Bristlebane Day '10 Feedback and Bugs [Archive]

Kaitheel

03-09-2010, 04:36 PM

Bristlebane Day is now active on Test and Test Copy!Jesters, thieves, bards and fans of mischief are invited to enjoy the adventuring and new crafting festivities that surround Bristlebane Day! You never know what riddles, laughs and pranks are to be found during this enjoyable time of year. Celebrators are present in every home city, and the oddest of objects have been spotted in Antonica, The Commonlands, Darklight Wood, Timorous Deep and Greater Faydark!The event is currently set to run 3/30/2010 through 4/11/2010 on the live servers, with special events only occurring on 4/1/2010.The content that only occurs on 4/1 has not yet been activated. I will activate it later, as to help minimize confusion over what quests, harvestables, etc. are available at what time.Please assemble any feedback and bugs that you may find in this thread. Thank you, everyone!As of 3/15/10:The 4/1 content is now activated on Test and Test Copy! Check out Enchanted Lands for the new quest.As of 3/26/10:The 4/1 content has been deactivated on Test and Test Copy. Thank you to everyone who helped test this event!~Kaitheel

Cyliena

03-09-2010, 09:00 PM

Editing this as I go! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /><ul><li>Still early in the crafting, but so far I've noticed that the recipes on the Stove and Keg seem to be using Brewday counters. Those are bowl of party dip, Bristleberry pie and goblin tasted apple.</li><li>Also, the four recipes on the Work Bench use sculpting, but I'm assuming this is intentional?</li><li>Just got the Grand Prankster's Mischief counter... very cool there! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></li><li>Got another Grand Prankster's Mischief the second time but didn't get an additional item... just ensuring whether or not this is expected to happen sometimes?</li><li>Regarding the four Rivervale crafted items... since they use the sculpting technique, should they be on the Woodworking Bench instead of the Work Bench?</li><li>The Brilliant Bristlebane Day Robe is very nice, but the colors make me think of Frostfell. Not really sure what to suggest for that. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></li><li>All of the house items placed just fine. It would be nice if the cabbage could shrink down a notch or two more if possible. The armor all appears okay when worn, too.</li><li>Every crafted house item has a description regarding a heavily embroidered tapestry creaking and groaning as it sways in the wind.</li><li>The Brilliant Bristlebane Day Boots state "A pair of gloves perfect for calebrating Bristlebane Day!". First, gloves should be boots (the other two brilliant items state the correct piece); second, celebrating is misspelled.</li><li>All of the Galvanized Paper Plate armor have the word "galvanized" misspelled as "glavanized" in their description.</li><li>Every Galvanized Paper Plate armor piece states "A coat with the appearance...". I'm assuming that should vary based on the type of armor that it is. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></li></ul>

Whilhelmina

03-10-2010, 07:22 AM

I guess Cyliena said everything on the crafting part.Apart from the crafting items, are there any new things? The Tin Metal protection is not repeatable. Ratical is. I don't see anything new?

KerowynnKaotic

03-10-2010, 10:21 AM

Is there something different about the [row of Rivervale candles] cause they appear to be the duplicate of<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/icon_vale_briarwood_candelabra.jpg" target="_blank"> Vale Briarwood Candelabra</a> in the dressing room. Haven't figured out how to get the raws for this event, yet. Just logged on for it.I'm so loving the Cabbage & the Green color for the plate. Though, I wish it had been a chain graphic .. maybe next year?Ya know what Bristlebane day needs? Jugglers. Someone needs to slip a note to the LoN Art Team 'cause I'm sure they'd love to have a unlimited version while the event could have a charged-limited version. Someone 'juggling' colorful balls would be mostly just be a particle effect, really. Just with hands held out..Edit Add: The GREEN Galvanized armor requires Iron as a crafting raw, which is a T2 item, but the rest of the ingredients and recipes all call for T1 items (ie: should be Tin)hrm .. or you guys are doing that on purpose. Since the ORANGE version requires Tin and a T2 Orange. And, the Cabbage requires a T2 Carrot instead of a T1 Baubbleshire Cabbage. And, several of the other items are mixed as well but some are proper full T1 raws. ... I suppose it makes as much sense as anything else during Bristlebane Day.Edit Add More: .. The Rivervale Butterchurn, candles, flasks & Keg table .. not only do they use Sculpting skill on the Workbench, which should be the Wood working Table or Artificing skill on the work bench, but they also use T1 Provo fuels, should be either Coal or Sandpaper.'Tis hard to know what to bug on a day celebrating Oddity.

Cyliena

03-10-2010, 12:26 PM

<cite>Whilhelmina@Storms wrote:</cite><blockquote>I guess Cyliena said everything on the crafting part.Apart from the crafting items, are there any new things? The Tin Metal protection is not repeatable. Ratical is. I don't see anything new?</blockquote>I didn't see anything new aside from crafting, though I have yet to re-finish Ratical. Crafting seemed more appealing that bouncing to and fro between Antonica and EL.I uploaded a picture of the <a href="http://eq2.zam.com/Im/Image/159808.png" target="_blank">Rivervale candle row</a> (that's the only item that changes name from its recipe name, it seems)... I'll have to login my carpenter to compare it to the Vale Briarwood Candelabra. From the eq2traders picture, they do seem identical.edits: Comparing them currently on Test Copy with my carpenter, and in the dressing room they look exactly the same. Heading out to snag some t4 harvests to craft the vale one and set it side-by-side.Confirmed, they are identical in appearance. The only differences is that the vale Briarwood candelabra is a brighter light source and its default size is smaller.

