Mabar Festival Is Back!

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: The Mabar festival is now available! Thanks for your patience and we'll see you in game!

The Mabar Festival of Endless Night is now available! Click here (http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Mabar_Endless_Night_Festival_Guide) for our guide to the event in the DDO Compendium! Also, Click here (http://www.ddo.com/us/ddostoremabarendlessnight) for special Mabar related items.

[lronEnema]

Not only has the player base beaten you to the 'it's open' punch. We've beaten you to the forthcoming 'it's busted' announcement. You can just skip that step and head straight for the 'we're fixing it' :)

[katz]

lol whoops

[Cyr]

Your guide and details pages seems to be missing any reference to kobolds.

[lronEnema]

Your guide and details pages seems to be missing any reference to kobolds.

lol

[OpallNotten]

Not only has the player base beaten you to the 'it's open' punch. We've beaten you to the forthcoming 'it's busted' announcement. You can just skip that step it and head straight for the 'we're fixing it' :)

+1 You made me laugh:p I approve!

I have NOT had enough coffee yet today to be laughing, but you managed to make me do just that:p

~Opall~

[Scraap]

Your guide and details pages seems to be missing any reference to kobolds.

You do realize at this point you're almost obligated to make zombolds next year :p

But seriously, only one that seems to be spawing things above CR 8 is the shared instance.

[Shadow7375]

Glad it's here .. Was waiting for it, and of course hopped in right away :-)

Was wondering however if the drop rates are right though.

35 minutes inside a lvl 20-25 instance in a full group and i got four skulls, bones, or whatever it was called.

And half the time we get messages telling us that the mob was to low level to receive a reward.

Just curious, not ranting (yet) ... Others in my group didn't do any better.

[MysticElaine]

not only has the player base beaten you to the 'it's open' punch. We've beaten you to the forthcoming 'it's busted' announcement. You can just skip that step and head straight for the 'we're fixing it' :)

+1

[theslimshady]

i just lost 138641 renown when you shut mabar down

[BelDragon]

Went into the 20-25 level instance.... the spawn rate seems kinda slow, the mobs hit like lvl 30 epic, drop rate is near to nothing, got killed several times trying to solo creatures that are below my level by 1 or 2 which is quite easy in any dungeon...even epic level. I'd been looking forward to this for several months now and after finding its just an exercise in pure frustration, I'm very disappointed. I'd like to buy a Mabar Sucks t-shirt but none are in the AH yet. Last year was immense fun, solo'd for hours... this year that is totally impossible. I realize I'm in a higher level category with higher level creatures, but compared to last year the experience is like going from heroic casual to epic hard.... seems a little over powered to really be fun. Just my thoughts.

[sheintao]

Mabar is now down. That too less than 1 hour. Nice. Looks like i wasted a vacation day :p

[LadyAerys]

You do realize at this point you're almost obligated to make zombolds next year :p
.

This...+1 zombolds make it happen!

[Galeria]

Shortest Mabar event EVAR!

Curse all you "don't turn on Mabar" complainers!!

[bigolbear]

soooo... what do we get for killing kobolds?

cos it seems broken to me.

[Kik97]

How about headless kobold invasion for next year's mabar festival

[Purgatory]

The Mabar Festival of Endless Night is now available! Click here (http://www.ddo.com/mabar) for details about this event. Also, click here (http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Mabar_Endless_Night_Festival_Guide) for our guide to the event in the DDO Compendium!

Are you sure about that?

[Missing_Minds]

You do realize at this point you're almost obligated to make zombolds next year :p

But seriously, only one that seems to be spawing things above CR 8 is the shared instance.

I can think of only one zombold actually in game.

But then I knew Mabar was doomed this year. I'm home sick. Which means the servers are going to have issues. Anecdotal, but it has been true every time.

My apologies all.

[luvirini]

Seems like normal DDO event:
open-it is bugged-close-fix at some point-reopen.

Atleast this time we did not have automatic bans..

[mog999]

Sigh ... So the QA/Testing departments did a good job again...

[Bimbelbo]

When will it be back? 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week?

[sheintao]

Sigh ... So the QA/Testing departments did a good job again...

Well, it appears Turbine thinks that's our job... hence Lumania.

[WolfSpirit]

Event on Orien seems to have stopped.
Standing at the turn in Pumpkin head and POOF!
Entire party experiences a loading screen and ends up outside the gates with a "Quest completed" dialog.
Go back in, 0.00 CR Kobolds with about 1000HP, mixed lv groups no rewards no undead no choice on gates.
Nothing Mabar related seems to be around.
~
Edit:
Now not even the Kobolds are around. Normal Grave yard, no Mabar pumpkin decorations or anything of the like.
Thanks for participating in mabar event this year everyone!

[tsotate]

Atleast this time we did not have automatic bans..

...yet.

[Eistander]

Go figure.. instead of being annoyed at not being able to take a couple days off work for kicks, and instead get my job shut down due to weather and going into the game to enjoy some Mabar goodness, it breaks. Like Cove before this. And other events before.

Par for the course I suppose lol.. it will be back up when I go back to work I guess!

[Cashiry]

Your guide and details pages seems to be missing any reference to kobolds.

lol

[smatt]

Sigh ... So the QA/Testing departments did a good job again...


Well.... If they EVER bothered to test on a live server enviroment, they MIGHT notice these types of things.... Turbine testing is like an ice skater trying out new ice skates in a sand box.....

Hint Turbine...... Copy a live server, and use that to test on.... Fer christs sakes.... :rolleyes:

(Maybe one of the new hires in management has a fricken clue)

[Shadow7375]

Looks like the shortest Mabar event ever :-)

Well, better they take it down right away as they just did and hopefully get it fixed in no time, then leaving it up bugged and all of us go crazy and mad and start ranting ....

Would be nice to get an info though from officials how long we might have to wait for it to come back on.

[Tarnoc]

atleast this time we did not have automatic bans..

yet

[Bzzzt]

Looks like the shortest Mabar event ever :-)

Well, better they take it down right away as they just did and hopefully get it fixed in no time, then leaving it up bugged and all of us go crazy and mad and start ranting ....

Would be nice to get an info though from officials how long we might have to wait for it to come back on.

Well given the typical community response to any sort of time estimate (which can be justified at times), the forums/playerbase would explode into masses of rage if Turbine said "1 hour" and it ran over by 10 minutes :X

[walkingwolfmike]

in case you missed the thread that was closed right after being posted:

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=396200

Evidently they didn't want to hear how badly things suck the toads butt.

[BurningDownTheHouse]

Atleast this time we did not have automatic bans..

Too early to tell, they might surprise you yet...

[Gawna]

Hey, look at the bright side! At least you guys aren't banned! Yet.

[adam1oftheround]

Increase spawn rate to about 150% of current level.

Increase drop rate to about 800% of current level.

Make epic items scale with you so they become the min level 4 items when you hit level 4 and the min level 8 items when you hit level 8 and so on.

[Cordovan]

Mabar has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!

[Missing_Minds]

Year 1. Mabar
Year 2. Maban
Year 3. Mabar
Year 4. Kobar.
Year 5. profit.

[Loromir]

Manat has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!


Manat?

[Scraap]

Manat has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!

Look at all of em. Checked 12-17, and 16-20 on a 15 while the coffee was kicking in in addition to the shared one. Again, the shared one was the only one with relatively high CR spawns.

[Cryohazard]

Manat?

The Endless Typo Festival?

At least we don't have issues with "stringtableerror" events...

...oh wait...

[Gara]

Mabar has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!

Postponed? It came and it went. You could at least comment on bringing the event up broken and then killing it.

[Ague]

Woooooo!!! Here I come!!!!:D

[Cordovan]

Manat?

Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)

[Voldomar]

http://img120.imagevenue.com/loc186/th_176479673_jackobold_122_186lo.jpg (http://img120.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=176479673_jackobold_122_186lo.jpg)


I like where this is going...

