It's Time for Tinkerfest 2012!

[Dexella]

<p align="center"><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerfest_300_crm.gif"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerfest_300_crm.gif" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerfree.jpg"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerfree_th.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Like clockwork, Tinkerfest has returned! Take up your favorite wrench and celebrate all things gnomish, be they metal, combustive, mathematical, experimental, or a combination thereof! Adventures, rewards, buyables and crafted items await you, both new and familiar. You won’t want to miss all of the fun at Gnomeland Security, your headquarters for all things Tinkerfest, in Steamfont Mountains.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerequip.jpg"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerequip_th.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong>New features for '12!</strong></p> <ul> <li>The following aether races are being run in honor of Tinkerfest!<ul> <li>Great Divide</li> <li>Butcherblock</li> <li>Lavastorm</li> <li>Tenebrous Tangle</li> </ul></li> <li>Celebration areas have been established within Freeport at Inventor's Outlook and Qeynos Capitol District at Inventor's Threshold.</li> <li>Myron, a Tinkerfest Merchant found at Gnomeland Security in Steamfont Mountains, has some new items for players to buy!<ul> <li>New house items</li> <li>New equipment</li> <li>Tinkerfest Blueprints 4.0</li> <li>Master Tinkerer's Blueprints 2.0</li> <li>Three different deluxe Gearskif mounts</li> <li>Three different Oscillating Kajiggers flying mounts</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerhouse.jpg"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerhouse_th.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong>Returning features:</strong></p> <ul> <li>In-game mail to announce the event and summarize location of quest givers.</li> <li>Previous craftable recipe books, house items and equipment can be bought from Myron & Tarly at Gnomeland Security in Steamfont Mountains.</li> <li>“Tinkerfest Cheer” – Repeatable.</li> <li>“If They Only Had a Brain” - Repeatable every year.</li> <li>"Great Balls of Fire” - Repeatable (up to 35 times).</li> <li>“The Legend of the Geargobbler” - Repeatable every year.</li> <li>“Friendly Competition” - Repeatable every year.</li> <li>“Tinkered Parts Collection” - cannot be repeated.</li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerqeynos.jpg"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/07/tinkerfest/tinkerqeynos_th.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong>The event is currently scheduled to run from 7/29/2012 through 8/08/2012.<strong></strong></strong></p>

[Marnus]

<p>Can't wait<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I'm on vacation this coming week too<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Woohoo<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Rainmare]

<p>the only tinkerfest item I wanted you took out <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Dawnstrike]

<p>I wish they had started this event on a Saturday instead of a Sunday so we had the more weekend time to enjoy it.</p>

[Brigh]

The festival operators have experienced an explosion in the warehouse as they were getting ready to depart. Please stand by while the festival is delayed...

[Firecracker]

<p>Someone forget to flipped the switch for this? It's not started on butcherblock yet</p>

[Rogue4Life]

<p>Here in New Halas on Freeport server, the gnomes' gear is sitting on the platform....but no gnomes! </p>

[StormQueen]

<p>AB server.  Dozens waiting around for the gnomes and the event.  30 minutes after midnight Pacific....</p><p>This happens every time there's an event. Announce, say be ready....then forget to turn on event. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Rogue4Life]

<p>It's PAST time for Tinkerfest!  Someone wake the hamster!</p>

[kuzain]

<p>New items are usless less someone shoots off the starter gun!  Tinkertime is late, late, late.</p>

[CaptainBladesmith]

<p>Crushbone server: Aether races work (most of them at least), but everything else is gone.</p><p>Anyone know if they've picked new spawn locations for the cogs since you can no longer get into the Baubleshire? (Or Temple Street in some cases?)</p><p>*Waits four months in anticipation for Tinkerfest. Stays up late on EQ2 instead of working. Reduced to beating head on keyboard in frustration.*</p>

[StormQueen]

<p>Ingame calendar says 2 AM.  Giving the benefit of the doubt that it's Pacific Time, it's still late.  No sign of Tinkerfest 4:05 AM Central.  Again, this isn't an isolated occurrence.  I'm too tired to stay up and wait.  My bet is on 9 AM pacific when they have trickled in and had their morning coffee.</p>

[Rogue4Life]

<p>Ingame calendar is set for your timezone (mine said 3am, and I'm Eastern US).  So yeah, they're over two hours late.  Naturally, it'll come up about six seconds after I camp out.</p>

[CaptainBladesmith]

<p><cite>Leeroyx@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ingame calendar says 2 AM.  Giving the benefit of the doubt that it's Pacific Time, it's still late.  No sign of Tinkerfest 4:05 AM Central.  Again, this isn't an isolated occurrence.  I'm too tired to stay up and wait.  My bet is on 9 AM pacific when they have trickled in and had their morning coffee.</p></blockquote><p>Do they even come in to work on Sundays? Or are we just stuck waiting until Monday morning?</p>

[General_Info]

<p><cite>Cinnimon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Someone forget to flipped the switch for this? It's not started on butcherblock yet</p></blockquote><p>perhaps they got confused and pressed the overclocked tinkered control button instead of flipping the overclocked tinkerer control switch.</p>

[Delirya]

<cite>General_Info wrote:</cite><blockquote><p><cite>Cinnimon wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Someone forget to flipped the switch for this? It's not started on butcherblock yet</p></blockquote><p>perhaps they got confused and pressed the overclocked tinkered control button instead of flipping the overclocked tinkerer control switch.</p></blockquote> I hate it when I do that. Makes my coffee taste awful!