NiamiDenMother

03-10-2010, 02:31 PM

{sobs insanely and cowers inside her "hug me" jacket}I'm feeling more than a little overloaded at the pace lately, so I'm just going to huddle in a corner for a bit while my brain turns (more) into mush. How does one know, when Bristlebane is involved, what is and isn't a bug?For example, I'm staring at stuff on the stove, such as bowl of party dip and bristleberry pie, that have examine information of "This heavy embroidered tapestry creaks and groans faintly as it moves in an unseen breeze".Am I supposed to place this food on the wall, instead of on the table, and artfully arrange it? Or shall we start an epic food fight, so it ends up in a more random pattern, and the walls themselves creak and groan from the carnage?{rocks self in the corner, singing "I'm a little acorn brown, lying on the cold, cold, ground. Everybody steps on me, that is why I'm cracked, you see. I'm a nut ..."}

Whilhelmina

03-11-2010, 05:08 AM

*hands out a hot tea and muffins to the Den Mother* everything will be fine dear halfling, everything will be fine...

EtoilePirate

03-11-2010, 12:36 PM

<cite>NiamiDenMother wrote:</cite><blockquote>{sobs insanely and cowers inside her "hug me" jacket}I'm feeling more than a little overloaded at the pace lately, so I'm just going to huddle in a corner for a bit while my brain turns (more) into mush. How does one know, when Bristlebane is involved, what is and isn't a bug?For example, I'm staring at stuff on the stove, such as bowl of party dip and bristleberry pie, that have examine information of "This heavy embroidered tapestry creaks and groans faintly as it moves in an unseen breeze".Am I supposed to place this food on the wall, instead of on the table, and artfully arrange it? Or shall we start an epic food fight, so it ends up in a more random pattern, and the walls themselves creak and groan from the carnage?{rocks self in the corner, singing "I'm a little acorn brown, lying on the cold, cold, ground. Everybody steps on me, that is why I'm cracked, you see. I'm a nut ..."}</blockquote>You and me both, I logged onto Test last night to get more Brewday items and then ended up harvesting the Jester's nodes... tried explaining to my husband that I was harvesting ogre tutus from a shrubbery, on my way to get a tinhat, and he informed me, "You have very silly people making your game." (He also said that about the quest early in the SF series with the Expandable gnome.)Anyway, I quite like that description of the pie. I think we should stick it to the wall. Food fight at Fhir's place? <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

KerowynnKaotic

03-11-2010, 04:37 PM

<cite>EtoilePirate wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>NiamiDenMother wrote:</cite><blockquote>{sobs insanely and cowers inside her "hug me" jacket}*snipped* </blockquote>You and me both, I logged onto Test last night to get more Brewday items and then ended up harvesting the Jester's nodes... tried explaining to my husband that I was harvesting ogre tutus from a shrubbery, on my way to get a tinhat, and he informed me, "You have very silly people making your game." (He also said that about the quest early in the SF series with the Expandable gnome.)Anyway, I quite like that description of the pie. I think we should stick it to the wall. Food fight at Fhir's place? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>You know how they have those community look-ins occassionally? via the internet .. I forget what they are called but when we get to watch them do something via a streaming broadcast. I'd really like to be able to do that for when they get together to plan these live events. I mean the jokes that they don't put in and just say to each other have got to be hilarious .. heh .. and probably not PG:13. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" />And, does anyone remember when we were begging for more Live Events? I do. I did! Now, I think we all need our hands slapped! 'Cause I'm tired .. still enjoy & want the House items, of course, but I'm soo tired. I'm looking forward to the nice supposedly Live Event free time between May and TinkerFest and then again till NoTD.

