The rewards didn't really upset me, although that didn't help. I didn't do the event for a reward, just to see what it had to offer gameplay/mechanic wise, which is what I found disappointing about the event. I found it a bit dull, a little variety would have went a long way I think. Find guy, he tells you where the 4 others are, run to them, run back to the guy, rinse and repeat. After the first few item fetches it was a little old. Having to do this 16 times in a row was pretty repetitive for me.
A lot of people have kinda made this point, but running for 3 hours through some of the largest zones in the game, while often being met with a random chance of being ported across the continent, getting ice comet'd, or having blind cast on you in the noble building in Kael with giants rampaging about seemed in bad taste. EQ is brutal enough as it is lol, spending 10 min running across WK only to get to the quest npc and be met with a "haha" and being ported to freeport was a bit much I think. And I was a port class, so it wasn't that inconvenient for me, I just had to make the 10 min run from NK to WK again. At about half way through the event I decided I had spent a decent amount of time on it so far, I might as well finish and see what I get. The equivalent to vendor trash item did sting a bit, but thats only because I didn't enjoy the rest of the event. I've seen a lot of people say the event was fun, and I personally don't see the fun in running for 3 hours, but we're all different so oh well, can't please everyone.
I think I would have enjoyed it more if there were less npc's to find, they were harder to find, and the penalties were not so severe. The only one I had difficulty finding was the first invis guy in FoB. Most of the npc's were very easy to find in very popular zones. The difficulty wasn't In finding out where they were, it was just spending a lot of time getting to them, and dealing with the severe penalties they might inflict upon you.
I do realize the difficulty in trying to make an event that everyone can participate in, which is why I think this went the "non-combat" route, but it still proved difficult for lower level players to accomplish. From the guy in FoB being on the path that Trooper Taer(or whatever his name is) walks, to having to get to the noble building in Kael were things that discouraged lowbies from participating.
I feel bad about making this as a lot of others are bashing the event, but this is how I feel about it and I'm trying to be constructive. I appreciate the time that went into this as well as the time spent working on the server in general, thanks for the effort. Looking forward to seeing whats done differently next time.
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