird things holding like a mini carnival with mini games and stuff. i say have this with elpies. D: elpy toss! and whack-an-elpy! the possibilities are endless!
please begin a new thread with your well-thought out suggestion in the proper forum, and Alyra might take it to the higher ups if the proceeding posts are kept constructive.
Please tell me we won't have to collect 7 shards which are marked: Fallen Star Shard 1, Fallen Star Shard 2, Fallen Star Shard 3, Fallen Star Shard 4, Fallen Star Shard 5, Fallen Star Shard 6, & Fallen Star Shard 7.
But I would think with the "call to arms" event, you'd want to run a more enjoyable secondary event. To hook them back in. )
True story: I came back from one of my many hiatuses from the game during the X-mas tree event. My first thought was, "Wow, same old same. Why did I come back?"
Fortunately a few friends pm'ed me upon seeing my name flash across their screens for the first time in many months. If not for them.....
Yeah the 1st firework event was...well.. it was ok. The 2nd just meant I ended up with a stack more of em taking up wh space. Now we have a 3rd...and good lord it lasts how long???
I don't object to the event as such, in fact I don't think I've ever really objected to any...been disappointed by em, grumbled to friends about my inventory being screwed, but not really objected to em. I do object to the length of it this time around though.
If its supposed to be to celebrate the American holiday then fine, I can see why choose fireworiks, but why in the world does it have to be for so long? This kind of event should only run a few days, a week at most. Only events that should run this long are those like the medal event where you need to save A LOT of medals for the top end prizes.
Does anyone even look at the results of the polls we answer?
I don't really mind events which just give "eye candy" stuff. But, like others already said - the more useless the event items, the longer the events seem to last. For the life of me I cannot understand why this event has to run A WHOLE MONTH. A week would be enough.
And if an event gives good stuff, it only lasts two or three days... Like one of the last events, think it was the pumpkin one, but could be wrong - that one lasted for only a few days and did not even include a weekend, and the event items dropped best only during US prime time - which really screwed over non-US players who could not play at that time due to work or having to sleep...
Seriously, it seems as if they do not read the feedback at all.
Well Varaya - the more useful stuff drops, the harsher a hit the economy takes and the more people the event screws over. ^^ In so far, naturally events with good rewards will be shorter, unless they make the rewards rarer and the event longer, in which case everyone whines about low drop~
But I do agree, almost a full month seems excessive for an eyecandy event. ^^
Well Varaya - the more useful stuff drops, the harsher a hit the economy takes and the more people the event screws over. ^^ In so far, naturally events with good rewards will be shorter, unless they make the rewards rarer and the event longer, in which case everyone whines about low drop~
Yes, true - of course events with uber rewards should not last months and have a super high drop rate for the event items. But the L2 devs seem to take this to extremes (that one event I mentioned where Euro players were forced to play past 1am on weekday nights to get a meaningful number of event items because the event stopped again before the weekend was the negative "winner" so far - most of my clannies did not get anything useful at all from that event...). And after the last event which really everybody disliked, this fireworks event which lasts several weeks really just looks like "you did not like it? Then get EVEN MORE the same!".
Well, you shouldn't use your own taste as far as visuals go to gauge the objective quality of an event. :p The fireworks ARE eyecandy to most (although a month is truly excessive).
And yes, striking a balance is neccessary - or making new eyecandy. It can't be that difficult to design those headpieces, since they look the same on all races. ~.~: Might be nice to get some more of them instead.
I know a month-long event with a fair chance of getting one or two hair accessories might be nifty.
"We've got some great new events coming after July that are sure to please -- new headgear anyone?! We have some other surprises in the works that we can't share quite yet, but stay tuned."
"We've got some great new events coming after July that are sure to please -- new headgear anyone?! We have some other surprises in the works that we can't share quite yet, but stay tuned."
AKA make me rich events. That's what all the pwn people are always after.
Voi itqvinq ku on vaikeeta.... :p
Voi itqvinq ku on vaikeeta, niinpä. Susta noi on varmaan ihan loisto eventtejä kaikki tyynni. On isoa päätä ja saa vähä vaihettua ukon ulkonäköä, jesh. Ja nyt jotain paskoja kuponkeja ja ilotulitteita. Tosi vitun siistiä.