[Loromir]

Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)


You do this job from a Cell Phone? I'm impressed. I won't critisize typos anymore.

[Gawna]

Manat?

Manat ruins everything!

[Fundamental]

Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)

It would be kinda decent to at least have a time schedule on how long this will probably take, as in a few hours or a few days, since thousands of players are now in-game waiting for it or prepared for it.

[adam1oftheround]

Had some zombies walking with the Halt Undead Pink Symbol over their heads. Is that normal?

[PurpleTimb]

Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)

No wonder it's broken... Turbine is making Jerry code the Mabar event on his phone.

[Ino-San]

It would be kinda decent to at least have a time schedule on how long this will probably take, as in a few hours or a few days, since thousands of players are now in-game waiting for it or prepared for it.

If they say it 'should' be ready in 2 hours and it runs over a minute, people are going to be up in arms. If all they can do is run Mabar, then they need to get a life. There's more to DDO than just an event.

[Mephisto-Helix]

Wonder if they realise just how many people are hoping for an announcement on how long it will be down. A few hours? A few days? A few weeks? Never?

Seriously.

[Mephisto-Helix]

If they say it 'should' be ready in 2 hours and it runs over a minute, people are going to be up in arms. If all they can do is run Mabar, then they need to get a life. There's more to DDO than just an event.

Ye, lets ignore the people who are stuck at home or even the people who 'planned' for the event ...... ye, let's just be a dewsh and make sweeping statements.

[Bzzzt]

Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)

Not quite the issue I would've liked to have seen fixed. :P

[Ino-San]

Guild Wars 2 had a couple issues with their Halloween event and they released a patch that you logged out, downloaded, and got right back in to play. No downtime and all the things weren't broken! But they probably have people who actually test their build before it goes live, so it's probably not applicable here.

I think it really depends on the type of issues. Mobs not spawning, while it's not huge issue, coding wise, it's a pain. I'm not going to be one of those people who is all.. grumpy and say " if you don't like it don't play " because that's pointless. ( Those people annoy the **** out of me. Same with the ones who say they're boycotting DDO every time they don't get their way ) Each company is different. Some better than others. -shrug-

[Ino-San]

Ye, lets ignore the people who are stuck at home or even the people who 'planned' for the event ...... ye, let's just be a dewsh and make sweeping statements.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude. That said. If people take time off of work, from school, or any other responsibility for a game? There's a bigger issue at hand than an Extra/Bonus portion of the game not working properly. Addicted much?

[AmiSouthpaw]

Mabar has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!

K thanks for the update but just out of curiousity does anyone happen to know what Manat stands for?

[Dawnsfire]

Mabar has been postponed while we look into issues involving epic level spawns. We'll provide more information as it becomes available. Thanks!

Any chance of an ingame announcement when you turn it back on? I'd hate to have to keep checking the graveyard when I could be leveling.

[dmcgoey22]

Could we get an xp bonus during the mabar event for those who dont want to take part?

[Dawnsfire]

K thanks for the update but just out of curiousity does anyone happen to know what Manat stands for?

If you are talking about Mabar, it is a holiday of the dead named after the endless plane of night.

[knightgf]

Why does this not surprise me?

Lolth will avenge us for this downtime, Cordovan! Hurricane Sandy (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents) is coming, and unless you bring back mabar quickly, she's going to change the track so it hits Turbine HQ directly! Don't disappoint her!

[Ino-San]

Your 8 year old doesn't whine very much does he? And you shouldn't lie - you are clearly intending to be rude. Own it.

First, my 8 year old is a Girl. Secondly, I'm fine with being rude, I do it quite well, anyone who knows me will vouch for this. So, If I was intending to be rude, I wouldn't have said I wasn't. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've better things to do. ( Now that's being rude. Learn to tell the difference. )

[Missing_Minds]

Postponed? It came and it went. You could at least comment on bringing the event up broken and then killing it.

Someone at Turbine cast Magic Missile at the darkness. Ooops.

[Tolero]

Any chance of an ingame announcement when you turn it back on? I'd hate to have to keep checking the graveyard when I could be leveling.

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

[bradleyforrest]

Is this something that can be fixed on the backend without a downtime or are we postponed for a couple days until a fix can be pushed?

[Missing_Minds]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

Great.... You know there are no union rules with Mabar. You are going to have to have another few rounds of arbitration.

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj230/nsvengence/union.jpg

[Fundamental]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

Oh dear, the small bear doesn't stand a chance in this dancing contest!

http://i45.tinypic.com/2cnfa4g.jpg

[ComicRelief]

UPDATE: Mabar has been postponed. We'll have more information as it becomes available.

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo........... .......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Sigh* Just my luck - and having already scheduled vacation time around it...
;)

[Saaluta]

I believe that what Cordo meant to write in the title was Mabar Festival Post-Pwned...

/carrying on

Saal :)

[GermanicusMaximus]

Guild Wars 2 had a couple issues with their Halloween event and they released a patch that you logged out, downloaded, and got right back in to play. No downtime and all the things weren't broken! But they probably have people who actually test their build before it goes live, so it's probably not applicable here.

Gawna, you might want to tread carefully here. I think comparing Turbine to a company that has a functioning IT department is probably against the forum Code of Conduct. :D

[GermanicusMaximus]

If all they can do is run Mabar, then they need to get a life. There's more to DDO than just an event.

You might want to reread what you posted and then ponder its implications for a moment...

[akiraproject24]

Plan to upgrade one item to lvl 24 so no big deal with it not being here now. However, what was Mabar doing on Lamania? Was it there because seashells and walnuts are pretty? So the powers that be officially stated mabar was down. Duh! We know that. How bout why is it down? Why did you have something being tested on lamania for months and then have this happen. Or a statement as to lack of QA over and over and over for basically everything that happens in the game. If something new is developed is it not tried out on a test server. I know people on Lammania try things out before it comes to live. Does input there not carry over to live? Is there an entity that says "if we do this then that will happen so we need to fix this THEN do that? Is there a god? Where do babies come from? Do these shorts make me look fat? Or do I make me look fat?

[WolfSpirit]

It would help to quell the Pitchfork & Torch carrying Mobs if the +25% (or even+30%) Heroic XP bonus were turned ON right AWAY when something everyones been waiting for like this Fails.

[akiraproject24]

I think.. I was just called a fanboi. O.o I'm a girl. :P and I'm just of the mindset that things happen; Whining, crying and flailing about like a spoiled child isn't going to solve anything.

Girl, boy, fanboi...? We are all just filthy gamers.

[Ino-San]

Girl, boy, fanboi...? We are all just filthy gamers.

Rofl. +1 Sir. Filthy gamers indeed.

[WolfSpirit]

I think.. I was just called a fanboi. O.o I'm a girl. :P and I'm just of the mindset that things happen; Whining, crying and flailing about like a spoiled child isn't going to solve anything.
~
Id +1 you for your Positive Outlook but your disabled!
:-)

[Miow]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

You cannot win or make us smile you will be assimilated by our discontent.

[Gkar]

I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude. That said. If people take time off of work, from school, or any other responsibility for a game? There's a bigger issue at hand than an Extra/Bonus portion of the game not working properly. Addicted much?

While I would never take time off to an in game event, your comments are increasingly insulting and uncalled for.

Do you have a problem with people getting upset if their plane to go to on vacation is cancelled? Clearly they are addicted and travel and have much bigger problems right?

If people damage their life because they sacrifice their life for a game, then yes, they are addicted. But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

[Miow]

While I would never take time off to an in game event, your comments are increasingly insulting and uncalled for.

Do you have a problem with people getting upset if their plane to go to on vacation is cancelled? Clearly they are addicted and travel and have much bigger problems right?