Kaitheel

03-11-2010, 07:32 PM

Heyya everyone!Thanks for jumping on this as fast as you have, and for identifying so many issues so quickly. I can totally understand the confusion over what is a bug or just silly content. It's best for you to just report it, if you suspect it isn't intended. I did purposely use a mix of Tier 1 and 2 components for tradeskilling.There is some new content being added with the 4/1 events, but tradeskilling is basically it for this part.New features for '10!In-game mail to announce the event and summarize location of quest givers. Jester's garden spawn in Commonlands, Antonica, Greater Faydark, Darklight Wood and Timorous Deep. New Tradeskill recipe book, “Perfectly Serious Items to Craft” sold by a Bristlebane Day merchant. Returning features: “Ratical” can now be done again, and is now for the first time, available during the entire event, not just on 4/1.“Gigglegibber Scavenger Hunt” can also be attained during the entire event, not just on 4/1.Blat Berisen's quest line, starting with "Tin Metal Protection" is back, but not repeatable.The “Impossibly Rare Objects” collection is back, but not repeatable.With that said, it is now time for the traditional list of changes that have been made and on our their way to you, (via the usual QA approval, of course).<ul><li>The Brilliant Bristlebane Day Boots no longer claim to be gloves.</li><li>The word celebration is now spelled correctly when examining the Brilliant Bristlebane armor pieces.</li><li>The word galvanized is now spelled correctly when examining the Galvanized Paper Plate armor pieces.</li><li>The descriptions for the different Galvanized Paper Plate armor pieces have been made more specific.</li><li>The Rivervale candle row has been renamed "row of Bristlebane Day candles" and will receive an art change to come later, which will make the lights of the candles a different color.</li><li>The head of cabbage can now be shrunk down even further, when placed in a house.</li><li>The Bristlebane Day recipes that rely on the Stove and Keg stations now use Bristlebane Day counters, instead of Brewday counters.</li><li>Each of the Bristlebane Day house items now have individual descriptions.</li><li>The Rivervale butter churn, row of Bristlebane Day candles, Rivervale flasks and Rivervale keg table are now created at the Woodworking Table and require sandpaper as the fuel.</li></ul>Thank you for the help!~Kaitheel

Kaitheel

03-15-2010, 02:18 PM

The 4/1 content is now activated on Test and Test Copy! Check out Enchanted Lands for the new quest, but that's not the only sillyness for the day's content.~Kaitheel

Xalmat

03-15-2010, 03:07 PM

Nice reward for "Riddled Throughout the Land" <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />Although I must admit, that last riddle has me stumped. But I'm not terribly good with riddles.

Xalmat

03-15-2010, 04:11 PM

OK, so I figured out the riddle. But theres a couple dozen places in Greater Faydark that "answers" the riddle, and the logical place I thought of, Sapling Spur Outpost, doesn't offer any sort of clicky.Am I totally off base?*edit* Turns out I am, it's not Sapling Spur Outpost. But it is easily accessible <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Cyliena

03-15-2010, 06:29 PM

<cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite><blockquote>OK, so I figured out the riddle. But theres a couple dozen places in Greater Faydark that "answers" the riddle, and the logical place I thought of, Sapling Spur Outpost, doesn't offer any sort of clicky.Am I totally off base?*edit* Turns out I am, it's not Sapling Spur Outpost. But it is easily accessible <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>Oi, I've searched for the past hour or two and cannot find this one. I know what the answer is, but not where. *sigh* My first thought was Sapling Spur Outpost, too.Shame the quest giver isn't called Wanderwings, given the similarities in riddles. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Xalmat

03-15-2010, 07:05 PM

Without giving too much away, it's very close to one of the Greater Faydark mount stations.

Catria

03-15-2010, 07:28 PM

I only had a couple minutes so far to play with Bristlebane stuff but I noticed that the Jester's Superior Gardens in Enchanted Lands are yielding not only Bristlebane items, but also Brewday, Nights of the Dead, and Frostfell items. I can kind of see this as being a joke, but the Frostfell harvests are totally useless without the Frostfell zone stations and there are so freaking many of them. I would definitely suggest taking those off the harvest table for these bushes. Or is there a use for these during Bristlebane Day that I have missed?

Cyliena

03-15-2010, 07:29 PM

<cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite><blockquote>Without giving too much away, it's very close to one of the Greater Faydark mount stations.</blockquote>Hmm ok, thanks. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Poking around again now that Test is back up. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />edit: I concur, the Frostfell harvests a bit over the top. My poor Test newbie has very small bags with no room for that stuff!---Ok, I fully admit I have no idea. I've checked around the ground and up in trees and inside buildings and so forth in a wide swathe around all five stations and I don't see it anywhere.

Purr

03-15-2010, 08:10 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>The 4/1 content is now activated on Test! Check out Enchanted Lands for the new quest, but that's not the only sillyness for the day's content.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Fun reward but... imvvho to easy.Purr~

Xalmat

03-15-2010, 08:22 PM

<cite>Purr wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>The 4/1 content is now activated on Test! Check out Enchanted Lands for the new quest, but that's not the only sillyness for the day's content.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Fun reward but... imvvho to easy.Purr~</blockquote>And that's a problem? I like easy for holiday quests.

Cyliena

03-15-2010, 08:25 PM

Ugh, I found it. The sad part is I checked there 4-5 times before noticing it.

Kaitheel

03-15-2010, 08:27 PM

<cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>Shame the quest giver isn't called Wanderwings, given the similarities in riddles. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>Oh, I didn't know if they ended up using those riddles or not. Glad to see they did!~Kaitheel

Kaitheel

03-15-2010, 08:32 PM

<cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Or is there a use for these during Bristlebane Day that I have missed?</blockquote>Yes.~Kaitheel

Cyliena

03-15-2010, 09:27 PM

The April 1st quest is not active on Test Copy. Not sure if that's intentional. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Cyliena

03-15-2010, 09:27 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>Shame the quest giver isn't called Wanderwings, given the similarities in riddles. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>Oh, I didn't know if they ended up using those riddles or not. Glad to see they did!~Kaitheel</blockquote>Yup, two of the three are from his quests.. I got a giggle from that. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />edit: By the way, nice tribute to Gary Gygax.