Ei tässä rahan perässä niinkään olla, mut eventtien palkinnot VOIS vähän olla jotain järkevämpää. Kurpitsat oli hauskoja, niitä ei voinu yksin listiä. Piti hommaa porukkaa hakkaa ne paskaks. Helvetti, paljon oli porukkaa joka ei muuta tehnykkää.
"We've got some great new events coming after July that are sure to please -- new headgear anyone?! We have some other surprises in the works that we can't share quite yet, but stay tuned."
That's plausible deniability IMNHO
Isn't that the same crap that Alyra (<3) posted about the last event.
I mean; I'm really trying very very hard to control my anger atm (to honnor Alyra's plee). Not only at this month long crappy event. But also at the trolls that wont stop arguing against every single thing.
Whats their to complain about? OH you want an event you can make a ton on money on.... sorry not all events revolve around making money.
How about not getting "annual" events. It's an old crappy event that was [censored] about last year when they recycled the event from the year before. Lack of originality is getting truly old!
I'm more concerned about the time frame of the event, a event that's going to last a month where you can't gain any monetary or benefit for lvling isn't a step forward.
It was not confirmed by Alyra that the items dropped will only be 3, so that's a lie until proven true.
Also it wasn't Stated by Alyra that the Event items will weight 0. So again another lie till proven true.
4th of july is a national holiday thats only celebrated by NA, not Euro players. Why should they or myself (an american) be forced to collect a item which I will never be able to set in a shop to sell and make a fair amount of money on with out short changing myself on other items I could be selling and making more money (taking up a sell slot or 3).
I'm not mad we get an event, nor one thats based on our holiday, however when has NCsoft given any National holidays for the Euro countries that also play this game.
(not to sound unpatriotic) but don't you think it's juts a lil unfair?
How much do you want to bet slycutter, that you can't NPC those parts? I bet you 5mil that you can't hows that sound? if I lose you can come to Bartz and I'll pay up (no this offer is not to anyone else, Or kain if you prefer I still got some cash hanging out there on my toon).
And sorry bro, but I would like to stand a chance to make some doe, and not lose the chance at a full drop cause some *** hat picked up an event item on my drop turn. 1 thread is more valuable to me then event pieces from this month long invatory clog.
Who said you can't sell the items in a shop? You could last time....
I do admit that a month period is a bit on the much side. But no one is forcing you to participate in this event, don't like them.... Don't pick them up
I am a bit offended thou..... You call yourself an american, but then you refer to it as "your holiday". If you don't like the 4th of july....
You know not everyone needs an event that makes them 500 billion. The purpose of an event is to have fun, not financial gain.
To each his own, I suppose. Whether or not this event will be fun or not depends on 1 key question: Is it player participation optional?
If the answer is yes, then it will be a fun event for those who wish to participate. The rest, I'm sure, will soldier on and wait for the next spin at an event as alluded to in the newsletter. No harm, no foul.
However, if everyone is forced to participate in this event...yikes! If that is the case, may I suggest the following:
* Please make the shards, magnesium, etc., subject to the same drop percentages as complete weapon/armor, lifestone, spellbook, etc., etc., drops.
This will motivate the folks who want the fireworks to farm/buy like madmen, while not imposing too much hardship on the individuals who don't care to participate in this event. :p
Who said you can't sell the items in a shop? You could last time....
The hell you could, If your talking about last years 4th July event then your in your own world, cause last event was the hair/face change pot event 2 weeks ago. And those did not, and do not sell to NPC's.
I do admit that a month period is a bit on the much side. But no one is forcing you to participate in this event, don't like them.... Don't pick them up.
Really they aren't, so where my botton that says "I do not wish to part take in this even"? so that way they wont drop while I'm lvling, and get picked up when people I'm partied with spam pick up button. (like in the rift, when time is short you have no choice)
I am a bit offended thou..... You call yourself an american, but then you refer to it as "your holiday". If you don't like the 4th of july....
did I say I didn't like the 4th of July, no I'm just saying I think that NCsoft-NA isn't being impartial, and is being unfair by not also calibrating Euro holidays. And as an an American it is my holiday as much as any other American (tyvm [censored]).
You know not everyone needs an event that makes them 500 billion. The purpose of an event is to have fun, not financial gain.
w/e thats your opinion. Mine is different... respect that! I want a event that allows me the chance to make money, not clutter up my invatory and WH space with things that no one will buy at a reasonable price.
