CTA ended to soon

anteon · January 2014

after all the down time i would have thought you have run it a bit longer i was in the middle of doing it come out needed 5 more marks to get the orb and it was gone

yeah thanks for that no warning nothing just ended so i got no companion even though one person got it twice in a row
and no orb skin nice

imsmithy · January 2014

It ran a full day longer than advertised , although I can see why players would complain about the shop going poof.

beckylunatic · January 2014

It ended at the time they said it would, after extending it for a full day from the original because of the downtimes.

Sorry you didn't get the thing you wanted, but it worked exactly as it was supposed to.

oldman47 · January 2014

Where is the vendor. Our group ran till last moment and when event ended Vendor poofed. I thought it was supposed to hang around a day or 2 so folks could cash out.

imsmithy · January 2014

oldman47 wrote: »

Where is the vendor. Our group ran till last moment and when event ended Vendor poofed. I thought it was supposed to hang around a day or 2 so folks could cash out.

Hopefully they will put him back for a few days , I thought I had spent up my medallions before it ended but the final run put me just over 100 again so I may as well buy a refinement box if I can .

iuliandrei · January 2014

Sorry you didn't get the thing you wanted, but it worked exactly as it was supposed to.

No, it didn't.
There was no timer to inform the player when the event ends and shop disappeared right in the moment the event ended. Compare that to the last event, Simril, where we had both a timer that counted to the very second and shop remained long after.

There was a serious lack of information.

farla47 · January 2014

What, the vendor is gone too?! But I have 500 medallions I couldn't cash in do to horrible lag! Sucks :-/

bazgc · January 2014

iuliandrei wrote: »

No, it didn't.
There was no timer to inform the player when the event ends and shop disappeared right in the moment the event ended. Compare that to the last event, Simril, where we had both a timer that counted to the very second and shop remained long after.

There was a serious lack of information.

There was a timer beside the mini map. It was there counting down the entire time the event was on (the same way that there was one for Simril, or any other similar event which has been running)

I'll admit that the shop disappearing immediately is different. At least the tokens carry over so that you can use them on the next CTA event.

beckylunatic · January 2014

There'll be another CTA next month, so it's not really a big deal to have medallions left if all you wanted was the refinement boxes (which are a total RNG ripoff, though I am no longer able to link to the thread testing their drop rates).

It is pretty unfortunate though if you had your heart set on a transmute from this specific event though, at least until they start repeating.

abxyxxx · January 2014

I was reenacting titanic at the tip of the ship when it diapered

imsmithy · January 2014

beckylunatic wrote: »

There'll be another CTA next month, so it's not really a big deal to have medallions left if all you wanted was the refinement boxes (which are a total RNG ripoff, though I am no longer able to link to the thread testing their drop rates).

Oh yeah , totally didn't even think about the medallions carrying over to next month , oh nevermind then , idc if he comes back I'll save my extra ones xD

abxyxxx wrote: »

I was reenacting titanic at the tip of the ship when it diapered

That sounds ummm messy

iuliandrei · January 2014

There was a timer beside the mini map. It was there counting down the entire time the event was on (the same way that there was one for Simril, or any other similar event which has been running)

There was no timer man, i didn't had any, my friends didn't had any, asked in guild but nobody had any idea when the event actually ended ..because there was no timer near the mini map.

dardove · January 2014

iuliandrei wrote: »

There was no timer man, i didn't had any, my friends didn't had any, asked in guild but nobody had any idea when the event actually ended ..because there was no timer near the mini map.

Yeah, the timer got turned off some time after they extended the event. My guess is they went from an automated turn off for the event to a manual turn off. Which might explain why the vendor didn't show up after the event ended.

bazgc · January 2014

dardove wrote: »

Yeah, the timer got turned off some time after they extended the event. My guess is they went from an automated turn off for the event to a manual turn off. Which might explain why the vendor didn't show up after the event ended.

Ah, Sorry then. I could've sworn there was a timer the whole time. It still had the CTA event box though and they did post stuff about the revised time for it ending.

imanold1too · January 2014

Saved my medallions (2802) thinking I could exchange them at the event end, I'm not interested in holding them till next event, whata BF...Didn't see timer at any point, but had noted end time from info posted......Load the merchant!!!!!................ Giskard

anteon · January 2014

and just to point out 1 extra day dose not make up for 3 days of not being able to do it due to massive lag issues and there was no timer

dardove · January 2014

anteon wrote: »

and just to point out 1 extra day dose not make up for 3 days of not being able to do it due to massive lag issues and there was no timer

The lag issues with the CTA were cleared up in the emergency patch that happened on Thursday night so there were lag issues for less than 12 hours.

zebular · January 2014

. . . I am hoping they re-enable the vendor for a day or two as well. As for the end date of the event, when it came back up after the lag fix maintenance, the original article was updated with pertinent information on the extended end time.