KerowynnKaotic

03-15-2010, 10:40 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Or is there a use for these during Bristlebane Day that I have missed?</blockquote>Yes.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Can we have a hint as to what the superior bushes are for? Assuming they are used for something other than for stockpiling on past events?'Cause as it is right now if they have all the past Live Event crafting items they have more different items than anyone has bags for. FF has like 52 seperate items, NoTD has something like 50 as well .. O'god!.. Does it also have the Love Notes & Candies?!? .. that's something like 100+ different items. Bristlebane & Brewday have 5 each. At least Tinkerfest does it right, 1 item to keep track of. So a potential for something like 212(13?)+ items to harvest?!?Don't get me wrong .. I love that you guys add in Crafting stuff for these events but I abhor the sheer armount of different items that are required for each. Frostfell being the worse offender because its recipes require all the items whereas Eday & NoTD items are at least interchangeable.

Kaitheel

03-15-2010, 11:13 PM

<cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>The April 1st quest is not active on Test Copy. Not sure if that's intentional. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>That was not intentional. It was just that Test Copy was down earlier today when I activated it on Test. But that is resolved now and the 4/1 content is active there, too!~Kaitheel

Kaitheel

03-15-2010, 11:30 PM

The crafting components of previous events (Frostfell, Erollisi Day, NoTD, etc.) aren't used for anything new. They are used to create the same items using the appropriate recipes, if you attained them back during the corresponding events. They are simply available again, as a added bonus. Even the Frostfell recipes can be used since there are Frostfell tradeskill stations in several locations around the world.~Kaitheel

KerowynnKaotic

03-16-2010, 12:00 AM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>The crafting components of previous events (Frostfell, Erollisi Day, NoTD, etc.) aren't used for anything new. They are used to create the same items using the appropriate recipes, if you attained them back during the corresponding events. They are simply available again, as a added bonus. Even the Frostfell recipes can be used since there are Frostfell tradeskill stations in several locations around the world.~Kaitheel</blockquote>!!! are they going to stay?? *pleads* please say yes!Edit: .. well I found the 1 set in EL and since it's pretty 'out-there' in the open and obvious and such .. I'm guessing it's only temporary for Bristlebane. *sniffles* .. you know it wouldn't look too odd shoved into some corner EF or something. But, I don't see a Fuel merchant running around for the FF stuff. Those recipes required special fuel. Maybe put them on the Bristlebane merchant or something?

Cyliena

03-16-2010, 12:31 AM

Imenand is now on Test Copy, thanks! Wanted to run it again on another character. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />Just curious--are the superior bushes only available on April 1st, too?

Catria

03-16-2010, 03:53 AM

<cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Or is there a use for these during Bristlebane Day that I have missed?</blockquote>Yes.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Can we have a hint as to what the superior bushes are for? Assuming they are used for something other than for stockpiling on past events?'Cause as it is right now if they have all the past Live Event crafting items they have more different items than anyone has bags for. FF has like 52 seperate items, NoTD has something like 50 as well .. O'god!.. Does it also have the Love Notes & Candies?!? .. that's something like 100+ different items. Bristlebane & Brewday have 5 each. At least Tinkerfest does it right, 1 item to keep track of. So a potential for something like 212(13?)+ items to harvest?!?Don't get me wrong .. I love that you guys add in Crafting stuff for these events but I abhor the sheer armount of different items that are required for each. Frostfell being the worse offender because its recipes require all the items whereas Eday & NoTD items are at least interchangeable.</blockquote>Here's an idea... could we possibly get a vendor that sells bags like the FF harvest bags that will hold any of these items? My lowbies on test just don't have the bag space for this! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /> You could call it a "Holiday Harvest Bag" or something along those lines and it could hold only the special holiday crafting components in stacks of 200 each. It would have to have a HUGE capacity though, at least 50-60 slots, if not more.

rsliv

03-16-2010, 08:11 AM

The reward for the new riddle quest is seriously awesome. Thank you <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Kaitheel

03-16-2010, 12:30 PM

<cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>Imenand is now on Test Copy, thanks! Wanted to run it again on another character. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />Just curious--are the superior bushes only available on April 1st, too?</blockquote>Yes. They are part of the 4/1 only content. Same as the Frostfell tradeskill stations.~Kaitheel

NiamiDenMother

03-16-2010, 01:00 PM

Kaitheel, I really could wish you were channeling Bristlebane just a wee bit less with regards to the insane amount of possibilities off that one-day-only node in EL ... even while the Bristlebane worshipper in me applauds the strong dose of the imp of the perverse . <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />(For the record, I love all the crafter love in the live events lately ... I'm just personally very exhausted and evented out due to the rapid succession of things needing my attention on beta, test, live, test, live, test, test, etc. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)If anyone not only successfully counters the Grand Prankster's Mischief crafting event, I'd realllllly love a screenshot of the lovely graphical effect. I didn't catch mine in time. ... I'd also like to see what, if anything, other than the much-maligned Loincloth of Imperceptable Beauty can be obtained from it.