The hell you could, If your talking about last years 4th July event then your in your own world, cause last event was the hair/face change pot event 2 weeks ago. And those did not, and do not sell to NPC's.
Yeah you can.... I'm talking about the 4th of july event last year. You could sell the stuff. And how did the hair/face event come up. We are talking about the 4th.....
Just in time cause my stock of greater fireworks is now almost Nihil ^^ ... They may be useless but in my alliance we love spamming then at the success of a raid, a full drop or even a special Lvl mark reached ^^ Oh yes and on festivities of course :)
Another regurgitation of an old event/idea, but hey what can one do.....
you know what i like?
everyone complains that the fireworks event was regurgitated and they would rather the medal event.
but when the medal even returns, it will be inherently regurgitated.
yay for hypocritical moronic logic.
now lets see just how well that fits into the event cycle: we requested the fireworks event after the Oils event was pk'd. now people claim its an old event just regurgitated. when we request the medal/pumpkin event the same thing will occur.
now, lets add the "old NC logic" factor and PRESTO! the medal event will be not by mr. cat, but by another dwarf looking to put hearts into his robots.
i do believe the last Fireworks event was for Elvish firecrackers - under the name of Independence day. also, all the euros complained the parts only dropped during NA play times (a common euro complaint if i ever heard one).
wtb better complaints, this circular logic is getting old.
I don't know why everyone is complaining again. Events are there for fun, not to make money off of. Sure, some events allow for that, but that's not the intent of any event. We've been spoiled by some events that allowed us to become rich (in our own little corner of Aden) and now we expect that kind of event all the time.
Can't we just be happy that we actually have someone willing to do events? Complain all you want, but don't tell me that the events are for people to make money on because they're not. They are here for the sole purpose of breaking up the grind we face day in and day out. If people can't seem to understand that, well, I guess that's their problem.
It's no wonder we don't have that many events when all people do is complain about the ones we do have. If you don't like it, take a day off, or take a week off. The rest of us will have fun blowing off fireworks and working to make LOTS of big fireworks for fun stuff (3rd class changes, academy graduates, sieges, raids, good drops, etc).
Please keep the negativity away because it doesn't add anything to the discussion, only makes people look like they have nothing better to do than complain.
Why is there so much complaing about a simple event for firecrackers?!??!? An europe needs to stop complaining. This is a NA version of the game with NA holidays and stuff.
Its amazing. Its as if there are different people with conflicting, or contrary opinions. Which is so weird because I was almost 100% sure that all people that whine have the exact same opinion. And will therefor complain about the exact same things in the exact same way.
Now it seems that what pleases some will not please others. That an event some people beg for, may make others unhappy. So weird.
Spud is so right, you people need to get your act togeather and think in the same manner. No more of this differing opinions bologne. If someone whines for an event, we better not hear anyone whine that the event ruins the economy.
Why is there so much complaing about a simple event for firecrackers?!??!? An europe needs to stop complaining. This is a NA version of the game with NA holidays and stuff.
There's a couple of different trains of thought going on about this, keeping track of what type of person is giving each response isn't too hard.
An entire month for an event of this type is obscenely long however, even before the event ends, I can tell you what the majority of the poll responses will be about the length!
And as far as 'get rich' events go, there is a fairly clear demarcation between those who 'haven't made it yet' and want the chance to 'get rich too!' and those who already have and poo-poo the event as either being unneccesary or 'breaking their own personal market'. There are also those who just want some sort of 'sellable/valuable/usable' reward even if they only ever use it on/for themselves.
..and of course there are those who seem to be on permanent mood enhancers and just tell everyone else to 'enjoy the envents no matter what'.
Oooh yes please! I love those special christmas trees...the little ones people use to spam town with graphically you can keep but the special ones are great!
Pain, note that even some of us who are poor but depend on certain money-making mechanisms, money-"making" events can be a true bother. Those who have already made it can generally profit further from an event - they hit those trying to work their way up, those who can not farm or invest in the event the way higher levels can.
I also like the event where you find letters to spell Lineage2 or Ncsoft and something else you can hunt for a few hours cash in then sell the extra common letters to people buying them overprice
watch the money grow: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Pain, note that even some of us who are poor but depend on certain money-making mechanisms, money-"making" events can be a true bother. Those who have already made it can generally profit further from an event - they hit those trying to work their way up, those who can not farm or invest in the event the way higher levels can.
