Mabar Event Closing After Oct 31st

[ImanCarrot]

Definitely the right decision, it was unplayable..

[Thar]

Unfortunately, things changed. Sorry! We did want to announce the decision as soon as possible, though, to give people some time to get their signets between now and early Friday.



We'll let you know once we investigate further, but we do not currently expect Mabar to return this year.

can we all get a free signet for the closing and lag issues? Hey can't hurt to ask.

[Cauthey_No_CCInfo]

What happened to "Don't worry people, Mabar will be around long enough for you to get the Signets you need."

Unfortunately, things changed. Sorry! We did want to announce the decision as soon as possible, though, to give people some time to get their signets between now and early Friday.

is it gone till next year or do you plan on bringing it back at a later time this year?

We'll let you know once we investigate further, but we do not currently expect Mabar to return this year.

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Honestly - how effing long have you been aware of these "bugs" and "performance issues?" We, the players, tell you about these issues every single year.

Get us all excited about signets, tomes, and Festival Solar, and then yank it all away from us. And you wonder why your player community is acid, prone to not believe you, and frequently yell "doom."

I hope that I get enough time to get enough Dragon completions in, what with real life, and all.

[TheylostmyID]

I don't usually suggest things like this, but there's always exceptions.

For those of us that haven't been able to play much due to RL and work, this is very disappointing. We will not have a chance to earn any of the new shinies introduced this year.

It would be a nice token (of goodwill, call it) for Turbine to give 3 signet stones to the first character to log in on each account after the event closes early. We are going to miss out on the opportunity to earn 11 signets. This would, at least, allow those of us who cannot play before the weekend a chance to get some loot.

[Vellrad]

When lag is failing 60%+ of the runs, it is rather difficult to get signets.

Having 60% fails because of lag is better than having 0 succeses because of closed event.

I'd prefer to have even open with insane lag than closed because of it.

[oradafu]

can we all get a free signet for the closing and lag issues? Hey can't hurt to ask.

Closing it 11 days early for 1 signet? I don't know, that's 11 potentially signets for die-hard mabar players and maybe 2 to 4 for casual players. Seems to me that 2 signets per character that participated in Mabar this would be a bit more fair.

[Cauthey_No_CCInfo]

Having 60% fails because of lag is better than having 0 succeses because of closed event.

I'd prefer to have even open with insane lag than closed because of it.

^^ This.

I have not had any issues in any of the less than level 26+ instances.

[Arianka]

Unfortunately, things changed. Sorry! We did want to announce the decision as soon as possible, though, to give people some time to get their signets between now and early Friday.



We'll let you know once we investigate further, but we do not currently expect Mabar to return this year.

Any chance u can leave the turn in guys up a while longer after u close the event like you let the jester stick around so us stragglers can turn in our stuff? my gaming pc died and i havent been able to log on for afew days and i would like to be abel to turn in my stuff after my pc gets' fixed.

[Vengenance]

The reason is that some things that are described as "lag" may well be non-lag-related bugs or other performance issues, rather than issues related to the more traditional definitions of lag. We are well aware of the performance issues reported with Mabar this weekend.

Turbine should be embarrassed for even releasing this ****. This is by far the worst event ever put on by Turbine. The content is cool, but the implementation is garbage. If my company released something this bad someone would be fired. If your trying to get people to finally quit the game then between the last release and this event you're doing a great job.

[wiliamsane]

I can bet that most of these "dragon lags" are caused by famous instances 2049 and 2050. This legend about these doomed instances is here since i have started playing and it is still here.. Every time i have monster lags i check instance and ta-daa 2049 or 2050 , not only mabar , but many many ordinary quests and when i check it it is usually almost finished quest and too late (failed thanks to this)

Thanks to closing mabar so soon i have no chance to get tomes or augments i wanted during work days .. Thank you Turbine , thank you !

[Substitutename]

Another constant lag-failure player reporting in. I fail every other dragon run due to no one being able to move as soon as the fight starts, and staying lagged until an altar is destroyed and we all get ported out. I died once and got ejected early and lost my key even.

I've managed to get a tome on one toon, 2 signets on a 2nd, and 1 on a 3rd, and I have a few more that I had planned to work on, back when the available time went up to November 11th or whatever. Now suddenly it looks like I'll be racing just to complete the 2nd and 3rd toon. Even more difficult is the fact that most of my play time is late-night (as far as the US is concerned,) and I only get to see about 1 or 2 dragons a night until my weekend, thanks to the ludicrous amount of turn-ins required. It works ok for prime-time, but not even close for late night.