Cyliena

03-16-2010, 01:03 PM

<cite>NiamiDenMother wrote:</cite><blockquote>If anyone not only successfully counters the Grand Prankster's Mischief crafting event, I'd realllllly love a screenshot of the lovely graphical effect. I didn't catch mine in time. ... I'd also like to see what, if anything, other than the much-maligned Loincloth of Imperceptable Beauty can be obtained from it.</blockquote>Screenshot: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.zam.com/wiki.html?v=159785" target="_blank">http://eq2.zam.com/wiki.html?v=159785</a>I had countered this twice.. the first time I got a glittering temptation, the second time I got nothing.edit: Any hints as to where the FF stations are? I've checked safe areas in EL and Everfrost and haven't seen anything yet. Hmmm.edit: Ok, re-checked the zone and found one set of stations in EL. Are there any others?

Catria

03-16-2010, 01:24 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Cyliena@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>Imenand is now on Test Copy, thanks! Wanted to run it again on another character. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />Just curious--are the superior bushes only available on April 1st, too?</blockquote>Yes. They are part of the 4/1 only content. Same as the Frostfell tradeskill stations.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Umm... wow... 24 hours only for these to harvest what we need with a 1 in 200+ shot of any given item, then to find the frostfell station if that's what we need, plus the lack of the special frostfell fuels...Does this sound like a problem to anyone besides me? I love this idea, but really this should at least be part of the event all the way through, not just for one day, given the sheer scope of the harvest tables.

CorpseGoddess

03-16-2010, 01:33 PM

<cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Or is there a use for these during Bristlebane Day that I have missed?</blockquote>Yes.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Can we have a hint as to what the superior bushes are for? Assuming they are used for something other than for stockpiling on past events?'Cause as it is right now if they have all the past Live Event crafting items they have more different items than anyone has bags for. FF has like 52 seperate items, NoTD has something like 50 as well .. O'god!.. Does it also have the Love Notes & Candies?!? .. that's something like 100+ different items. Bristlebane & Brewday have 5 each. At least Tinkerfest does it right, 1 item to keep track of. So a potential for something like 212(13?)+ items to harvest?!?Don't get me wrong .. I love that you guys add in Crafting stuff for these events but I abhor the sheer armount of different items that are required for each. Frostfell being the worse offender because its recipes require all the items whereas Eday & NoTD items are at least interchangeable.</blockquote>Here's an idea... could we possibly get a vendor that sells bags like the FF harvest bags that will hold any of these items? My lowbies on test just don't have the bag space for this! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /> You could call it a "Holiday Harvest Bag" or something along those lines and it could hold only the special holiday crafting components in stacks of 200 each. It would have to have a HUGE capacity though, at least 50-60 slots, if not more. </blockquote>Absolutely seconded! I would love to be able to put all the holiday items in one bag---or at least, all the Frostfell items into one bag.

Kaitheel

03-16-2010, 03:59 PM

The lack of Frostfell fuels was not intended, and as a result the following change is headed your way (usual QA pending, of course):<ul><li>Special fuel merchants now spawn on 4/1, the highest Bristlebane Day in Enchanted Lands and Sinking Sands.</li></ul>~Kaitheel

Xalmat

03-16-2010, 04:09 PM

I really don't like the idea of only one day to harvest the special bushes :/

Catria

03-16-2010, 04:17 PM

<cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite><blockquote>I really don't like the idea of only one day to harvest the special bushes :/</blockquote>Yes, exactly what I was trying to say above. When it's a quest that can be done fairly quickly and easily, sure one day is ok. However, when you are talking about a timesink like harvesting one day will not be enough. Especially in the case of those of us who have armies of alts that will need time to do the quests, too.

Kateraria65

03-16-2010, 06:38 PM

Guess I won't be sleeping on the first. Is it live at midnight +1 or around 10 PST?

Kaitheel

03-16-2010, 06:50 PM

I'm kind of confused here.There is nothing being offered through the 4/1 bushes that you need or that you can't harvest at other times of the year. There is nothing new in them. There aren't even new receipes being offered to use them in. I thought that this was an extra bonus. "Hey look! I got some harvests from other holidays!"What is the particular issue that you are not happy with?~Kaitheel

Xalmat

03-16-2010, 07:36 PM

OK, that's different. I was under the impression that there were special harvests for Bristlebane Day that you could only get on the first.It would be nice though if the Frostfell recipe items were condensed like Tinkerfest, though.