I'll be the first to tell you this Maline....I'm most likely in that exact same demographic. (Poor and unable to profit excessively from events.)
Granted I have a certain amount of gear/mats built up (over the course of 3 years!) but I have by no means the amount of free adena floating around that many people seem to have.
And to me an event that gives out tangible rewards tends to just stay with me for my own use. I never seem to get enough that I can 'afford' to sell them and still have some to use for myself. And this despite putting a fair amount of time into the game.
And to my mind, if an event hurts poor people more than the 'rich' something is just plain wrong with the *game* and not the event. :(
Pain, note that even some of us who are poor but depend on certain money-making mechanisms, money-"making" events can be a true bother. Those who have already made it can generally profit further from an event - they hit those trying to work their way up, those who can not farm or invest in the event the way higher levels can.
I'll be the first to tell you this Maline....I'm most likely in that exact same demographic. (Poor and unable to profit excessively from events.)
Granted I have a certain amount of gear/mats built up (over the course of 3 years!) but I have by no means the amount of free adena floating around that many people seem to have.
And to me an event that gives out tangible rewards tends to just stay with me for my own use. I never seem to get enough that I can 'afford' to sell them and still have some to use for myself. And this despite putting a fair amount of time into the game.
And to my mind, if an event hurts poor people more than the 'rich' something is just plain wrong with the *game* and not the event. :(
Yeah I mean thats L2 in general. Those with power/riches get all the spoils, those without get the shaft.
Me personaly, event stuff sits in my WH and collects dust, until I either give it away, or use it myself. Or it just stays there for collection sake.
I look at events the same way I look at quests. Yes you can give me a dull unenjoyable quest with an amazing reward. And it might make the quest as a whole more enjoyable. In the same way that I might enjoy going to work more if they doubled my pay.
But it doesn't make the task itself fun. It's a chore. A chore with a pay-off. I think some people here (me included) just want an occassional event that isn't a chore, or something we do daily anyway. No matter what the reward.
Events like the current one are a chore with no real pay off. I persoanly don't mind it, as I like the fireworks, and its holiday appropriate. But I can understand why people don't like it/don't find any value in it. Especially since its a lot like most of NCs events.
Son & Daughter: Mom, we're hungry. What's for dinner?
Mom: Hot dogs.
Son: But we had that the LAST Sunday. And the Friday before that. And the Tuesday before that.
Daughter: Yeah, can't we have something else? Or at least have something that we've had before but like? There's plenty of pasta and sauce makings in the cubbard. Can't we have that for dinner?
Son: Great idea! We LIKE pasta!
Father: But kids, we had pasta last Wednesday night.
Son: But we LOVE pasta! We never get sick of eating that.
Daughter: You said it! But hot dogs? We've had them with beans, and we've had them with chips. You've boiled them, broiled them, shaked them and baked them. You've cooked them on the stove, and in the oven, and on the grill. But no matter how you cook them up, it's still the same old hot dog.
Son: Yeah!!! Can we please have pasta, Mom. Pretty please?
Mom: No, you're having hot dogs. I don't want to cook pasta. Hot dogs are just as good. At least it's SOMETHING. There are starving children in third world countries who don't even get that for supper, so you ought to feel lucky that you're getting anything at all.
Son & Daughter: But Mooooom.....!
Mom: That's enough out of you two. Now go outside and play before I change my mind about cooking.
Son & Daughter: WE WANT PAS-TA!!! WE WANT PAS-TA!!!
Father: Oh come now, children. Your mother is doing the best that she can with what she has...and you should be grateful. Now go along and play, just like your mother said. Atta boy! Atta girl!!!
Son: FINE!
Daughter: FINE!
Father: That's the spirit! And don't worry, tonight's dinner will be just as great as any old pasta. How do I know? Because Dad has brought home the Relish!!!
everyone complains that the fireworks event was regurgitated and they would rather the medal event.
Not "everyone", Spudnik. Some of us just don't care much for either.
I've posted dozens of ideas for events which would be neither a repetition of what came before nor would be a "make money fast" event. Event which would gave the players a way to change how their server looks and plays permanently, even if only in small ways (for example, shuffling around the spawn areas for specific mobs slightly).
Until such events and event chains are implemented, I just milk the money making events for what they're worth, ignore every other and make fun of the "lore" of them.
