Nerfed party favor rate?

[acemonkey]

We used to get 8 party favors for doing the anniversary mission 5 levels over. Getting 4 for at level, 6 for 5 levels over. Disappointing.

Edit: Yes, killed the 4 devs.

[Harkmar]

We used to get 8 party favors for doing the anniversary mission 5 levels over. Getting 4 for at level, 6 for 5 levels over. Disappointing.

Edit: Yes, killed the 4 devs.

Also score of 6 giving a pay out of 6???

Patch notes 41.3 stated payout is now 150% of score, a 50% increase from last year.

Quests and Adventure Areas
Various changes have been made to the Anniversary event, and new items have been added for the event. The event is not yet active.
The base reward for Anniversary Party ingredients is now 150% of your score, a 50% increase from previous years.
The price of Peanut Butter and Linzer cookies has been increased.

https://www.ddo.com/en/update-41-patch-3-release-notes

[thedip]

I ran it at level and got 4 after killing all of the devs. I may run it once on my mains to get the first time bonus but not likely to run it again.

[Vulkoorex]

So what's new or worthwhile to get?

Not able to log on to check.

[Yamani]

Lichabel is currently broken and not rewarding any points. You can skip Lichabel and still get 6 favors.

[Steelstar]

We used to get 8 party favors for doing the anniversary mission 5 levels over. Getting 4 for at level, 6 for 5 levels over. Disappointing.

Edit: Yes, killed the 4 devs.

OK SO: Here's what's going on.

Our intent was that you would get 50% more ingredients per point/star than last year - For a total of 8 on a normal, at-level run, and 12 on a fully optimized run.

However: We ran into two issues this morning: That it wasn't granting the 50% extra, and the new Lichabel boss isn't granting a Point like it should. That leads to the numbers you see above.

As of right now (QA is still verifying), we've adjusting things on the Live servers so you get 2 ingredients (at-level) for every Point; this means on an at-level run you'd get 8, and for a fully optimized run you'd get 12. You still won't get any extra ingredients for the Lichabel boss for the time being.

Hopefully that makes things a little better for everyone! Apologies for the confusion.

[acemonkey]

OK SO: Here's what's going on.

Our intent was that you would get 50% more ingredients per point/star than last year - For a total of 8 on a normal, at-level run, and 12 on a fully optimized run.

However: We ran into two issues this morning: That it wasn't granting the 50% extra, and the new Lichabel boss isn't granting a Point like it should. That leads to the numbers you see above.

As of right now (QA is still verifying), we've adjusting things on the Live servers so you get 2 ingredients (at-level) for every Point; this means on an at-level run you'd get 8, and for a fully optimized run you'd get 12. You still won't get any extra ingredients for the Lichabel boss for the time being.

Hopefully that makes things a little better for everyone! Apologies for the confusion.

Just got 12 so thanks.

[Sam-u-r-eye]

OK SO: Here's what's going on.

Our intent was that you would get 50% more ingredients per point/star than last year - For a total of 8 on a normal, at-level run, and 12 on a fully optimized run.

However: We ran into two issues this morning: That it wasn't granting the 50% extra, and the new Lichabel boss isn't granting a Point like it should. That leads to the numbers you see above.

As of right now (QA is still verifying), we've adjusting things on the Live servers so you get 2 ingredients (at-level) for every Point; this means on an at-level run you'd get 8, and for a fully optimized run you'd get 12. You still won't get any extra ingredients for the Lichabel boss for the time being.

Hopefully that makes things a little better for everyone! Apologies for the confusion.

<tinfoil hat on>
sound like lynn didn't want herself killed alot

[Annex]

Moving this to a new thread so people can find it more easily: 13th Anniversary: The New Stuff!

[HungarianRhapsody]

New coffee might be worth getting for the end fight of a raid

One gives +75% hate and the other gives -75% hate. I don't like the coffee in general, but it's just for the duration of the end fight and it's pretty handy.

[Noir]

New coffee might be worth getting for the end fight of a raid

One gives +75% hate and the other gives -75% hate. I don't like the coffee in general, but it's just for the duration of the end fight and it's pretty handy.

Think they had that last year. I got the -75% hate generation last year on my Rogues.