I do believe that I should receive some kind of compensation for repeatedly attempting the event and having a little over 50% failure rate due to server-side issues, "losing" a key, and being told, in an official capacity, that I would have til November 11th to work on getting what I wanted from the event, and I'm suddenly being robbed of almost two weeks with only a few days notice.

That last point could be handled by simply having an encore event for a couple weeks a bit later, but I believe the other issues I have had deserve some kind of correction.

[Impaqt]

Having 60% fails because of lag is better than having 0 succeses because of closed event.

I'd prefer to have even open with insane lag than closed because of it.

Totally Disagree.

Wasting 60% of my time is far worse than wasting 0% of it.

[Looting_Bin]

When lag is failing 60%+ of the runs, it is rather difficult to get signets.

seriously what game are you playing yeah its bad lag and sometimes it gets you killed but i havent failed a single spectral from lag since it started. keep in mind im not only refering to lvl 20+ either ive done 5 runs at 8th lvl and idk how many now at 20+... maby you should make sure to follow the lag rules of ddo. I know this may sound strange but dont use a bunch of summons or aoe persistent spells. dismiss your companion and followers if your druid or arty. and a real simple one is DONT HIT LIGHT LEVER IF DRAGON ISNT THERE. as long as light is on you summon gargoyles so let it go off 75% of the time the dragon isnt in your room... I seriously doubt you are failing 60% and im succeeding 100% on 5 different toons. any ways that being said to the exaggerator. it is bad lag though. but i would rather deal with it and get my signets than not get them.

[Vengenance]

It is unfortunate so many vocal few, let's call them the 'tea...err Mabar party' had to shout and whine and scream to close the event. Well turbine went and closed it, ruining it for the rest of us who were enjoying the government, errrr mabar, services. I would rather have played a fun festival with a 25% lag fail rate then no festival at all. While I have been able to get tomes for most characters I will not be able to get the augments or cosmetics I wanted now. Another case of the vocal minority ruining it for the larger, silent population that was enjoying the event and taking things in stride. Too bad but it looks like the forums got exactly what they wanted.

A 25% failure rate would be bad but acceptable. The problem is the rate is much higher for the vast majority. I ran 8 times yesterday and 6 were lag wipes. Not real failures but the whole party frozen and then suddenly dead. Maybe you're one of the lucky few to get lag free instances, but the vast majority of the folks I ran with yesterday had similar experiences if not worse than my own. I believe sir, your experience is the exception, not the rule.

[Looting_Bin]

It is unfortunate so many vocal few, let's call them the 'tea...err Mabar party' had to shout and whine and scream to close the event. Well turbine went and closed it, ruining it for the rest of us who were enjoying the government, errrr mabar, services. I would rather have played a fun festival with a 25% lag fail rate then no festival at all. While I have been able to get tomes for most characters I will not be able to get the augments or cosmetics I wanted now. Another case of the vocal minority ruining it for the larger, silent population that was enjoying the event and taking things in stride. Too bad but it looks like the forums got exactly what they wanted.

signed

[XxJFGxX]

Unfortunately, things changed. Sorry! Ha ha ha! We did want to announce the decision as soon as possible, though, to make people panic and grind mindlessly to get their signets between now and early Friday.



We'll let you know once we investigate further, but we do not currently expect Mabar to return this year. ;D

Thought I fix that for ya....

[Belgarath22]

Totally Disagree.

Wasting 60% of my time is far worse than wasting 0% of it.

Totally disagree with that; you can also waste 0% of your time while the event is active... Just asume you won`t get any signet and don`t join to the event.. It is your time, you can do anything you want with it...

[Dave_Rapp]

A 25% failure rate would be bad but acceptable. The problem is the rate is much higher for the vast majority. I ran 8 times yesterday and 6 were lag wipes. Not real failures but the whole party frozen and then suddenly dead. Maybe you're one of the lucky few to get lag free instances, but the vast majority of the folks I ran with yesterday had similar experiences if not worse than my own. I believe sir, your experience is the exception, not the rule.

vast majority

citation needed

[XxJFGxX]

And the devs wonder why people are quitting this game more and more...

[Looting_Bin]

A 25% failure rate would be bad but acceptable. The problem is the rate is much higher for the vast majority. I ran 8 times yesterday and 6 were lag wipes. Not real failures but the whole party frozen and then suddenly dead. Maybe you're one of the lucky few to get lag free instances, but the vast majority of the folks I ran with yesterday had similar experiences if not worse than my own. I believe sir, your experience is the exception, not the rule.

its like you didnt understand what buffy was saying... you are the exception... not buffy