If people damage their life because they sacrifice their life for a game, then yes, they are addicted. But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

word to yo mama

[Henky]

Can the devs send a full set of ingredientes to upgrade a item from 0 to 24? That will fill the inconvenience we have at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

[Gkar]

~
Id +1 you for your Positive Outlook but your disabled!
:-)

You can rep her even if it is disabled. Disabled just hides other players from seeing your rep count.

[Seikojin]

Bummer that this happened. It is understandable though from a bug point considering all that has happened between the two mabar events.

[Ino-San]

While I would never take time off to an in game event, your comments are increasingly insulting and uncalled for.

Do you have a problem with people getting upset if their plane to go to on vacation is cancelled? Clearly they are addicted and travel and have much bigger problems right?

If people damage their life because they sacrifice their life for a game, then yes, they are addicted. But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

I'm not sure how one can place the same value on a game as they can an actual vacation. I'm truly not trying to be complicated, I'm just failing to how the two are equal. A flight being canceled is huge, a game having an issue fails in comparison.

Do I play too much? Most likely. Do I let it interfere with real life or get upset when things don't go according to plan? Not really. Think of me what you like, I'm fine with it. Simply expressing a point of view. Much as you're doing.

[akiraproject24]

Heres a positive post!!!


Episode 4 of season 8 Supernatural is available on amazon and the CW website!!!

(got rid of cable a couple years ago)

but omg I cant believe it I love that show!!!!!:):eek::confused:;):rolleyes::D

[bruener]

Mabar is now down. That too less than 1 hour. Nice. Looks like i wasted a vacation day :p

Ive done that before too but never again. way too unreliable

[Ague]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

any info on what kind of time-frame to expect? an hour, couple hours, a day or more?:eek: even a ball park figure would be nice... :D

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

You cannot win or make us smile you will be assimilated by our discontent.

Wrong ! I smiled !

[ArcherBarry]

Least you can still play ddo, the servers arent down.

I really shouldnt have said that, sorry...

[walkingwolfmike]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...
Less cutesy, more worksy.




Cell phone keyboard issue, now fixed. :)

You do this job from a Cell Phone? I'm impressed.

This might explain a lot.

[Vordax]

Heres a positive post!!!


Episode 4 of season 8 Supernatural is available on amazon and the CW website!!!

(got rid of cable a couple years ago)

but omg I cant believe it I love that show!!!!!:):eek::confused:;):rolleyes::D

Have you seen Arrow yet? The pilot and the first episode are on CW now. Series looks promising so far.

(another positive post!)

[Nubicus]

It's going to be a bit, no need to keep camping the graveyard :( we're having some stern words with the Kobold Union about this...

The Kobolds Union :eek:

What did we do? :eek:

:D

[Missing_Minds]

If people damage their life because they sacrifice their life for a game, then yes, they are addicted. But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

Taking a day off just to have a "Mental Day" is happening more and more. Esp in the US where there is a lot less time off than most of EU.

[Chaos000]

Any chance that the event will the extended the amount of time/days that it is postponed? :D

[rest]

Mabar is now down. That too less than 1 hour. Nice. Looks like i wasted a vacation day :p

I thought everyone knew not to ever take days off for Turbine events. :p

[LordPiglet]

I thought everyone knew not to ever take days off for Turbine events. :p

Never take the day off for a "launch day" for any game. There's always something.

[barecm]

I can remember when they announced that their + loot events could be toggled on/off without downtime. Then, later events such as the pirate cove and mabar. They seemed pretty impressed with themselves and took all the thanks and congrats from the posters they could get. Yet, here we are. Downtime. Seriously, can you all roll out anything without some sort of hotfix, downtime or game breaking issue? It is getting old. Off to play something else while you guys figure it out.

[PNellesen]

Just... wow.

Again.

[akiraproject24]

Have you seen Arrow yet? The pilot and the first episode are on CW now. Series looks promising so far.

(another positive post!)

I havent but Ill check it out. Netflix is near exhausted for me. Ill check out Arrow on CW site.

[Ague]

I thought everyone knew not to ever take days off for Turbine events. :p

nah... it has something to do with the UK bank holidays... i don't remember all the specifics, though.:rolleyes:

[Beethoven]

Do you have a problem with people getting upset if their plane to go to on vacation is cancelled? Clearly they are addicted and travel and have much bigger problems right?

That's actually a bad example since Mabar is not cancelled, it's delayed. I've been traveling between Europe and the US at least once a year for a while now and cannot recall the last time a flight or two weren't delayed. People generally don't get (or act) upset about these delays and if someone would be to use a similar language with flight-/airport personnel they would likely indeed be looked at as if they were some sort of lunatic.


If people damage their life because they sacrifice their life for a game, then yes, they are addicted. But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

Agreed. However, I also would recommend against taking off the first day of an even/update whether it is DDO or any other game. DDO is hardly the only game (or IT company) who has/had things go wrong on update day. I don't even mean this in defense of someone or something as much as general advice.

[Cordovan]

You do this job from a Cell Phone? I'm impressed. I won't critisize typos anymore.

I don't typically make posts using a cell phone, no. :) Reason being is iPhone's lovely autocorrect and virtual keyboard typing quality leads to misspellings, like the one today. Plus, I didn't catch it before hitting Post. Sorry!

[Ague]

I don't typically make posts using a cell phone, no. :) Reason being is iPhone's lovely autocorrect and virtual keyboard typing quality leads to misspellings, like the one today. Plus, I didn't catch it before hitting Post. Sorry!

Any update for us, Cordovan?

[Miow]

OMG OMG OMG OMG canadians can now watch soutpark and some tv shows(blocked on .com site) on http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca i didn't know this i'm so happy yah wooooooo.

[Ague]

OMG OMG OMG OMG canadians can now watch soutpark and some tv shows(blocked on .com site) on http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca i didn't know this i'm so happy yah wooooooo.

if you have sites blocked in your country, there's ways around it... ;)

[UurlockYgmeov]

I don't typically make posts using a cell phone, no. :) Reason being is iPhone's lovely autocorrect and virtual keyboard typing quality leads to misspellings, like the one today. Plus, I didn't catch it before hitting Post. Sorry!

Just appreciate the communication. We all understood. Except the barbarians.....

[gravisrs]

I don't typically make posts using a cell phone, no. :) Reason being is iPhone's lovely autocorrect and virtual keyboard typing quality leads to misspellings, like the one today. Plus, I didn't catch it before hitting Post. Sorry!

I have a feeling that devs uses their cellphones to code also..

[Saaluta]

I'm not sure how one can place the same value on a game as they can an actual vacation. I'm truly not trying to be complicated, I'm just failing to how the two are equal. A flight being canceled is huge, a game having an issue fails in comparison.

Do I play too much? Most likely. Do I let it interfere with real life or get upset when things don't go according to plan? Not really. Think of me what you like, I'm fine with it. Simply expressing a point of view. Much as you're doing.

Heya,

I use my vacation days at work to play ddo. I go to school 50 weeks a year and work 50 weeks a year(I get 2 weeks at the end of the year for winter break from college and 14 days off work every year) Being a college student in my late 30's and having rent/bills as well as textbooks, etc for schooling, I cannot afford to "go on vacation" every year, so I do take off days to just play ddo. So yes, it is vacation to me :)

Saal :)

P.S. I'm sure there are others here with similar life stories just figured I would share mine since you asked so nicely :)

[Cordovan]

Any update for us, Cordovan?

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!

[Tolero]

Post script, we do intend to extend the festival once we call in the Kobold exterminators to make up for lost time

[toaf]

EPIC! fail fail fail fail.........

[mondo]

Post script, we do intend to extend the festival once we call in the Kobold exterminators to make up for lost time

Kobald death and destruction..... Can we watch :D

[Coldin]

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!

Hey Cordovan. Where did you get that fancy new avatar?

