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nzemek
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Am I the only one that looks at the rewards for the current event and think they are all worthless? Change my mind!
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Probably worth it for new players who need potions, low level gear, etc. but for players who have already run the content - probably several times - opening the chests usually tend to be unrewarding and seldom even worth the time.
On one hand good for the newer players that need things - on the other hand sometimes tends to be an annoyance for seasoned players who don't find the content of those things rewarding enough to even consider opening them because it slows down their progress to the end.
I myself don't mind waiting for people to do their thing, but I see a lot of players get chided for stopping or slowing down to open chests.
I mean look at the items that aren't bound to character or account, they appear in guild bank inventories, the are traded and given away to other accounts and some even appear in the auction house and are bought and sold long after the events are over.
When whoever it was decided to make more of these event items bound a lot of people, particularly people who have been playing Neverwinter for a while, I think stopped or seriously curtailed participating in those events... and a lot of newer players who didn't get item they wanted during the event wound up being just SOL because the only time they can get some of those items is during the event.
Another example are various transmute items, I've had several Summer festival transmute items in my shared bank for a couple of years now because they are bound to account. I don't personally find them appealing, most likely I will never use them, they sell at a merchant for a paltry 1 silver and 3 coppers and if turned to refinement points are only worth a more paltry 3 RP, so since I still have room for them they stay in the bank... who knows maybe some day I'll have a stroke or start using heavily mind altering drugs and suddenly find them appealing -
Same way with some event currency, a player can log on and run events as many times as they are able to and still not have sufficient currency to purchase the item they want and if the currency disappears a few days after the event is over they have to start all over the next time the event pops up, the certificates for the Protector's Garden access keys and various thrones during the Protector's Jubilee (once a year) is a good example.
Unless I'm mistaken the Protector's Figurines acquired during the Jubilee disappear after about 45 days.
On the negative side = most of it is terrible
On the negative side = I keep trying these events and get frustrated by the end result - Must. Learn. To. Ignore.
That said - I expect the upcoming Days of the Dungeonmaster will have a lot more interest because of mod 14 and the added value that now exists for the Apocalypse Dagger artifact.
I am also hopeful that the update to the Halloween event will provide better loot potential.
Speed Power: Increases your movement speed by 110%) if they don't already have an Epic (purple) mount - or even if they are just in to collecting... a lot of players seem to think the Griffon is "worth it".
Most events also afford players an opportunity to get dyes, companions, rare gear and such - without having to purchase them. Some afford small amounts of AD, which is usually attractive to lower level players who don't or can't do a lot of random content.
Face it events are only worthless if they don't offer anything a particular player is interested in, so I doubt any of this "changes your mind", but as it turns out different players are interested in the rewards for different content so even if you may not be interested in some even items, there are probably plenty of other players who are.
I guess the simplest answer is, if anyone doesn't like an event - if they are not enticed to try for any of the drop possibilities - don't click on the "join" button.
I actually enjoy The Siege. And fishing in the winter fest is worth the boon advancements and the gift exchange can gen up a lot of stuff.
Also a lot of the event specific transmutes and awards (thrones from the Protector's Jubilee for example) are now character or account bound so finding a lot of those items in the Auction House, just doesn't happen anymore... Not to mention not everyone has the means or desire to buy what they want or need from the Auction House, they would rather earn them during the event if possible.
But different people tend to enjoy, or avoid different events depending on their personal opinion of those events, and what they can get from those events as it should be as far as I'm concerned.
But I also believe, particularly in some of the events where the drops, rewards and content hasn't seen any changes since their inception, some events could stand for a modest upgrade in a few areas.
We talking about the event that gives you a free pig, and 2 free snails including one epic?
We talking about the event that let you get stacks of P. Wards, and R7 2-3 stats enchants?
We talking about the event that let you get hundreds of Stronghold boxes of influence for your double GM events, and free bells for guilds that need DF to progress?
We talking about the event that gives you a decent chance to get an epic purple mount/artifact and an (abysmal) chance to get a legendary mount?
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Winterfest, Wonders of Gond and Jubilee are now my favorite events after finally trying them all.
I'm on the list for not appreciating the Summer Festival, but cannot fault anyone who enjoys it because every player has their own opinion of what constitutes "fun" in this game.
My complaint, if I were to have one, is that too many items are "bound" either to character or account... sorry, I don't care how many I get, I'm not riding a pig... nor am I interested in transmutes that look like farm implements - that's just me.
And since I can't trade, give away, sell, or even drop those items for refinement points, I've "disposed of" at least three pigs and I don't know how many farm implement transmutes that I've somehow randomly acquired... I definitely didn't choose them.
*I may not choose to run the Summer Festival, but if someone asks me to run it with them I usually do.
Then there are other "bound to character" duplicate items, on a couple of my characters I have multiple Redcap Powries, on a couple of other character I had multiple entertainers, (I was forced to dispose of multiples of them too). Prior to them I had multiple mounts of the same kind - ditto.
Since a player cannot equip more than one "unique item", and in many cases can't give them away, trade them to another characters even on the same account or sell them on the auction house, about the only option left is to dump them either by discarding them or selling them to a NW merchant for a very small fraction of what they're worth - which is pretty much the same thing in my opinion.
Too many items from festivals are bound to character and bound to account so now the festivals that offer prizes I'm not interested in, I just tend to avoid ... it would be different if I obtained items I could somehow trade, sell or transfer but it is what it is.
I really wish I could sell items I don't personally want on the auction house or at least exchange them into a merchant for near equivalent zen or trade bar credit, (not actual zen or trade bars), at least drop them for refinement points, but since I can't - I just keep avoiding events that offer items I'm not interested in or toss bound items from those events away like they're trash.
We do have the "Your Collections" menu (Ctrl-J)…
What I would like to see is for any player who gets one of these items, the first one is "bound to character" and any subsequent drops of these identical items preferably "binds on equip" or at least "bound to account" instead of subsequent same items acquired also being bound to a character who can't use them or more reasonably dispose of them.
There is an artifact exchange merchant in Protector's Enclave where a player can exchange one artifact for another of equal value - why can't something like this be done for companions, mounts or other unique event items?