CTA News Article Update Excerpt wrote:

*Important Update* We performed emergency maintenance to resolve the issue. The event has also been extended to 1/28 10 AM PST. Please click here for updates: http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?589601-CtA-Storming-the-Keep-temporarily-disabled

kallethen · January 2014

It'd be nice if they re-enable the vendor. I was looking at getting one of the weapon transmutes. Oh well.

anteon · January 2014

dardove wrote: »

The lag issues with the CTA were cleared up in the emergency patch that happened on Thursday night so there were lag issues for less than 12 hours.

no it was not lots of people was complaining about it after people in my guild was also suffering bad lag

galantdramon · January 2014

Dunno about "ended too soon" but having the vendor vanish <bleep>ed me out of the unlocks I was after.

Yes, I know, I should have immediately panic bought the instant I had enough, but I wanted to see what I would end up with, and if I didn't have enough for "everything for everyone" was going to have to decide what not to get...well, it was decided for me, "nothing".

sockmunkey · January 2014

anteon wrote: »

no it was not lots of people was complaining about it after people in my guild was also suffering bad lag

The only fix was Thursday. There where no fixes over the weekend. There where no fixes on Monday. Without so much as one single additional patch. How did this lag clear up?

bioshrike · January 2014

IIRC, when they ended the Winter Event, there was a day or so period when the whole event dais in PE was cleared away, and then a day or so later, a lone vendor (without all the decorative elements) was re-added... so maybe that's what they're doing.

astariadodf · January 2014

zebular wrote: »

. . . I am hoping they re-enable the vendor for a day or two as well. As for the end date of the event, when it came back up after the lag fix maintenance, the original article was updated with pertinent information on the extended end time.

Anybody recall for certain if CTA's vendors in the past stayed a couple days? I thought they did.... but I am not sure. I usually ignored CTA's - this time i wanted the enchant box so I farmed.... and got 3 Sbucklers too

Edit:

Lol Bioshrike... just saw your channel note. What is there maybe 5 legit players on NWO? Good we all can group now

Seriously though, I blame Cryptics total LACK of commitment to stopping, banning ending exploits/cheats more than I blame peeps. Sadly it seems at this point, if you cant hang with them (advancement), join them

dardove · January 2014

astariadodf wrote: »

Anybody recall for certain if CTA's vendors in the past stayed a couple days? I thought they did.... but I am not sure. I usually ignored CTA's - this time i wanted the enchant box so I farmed.... and got 3 Sbucklers too

This was the first CTA with a vendor, but previous events with vendors did stick around for a while.

bioshrike wrote: »

IIRC, when they ended the Winter Event, there was a day or so period when the whole event dais in PE was cleared away, and then a day or so later, a lone vendor (without all the decorative elements) was re-added... so maybe that's what they're doing.

I'm pretty sure the vendor was there right away for the Winter Event.

dhuras1 · January 2014

Since I didn't know when it was going to end, I made sure to cash out every night. Of course, that's esier for me, because I don't care about fashion or transmutes. I only wanted the cheap refinement boxes.

Event vendors should always stay a while, after the event ends.

samuraim0 · January 2014

I'm telling you people geniuses work at Cryptic/PWE.

the ability to <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> off there players is really top notch it's one of there priorities besides adding more companions and mounts to the zen shop.

vscoutv · January 2014

How were those who finished a run at exact moment event ended supposed be able to spend their medals?

Jk and making a nit-picky point.

I kind of wish they would have put the swashbuckler on the vendor for whatever high amount of medals, so those unlucky like myself, who ran it over 150 times without a drop, could have at least earned one.

I ended up buying one about 50 runs in, but then it became more about just getting one to drop so I didn't feel like such a shleprock than actually getting the swashbuckler.

melodywhr · January 2014

i got a confirmation that the vendor will be back on feb 6th.

iron34 · January 2014

Plz bring back the CTA vendor! Don

charononus · January 2014

iron34 wrote: »

Plz bring back the CTA vendor! Don

I think Don is taking the day off because of the bad weather.

On a serious note try pulling out the " ' " you put into the word Don't. Sometimes the forums eat posts with those marks.

CTA ended to soon

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