I consider it a useless event. As a casual player, I also rather have events that help for lvling up. I just consider the rest as useless and it definitely won't help having people back playing. Make room for more bots ...
See, that's why it's good being an Artisan... If you don't want to have those items in your inventory, you just have to craft SSD all month :) But personaly, I don't see anything wrong with this event... But, of course, this is only my opinion.
For me it'll all depend on the weight and frequency of drops. If they drop every other mob and weight 0 or 1, I'll be happy. If they drop every other mob and weight 50+ I'll be ******. If they drop every 50 mob or so and weight 50, I won't mind.
But it's bad enough going to town every 4-5 hours to refill on shots. Having to go back to town every 45 mins because you're overweight is stupidly annoying.
Can NCsoft please look at making events optional? Say having to speak to a npc to get an event quest to earn the drops of kills or something. Many of us dont want to waste our drops and inventory space on this garbage. I know there are some players that like this for gods only know why but a lot of us would rather skip participating in this and would like the option to
How about making it so all quest items have zero weight?
They usually are weightless. The potions had weight cos the devs screwed up and took an existing game item and tweaked it...they forgot to change the weight.
Personally I think they should be weightless and not take up any iventory slots, Some of these events take up far too much space even for those who wish to participate.
Several of the quests I run take up several slots each, stuff you wear takes up slots, consumables take up slots, by the time you add in the event items you have next to no room to put any stuff you actually find when hunting.
Maybe this is what WE as a collective want. So far there are like 3 people saying it sucks and the rest like it.
Sorry, did I miss the poll where NC asked how crappy events we want? Did I also miss the poll where the other 85k+ NA players posted what event they want?
Dont talk about this being something the community wants when 90% or more of the community doesnt even visit these boards.
Ashane, I'll come too. I'll help shove the fireworks up their *bleeep*.
I can't agree with ya more this is one kitten who was angry that i forgot to take it my acct off auto renew. These last few weeks I have just been waiting to see maybe there would be something new or cool or fun to draw me back into the game. What I am seeing from this event is same lousy events with a little story line wrapping paper.
/eventless kitten
PS I did like the story for the event and If I wasn't so disappointed by the actual items (i mean fireworks lame | potions lame |medals that give enchant scrolls or crystal s good) It would spark my interest a bit.
Overall Score: P for Poor
Drop Score: D for Dreadful
Story Score: A for Acceptable.
Using 3 inventory spots and 0 weights I'm almost exstatic about this event. Fireworks may not be the bestest of rewards, but at least if you pick the items up you don't really lose much so that's awesome :)
(I personally like fireworks, but at least those who don't aren't really losing much compared to like 20 inventory spots and 50 weight pots :))
Why is there so much complaing about a simple event for firecrackers?!??!? An europe needs to stop complaining. This is a NA version of the game with NA holidays and stuff.
So, what NA holiday exactly IS in the last three weeks of July when this event will still be running? Or do you celebrate July 4th the whole month?
THAT is what people are complaining about, that this event which entertains for maybe a day or two is so long.
Oh, and I want some Euro holiday events for the Euro servers, please :)
Why just the euro servers? There are euro's on every server and no we don't want to move to the euro servers after having lived for over 3 years on the NA ones that only existed back then when we started...
Money , richness and profit...Man the game sounds more and more like a business when you hear some people...RPG content...Don't forget it's part of this game also...And that means events such as this will appear. Granted the length might be a bit too far fetched and a week would have been ok for this type probably...While for events such as event medals that require big amounts to get items it should be the length this one gets.
Anyways, Not everyone is unhappy and frankly most sound like spoiled kids who get tired of their new toys rather quickly...If you'r on Sieghardt and don't want the fireworks, just give me your parts and I'll gladly make some crackers for my alliance ^^
Anyways, Not everyone is unhappy and frankly most sound like spoiled kids who get tired of their new toys rather quickly...If you'r on Sieghardt and don't want the fireworks, just give me your parts and I'll gladly make some crackers for my alliance ^^
Yup - I don't really mind this event, I just think it is odd that it is so super long. We already had a fireworks event, so it is not something "amazing and new", and I guess in about 2 weeks at the latest people will get a bit tired of all the extra drops which "mess up party loot distribution". I just hope the next event will be a bit more interesting, I heard rumours about a new hair accessory :)
I don't see myself as celebrating July 4th at all by just having fireworks in the game with an unmarked event. The point of a holiday is reverence towards the subject, not pure celebration about anything. So unless it was really called a July 4th celebration and about America's indepedence, I would consider it nothing more than a typical event.