[Phemt81]

Am i the only person not surprised here? :confused:

[LadyAerys]

Kobald death and destruction..... Can we watch :D

This ^

[NyteByrd1017]

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!

Although Mabar has its problems, I look forward to it. When it's reopened, it's reopened. And it will be a blast the way it always is.

[Cordovan]

Hey Cordovan. Where did you get that fancy new avatar?

I made it myself (it's a privilege available to people who work the forums here.) :) The image itself comes from a Menace of the Underdark promotional painting that I really, really like. I can't find the full image at the moment, but will have to dig it up and share it at some point if I can.

[DarkForte]

If Mabar doesn't have at the very least zombie kobolds, kobold skeletons and an epic level Kobolich after it comes back, I'll be sorely disappointed.

[DemonStorm333]

can we atleast get some draughts in the store so we can get motes lol

[Miow]

if you have sites blocked in your country, just use a VPN... that's how I watch netflix in Germany...

But but that's illegal ....shhhhhhh

[Saaluta]

I made it myself (it's a privilege available to people who work the forums here.) :) The image itself comes from a Menace of the Underdark promotional painting that I really, really like. I can't find the full image at the moment, but will have to dig it up and share it at some point if I can.

Any chance that some MOTU avatars will be made available to the players, pretty please...I would love to have a Lolth avatar myself :)

Saal :)

[Argila]

UPDATE: Mabar has been postponed. We'll have more information as it becomes available.
(...)


lol?

[Jatner]

I rushed home from work this evening to enjoy some Mabar awesomeness.

I really should have known better, shouldn't I?

[Cam_Neely]

I made it myself (it's a privilege available to people who work the forums here.) :) The image itself comes from a Menace of the Underdark promotional painting that I really, really like. I can't find the full image at the moment, but will have to dig it up and share it at some point if I can.

Instead you may want to see if you can help out around the office with something productive. QA could use some help it seems. Getting out a quality product may be more important then a new avatar or searching for an image.

[TRonbrassring]

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!

ok then I will log out and be back only when its back up, not an hour before or an hour after its over.

[theslimshady]

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!


is there any word about the rollback to the old renown system or is this something that should wait for another time -do to the great mabar crisis of 2012

[DemonStorm333]

I rushed home from work this evening to enjoy some Mabar awesomeness.

I really should have known better, shouldn't I?

Yes

[SirShen]

Sad news.

[Coldin]

I made it myself (it's a privilege available to people who work the forums here.) :) The image itself comes from a Menace of the Underdark promotional painting that I really, really like. I can't find the full image at the moment, but will have to dig it up and share it at some point if I can.

Oh, cool. I'm a little jealous. I'd like to see some MOTU avatars added, especially from some of the concept art that was created.

[patang01]

If Mabar doesn't have at the very least zombie kobolds, kobold skeletons and an epic level Kobolich after it comes back, I'll be sorely disappointed.

Kobolich Shaman....
Shamalich
nice

[LittleTinSoldier]

While I wouldn't mind being knee-deep in Mabar Festival Chaos, I has also too excited to think about preparation.

So as long as the end of the Festival is extended sufficiently, I'll take the opportunity to get ready--those Silver Slingers and Bows of the Silver Flame don't Epic themselves, unfortunately...:p

[DarkForte]

Instead you may want to see if you can help out around the office with something productive. QA could use some help it seems. Getting out a quality product may be more important then a new avatar or searching for an image.

Community team people make great software bug-fixers, or so I heard.

[drwhy13]

I don't want to watch !

I want to help :D

[UurlockYgmeov]

Post script, we do intend to extend the festival once we call in the Kobold exterminators to make up for lost time

Thank you for the update.

"who do you call? Kobold Busters!"

[UurlockYgmeov]

You do realize at this point you're almost obligated to make zombolds next year :p

But seriously, only one that seems to be spawing things above CR 8 is the shared instance.

or kobold zombies!!

'these aren't the brains you are looking for!'

[Flavilandile]

Kobold Still Hates You !! ( Forever )
Kobold Takes Over Deleras Graveyard !!!

Sorry couldn't resist. :D

[twigzz]

Shocking.......

[UurlockYgmeov]

Kobolich Shaman....
Shamalich
nice

? KoboShamLich ?

:D

[Taters214]

No wonder it's broken... Turbine is making Jerry code the Mabar event on his phone.

Thank you sir for the laugh. It was sorely needed.

I would rant about Mabar being broken, but it looks like everyone else has already covered the bases. So I'll just sit here and **** and moan to myself...

[Tuckerby]

We at the Consortium stake claim to the success of our attack on the DDO event you call 'Mabar'

A few well placed 'bonuses' placed to the leaders of the Kobold Guilds and a well placed enlarge spell simply created the 'tragedy' you have just witnessed. It took very little for us to entice the kobolds to swarm the graveyard as they are quite angry about being kept in damp, dark mines to mine shiny crystals while being slaughtered by dark monsters - all due to the ineptness of adventurers and their ilk.

Given our recent failure to tumble the DDO economy system by stealing all ship amenities... we feel it is needed to demonstrate our ability to disrupt the lives of thousands by involving dumb, reptilian friends or as we like to call them 'cannon fodder'

We at the Consortium serve the greater good of the populace of our DDO companions by insuring that DDO devs are continually at the top of their game trying to combat our every move. Next, we will attempt to circumvent the physics engine within the game and make 'dancing on the ceiling' possible while battling the Storm Reaver.

[AmiSouthpaw]

We at the Consortium stake claim to the success of our attack on the DDO event you call 'Mabar'

A few well placed 'bonuses' placed to the leaders of the Kobold Guilds and a well placed enlarge spell simply created the 'tragedy' you have just witnessed. It took very little for us to entice the kobolds to swarm the graveyard as they are quite angry about being kept in damp, dark mines to mine shiny crystals while being slaughtered by dark monsters - all due to the ineptness of adventurers and their ilk.

Given our recent failure to tumble the DDO economy system by stealing all ship amenities... we feel it is needed to demonstrate our ability to disrupt the lives of thousands by involving dumb, reptilian friends or as we like to call them 'cannon fodder'

We at the Consortium serve the greater good of the populace of our DDO companions by insuring that DDO devs are continually at the top of their game trying to combat our every move. Next, we will attempt to circumvent the physics engine within the game and make 'dancing on the ceiling' possible while battling the Storm Reaver.

lol +1

[tekn0mage]

Not flaming mad like some people are - but I did expect that since we skipped over the Cove because of bugs, that Mabar would go smoother.

The Cove being broken and Mabar now too are just two big black eyes for Turbine.

To whoever is fixing Mabar - the moment you are done with that, please locate the latest build of Cove and fix that up as well. Trust me when I say that your players want to see them both in working order.

[Tyrande]

? KoboShamLich ?

:D

Let's not forget Desaga Lich from Return of the Enter The Kobold who summons Living Ice Storms and Cone of Colds and jumping on cliffs.

It appears every time a QA engineer works overtime, a kobold will be sacrificed to power the air elementals for the building and computing... ;)

[UurlockYgmeov]

We at the Consortium stake claim to the success of our attack on the DDO event you call 'Mabar'

A few well placed 'bonuses' placed to the leaders of the Kobold Guilds and a well placed enlarge spell simply created the 'tragedy' you have just witnessed. It took very little for us to entice the kobolds to swarm the graveyard as they are quite angry about being kept in damp, dark mines to mine shiny crystals while being slaughtered by dark monsters - all due to the ineptness of adventurers and their ilk.

Given our recent failure to tumble the DDO economy system by stealing all ship amenities... we feel it is needed to demonstrate our ability to disrupt the lives of thousands by involving dumb, reptilian friends or as we like to call them 'cannon fodder'

We at the Consortium serve the greater good of the populace of our DDO companions by insuring that DDO devs are continually at the top of their game trying to combat our every move. Next, we will attempt to circumvent the physics engine within the game and make 'dancing on the ceiling' possible while battling the Storm Reaver.

