Upcoming PVE, Boss Event, and Season Pass Timelines

Richrb

It’s only been a week since the new guys took over, assume there’s a learning curve, and the last guys were a bit abysmal so I’m pretty sure nothing was left in good shape and there was little documentation. Give them a chance.

BriMan2222

@Richrb said:
It’s only been a week since the new guys took over, assume there’s a learning curve, and the last guys were a bit abysmal so I’m pretty sure nothing was left in good shape and there was little documentation. Give them a chance.

This is the internet, this is no place to be reasonable.

Painmonger

Nice to see Denis Nedry is alive & kicking.

Borstock

@Painmonger said:
Nice to see Denis Nedry is alive & kicking.

I really hate that man.

bluewolf

The Daily Season quests for SXP for the pass seem to be on a timer, for this season anyway, that is 8 hours later than it was in all prior seasons (they all triggered at PVE slice 2 before, or 12 noon EST).

I note that 8 hours later (8 pm EST) is 12 noon in Melbourne, which is close to IP2's office. Makes sense to have new content like this appear when you're in the office (on weekdays, at least).

May be a permanent shift, may be temporary for this first season.

bluewolf

Another thought this morning:
Given their "no one is working" status it's likely the next PVE will be late and off cycle, unless they got way ahead of the game.

if you assume it's hard to shake up the order because they set them up to run in an order, (BCS seemed genuinely surprised when we got 4 repeating PVEs for about 2 months) maybe there's some kind of chaining of PVE rewards set up automatically to lead from one to the next - the next PVE should start in about 23 hours but they won't be in office until after that

So they either : 1. set up that PVE before they left, in the midst of scrambling as their week ended and trying to figure lots of things out - slightly possible 2. figured they'd tackle that when they came in which will be after it's supposed to start for s1, so it'll start at some weird time 3. they do know how to shake up the order and decide to do that, so they run two 3 day long pves back to back instead of a 3 and a 4. And then you could see a 3 day start at the normal slice 1 etc time on Monday morning (EST).

2 (do it when we come back, it's ok if it's late) is, to me, the likeliest option.

Anyway.....the weirdness is almost certainly not over for PVE scheduling, let alone anything else.

DAZ0273

@bluewolf said:
Another thought this morning:
Given their "no one is working" status it's likely the next PVE will be late and off cycle, unless they got way ahead of the game.

if you assume it's hard to shake up the order because they set them up to run in an order, (BCS seemed genuinely surprised when we got 4 repeating PVEs for about 2 months) maybe there's some kind of chaining of PVE rewards set up automatically to lead from one to the next - the next PVE should start in about 23 hours but they won't be in office until after that

So they either : 1. set up that PVE before they left, in the midst of scrambling as their week ended and trying to figure lots of things out - slightly possible 2. figured they'd tackle that when they came in which will be after it's supposed to start for s1, so it'll start at some weird time 3. they do know how to shake up the order and decide to do that, so they run two 3 day long pves back to back instead of a 3 and a 4. And then you could see a 3 day start at the normal slice 1 etc time on Monday morning (EST).

2 (do it when we come back, it's ok if it's late) is, to me, the likeliest option.

Anyway.....the weirdness is almost certainly not over for PVE scheduling, let alone anything else.

Isn't it a Boss Event next?

Hellblazer666

@DAZ0273 said:

@bluewolf said:
Another thought this morning:
Given their "no one is working" status it's likely the next PVE will be late and off cycle, unless they got way ahead of the game.

if you assume it's hard to shake up the order because they set them up to run in an order, (BCS seemed genuinely surprised when we got 4 repeating PVEs for about 2 months) maybe there's some kind of chaining of PVE rewards set up automatically to lead from one to the next - the next PVE should start in about 23 hours but they won't be in office until after that

So they either : 1. set up that PVE before they left, in the midst of scrambling as their week ended and trying to figure lots of things out - slightly possible 2. figured they'd tackle that when they came in which will be after it's supposed to start for s1, so it'll start at some weird time 3. they do know how to shake up the order and decide to do that, so they run two 3 day long pves back to back instead of a 3 and a 4. And then you could see a 3 day start at the normal slice 1 etc time on Monday morning (EST).

2 (do it when we come back, it's ok if it's late) is, to me, the likeliest option.

Anyway.....the weirdness is almost certainly not over for PVE scheduling, let alone anything else.

Isn't it a Boss Event next?

Ya S0kun said battle of the basilica would happen

bluewolf

“ Battle at the Basilica and anticipate it to be released in a few days”

I suppose it could indeed be next. But who knows? They didn’t say “and right after SS you’ll get that boss”.

Bosses have run on weekends 99% of the time with like 2 exceptions, maybe 3, ever. So my bet would be on it starting on Thursday.

“A few days” is not a very specific timeframe….

It would be nice if they decided to make “constant, daily, and consistent comms, until things are running smoothly” a thing. (Don’t at me about weekends, obviously I don’t expect it on weekends, but they just peaced out after Thursday night.)

rg72

@S0kun said:

Slightly delayed is our Season Pass which is currently blank and will be activated tomorrow on Friday January 9th along with the first set of quests associated with the pass. The end date will remain the same, but we'll send over some SXP to make up for the delay.

Disappointing that these are in the offers now for cash rather than HP as per previous offerings. Guess they are desperate for people to spend money.

Hammer3001

Any word on updating the Latest Legends vault or retro rewards for Swordmaster?

bluewolf

@rg72 said:

@S0kun said:

Slightly delayed is our Season Pass which is currently blank and will be activated tomorrow on Friday January 9th along with the first set of quests associated with the pass. The end date will remain the same, but we'll send over some SXP to make up for the delay.

Disappointing that these are in the offers now for cash rather than HP as per previous offerings. Guess they are desperate for people to spend money.

100% this.

bluewolf

@Hammer3001 said:
Any word on updating the Latest Legends vault or retro rewards for Swordmaster?

Devs are on their weekend. No set timeline. Probably next week. Im sure they are figuring it out.

But also new offers had to be made before giving stuff away…

Borstock

@bluewolf said:

@Hammer3001 said:
Any word on updating the Latest Legends vault or retro rewards for Swordmaster?

But also new offers had to be made before giving stuff away…

Cart before the horse, I feel. No one is going to spend on a game that isn't working. They should absolutely be giving stuff away for free, even if it isn't the really valuable stuff.

Chrynos1989

Anyone else getting a snowball fight pvp instead of Swordmaster pvp?