Purr

03-17-2010, 02:12 AM

<cite>Xalmat wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Purr wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>The 4/1 content is now activated on Test! Check out Enchanted Lands for the new quest, but that's not the only sillyness for the day's content.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Fun reward but... imvvho to easy.Purr~</blockquote>And that's a problem? I like easy for holiday quests.</blockquote>Not a problem, but a feedback. I enjoy using my brain .-)

Whilhelmina

03-17-2010, 09:50 AM

I support the idea of a very big bag for NoTD candies, erollisi love notes and other special event items. It's becoming a bit of a pain now <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Kenban

03-17-2010, 10:59 AM

I want a big bag to hold all of the holiday trade skill raws but its just not possible. The maximum bag size is either 44 or 48. Not sure which but I remember reading about it being raised last year sometime. I would like the alternate currency to change to a system like what EQ1 has. Where you can just have a page in your profile which lists how much of each currency you have and you can withdraw individual tokens if you want to be able to trade them. Special events where the tokens are not coming back should stay regular items and only tokens which are will be used again later on should be added to an alternative currency page. Also to go along with that would be nice if you could turn the love notes and candies into something generic that you can stack together but still use in the trade skill recipes.

Catria

03-17-2010, 04:15 PM

<cite>Kenban wrote:</cite><blockquote>I want a big bag to hold all of the holiday trade skill raws but its just not possible. The maximum bag size is either 44 or 48. Not sure which but I remember reading about it being raised last year sometime. I would like the alternate currency to change to a system like what EQ1 has. Where you can just have a page in your profile which lists how much of each currency you have and you can withdraw individual tokens if you want to be able to trade them. Special events where the tokens are not coming back should stay regular items and only tokens which are will be used again later on should be added to an alternative currency page. Also to go along with that would be nice if you could turn the love notes and candies into something generic that you can stack together but still use in the trade skill recipes.</blockquote>Not to mention those Quellithulian Appreciation Tokens. I have 50 on each of my characters, still, because we never got a response one way or the other about whether the title would become available (since none of the servers managed to complete all the spires) and then the merchants were gone. I have 22 alts... so I have about 1100 tokens sitting around doing nothing right now. Being able to swap them for something else, even if it's to turn them into one of the base items for holiday crafting, would be nice.

Kateraria65

03-17-2010, 06:05 PM

<blockquote>I want a big bag to hold all of the holiday trade skill raws but its just not possible. The maximum bag size is either 44 or 48. Not sure which but I remember reading about it being raised last year sometime. I would like the alternate currency to change to a system like what EQ1 has. Where you can just have a page in your profile which lists how much of each currency you have and you can withdraw individual tokens if you want to be able to trade them. Special events where the tokens are not coming back should stay regular items and only tokens which are will be used again later on should be added to an alternative currency page. Also to go along with that would be nice if you could turn the love notes and candies into something generic that you can stack together but still use in the trade skill recipes.</blockquote>I would love to have an exchange merchant, alternate currency exchange. Too much of them gathering dust.

Purr

03-17-2010, 07:04 PM

A [Seriously Big Bag] that could hold ALL special harvests would be fantastic.Being able to put personal harvest depots in the GH would be fantastic, too. I understand why it's not being done (Domino doesn't want to step on the feet of the GH people) and accept that. I would still like to have an alternative from the GH people, like: Make the harvesting depot bigger. It's already to small to hold 9 tiers of harvests. Or add a second, special, depot for all the special harvests. And one for body parts and collectibles while you are on it...Back to the [Seriously Big Bag] - how about making it a quest reward for a long Harvesting Cloak like and hopefully interesting (Nerd warning!!!) Signature Quest. It should be able to hold at least 100 slots ( anybody done the math on how many special harvests we have by now?) of harvested materials only. If you on top of that can make it a appearance pack, too, that would be outstanding. Or go one step further and give us true pack animals with packs of 200+ slot capacityPurr~PS: I, too, am still waiting for the Foreign Currency Exchange merchant.

Woody67

03-19-2010, 03:10 PM

I just had a visual of the appearance aspect of the enormously big bag you suggested.It made me think of one of the big loads that Nodwick has to carry about in the comic, would require a hunched over posture though, and maybe a naviagation hazard around small streets.How about a huge bag with a small dark niche at the bottom that you can see eyes peering out and maybe a boot on the side? I think it would probably need some sort of grunting sound to go along with it as well.Sorry for the side post.

Purr

03-20-2010, 02:06 AM

<cite>Woody67 wrote:</cite><blockquote>I just had a visual of the appearance aspect of the enormously big bag you suggested.It made me think of one of the big loads that Nodwick has to carry about in the comic, would require a hunched over posture though, and maybe a naviagation hazard around small streets.How about a huge bag with a small dark niche at the bottom that you can see eyes peering out and maybe a boot on the side? I think it would probably need some sort of grunting sound to go along with it as well.Sorry for the side post.</blockquote>If that is what it takes I'm all for it. .-pPurr~

Whilhelmina

03-20-2010, 09:29 AM

I suck at enigmas but I still loved the Bristlebane day quest <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> The part in Anto was a bit hard to find... And the rewrd is the coolest ever <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Arbreth

03-20-2010, 01:06 PM

I like the SBB (Seriously Big Bag) idea, but maybe it should have the look of Mary Poppins' satchel?Really, though, we do need something for all the holiday harvests and tokens - a bag, crate, closet, black hole...I am also waiting on the exchange banker/merchant/teller (something like the A.T.M. in Gnomeland? Or a slot machine? Yo0u know those Gnomes can some up with anything!)