+1 rep!

[DarkForte]

Let's not forget Desaga Lich from Return of the Enter The Kobold who summons Living Ice Storms and Cone of Colds and jumping on cliffs.

It appears every time a QA engineer works overtime, a kobold will be sacrificed to power the air elementals for the building and computing... ;)

Turbine™ - Powered by Our Kobolds®

[Fefnir_2011]

At the moment, we're actively investigating the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and do not have an ETA on when Mabar will be re-opened. As Tolero mentioned a bit earlier, it's not worth camping outside of the graveyard, as it's possible that the investigation and fix may take some time. We'll let everyone know once we have more information. Thanks!

You know, I hear documentation helps prevent this sort of thing (Not directed at you, but at the programmers)...

[jandhaer]

I just want to say amongst all the suprisingly mostly positive posts that I <3 the Mabar Festival as soon as it gets loaded back up it is OFFICIALLY HALLOWEEN WEEK :-D

Now sing along " It's the mooost wonderful tiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeear "

Take your time Dev's, quality>deadlines

[Drenzilla]

http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00022.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00026.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00027.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00028.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00031.jpg.html?sort=3&o=5
http://s1302.beta.photobucket.com/user/drenzilla/media/ScreenShot00030.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6

MBAR BROCOLLI AND HAM STRIKE! GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!

I do agree with the Quality over deadline part. i would rather have it done good once then have it break after 20 minutes.

OH AND WHATEVER HAPPEND TO THE GOBLINS???

[Nestroy]

Turbine™ - Powered by Our Kobolds®

At least the server hamsters get some rest now ;).

[waryJerry]

Is it completely heartless of me to ask whether there's any connection whatsoever between this and the reported layoffs Turbine is experiencing right now supposedly? My heart goes out to anyone who's lost their job and I can completely sympathize with real life seeming a lot more important than a virtual festival, but still, a little honesty might help rather than hinder--and if this is a complete coincidence I will gladly eat my hat in apology.

[SteeleDriver]

quality requires Quality Assurance, so far Ive seen no assurance of quality :)
more like alot of the companies with QA teams...

*QA Team meeting minutes*
Entered meeting room, no one there. Checked with secretary found out correct meeting room.
Arrived at meeting, missed the initial 15 minute get to know everyone, made it for coffee break.

Continued meeting...
Discussed upcoming released.
Asked what is was going to be..
Was advised I was on the committee group that was naming new update.
Asked what update?
Was advised update our group was testing.
Asked where to login at?
Advised new laptops were all still at IT dept due to new release of windows crashing all of them.
Ended meeting, went to bar.

[Quirinus]

Is it completely heartless of me to ask whether there's any connection whatsoever between this and the reported layoffs Turbine is experiencing right now supposedly? My heart goes out to anyone who's lost their job and I can completely sympathize with real life seeming a lot more important than a virtual festival, but still, a little honesty might help rather than hinder--and if this is a complete coincidence I will gladly eat my hat in apology.

Interesting choice for a first post

[djl]

The most hilarious thing about this SNAFU is that you had a perfect system in place to prevent it, which you declined to utilize. The VIP preview weekend gave your paying customers-- who are unlikely to complain about some glitches -- a chance to play-test it before it went live and allowed the masses to discover for themselves that it's broken.

If you guys had put it up live last weekend for VIPs, then you wouldn't be in this situation right now and the PR ****storm would have been averted. Instead, now you have a right mess on your hands and quite a few people are upset.

[Siftrant]

Is it completely heartless of me to ask whether there's any connection whatsoever between this and the reported layoffs Turbine is experiencing right now supposedly? My heart goes out to anyone who's lost their job and I can completely sympathize with real life seeming a lot more important than a virtual festival, but still, a little honesty might help rather than hinder--and if this is a complete coincidence I will gladly eat my hat in apology.

No waryJerry, this has to do with what I am going to call a "fact" based on repeated evidence that Turbine has dropped adherence to any and all processes related to (1) version control, (2) basic testing, and (3) Quality Control. In this case even the most basic QA test plan of "enter the event, cause a spawn, and kill it" would have evidenced that the event was not working as intended.

From this point Turbine will rewrite the definition of Mabar to reflect that the goal is to kill kobolds and the dragon can not be reached because Lolth has decreed it so. They will then turn the event back on and call it "fixed" because it now matches the written description.

[jandhaer]

Interesting choice for a first post

was thinking the same thing sounds like an employees cry for help, should we be getting the torches and pitchforks together ready to storm the castle?

[Kalari]

I know Im in a small majority but this delay puts me off in a different way. My work kinda revolves around playing the game writing out some good PR type press about it. So I was looking to do a nice write up for the first day of the event and well at least now my house is clean. All that time I thought id spend in Delera's taking screenies for the next article went to folding laundry, vacuuming and getting some odd jobs done, yay me.../sigh.

Though I am tempted to follow up a story on the rumors I heard about kobolds ruining the event due to not being allowed to trick or treat...:D

[fco-karatekid]

UPDATE: Mabar has been postponed. We'll have more information as it becomes available.

The Mabar Festival of Endless Night is now available! Click here (http://www.ddo.com/mabar) for details about this event. Also, click here (http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Mabar_Endless_Night_Festival_Guide) for our guide to the event in the DDO Compendium!

Color me unsurprised... in the thread on delaying the october 9th downtime that y'all have now removed, i recommended a couple days to ensure it was working. google the phrase "do what you will".

Some ****** always trying to ice skate uphill.

[AlexMonk]

No extention of Mabar !!! I refuse to have undead running around spoiling my birthday on Nov. 5th. Fix it or scrap it till next year. ;D

[Serapis]

I participated in the dev event for this and noticed no problems... The thing is I popped back in after the event when everyone logged off but Mabar was still active and I saw the kobold problem then... Didn't pay it any attention... Go figure it went live.

[Liutwin]

we are experiencing mabar withdrawal.

can we please have the spooky adventure packs discounted to 60% in tradition of the festival spirit so that we can kill undead while waiting for the festival to be reinstated? going back to heyton's crypt in korthos does not do it for me anymore.

[dotHackSign]

I know Im in a small majority but this delay puts me off in a different way. My work kinda revolves around playing the game writing out some good PR type press about it. So I was looking to do a nice write up for the first day of the event and well at least now my house is clean. All that time I thought id spend in Delera's taking screenies for the next article went to folding laundry, vacuuming and getting some odd jobs done, yay me.../sigh.

Though I am tempted to follow up a story on the rumors I heard about kobolds ruining the event due to not being allowed to trick or treat...:D


Well, they will always hate us... :)

[fco-karatekid]

No waryJerry, this has to do with what I am going to call a "fact" based on repeated evidence that Turbine has dropped adherence to any and all processes related to (1) version control, (2) basic testing, and (3) Quality Control. In this case even the most basic QA test plan of "enter the event, cause a spawn, and kill it" would have evidenced that the event was not working as intended.

From this point Turbine will rewrite the definition of Mabar to reflect that the goal is to kill kobolds and the dragon can not be reached because Lolth has decreed it so. They will then turn the event back on and call it "fixed" because it now matches the written description.

That's the new LEAN process improvement... they eliminated what they considered wasteful :)

[Slugnutty]

your guide and details pages seems to be missing any reference to kobolds.

baaaa haaaa haaaaa haaaaaa

[Elegorne]

http://www.notzombies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/zed-strike.jpg

[Shanzookie]

The thing that is going to bug me is, like probably most ppl, i used a armor cosmetics kit on my (which was once) finished Epic rob of shadows (then ofcorse they changed it to just rob of shadows), So now i have to Re-upgrade them to make them epic again, which means that i will loose my armor cosmetics and have to buy another one?!?! (DooDoo O see's each upgrade as an actual diffrent item) =/ go figure.


