Mazliet priekšvēstures. Spēlējos es reizēm pa Gredzenu Pavēlnieka MMO. "Lord of the rings Online" www.lotro.com, ja nu kādu interesē. EU serveri.
Spēlei nupat paliek 4 gadi. Jubileja, odnako.
Kā visas jubilejas tā nāk ar lielo 'eventu'. Par to ka būs tāds, jau pirms ziemassvētkiem bija ziņas, ka būs. Kaut kas liels un nebijis līdz šim. Pat ikgadējo pavasara eventu slēdza ātrāk nekā parasti...
Sagaidījām, /cenzēts/...
Aplauziens nejēgā. Parastie eventa vākšanas paņēmieni visi likvideti. Atstāts tikai grindfests uz 50+ stundām lai tiktu pie pāris spēles mantiņām. Smukas jau ir. Zirgs ar segu, un jauni kostīmi, kā arī jaunas dekorācijas personiskai mājai. Bet 50+ stundas klopēt cits citu? 10 minūtes, lai tiktu pie vina tokena. Pie tam ir lielas iespējas arī nedabūt, tad gaidi līdz nākamajam raundam, kurā atkal vari palikt ārpus laimīgo loka. Tauta pamēģināja, pamēģināja, un metās uz forumiem žēloties. 12 stundās ~ 50 lappuses ar žēlabām. 'community liaisons' mēģina tautu mierināt, bet ar katru brīdi pievienojas ar vien jauni sašutušie spēlētāji.
Beigās pēc visa tā kašķa atnāk galvenais un ieposto:
Re: Thoughts on the Anniversary Event
There are some inaccurate assumptions and perhaps a few expectations in this thread that I'll do my best to clear up. No spin, just info. So forgive me if this comes off a bit blunt.
The Anniversary Event is working as the team designed it. There is nothing missing or 'coming later'. What's listed on the official announcement is the event. Therefore, we will not be making any changes to how the events function or the rewards they offer. Nor will we be lowering the cost of the Anniversary Mount.
Some have suggested we're holding back, or possibly testing a way to force more players to buy the Anniversary Mount from the LOTRO Store later on. Let me be clear; the Anniversary Mount will not be making an appearance in the LOTRO Store. It was never placed in the store data and there is no intention to add it.
Likewise, there was never any intention to add Anniversary Tokens to the LOTRO Store. Again, they were never placed in store data and there was never an intention to do so. There are only three ways to earn Anniversary Tokens.
•The Beer Fight.
•Horse Races.
•LOTRO Lottery.
So while none of this is changing, there are some additional ways to earn tokens and mounts available to those using the Turbine service (I'm sorry, but we do not control the EU service so we cannot address any comments regarding the EU).
•The number of Anniversary Tokens awarded in the LOTRO Lotteries has been increased. Lotteries will always award 5 Anniversary Tokens and there will be multiple lotteries per day. Yes, you'll need to be lucky to win them, we're offering you an opportunity to gain additional tokens, not a effortless batch of free tokens. This is in addition to all of the traditional token lotteries that are exchanged for gift boxes.
•Tokens will be added to the regularly scheduled lotteries as well, starting with Today's Welcome Wagon, Free Peoples, Adventurer, and Stalwart lotteries. Again, this is an additional opportunity to earn tokens, not a simple 'everyone gets free tokens' offer.
•Finally, we'll be adding the Anniversary Mount to the lottery system and lotteries for it will run randomly starting today at 8PM Eastern (-4 GMT). All other start times will be random and yes it may even show up in a Twitter Flash lottery. We're giving you chances, we're not going to just hand it to you.
So with all of that said, let me just add that I'd encourage everyone reading this to enter the 6PM Eastern (-4 GMT) lottery for Anniversary Tokens. Your odds of winning will be very, very good.
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This ........ is very disappointing. Counting on something from OUTSIDE THE GAME as a legitimate method for obtaining grindiversary tokens is laughable at best.
You claim this "event" is working as intended. Well, I intend to be working as intended as well for the weekend - away from the game.
It just saddens me greatly to see how LOTRO has changed. The anniversary used to be an event that was welcomed. We would receive a great gift because we have chosen to support this game. Now, it seems the "gift" is "You don't like the anniversary? Well, too bad so sad".