CorpseGoddess

03-21-2010, 04:17 PM

Not a specific question, but with all of this going on around the first, are you also planning on throwing the usual city festival into the mix?

Zabjade

03-21-2010, 07:01 PM

<cite>NiamiDenMother wrote:</cite><blockquote>Kaitheel, I really could wish you were channeling Bristlebane just a wee bit less with regards to the insane amount of possibilities off that one-day-only node in EL ... even while the Bristlebane worshipper in me applauds the strong dose of the imp of the perverse . <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />(For the record, I love all the crafter love in the live events lately ... I'm just personally very exhausted and evented out due to the rapid succession of things needing my attention on beta, test, live, test, live, test, test, etc. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />)If anyone not only successfully counters the Grand Prankster's Mischief crafting event, I'd realllllly love a screenshot of the lovely graphical effect. I didn't catch mine in time. ... I'd also like to see what, if anything, other than the much-maligned Loincloth of Imperceptable Beauty can be obtained from it.</blockquote>The loincloth(ans Tunic for females) would be less maligned if they would allow us to choose out underwear ;p

Kaitheel

03-22-2010, 12:45 PM

<cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>Not a specific question, but with all of this going on around the first, are you also planning on throwing the usual city festival into the mix?</blockquote>Yes, Streppoch. The monthly appearance of the city festivals will not be delayed due to this event. (I don't foresee any holiday events forcing us to cancel, delay or move up the dates of any monthly events, whether it be the Moonlight or City Festivals.) The City Festival will run from 4/1 -4/7, as the rest of them have.~Kaitheel

Kaitheel

03-22-2010, 03:04 PM

As promised, the "row of Bristlebane Day candles" (originally named "Rivervale candle row") is going to receive an art change with GU56, which will make the lights of the candles a different color.The first image is the original "row of Bristlebane Day candles"<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4454965474_66ce2a6d85_o.jpg" width="453" height="235" />The second image is the new flame adorned version which will go live with GU56.<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4454195869_e7107a0899_o.jpg" width="485" height="231" />~Kaitheel

Cyliena

03-22-2010, 03:48 PM

Looks very nice! Shame it isn't going in until gu56, but thank you for looking into this.

Katz

03-22-2010, 06:15 PM

<cite>Arbreth wrote:</cite><blockquote>I like the SBB (Seriously Big Bag) idea, but maybe it should have the look of Mary Poppins' satchel?Really, though, we do need something for all the holiday harvests and tokens - a bag, crate, closet, black hole...I am also waiting on the exchange banker/merchant/teller (something like the A.T.M. in Gnomeland? Or a slot machine? Yo0u know those Gnomes can some up with anything!)</blockquote>I think it should look like a Dr. Who tardis and go in your house. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />

CorpseGoddess

03-22-2010, 07:09 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Streppoch@Guk wrote:</cite><blockquote>Not a specific question, but with all of this going on around the first, are you also planning on throwing the usual city festival into the mix?</blockquote>Yes, Streppoch. The monthly appearance of the city festivals will not be delayed due to this event. (I don't foresee any holiday events forcing us to cancel, delay or move up the dates of any monthly events, whether it be the Moonlight or City Festivals.) The City Festival will run from 4/1 -4/7, as the rest of them have.~Kaitheel</blockquote>Thank you! You guys sure like to keep us on our toes. Now I know how to schedule my time. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" />

Whilhelmina

03-23-2010, 10:42 AM

Question : could the "Gigglegibber scavanging hunt" quest count towards the britslebane achievement for the Festive Spirit achievement?Currently, old players can only update the achievement through doing the Ratical quest (which is a pain to do on several alts) or through doing the 4/1 quest which we can do only if we can log on the 4/1. So not many choices for this achievement.

Kaitheel

03-23-2010, 12:28 PM

<cite>Whilhelmina@Storms wrote:</cite><blockquote>Question : could the "Gigglegibber scavanging hunt" quest count towards the britslebane achievement for the Festive Spirit achievement?</blockquote>No, it doesn't count. But that is only because the quest is not completable. You get the reward sent to you even though you do not complete the quest. Rather odd, yes, but that is how it has been since it was first put in, back in 2006. If you were to actually complete the quest, then it would count towards the achievement.~Kaitheel

KerowynnKaotic

03-23-2010, 01:04 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>As promised, the "row of Bristlebane Day candles" (originally named "Rivervale candle row") is going to receive an art change with GU56, which will make the lights of the candles a different color.The first image is the original "row of Bristlebane Day candles"<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4454965474_66ce2a6d85_o.jpg" width="453" height="235" />The second image is the new flame adorned version which will go live with GU56.<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4454195869_e7107a0899_o.jpg" width="485" height="231" />~Kaitheel</blockquote>...Since this can't be added in graphic-wise till after the next LU ... would it be too much to ask the Art team to see about adding color to the stand, too? Could do a whole line of them to be added in the books as 1 per every BB day. Such as pink polka dots, blue wavy lines, a solid bright blue / green / pink / orange, or even a plaid version with all the colors. Oh and 1 that has those " ? " from the crafting event floating out of it, too <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" />