Turbine going to reimburse me for my cosmetic gear that was 450TB back when i got it so i can apply it to my new robes if Mabar ever comes back up?

Probably not......

[charlescrowe]

correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't mabar live on lammania for like... 2 months before today? did turbine forget to save all changes and export to a clean save file, or is lammania just that stable?

[razzertothemax3]

All i simply want to know is aprox. when will mabar be back up?

[Slugnutty]

correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't mabar live on lammania for like... 2 months before today? did turbine forget to save all changes and export to a clean save file,

ssssshhhhhhhhh stop thinking (at least out loud.)

[ViolentEnd]

Any ETA? Approximate? An hour, day, month, year, never?

[Krelar]

correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't mabar live on lammania for like... 2 months before today? did turbine forget to save all changes and export to a clean save file, or is lammania just that stable?

Well they did change the way guild renown decay works recently. As the past has shown seemingly unrelated things can break each other.... :eek:


Preorders are not tested in the preview/ test worlds. It is almost impossible for us to do this out there with non-employees.
What broke was something in the world QA did not even know existed, so we had no metric to test against. All our tests for delivery worked brilliantly, since there was a variable that we did not know to test against. Same exact thing with the cake. I thought at first it was a load issue too, it isn't, it is something else. Ask me some other time and I'll explain the crazy. Mushrooms are the same as doors strikes again...things you would never think are related...are.

[Postumus]

But there is nothing wrong with people using one of their vacation days to plan to do something they enjoy.

Agree.

And anyone who has played for at least a year knows you are rolling the dice planning to be able to play after an update or patch.

Sadly, it's a risk.

[fco-karatekid]

correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't mabar live on lammania for like... 2 months before today? did turbine forget to save all changes and export to a clean save file, or is lammania just that stable?

Not the purpose of lamma... it's only for preview purposes. nothing logical or useful is apparently intended o come from its use.

[Ague]

Any ETA? Approximate? An hour, day, month, year, never?

I don't think they know yet... Turbine needs to hire these guys for their Kobold problem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKyNvCY797E :eek:

[Puoinaq]

Post script, we do intend to extend the festival once we call in the Kobold exterminators to make up for lost time

The implication being that the developers have not yet been made aware of this?

[adam1oftheround]

It would help to quell the Pitchfork & Torch carrying Mobs if the +25% (or even+30%) Heroic XP bonus were turned ON right AWAY when something everyones been waiting for like this Fails.

This would give all the people who took time off work for Mabar something to do other than troll the forums.

[ComicRelief]

Post script, we do intend to extend the festival once we call in the Kobold exterminators to make up for lost time

While this is good news, it doesn't help that my vacation will be over for the extension, so it won't help me much. {And I need a lot of help - just ask anyone who knows me (hehehe).}
;)

[deathwarrior666]

Me and a few friends and guild mates was in there before it started we was having a great time till it went down dont know why i guess we was healing them just as fast as they could make them we powned ddo monsters in mabar. I just hope they bring them back real soon this is no fun just waiting and not hearing anything about it
please let us know something. Are you doing anything to fix it or just upset that we killed them faster then you could have them spawn? lol. We all got a +5 head shot award for doing so. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Ghoulstorm]

I just hope that the Kobolds responsible for sacking the folks that just got sacked have also been sacked.....

[Drekisen]

intolerable!!!

I'm gonna go play LoTRO...you shalln't ruin my day!!!! *shakes fists*

[Jatner]

I just hope that the Kobolds responsible for sacking the folks that just got sacked have also been sacked.....

The developers of the firm hired to continue the update after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The update will be completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

[jandhaer]

I just hope that the Kobolds responsible for sacking the folks that just got sacked have also been sacked.....

Gotta <3 M.P. and the H.G. :-)

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

... According to Murphy's Law it will go live again after I had gone to sleep ...
( ... It's deep in the night here in Europe ... )

[Memnir]

Seems like Mabar is a dog of en event...
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http://i.imgur.com/BICiv.jpg
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Yes, Devs - that is a suggestion.

[jandhaer]

It would help to quell the Pitchfork & Torch carrying Mobs if the +25% (or even+30%) Heroic XP bonus were turned ON right AWAY when something everyones been waiting for like this Fails.

I'm not a programmer and don't know what this actually entails as in if it's even realistically possible but logic would reason that a little sleight of hand/ jedi mind trick would work wonders on the morale of the forumites lurking about waiting for something to vent their wrath upon.

This should be Turbines Step 1 when anything goes wrong : In case of emergency turn on +25% xp bonus.
Even if its just for an hour or two. Its like shaking keys in front of a whiny baby

" Waaa Waaa I'm mad at the world "

(jingle jingle)

" ooooo aaaah shiny... me happy baby now "

The sky could be falling but if there's an XP bonus on It's getting put on the list of things to worry about tomorrow.

[Vellrad]

I don't typically make posts using a cell phone, no. :) Reason being is iPhone's lovely autocorrect and virtual keyboard typing quality leads to misspellings, like the one today. Plus, I didn't catch it before hitting Post. Sorry!

ZOMFG!!1! apple fanboi!!1! Get urself something with real keybord!!1!

[jandhaer]

Side note ^^ Memnir Ive played with a lot High Rollers but don't remember any of your toons names ( I am horrible with names but that's besides the point )

looking at your posts #'s I think I see why :-P Log out of the forums and into the game sometime, its fun I promise :-D

[Ushurak]

I'm not a programmer and don't know what this actually entails as in if it's even realistically possible but logic would reason that a little sleight of hand/ jedi mind trick would work wonders on the morale of the forumites lurking about waiting for something to vent their wrath upon.

This should be Turbines Step 1 when anything goes wrong : In case of emergency turn on +25% xp bonus.
Even if its just for an hour or two. Its like shaking keys in front of a whiny baby

" Waaa Waaa I'm mad at the world "

(jingle jingle)

" ooooo aaaah shiny... me happy baby now "

The sky could be falling but if there's an XP bonus on It's getting put on the list of things to worry about tomorrow.

This ^

+1 for happy babies :D :D :D :D

[Kalari]

Side note ^^ Memnir Ive played with a lot High Rollers but don't remember any of your toons names ( I am horrible with names but that's besides the point )

looking at your posts #'s I think I see why :-P Log out of the forums and into the game sometime, its fun I promise :-D

I am sure Mem doesnt really need anyone coming to his defense but he does in fact play the game hence why he can and does make such commentary. Some people can be forum personalities and actually play and know what they are talking about on these boards. Amazing isn't it? :D

[danzig138]

Its like shaking keys in front of a whiny baby

. . . In my experience, shaking keys in front of a crying baby tends to just make them cry more. You use keys to distract them from something they dont' need to mess with.

[jayne]

the kobolds was not in the graveyard making trouble.. they were hiding there afraid of the lay-offs..
dont be blaming them

[~soleil3339]

Is it completely heartless of me to ask whether there's any connection whatsoever between this and the reported layoffs Turbine is experiencing right now supposedly? My heart goes out to anyone who's lost their job and I can completely sympathize with real life seeming a lot more important than a virtual festival, but still, a little honesty might help rather than hinder--and if this is a complete coincidence I will gladly eat my hat in apology.

Not surprised to hear of the layoffs, customer service at turbine is horrendous.

[Phaeton_Seraph]

I remember wondering, why didn't they have a Mabar preview on the regular servers instead of just Lamannia?

Now, I wonder if they had had the regular preview, would it have prevented today's problems?

If I were to waste more time wondering idly, I'd then wonder why they would choose not to have the usual preview.

[Dekh]

News about Mabar?

[jayne]

News about Mabar?

looks like NONE

[DemonStorm333]

Can we get an update on any tiny bit of status

[coban]

still a newbie kinda. as for the festival.I am in the graveyard and I see nothing.
what am I missing. First festival for me.

