Temporary Challenge Closures: Dryad Grove

[Cordovan]

The Dryad Grove: Defenseless and Dryad Grove: The Great Tree challenges are temporarily unavailable. We will announce their return at a future date. Thanks!

[knightgf]

I'm feeling a bit paranoid that after all this time, the challenge suddenly closes down with no warning or known reason. Dare I speculate that some exploit was in the works?

[Siftrant]

I'm feeling a bit paranoid that after all this time, the challenge suddenly closes down with no warning or known reason. Dare I speculate that some exploit was in the works?

Of course there was -- it it wasn't an exploit they'd leave it open.

[rest]

Guess I'll never finish that cloak now.

[TPICKRELL]

Either an exploit or couild be that its suspected as the source of the recent server crashes...

[Pape_27]

Either an exploit or couild be that its suspected as the source of the recent server crashes...

A or B.... A or B.... hmmmmm


A


.

[fco-karatekid]

Either an exploit or could be that its suspected as the source of the recent server crashes...

Ohhh are there mushrooms in there?

[Musouka]

What's a later date?

This is silly. I can understand a temporary closure while you guys work on the fix, but just saying it will be back at a later date seems to make me think that it's not a priority.

[Missing_Minds]

Ohhh are there mushrooms in there?

Toadstools, but no badgers.

[Yalina]

Yes, yes, some challenges and EE quests are just toooo easy with a BARD on board!!:)

[karl_k0ch]

Toadstools, but no badgers.

And snakes?

[Musouka]

Yes, yes, some challenges and EE quests are just toooo easy with a BARD on board!!:)

It's already bad enough that the collectables from these are BtC...

[Ape_Man]

Yes, yes, some challenges and EE quests are just toooo easy with a BARD on board!!:)

What a fascinating theory . . .

[Ancient]

Will the experience be cut in half again when it comes back?

Just kidding... mostly, kinda sorta

[Munkenmo]

whilst challenges are on your radar, could you please give them the promsied xp increase.

[Grosbeak07]

Huh. 5 Starred them with no issues last night.

Guess I wasn't exploiting right.

[patang01]

It's a good thing Epic Reavers Tablecloth cured me of any reason to run Eveningstar challenges for mats.

[quietkey0]

DOH! Now that's a bummer! Been working on my cloak, knocked out the other ones, and was about to start the druid challenges today. :( Here's hoping they're back up soon!

[SardaofChaos]

What's a later date?

This is silly. I can understand a temporary closure while you guys work on the fix, but just saying it will be back at a later date seems to make me think that it's not a priority.

This, ladies and gentleman, is what a person who has never touched a line of code looks like.

Given the vague nature of the dev post, one can't assume too much, but it is very likely that they are not entirely sure what exactly the problem is, and I can almost guarantee that they don't know how long it will take to fix. This is not surprising to anyone who has coded.

It is far better that they do not promise a date for the challenges to be back given the possibility of overshooting that date.

[Atremus]

It is far better that they do not promise a date for the challenges to be back given the possibility of overshooting that date.

Do they ever undershoot a date?

[Missing_Minds]

And snakes?

What do you think this is? A plane?

[QuantumFX]

So my bard pulled out his Elyd’s Edge and scribed this song in honor of the occasion:

There is closures in the dryad grove.
There is trouble with the trees.
For the players want more enchanted moss.
And the developers ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the players
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the developers are just too flaky
And they screw up all the time!
But the devs can’t help their feelings
They won’t listen to Q.A.
And they wonder why the players
Can’t be happy not playing their game

There is trouble in the dryad’s grove
And the casuals all have fled
As the players scream ‘Oppression!’
And the devs just shake their heads

So the players formed a website
And posted all the time:
‘The devs are just too lazy
We will make them code stuff right!’
Now there’s no more dev oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the forum posts are all kept equal
By IW, metaltype mods!

[Niv-mizzet]

It is far better that they do not promise a date for the challenges to be back given the possibility of overshooting that date.

Would....would anyone care? xD

I'm pretty sure they could say they were fixing them tomorrow, then finally get them back tomorrow NEXT YEAR, and no one would bat an eye!

[Vellrad]

I wanted to make a cloak, that's a sign from heavens (or hells) to abandon this idea!

[SardaofChaos]

Would....would anyone care? xD

I'm pretty sure they could say they were fixing them tomorrow, then finally get them back tomorrow NEXT YEAR, and no one would bat an eye!

Welcome to the forums, you must be new here. :P

[Free2Pay]

Instead of fixing just the Dyrad Grove challenges, I believe they should close all and fix all the Eveningstar Challenges:

Since ingredients are BtC, so on melee toon:
1) Challenges are too caster/dps centric : for example Ring of Fire.
2) The ingredient reward/time is out of whack : especially Ring of Fire.
3) No chest upon completion (unless Wizard's chest) : Ring of Fire.

