Upcoming PVE, Boss Event, and Season Pass Timelines

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  • Richrb
    Richrb Posts: 7 Just Dropped In

    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
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,992 Chairperson of the Boards

    @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
    Painmonger Posts: 250 Mover and Shaker

    Nice to see Denis Nedry is alive & kicking.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 3,216 Chairperson of the Boards

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

    I really hate that man.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards

    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
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards

    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
    DAZ0273 Posts: 12,170 Chairperson of the Boards

    @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
    Hellblazer666 Posts: 444 Mover and Shaker

    @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
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 10 January 2026, 15:19

    “ 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
    rg72 Posts: 146 Tile Toppler

    @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
    Hammer3001 Posts: 296 Mover and Shaker

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

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards

    @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
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards

    @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
    Borstock Posts: 3,216 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 10 January 2026, 18:20

    @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
    Chrynos1989 Posts: 631 Critical Contributor

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

  • kuntilanak
    kuntilanak Posts: 296 Mover and Shaker

    @Chrynos1989 said:
    Anyone else getting a snowball fight pvp instead of Swordmaster pvp?

    Here... A bit weird an off season PVP being pushed out, not to mention overlapping PVE...

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards

    @kuntilanak said:

    @Chrynos1989 said:
    Anyone else getting a snowball fight pvp instead of Swordmaster pvp?

    Here... A bit weird an off season PVP being pushed out, not to mention overlapping PVE...

    “A bit weird” is how I think things will be for a while. Some might choose other words.

    The Snowball Fight counts for your season points, apparently. Good and bad depending on your point of view.

    I loathe this PvP. It’s worse with supports because you need to use a different essential in each node and keep switching them around.

  • WampaX
    WampaX Posts: 65 Match Maker

    Just making sure - The Premium Atlas Season pass is not giving out any rewards or just not the indicated Swordmaster covers ?

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,868 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 11 January 2026 15:25

    @WampaX said:
    Just making sure - The Premium Atlas Season pass is not giving out any rewards or just not the indicated Swordmaster covers ?

    Everything with the pass is working as it’s supposed to.

    Two issues, related. (Ok,3).

    1. The tokens you receive say “Pick 1 reward” but they were never tokens that let you choose a reward. They are just mislabeled and they are season vault tokens.
    2. The vault you have may be a 77 item one or a 120 item one. The 77 item one is the correct one. No timeline is known for the 120 item one being fixed if you have it.
    3. The daily quests give you 250 xp and that means you can’t get a full level a day at all other than days you do the other weekly or season quests. This is half the prior points. The devs have said that was unintentional so we are waiting to see wher happens.
  • Chrynos1989
    Chrynos1989 Posts: 631 Critical Contributor

    @bluewolf said:

    @WampaX said:
    Just making sure - The Premium Atlas Season pass is not giving out any rewards or just not the indicated Swordmaster covers ?

    Everything with the pass is working as it’s supposed to.

    Two issues, related. (Ok,3).

    1. The tokens you receive say “Pick 1 reward” but they were never tokens that let you choose a reward. They are just mislabeled and they are season vault tokens.
    2. The vault you have may be a 77 item one or a 120 item one. The 77 item one is the correct one. No timeline is known for the 120 item one being fixed if you have it.
    3. The daily quests give you 250 xp and that means you can’t get a full level a day at all other than days you do the other weekly or season quests. This is half the prior points. The devs have said that was unintentional so we are waiting to see wher happens.

    I think the daily quests even were 750, but they‘ll fix that, they have nearly 4 weeks left

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