[brokenshieldd]

<p>Now this is what gives SOEa bad name and makes people mad and cause others to leave the game. Here it is 7:50 AM 8/29/2012. And still No tinker Fest so what happen this time around SOE?? Ohh and by the way I am on the Freeport Server.</p>

[intoXILE]

<p>I took a nap, got up at 3am EST...no Tinkerfest on Oasis either (to a sad and tired gnome). Stayed ran around for an hour and check again...nada.....went afk for an hour and a half...same ol'.....log off, go back to sleep.....back up 2 hours later, log in....still nothing. It's one of three holiday events I care about (I could care less about the rest, honestly), so I'm kinda bummed it's late, and especially, because I have to leave for work in 2 hours and won't be home until late. Oh well, I kinda felt like something like this was going to happen, because it's typical. I'm, trying not to whine here, but I find it sad that <em>expecting</em> disappointment from something you love normally wouldn't be acceptable. I hope there's an extension to the time lost, because it's a short enough holiday event as it stands, and so far, we've lost nearly 5 hours already. Any info on the possibliity on this, anyone?</p>

[Cyliena]

<p>This lady deserves a raise for being the only Tinkerfest NPC to show up! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/zvdk.jpg" width="856" height="452" /></p>

[soulsercher]

<p>Pity that it's not up yet, but then again, I'm finally trying out PVP in the meantime. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>But honestly, come on, let out the Tinkered Hamsters already!</p>

[noluuk]

<p><cite>brokenshieldd wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Now this is what gives SOEa bad name and makes people mad and cause others to leave the game. Here it is 7:50 AM 8/29/2012. And still No tinker Fest so what happen this time around SOE?? Ohh and by the way I am on the Freeport Server.</p></blockquote><p>Add to this the fact that we have to pull dragons teeth to get any offical information. Its a sad state of affairs that their service to the base is so lacking in the sharing of information with us. Like I tel my co-workers, a little information goes a long way.</p>

[Michayla]

<p>Once again, I am disappointed. My time in game is spent with guild responsibilities, leaving little time for much else. Couple that with the fact I work 40+ hours every week and a household to run, my time in game is very tightly scheduled. That being said, I told my guild not to bother me today as I was going to get as much Tinkerfest in as possible. Sad to say that won't be happening because, once again, SoE fails to deliver.</p>

[brokenshieldd]

<p>I feel your pain there'' I dont belong to any guild becaue I want to have time to do stuff like Tinker fest. But here I sit waiting on a event that might happen today or might not. When I good be doing some things in game that I need to get done.</p>

[brokenshieldd]

<p><cite>brokenshieldd wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I feel your pain there'' I dont belong to any guild becaue I want to have time to do stuff like Tinker fest. But here I sit waiting on a event that might happen today or might not. When I could be doing some things in game that I need to get done.</p></blockquote>

[Gozer]

<p><cite>Cyliena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This lady deserves a raise for being the only Tinkerfest NPC to show up! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/zvdk.jpg" width="856" height="452" /></p></blockquote><p>hahaha so true!</p>

[Mordok]

<p>I keep trying to tell them users can forgive problems when they're kept in the loop and given possible resolution times.  Problems happen, we all know this.  And things don't always get resolved by the time we expect them to, this is frustrating but forgivable as long as we remain informed.  However, this whole hanging in limbo when we don't even know if they have a monkey working on the problem is unforgivable to users.  It shows a lack of respect for the customer base.  Users become frustrated and the game becomes a source of stress.   Ultimately people are going to vote with their dollars.  Come on SOE, this is customer service 101.</p><p>Now they have gotten a tiny bit better in the last month I've noticed, by posting when there will be a down time for updates where it's readily noticible by players.   This just shows me they still have a long way to go.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Folks on the homeshow channel are reporting cog sightings on most servers now, and emails are arriving!</p>

[Katz]

<p><cite>Michayla@Najena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Once again, I am disappointed. My time in game is spent with guild responsibilities, leaving little time for much else. Couple that with the fact I work 40+ hours every week and a household to run, my time in game is very tightly scheduled. That being said, I told my guild not to bother me today as I was going to get as much Tinkerfest in as possible. Sad to say that won't be happening because, once again, SoE fails to deliver.</p></blockquote><p>I used to be that way in another game.  Then I realized that guild responsibities become a second full time job and the game isn't a game any more.   I'm in a guild in this game but I drew a line in the sand and said ...this is a game not a job.  </p><p>I guess it boils down to, are the guild responsibities tons of fun and relaxing for you?    </p>

[debegray]

<p>Are the 4.0 blueprints the only ones available this year? Myron's not going to have the older ones?</p><p>NM - I found out Tarly has them.</p>