But of course this isn't the intent, because the timing is obvious.
I don't think there's a need to mix in-game events and real life holidays anyway
this Event is way better than the last one . i thin Ncsoft finally learned something from [censored] about last event lol. THe event items weight = 0 lol
All of you are saying "it's old" etc. But for me it's NEW event. You think only the old players play this game? New people still comes to play this game. I'm 4 months here, started somewhere during C5, had a break, and came back now (using of call to arms event). Of course I want to play longer. Month lenght? You think it's a bit long, but I appreciate this. I will have time to collect the fireworks. Especially that I will have my holiday for a week or two. I suppose it's so that long, to allow most of the players (you know, it's summer, people go on a leave etc.) collect the fireworks. Few months before I bought fireworks, now I can collect them myself.
There will be used, for advancing in proffession, wedding, etc.
All of you are saying "it's old" etc. But for me it's NEW event. You think only the old players play this game? New people still comes to play this game. I'm 4 months here, started somewhere during C5, had a break, and came back now (using of call to arms event). Of course I want to play longer. Month lenght? You think it's a bit long, but I appreciate this. I will have time to collect the fireworks. Especially that I will have my holiday for a week or two. I suppose it's so that long, to allow most of the players (you know, it's summer, people go on a leave etc.) collect the fireworks. Few months before I bought fireworks, now I can collect them myself.
There will be used, for advancing in proffession, wedding, etc.
Don't want your parts? You can give them to me :P
I like this event.
The correct way to place the first phrase would be: Most of you...
Btw, since when did Elven Fireworks drop from the sky? Using a Star Shard gives "You use Elven Firework" system message, gg. Didnt even change that bit.
Anyone who wanst to get wrid of it's fireworks on Sieghardt let me know ^^ heh .. Don't look at me so strangely...I used prominence in Aden warehouse and accidently made my cargo of fireworks explode :( Got to find some way of restoring the stock I had :)
They just did a poor job on changing the system messages.
Corrected: They did not change the system message.
A "poor job" is misleading, since it implies they did something in that regard. I have my doubts...:)
All in all, I'm very pleased with the overall execution of this event. I've met several new players who apparently love the firework parts that I've given them.
Events should be something that is either fun or beneficial. Like many have said "it was fun the first time" now its not worth the month they r spending on it. After each party or solo time that i spend i get to town and throw all the event items on the ground. They have no use what so ever. And unless u just started L2 u'll get no thrill out of it at all.
Why not an L2 scroll event were u might actually get some scrolls. Its always funny to see event scrolls all year round when the event to give them barely last a week. If ur not botting 24/7 u end up buying them from those that did. Yeah i know i shouldn't say that word in the Forum but its out there now. And why have i yet to see an L2 VR scroll? Theres the event right there. This event last a month. In this 4th of July event we'll all end up with a large amount of "Fireworks". Would have been nice if we were able to turn them in for VR scrolls. All lvls of VR.
Next Event " L2 VR scroll drops". Then maybe some of us Melee players can actually solo some lvls. You have L2 Emp3 for the Magic users. Why not something for the ones that work hard to get there lvls?
Ncsoft has shown time and time again that they are more interested in getting new players than keeping old ones. I wish there was something we could do to change this philosophy... obviously we do not want to quit the game after putting so much love, sweat, and tears into it so don't even start with that 'quit teh game lol' nonsense. Quitting does not solve anything.
an other boring event like the rest of them. It is all automated, drop-get reward. AS an real event i would think or something more interactive. Dont feel like there is an event at all right now, only a dumb cat in town and that's it! Sorry, but think harder, i want to have fun and not grind for an other cat event :(
Hmm... Is it just me and my clanny or did NCSoft replaced regular drops with event items? Before the event we hunted the same mobs as we do now and we got normal mats back then (coal etc.) now we get more event items, and mats are dropping at a rare change. Even if the droprate is 1/8 according to [censored] and you kill 100 and end up only with 4 coal in an area without many other ppl
Yay at the end, I saw someone dropped magnesium and gunpowder, and then someone else dropped a ton of star shards so I got like 20+ large fireworks and a few standards. I kind of miss this event now :eek: wish I got more fireworks.