Trying to make level 24 version Cormyrian khopeshs and the challenge I found I need to run the most is Ring of Fire. Right now I have 787 Platinum Tricrowns, 966 Fey Toadstool but just 305 Golden Lions. And that's after running much much more Ring of Fire than any other challenges.

Regards

[Vellrad]

Instead of fixing just the Dyrad Grove challenges, I believe they should close all and fix all the Eveningstar Challenges:

Since ingredients are BtC, so on melee toon:
1) Challenges are too caster/dps centric : for example Ring of Fire.
2) The ingredient reward/time is out of whack : especially Ring of Fire.
3) No chest upon completion (unless Wizard's chest) : Ring of Fire.

Trying to make level 24 version Cormyrian khopeshs and the challenge I found I need to run the most is Ring of Fire. Right now I have 787 Platinum Tricrowns, 966 Fey Toadstool but just 305 Golden Lions. And that's after running much much more Ring of Fire than any other challenges.

Regards

Odd, for me, on my melee bard/fighter with legendary drednought ring of fire is very easy to solo (with hire).
Kill, kill, kill, spam lay waste, momentum swing, cleaves, enter master blizt, and it never runs out.

[sigtrent]

So my bard pulled out his Elyd’s Edge and scribed this song in honor of the occasion:

I don't know... seems like you Rushed that one out. :p

Seriously though, nice one!

[Araliss]

:mad: I know I have about 3 toons I was grinding through there to build weapons, and this like, totally derailed my planned progress for these toons.. Give up the fey toadstools man!

[JOTMON]

The Dryad Grove: Defenseless and Dryad Grove: The Great Tree challenges are temporarily unavailable. We will announce their return at a future date. Thanks!

Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?

[fartlord]

make the driad ing. bta so we can at least pool what we got while u work on this fix

[Singular]

The Dryad Grove: Defenseless and Dryad Grove: The Great Tree challenges are temporarily unavailable. We will announce their return at a future date. Thanks!

Any hints as to what the problem is?

Thanks :)

[karl_k0ch]

Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?

This.

[cdbd3rd]

Do they ever undershoot a date?

It has happened before a few times - but not today.

:p

[fartlord]

seem i need to run others n hope for cormyrian weps in the chest to turn in for stools

[Epicstorms]

It has been a week or so, what is taking so long?

Or atleast give us some kind of date or estimation? -_-

[Singular]

seem i need to run others n hope for cormyrian weps in the chest to turn in for stools

So...we can get weapons that don't require fey toadstools then turn the weapons in for our ingredients back and get fey toadstools?

Nice idea! I'll give it a shot.

[Vellrad]

So...we can get weapons that don't require fey toadstools then turn the weapons in for our ingredients back and get fey toadstools?

Nice idea! I'll give it a shot.

If you loot weapon or armor in chest, it can be taken to challenge vendor and deconstucted, but there are 2 problems:
-Theese only drop in keep and grove challenges
-Drop rate is so extremally low, you won't see more than 1 per 6 ransacking toons.

[painkiller3]

So my bard pulled out his Elyd’s Edge and scribed this song in honor of the occasion:

There is closures in the dryad grove.
There is trouble with the trees.
For the players want more enchanted moss.
And the developers ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the players
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the developers are just too flaky
And they screw up all the time!
But the devs can’t help their feelings
They won’t listen to Q.A.
And they wonder why the players
Can’t be happy not playing their game

There is trouble in the dryad’s grove
And the casuals all have fled
As the players scream ‘Oppression!’
And the devs just shake their heads

So the players formed a website
And posted all the time:
‘The devs are just too lazy
We will make them code stuff right!’
Now there’s no more dev oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the forum posts are all kept equal
By IW, metaltype mods!

+1 from a guy with an alt named Workinman :)

[Steelstar]

-Theese only drop in keep and grove challenges


They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

[Missing_Minds]

They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

Not WAI then. I've never seen one pulled out of arena, and I've opened the Wizard's challenge chest often.

[Vellrad]

They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

Allright, then drop rate must be even more tragic, because I didn't seen a single one with 6 people ransacking both challenges, then all relogging and ransacking again.

Why not simply throw mats to chests? Players would shut up, and no one would care about closed challenges.

[bhgiant]

Why not simply throw mats to chests? Players would shut up, and no one would care about closed challenges.

Nah, just make the mats BTA. Seriously, just do it.

[fco-karatekid]

They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

but not really.

[Vellrad]

Nah, just make the mats BTA. Seriously, just do it.

I would like to see them bta, but it wouldn't fix the issue- there would still be no option to generate new mats.

