In game Calendar - Why no Events?

ddem0n888

When we first got the in game Calendar on Xbox it was great. There were Events scheduled for over a month and we could plan/hoard for the events on the calendar.

Then we had a couple of instances where Events were changed/removed with no explanation and now it looks like the Calendar has been abandoned altogether. All that's left on there is this weekend's events (Gift of Tymora and Double Glory) which have already started.

Can we please have some follow through on what was a great idea, welcomed by all, to the give the gamers a chance to organise themselves and their guilds so we can enjoy the game to it's full potential.

I'm hoping we're not going the way of PC where Events have been all but removed too.

xrawcarnage

I agree. It would be nice to keep this going so we can plan accordingly. Plus they need to keep these events going to keep people interested. I have a feeling the player base will drop pretty good come this Tuesday. Pretty big game hitting.....

ddem0n888

Well as they're coming up to the 1 year anniversary on Xbox I'm hoping they'll have a ton of events running at the end of the month.

googoots

ddem0n888 said:

When we first got the in game Calendar on Xbox it was great. There were Events scheduled for over a month and we could plan/hoard for the events on the calendar.

You said it right there: plan/HOARD. They cancelled the 2x enchants purely on the basis that people farmed Rec Rock Banners HE for hours on end for that event. If they deny it, I won't believe them. They don't want this, people won't buy as much zen with real money if they can plan in advance. I see the calendar disappearing altogether, but I hope I'm wrong.

wdj40

Probably because all the people whining that events get changed, like real life calenders never change for people lol.

I personally do not blame them for not having/showing any.

zman81420

@wdj40 perhaps they just remove the calendar. It's about as useful as an empty toilet paper roll lol.

ddem0n888

Well perhaps they could add Events that aren't going to effect the precious Zen sales. CTAs, Double XP, Summer Festival etc. Or as has been said, remove the calendar altogether if they're not going to keep up to it.

wdj40

zman81420 said:

@wdj40 perhaps they just remove the calendar. It's about as useful as an empty toilet paper roll lol.

Actually toilet paper would be more useful, my 9yr old son can change 2 of them into binoculars

Thing is back on topic I hoard EVERYTHING for double events in any shape or form, so when they are really matters not, using things whilst not on a double event is just silly.

mercbenz360

They should just remove it since they don't care about following it anyway. One red herring = pissed people. I still know people pissed about the 2x AD switch because they salvaged during the switch, then poof it's the next week.

They're clearly saving 2x XP and probably more to try and combat The Division release on Monday night. Or maybe they're just giving up, who knows.

ltsmithneko

Hit us with that 2x ad pls~<3 It'll help against The Division, no? Im not near the amount of salvage I wanted, but +300x is a start cx

missdayum

I agree with others to update the calender schedule again. I guess they just want to surprise us in some sort of way so most people can't really prepare for certain events.

kuero21

I highly doubt any event, no matter which one it is, even when all events are thrown out together, would prevent players from switching to a new game.

thefiresidecat

I'd switch to a new game if I could find one I like. sadly the division was not it.

destrowod

on this one i would say calm down people, maybe they just finished a batch of event, will take a 2-3 break and have a new batch coming out soon. Now remember the point of an event is to make it special, if you have one every week... its not that much. As the next guy my bags are getting full and i was able to already save a HAMSTER ton of refinement, so sure i could use one... but they just had a double ak/refinement not long ago. Refinement is not waste as i can still store a HAMSTER ton more (it stockpile) and i guess ill just have to salvage items outside DAD or either by myself more bank space. Ill see how it goes and if i need to salvage or not.

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nightshift56

wdj40 said:

Probably because all the people whining that events get changed, like real life calenders never change for people lol.

I personally do not blame them for not having/showing any.

I completely agree with this. The calandar is a nicely implemented tool. It does not need to be removed from the game. I think once the economic studies and changes are all made, the events will start getting put back in the game at a frequency that is deemed appropriate for the economy. Hopefully at that point the calander will be repopulated with the upcomming events.

kriptical1

I doubt other games would make that much difference..unless another mmo came to Xbox, with say, a subscription model. Now that would be worth a shot. As for the calendar... I have to admit that this encouragement of hoard and wait, is cumbersome, and well...just straight up annoying. Raise the avg ad and RP values and nuke this whole event thing. I want my gear to grow with me on a daily basis, not this stare at it for two months deal.

destrowod

well its a matter of making us buy bags and bank slot kriptical, thats why they do it as event. Now for refinement we all store for double, like EVERYTHING so it wouldn't change much to have perma double in term of items and all. But double AD, well we store as much as we can, but even there there is a bank space limit... im sure the hardcore players reach it long before double and have to salvage anyway...

wdj40

Look again... there are lots of upcoming events now

eragerambo

I was just about to post something along the lines of this, but I saw your post first

I checked last night and the only thing up there was last weekends events and it would appear as if they are fond of not showcasing the upcoming weekends events until 2 days prior to Thursday.

If as you say, there are tons of events now showing then I would be super thrilled. It's nice to know and plan ahead. Not even for AD or double RP. I have 3x lvl 60-67 chars that I planned on moving to 70 when we were first supposed to have double xp. I, like you, want to be able to plan my time spend accordingly. It's just nice to know. On that note, what is scheduled for this weekend?

wdj40

eragerambo said:

I was just about to post something along the lines of this, but I saw your post first

I checked last night and the only thing up there was last weekends events and it would appear as if they are fond of not showcasing the upcoming weekends events until 2 days prior to Thursday.

If as you say, there are tons of events now showing then I would be super thrilled. It's nice to know and plan ahead. Not even for AD or double RP. I have 3x lvl 60-67 chars that I planned on moving to 70 when we were first supposed to have double xp. I, like you, want to be able to plan my time spend accordingly. It's just nice to know. On that note, what is scheduled for this weekend?

I have not been back online all day, but this morning there were quite a few coming up including some CTA's, also a Mysterious Egg event etc

amafia313

Lets hope they don't change/ take events away.

volourn

Back on track.

retrothumbs

I saw that the game released on Xbox end of March 2015. A special anniversary even would be awesome, as would a purple owl bear (hint hint)

destrowod

I said it guys, the events would come up once the current batch was done. There are events up to april now. Including the most beloved double ad and refinement. So its all good. As long as they keep the event as listed, im personally happy with how they manage the calendar. No need to know events 3 months in advance. If you are smart you already stock piled refinements and items for salvaging.

ltsmithneko

retrothumbs#3365 said:

I saw that the game released on Xbox end of March 2015. A special anniversary even would be awesome, as would a purple owl bear (hint hint)

Rainbow Owlbear during Pride month ;3

antwo91

Hopefully I'm not saying too much repeated info as I just skimmed the first couple of comments.

My main theory is Arc does not want to commit to certain planned out events as they're constantly trying to manipulate or adjust the market, depending on how you see things.

Not to mention when things get changed due to whatever reason and all they get is negative feedback and complaints, which is totally understandable.

I would appreciate having a preset event schedule up as it would make managing items and planning ahead easer on players.

This is a very good issue and hopefully it gets addressed and dealt with soon.

ddem0n888

Woo and hoo for the Calendar update. Managed to buy up 36 Companion Fortification Kits just after the update. Wish I'd have bought more now.

missdayum

2xRP a good month away but glad they update the calendar.

destrowod

antwo91 said:

I would appreciate having a preset event schedule up as it would make managing items and planning ahead easer on players.

This is a very good issue and hopefully it gets addressed and dealt with soon.

Yeah but they update the calendar after a batch of events and put like 2 months.... isn't it enough for you?

Expecting 6 months of planned events seem a bit unrealistic to me..