[Ducaster]

still a newbie kinda. as for the festival.I am in the graveyard and I see nothing.
what am I missing. First festival for me.

What your seeing Coban is the genuine Mabar non experience! The event is promised then hyped then fails to work despite being under review on the "preview" server for some days

The general rule is that whenever new content is promised here it arrives a day or so after the advertised time. When it works you will be able to go hunt undead with a bunch of other characters your own level for rewards that you can trade in for even better gear.
I like it but there tends to be a snafu at the opening of it each year.

[coban]

What your seeing Coban is the genuine Mabar non experience! The event is promised then hyped then fails to work despite being under review on the "preview" server for some days

The general rule is that whenever new content is promised here it arrives a day or so after the advertised time. When it works you will be able to go hunt undead with a bunch of other characters your own level for rewards that you can trade in for even better gear.
I like it but there tends to be a snafu at the opening of it each year.

thanks just wanted to make sure my crazy pills were working and i wasnt missing something

[LrdSlvrhnd]

So, OK:

Last year: Cove gets broken, Cove goes down for a week, Cove doesn't get extended.

This year: Cove gets broken, Cove simply isn't gonna happen (rather than, y'know, rollback to the version that works with the L20ness. Hey, we would've understood. SOME Cove woulda been better than no Cove at all, especially with so many characters suddenly skipping 8 levels over the summer. Coulda made and upgraded more L4-20 gear for new/"didn't expect to level up that quickly so figured could wait on that Epic Duelist's Leathers" characters, we didn't NEED L24 stuff...).

Mabar, on the other hand, gets broken, Mabar's gonna get fixed, Mabar's gonna get extended.

While you're fixing and extending, can you PLEASE make the stuff BTA so at least I don't have to run Mabar as much when and if it DOES come back? I'd be extremely happy to make a single cloak at any given level to pass around as needed, or just a couple of the robes for the nightshield clickies, rather than EVERY character needing (or at least wanting) EVERY level of cloak...

[Chaos000]

While you're fixing and extending, can you PLEASE make the stuff BTA so at least I don't have to run Mabar as much when and if it DOES come back? I'd be extremely happy to make a single cloak at any given level to pass around as needed, or just a couple of the robes for the nightshield clickies, rather than EVERY character needing (or at least wanting) EVERY level of cloak...

lol would be nice wouldn't it? I'm just grateful that cove stuff is BtA.

I dunno, if there was a vendor in-game that sells draughts of midnight for plat, I could go farm out some motes of night by hopping into quests that had a lot of undead to kill... hint hint.

[Puoinaq]

This would give all the people who took time off work for Mabar something to do other than troll the forums.

Yes, I have observed that is an activity that is actively encouraged and supported here.

[Chaos000]

Yes, I have observed that is an activity that is actively encouraged and supported here.

well... at least posting on the forums means we still care about the game. If we gave up on the game entirely then we would have moved onto better stuff already.

[danzig138]

Yes, I have observed
Because nothing says "I know how things work here" like a week's worth of observation. . .

[Puoinaq]

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

Shhhhh... Listen!

[PNellesen]

So, OK:
...
Mabar, on the other hand, gets broken, Mabar's gonna get fixed, Mabar's gonna get extended.


Wouldn't bet my life on it...

They apparently couldn't fix Crystal Cove. Why would we expect them to be able to fix Mabar, at least in any "near-term" timeframe?

[jayne]

Wouldn't bet my life on it...

They apparently couldn't fix Crystal Cove. Why would we expect them to be able to fix Mabar, at least in any "near-term" timeframe?

yes they have done said they will extend Mabar.

[walkingwolfmike]

Instead you may want to see if you can help out around the office with something productive. QA could use some help it seems. Getting out a quality product may be more important then a new avatar or searching for an image.
or playing on the phone.

[Jessterman615]

After 12+ hours, it's looking pretty grim for the festival. Maybe it'll be up tonight(unlikely), or perhaps in the morning(still unlikely).

[Bloodcraven]

any chance for some kind of ETA?

Something round like "Sorry folks this is not going to happen tonight get on with your lives and check in tomorrow."

[Cordovan]

any chance for some kind of ETA?

Something round like "Sorry folks this is not going to happen tonight get on with your lives and check in tomorrow."

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

[eachna_gislin]

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

In all seriousness, can you please remove the Mabar "It's back and bigger than ever" ad from the launcher?

It's not "here". Put the ad back when it's fixed.

[LucasMacKinnon]

Well while you fix mabar. Any ETA to the fix for the resetting of epic destinies? I mean 200k plat is very steep

[Bloodhaven]

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

Thanks!

[Caca80]

I thought lamania server test was to avoid these problems...

[barecm]

In all seriousness, can you please remove the Mabar "It's back and bigger than ever" ad from the launcher?

It's not "here". Put the ad back when it's fixed.

It's so big, you can't even see it.

[sweez]

I thought lamania server test was to avoid these problems...

There's that definition of 'humor' I misplaced a while back!

[danzig138]

I thought lamania server test was to avoid these problems...

Not sure if serious. . . but just in case:

Lamm is a "preview" server, not a testing server. I"m not convinced that there actually is a testing server.

[GoRinNoSho]

Just go with the kolbolds from talk like a pirate day bled over into mabar. They'll be straightened out asap by the folks.

[brmrrw]

last least say when mabar is going to reopen





UPDATE: Mabar has been postponed. We'll have more information as it becomes available.

The Mabar Festival of Endless Night is now available! Click here (http://www.ddo.com/mabar) for details about this event. Also, click here (http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Mabar_Endless_Night_Festival_Guide) for our guide to the event in the DDO Compendium!

[brmrrw]

any chance for some kind of ETA?

Something round like "Sorry folks this is not going to happen tonight get on with your lives and check in tomorrow."



you would think they would at least give a when as to what kind of time frame to expert before Mabar will be re launched

[Dysmetria]

Well while you fix mabar. Any ETA to the fix for the resetting of epic destinies? I mean 200k plat is very steepThey told us when the fix for this would be added on the right after the problem first arose.

They also gave us three free resets per account in the meantime. http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=394853

[Zamzi]

how typically turbine. Releasing shoddy half finished projects.

[LucasMacKinnon]

Yeah 3 looms per account such a great help... If you can't tell i am being sarcastic. When you have a few high lvl characters 3 looms don't stretch to far when trying to make sure you are set up for the rest of your levels

[vegabond1969]

Thanks for the update Cordovan. Unlike others here I appreciate the fact that you guys have been working on this for ten hours, probably living on 5 hour energy drinks and twinkies. When its up, its up. Not worried about it.

[Kalari]

Woah take a year off...

I forgot how srs buziness this game is for some.

Look Turbine is far from a perfect game developer if there even is such a thing.

But a delay can and will happen. I get the disappointment but some of you guys are acting like this company is a cheating spouse.

Time to calm down get some air and think about things I want to play in Mabar to for once and I was pretty anti this festival due to the whole maban mishaps couple years back. I think we all just need to relax its coming at least they are trying to fix it and with all the other bad things going on PR wise Id cut our community specialist some slack the are probably under more stress then you or any of us can know right now :(

[Valherus]

One thing I have found about the forums for almost any game, is that they are filled with the critics. The people that like the game and don't feel like complaining about it just don't bother to post. By nature the posts that you see in these forums are far more negative than the feelings of the overall game population. Heck, you can probably pinpoint most of the criticism to a dozen or so very active and vocal critics.

The bottom line is that the Mabar festival is not going to be up until they fix it. If that takes a couple days then so be it. Eventually people may learn that complaining in these forums doesn't really change anything. The devs are going to do what they have to do and what people say here probably isn't going to change the time that Mabar is back up by even one second.

Frankly, I think these folks just like to twist arms for freebies because they are cheap. Everything has to be free and easy for them or they will complain.