[Singular]

If you loot weapon or armor in chest, it can be taken to challenge vendor and deconstucted, but there are 2 problems:
-Theese only drop in keep and grove challenges
-Drop rate is so extremally low, you won't see more than 1 per 6 ransacking toons.

Thanks, cool. Darn! That's how I ended up with one - but at the time I didn't know you could deconstruct them and just sold it at the bar.

Chests. Chests. No, I don't think so. That's going to take too long.

I'm giving up on my cloak until the Druid's challenges are reopened - lots of other stuff to do in the meantime.

[bbqzor]

Ive pulled Cormyrian weaps out of both Arena fights multiple times. They do drop, but the rate is not good. I've done four tier 3 cloaks and numerous tier 1/2 cloaks, to give you some idea of how many runs its over (so like over 10000 silver falcons and 5000 golden lions, at maybe 150ish a run, far beyond ransacking the chest). I've seen them, but certainly not common.

That said, a dev clarifying that you could farm something with a low drop rate, to exchange for the chance at getting some moss/toadstools (you don't get every ingredient each trade-in), in response to talk about using it as a possible replacement for running closed quests, is kind of peculiar. I mean, I am all for getting correct info out, so thats good. But uh, yea, you're not going to replace 1600 enchanted mosses with cormyrian drops, heh. Not even close =p

Edit: Oh yea. Make the mats BTA already please. Its seriously hurting the ability to group on some of these (once your healers cloak is done, its a tough sell helping out for this long a grind, and similar scenarios). BTA mats will go a long way to keeping these popular, and with the new gear out the cloaks are no longer "over the top" in any fashion (if indeed they ever were). Its time to allow the players some ease of use when approaching the content, before theres no reason to approach the content at all. Thanks.

[patang01]

They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

True, but the closed challenge makes it impossible to make any type of weapons. I was going to grind out a repeater on my lightly gear Arti but alas.

[Drenzilla]

Wouldnt it be nice if you could trade all those extra silver mabbobs and copper doohickies for the fey stuff?

I really would like to get back to grinding out my war wizzy staff.

Like a 2:1 ratio you can trade mats over to different mats.

[Ertay]

They also drop out of any of the chests in Underdark Arena Challenges.

Like the dopant "drops" in shroud?

[Singular]

Wouldnt it be nice if you could trade all those extra silver mabbobs and copper doohickies for the fey stuff?

I really would like to get back to grinding out my war wizzy staff.

Like a 2:1 ratio you can trade mats over to different mats.

Since we can trade the House C challenge ingredients, I see no reason that we cannot trade the Forgotten Realms ones.

But...the House C ones are also BtA.

[Uma-Quixote]

Make them BTA, make them tradable within an account.

Oh, and while you are at it, just fix the challenges, again, its code, its NOT that complex, contrary to what some people like to think, might take an hour, might take a few days of someone's time..either way its not that difficult.

[Thar]

Hi Dev people,

I recall talk by a Dev that these ingrediants would be made bound to account. Any timing or update on this?

Thanks. Appreciate all you guys do to entertain us (although we do hate nerfs).

[Thar]

Make them BTA, make them tradable within an account, its not rocket surgery......

Oh, and while you are at it, just fix the damm challenges, again, its code, its NOT that complex, contrary to what some people like to think, might take an hour, might take a few days of someone's time..either way its not that difficult.

As someone in software development with 10 yr old code. It's not always that easy. A fix here might break something from 10 yrs ago that is tied to some code that is used by both. Proper testing is required to make any change and this takes time.

[Steelstar]

We will announce their return at a future date. Thanks!

The Dryad Grove Challenges are currently planned to re-open with the launch of Update 17, coming soon.

[jakeelala]

nm

[Vellrad]

The Dryad Grove Challenges are currently planned to re-open with the launch of Update 17, coming soon.

So what with challenge items?
Are you going to make them possible to craft, or we got traditional 'screw you, players'?

[Battlehawke]

Interesting....


....soon in February? ...or soon in 2013?

[gphysalis]

Interesting....


....soon in February? ...or soon in 2013?

Soon.
As in, they will come.

[Singular]

The Dryad Grove Challenges are currently planned to re-open with the launch of Update 17, coming soon.

Wooohooo!

Thanks for the update - super appreciated!

That means we can run for all the other ingredients and just be sitting on the "click-make" button :)

[Uma-Quixote]

thx for the response.

Something else to look forwards to in the next update

[Cordovan]

Just to make sure everyone's aware: The Dryad Grove challenges are back with today's release of Update 17.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Just to make sure everyone's aware: The Dryad Grove challenges are back with today's release of Update 17.

and there was much rejoicing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSYlCEz5VI