Valdaglerion

03-23-2010, 02:29 PM

Something I thought I would share for those that have not noticed the recent change to harvestables . . . With Brewday I noticed the tagging on the harvested items was different than the typical Common tagging of live events. The new Brewday ones looked more like standard harvested materials "This can be used for level X- Y" so I tried to shove them into a Personal Harvest depot and lo and behold, they went in beautifully.Through questions and investigation I found that Kaitheel handles the special event harvestables (Frostfell, NoTD, Brewday, Erollisi etc) and firstly stated my elation over this change and asked if his intention was to change all the others so we could start stockpiling them in a single location and get rid of mule toons used to store this stuff throughout the year. . . The answer . . . ./drum roll please"Yes". His intention (barring any unforeseen nay saying from the code peeps) is to change all the special harvestables to be depot placeable , hopefully with GU56./cross your fingersAnd thanks Kaitheel, this completely rocks IMO!

Whilhelmina

03-23-2010, 02:48 PM

Oh my... I was going to rant at Kaitheel answer to my question and I see your post...I'll do a bunch of raticals and take the depot placable items instead <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Love the candles btw <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

CorpseGoddess

03-23-2010, 02:49 PM

<cite>Artemiz@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Something I thought I would share for those that have not noticed the recent change to harvestables . . . With Brewday I noticed the tagging on the harvested items was different than the typical Common tagging of live events. The new Brewday ones looked more like standard harvested materials "This can be used for level X- Y" so I tried to shove them into a Personal Harvest depot and lo and behold, they went in beautifully.Through questions and investigation I found that Kaitheel handles the special event harvestables (Frostfell, NoTD, Brewday, Erollisi etc) and firstly stated my elation over this change and asked if his intention was to change all the others so we could start stockpiling them in a single location and get rid of mule toons used to store this stuff throughout the year. . . The answer . . . ./drum roll please"Yes". His intention (barring any unforeseen nay saying from the code peeps) is to change all the special harvestables to be depot placeable , hopefully with GU56./cross your fingersAnd thanks Kaitheel, this completely rocks IMO!</blockquote>HUZZAH! Thank you, thank you!...can we get the personal harvest depot bumped up to 150 or 200 max, now? <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" />

Kaitheel

03-25-2010, 12:25 PM

Just a bit of a warning, I will be deactivating the 4/1 only Bristlebane Day content tomorrow, March 26. I'll leave the rest of Bristlebane Day active.~Kaitheel

Catria

03-28-2010, 07:13 PM

Have to ask my usual live event question... will this be one that is turned on at 12:01 a.m. or is it one that will not get turned on until after a patch?

Rhak

03-28-2010, 10:47 PM

So here's a totally random question:Since it seems that every single holiday's special crafting items are going to drop on those special bushes come 4/1, would it be too much to ask to make every single crafting book be purchasable as well during the one day? I missed last year's Halloween event for example, and I'd love to be able to update my crafting books with the current books so I can make what I missed (I still have the fuels from years' prior in my bank).Pretty please? <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Kaitheel

03-29-2010, 07:48 PM

Unfortunately, Rhakos, it is too late to make any changes to the event at this time. But even if it were not, I am not sure I would make previous event recipe books available on 4/1. Getting event specific items (be it recipes or quests) is the perks of logging in during the event. Though, I admit that I have blurred the lines some with the craft components being available for one day, and one day isn't much. This is something that I will have to watch live feedback on and keep in mind for next year, if we do anything similar.~Kaitheel

Valdaglerion

03-29-2010, 07:50 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>Unfortunately, Rhakos, it is too late to make any changes to the event at this time. But even if it were not, I am not sure I would make previous event recipe books available on 4/1. Getting event specific items (be it recipes or quests) is the perks of logging in during the event. Though, I admit that I have blurred the lines some with the craft components being available for one day, and one day isn't much. This is something that I will have to watch live feedback on and keep in mind for next year, if we do anything similar.~Kaitheel</blockquote>I think having the harvestables random out for any event ONLY plays well into Bristlebane since it gives you those [Removed for Content] moments because you arent expecting it. Any other time it wouldnt be appropriate and I further agree that recipe books need to stay with their associated events.Just my 2cp.

Torvos

03-29-2010, 08:28 PM

<cite>Kaitheel wrote:</cite><blockquote>Unfortunately, Rhakos, it is too late to make any changes to the event at this time. But even if it were not, I am not sure I would make previous event recipe books available on 4/1. Getting event specific items (be it recipes or quests) is the perks of logging in during the event. Though, I admit that I have blurred the lines some with the craft components being available for one day, and one day isn't much. This is something that I will have to watch live feedback on and keep in mind for next year, if we do anything similar.~Kaitheel</blockquote> The problem isn't logging in on that day, it's finding out everything special thats going on in the short amount of playtime some of us have.Running event things for two hours only to find out the next day that I'd missed a few things that could only happen the day before is a massive letdown. Not because I couldn't do them, but because I didn't know they existed.