[DDOGoz]

you should change the Launcher news picture saying that mabar is going on now...

[MelkiorPeasantbane]

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

Thanks Cordovan. Updating the launcher would be good as suggested by others. Khyber was looking a little sad with people in Delera's and House J...

[EllisDee37]

The pessimist in me sees Mabar coming up Sunday, just as the incoming hurricane knocks my power out for 4 days.

[Thud]

The pessimist in me sees Mabar coming up Sunday, just as the incoming hurricane knocks my power out for 4 days.

Ah yes, pessimism: much closer to realism than optimism. I was banking on the power going out as I was bluebaring in...

[Memnir]

Side note ^^ Memnir Ive played with a lot High Rollers but don't remember any of your toons names ( I am horrible with names but that's besides the point )

looking at your posts #'s I think I see why :-P Log out of the forums and into the game sometime, its fun I promise :-DI've run with you a few times. The characters listed are just the ones I am playing more nowadays - not my entire stable. :)


Plus, my ability to log in for the past nine or so months has been... complicated. I have some lingering health issues that can effect how long I am able to play, and how often I have to AFK while logged in. Thus - I've been soloing a lot so I don't inconvenience other people with my personal issues. It's hard to play when it's hard to breathe, and that can happen suddenly since March; I've lost 30%-40% of my lung tissue to a pulmonary embolism.


Don't judge others entirely by the number of posts they've made since 06. Or by your recognition of their alts. It's fun, I promise.

[Silverleafeon]

It's so big, you can't even see it.

Lol, and kobolds still hate you...they got you big time!

[nicnivyn]

Side note ^^ Memnir Ive played with a lot High Rollers but don't remember any of your toons names ( I am horrible with names but that's besides the point )

looking at your posts #'s I think I see why :-P Log out of the forums and into the game sometime, its fun I promise :-D

Memnir always has a kind word or witty comment waiting, we're always happy to see him log in. We think of it as a special treat, and a privilage when he has the ability to play with the other High Rollers. :)

[KuRRuPT]

Went into the 20-25 level instance.... the spawn rate seems kinda slow, the mobs hit like lvl 30 epic, drop rate is near to nothing, got killed several times trying to solo creatures that are below my level by 1 or 2 which is quite easy in any dungeon...even epic level. I'd been looking forward to this for several months now and after finding its just an exercise in pure frustration, I'm very disappointed. I'd like to buy a Mabar Sucks t-shirt but none are in the AH yet. Last year was immense fun, solo'd for hours... this year that is totally impossible. I realize I'm in a higher level category with higher level creatures, but compared to last year the experience is like going from heroic casual to epic hard.... seems a little over powered to really be fun. Just my thoughts.


I am sorry but I could not help my self when you said epic hard is HARD you are kidding right? I can solo epic hard with all my toons that are lv 20 lol... Now epic elite I can do but have to move very slow, but even it can be done solo... I think that is the problem things are to ez or am just over powered one... Hmmmm Devs Scratch that I am a gimp don't feel like getting nerfed now that I have put my foot in my mouth...:D:p:p:o:o:rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::eek:

[razzertothemax3]

Devs, i just hope this 'problem' is fixed by 6:00AM Est... *hint* *hint* :P

[fco-karatekid]

...just the ones I am playing more nowadays - not my entire stable. :)...

he has a stable - that's Memddnir - with two d's for a double dose of his pimpin'

:D

[Shunlee123]

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

Thanks, Cordovan. I trust the development team is already trying hard to fix the problem I appreciate it very much that Turbine is doing us favor and making us happy to bring this festive Mabar event back despite that Mabar is an aged program and it requires extra effort to make it compatible with DDO system nowadays. Unknown or hidden bugs are inevitable and people working in the field of program development should know best. I'll be patient and look forward to joining this event soon.

[Memnir]

he has a stable - that's Memddnir - with two d's for a double dose of his pimpin'

:D
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah!
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http://i.imgur.com/zviXo.jpg
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:D
We think of it as a special treat, and a privilage when he has the ability to play with the other High Rollers. :)Privilege is all mine, Z. :)

[Shmuel]

I'm personally waiting for all the posts related to the Mabar event to be edited to say something like "The Mabar Event is a time when you and other players can role-play like there is some sort of a event going g on. Please note: There is not now, nor has there ever been, or any plans made for the future, to actually implement an actual game-play based Mabar event into the game"

Problem will be solved, just like for so many other bugs. WAI

[Armus]

it had better run every day you originally scheduled it. I've waited a year for this - and honestly don't need the items from it any more - but it's the principal of the thing.

[Chaos000]

Well while you fix mabar. Any ETA to the fix for the resetting of epic destinies? I mean 200k plat is very steep

http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=4723988&postcount=351

loom of destiny. I'm assuming when the coupon code expires is when they anticipate the fix for the resetting of epic destinies.

someone beat me to it.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Thanks for the update Cordovan. Unlike others here I appreciate the fact that you guys have been working on this for ten hours, probably living on 5 hour energy drinks and twinkies. When its up, its up. Not worried about it.

and don't forget the Kobold Wings (Recently BBQ'd by the friendly Guild of Flamethrowers)

[Postumus]

On the bright side all those whiney threads complaining about pumpkin head griefing are still on hold as well.

[Entelech]

/facepalm

[Zorth]

Did someone complain about being pumpkin headed?

Will we get more Mabar now? For every Day that is delayed it adds a day. So for now Nov. 6th would be fair.

[Ague]

We are still working on a resolution for the issues that caused Mabar to be postponed, and the event will not be opening tonight. We'll have more information as soon as possible.

Dag-nabbit:(

[captianarcher]

I have seen any MABAR items in the ddo store b4 or on the 25th dead give away it wasn't going to happen

[Dagolar]

Manat ruins everything!


K thanks for the update but just out of curiousity does anyone happen to know what Manat stands for?

Manat stands for ruination, obviously. She also stands for sudden kobold invasions.
She does not, however, stand for adventurers chasing shinies and/or big boxes in her domain.

Which, at the moment, apparently includes Delara's Graveyard.

Apparently all the rats in the other graveyards were decaying and un-tasty.

Once again, it's all the Black Abbot's fault.

[Karbofos]

you should change the Launcher news picture saying that mabar is going on now...

For God's sake, Turbine, don't touch the launcher. Generally, try not to touch anything that is not broken.

[Memnir]

I have seen any MABAR items in the ddo store b4 or on the 25th dead give away it wasn't going to happen
Oh no... it did happen. Briefly. When it went Live this morning it was so laden with bugs, glitches, oversights, and other assorted follies that the event was only Live for about two hours or so.

[Onetunge]

I must say I was really looking forward to the Start of Mabar, especialy 'cos tonight I'm going away on vacation for a week. And I lost the only 2 days I could play Mabar :(

No hard feelings Devs. You got enough of that from others.

I would just really appreciate if the event could be prolonged for the duration of this downtime.
I don't see any reason for loss or hard feelings if the event lasts the same amount of time, just starts at later date.

P.S.
If I can vote --- please no more creature companions. Sure they are fun. But it's fun that lasts 5 minutes. Make something we'll enjoy, like Khortos raid :)

[MsEricka]

RRRRRaaaaagggggeeeee! mumble grumble mumble they took our jobs mumble grumble

I would hope that when it's back the time is extended.

[Silken-Akira]

Mabar down...
Didn't think I would be saying this, because it is my first Mabar and was looking forward to it.
But When I read it was down I decided to change plans and go out tonight. I looked if there were any got concert tickets and after looking around got a hold of Hooverphonic tickets for a sold out concert tonight!!!!
Yeaah, because I was to late a month ago to get a hold of them. So thanks

for all the others people out there still waiting on it: I am sure the developers too want this solved as soon as they can and they do understand your frustration, so don't give them a too hard time.