[Ballrus]

New Items:

The Diplomancer: Light Crossbow
ML5 1d8+2 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 2; Impactful 2; Distant Diversion +6%; Diplomacy +7; Orange Slot; 10 Favors
ML10 1.5[1d8]+4 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 3; Impactful 3; Distant Diversion +9%; Diplomacy +12; Orange Slot; 20 Favors
ML15 1.5[1d8]+5 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 4; Impactful 4; Distant Diversion +12%; Diplomacy +16; Orange Slot; 40 Favors
ML20 2[1d8]+6 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 4; Impactful 4; Distant Diversion +15%; Diplomacy +17; Orange Slot; 60 Favors
ML25 2.5[1d8]+7 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 5; Impactful 5; Distant Diversion +18%; Diplomacy +19; Orange Slot; 80 Favors
ML30 5[1d8]+14 Pierce, Magic; Bleeding 7; Impactful 7; Distant Diversion +23%; Diplomacy +22; Orange Slot; 100 Favors

Cheap Shot: Long Bow
ML4 1d8+2 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 2; Befouling 1; Doubleshot +3%; Keen 1; Orange Slot[Haggle +3]; 10 Favors
ML8 1.5[1d8]+4 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 3; Befouling 2; Doubleshot +4%; Keen 1; Orange Slot[Haggle +5]; 20 Favors
ML12 2[1d8]+5 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 4; Befouling 2; Doubleshot +5%; Keen II; Orange Slot[Haggle +7]; 40 Favors
ML20 2.5[1d8]+6 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 4; Befouling 2; Doubleshot +6%; Keen II; Orange Slot[Haggle +11]; 60 Favors
ML24 3.5[1d8]+7 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 5; Befouling 3; Doubleshot +7%; Keen III; Orange Slot[Haggle +13]; 80 Favors
ML24 7[1d8]+14 Pierce, Magic; Poisonous 7; Befouling 4; Doubleshot +9%; Keen V; Orange Slot[Haggle +15]; 100 Favors

Lynnabel's Bug Killer: Throwing Dagger
ML5 2d4+2 Pierce, Magic; Vermin Bane 2; Vermin Bane 2; Vermin Bane 2; Vermin Bane 2; Red Slot; 10 Favors
ML10 1.5[2d4]+4 Pierce, Magic; ; Vermin Bane 3; Vermin Bane 3; Vermin Bane 3; Vermin Bane 3; Red Slot; 20 Favors
ML15 1.5[2d4]+5 Pierce, Magic; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Red Slot; 40 Favors
ML20 2[2d4]+6 Pierce, Magic; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Vermin Bane 4; Red Slot; 60 Favors
ML25 2.5[2d4]+7 Pierce, Magic; Vermin Bane 5; Vermin Bane 5; Vermin Bane 5; Vermin Bane 5; Red Slot; 80 Favors
ML30 5[2d4]+14 Pierce, Magic; Vermin Bane 7; Vermin Bane 7; Vermin Bane 7; Vermin Bane 7; Red Slot; 80 Favors

The Only Exception: Medium Armor

Clamorous Forum Post: Club

Still typing up stats... I think that's all the new stuff.

Thank you!

Edit. I believe that there will be a lot of vermin in Sharn.
And Lynnabel must be good at throwing daggers.

[Erokir]

OK SO: Here's what's going on.

Our intent was that you would get 50% more ingredients per point/star than last year - For a total of 8 on a normal, at-level run, and 12 on a fully optimized run..

What does "fully optimized" mean?

[askrj1]

What does "fully optimized" mean?

All stars, +5 levels for 50% bonus.

[Erokir]

All stars, +5 levels for 50% bonus.

Do you mean running the challenge five levels above character level and getting all of the stars?

For example, if the character's level is 10, then running the challenge on level 15 difficulty.

[acemonkey]

Do you mean running the challenge five levels above character level and getting all of the stars?

For example, if the character's level is 10, then running the challenge on level 15 difficulty.

Yes, kill the objective named devs and complete to max score (8), and do 5 levels over for an extra 50% (12).

[spyder7723]

Yes, kill the objective named devs and complete to max score (8), and do 5 levels over for an extra 50% (12).

To add to this for those that don't know. All challenge type events (night revels, crystal cove) and the eveningstar and cannith challenges work in a similar fashion. Running it up to five levels above your character level will increase the number of mats you get. Each star objective also increases the mats.