EZ Server

Greetings EZ! This is the time of year that we all look forward to! We've spent a lot of time to make this year a special one.

Event Details

• A special new zone will be available for players T9+
• Special Global Halloween drops will appear in all existing tiers
• The older 2014 Halloween event is also active for those who wish to take advantage of it
• The event will END on Nov 13th Monday 12PM Noon CDT
• Double Credits will be available for a limited time
• Changelog for this event will be kept up to date in this thread and in the in-game #viewchangelog

Files

• Files for this event can be found in game logging in for the first time or typing #halloween in Nexus
• Files can also be found here: http://ezserver.online/halloween_2017.zip

We hope you guys have a blast and if you liked the event - drop a comment in this thread!

I have no much time to play but as far what I have seen of the event you both have done a great job :) :) :)
I just can see how much work you put into it and I hope all other players will see it aswell (I bet they will).
If T 11 will just be near this one I think we all can have a lot of fun.
So thanks again Akka and Rent for all the work  :-*

I have never enjoyed farming HoH as much as right now =)

Thank you very much for this wonderful event.

Sad, I wont be able to enjoy much of it next week. How I wish it would have been extended until Nov. 15  :)

Any chance we can make the quest items stackable?

This event has been awesome so far. Thanks to you both for the time and effort put into this for the EZ community. I dare say this is the best event to come out on the EZ server.

I have 40 hours logged in 3 days (lol?). I would like to pass along some drop/spawn info opinions. For reference on kill rate, I turned in 20,000+ coins just yesterday.

Boss chains should have their frequency increased some. I have spawned more namers than I can count but have only had 1 chain to the last one. Bad RNG, I get it, but it seems to be a common cause of frustration in /ooc. Bumping the frequency up some will get lots of cheers from us players.

Necklace Quest: I'm half way done. Could the drops be zone wide rather than concentrated from one area? The only reason I'm as far as I am is because I have not gotten the keystone from that chain yet. Once I do and move on, it'll be a decision on whether to finish the quest or do other stuff. Not a problem in a new tier, but in a timed event may prove to be an unfinished quest for everyone due to the drops being concentrated in one area.

Damage: A slight reduction in damage would be good for T9 and new-to- T10 geared players. Nothing crazy, maybe 10-25%. Others would have to chime in on that.

Coffins/Tombs: There's still a few that agro. No big deal, but if it helps I can get /loc's?

Minions of Zorth pop up behind you when pulled from the underground tunnels. Not sure anything can be done there.

Anyway, enough time spent typing, back to the grind!!

+1 Denz, this event is amazing - Cant wait to unlock the full scope of it


Yeah, the initial chance to spawn a trigger boss, and thus a chance at a chain could def use an increase - We have pretty much narrowed down what mobs triggers which boss, but it just happens so rarely that there's currently a big chance noone will actually unlock the final stages of the event based on current progress - My worst fear, after hammering away at this event for probably as much as Denzig over the past days, that the event will end with us having bags full of candy and a couple of awesome augments, but missing the final act all together.


Agree, and it would be much appreciated if the 40+ components could be made stackable too :) - Quality of life :)


Damage is on the high end - Especially i Noticed Twigs ditching out damage in the 4M area - Could be a proc of some kind (doesnt seem to be a melee hit)

Again, event is awesome - I think with a few minor adjustments it could be even more awesome, and I'd love to see the final act of it :)

//Ekiir

Please do not nerf the damage further.     The twigs are exciting.   


Awesome event!     Really enjoying it.    It was also great of you to add the drops to lower tier zones to ensure everyone can have some fun.   

since the inception of Haloween MPG has been very spotty for a lot of players - most common is - able to zone in but cannot select an ess only your leader can (no one is raid is considered leader) - zone out and try to re enter (you have other commitments) and your locked out for the duration.  I know a lot of peeps that have OOC'd would appreciate a fix - thanks

Awesome event, thoroughly enjoying.  Thank you very much for all the hard work you do!

Changelog updated (second post)

Same. Zone pull is amazing.
i had the most EPIC moment i have ever had on EZ :)

And i died.
A lot of times.
:)

after crush i lost around 1200 t3 tokens ...

Not sure if it's just a case of the Mondays, but  I know I'm starting to get annoyed with the rarity of the named...let alone seeing a total of one run to the 3rd boss after hacking away at it for nearly a week.  It appears most people are finding a higher ROI in anywhere but this zone, having fun with the mass pull sticks and mass farming lower tiered zones and very few have been in the Halloween zone all day.  There were probably a good number of named spawning the first few days just from the sheer number of people in the zone, but it's pretty ghostly today.  Either way, since it's a limited time zone I'll be spending my time beating my fingers against the keyboard til they bleed.

Boss spawn rates have not been touched at all

Separate issue entirely - need to not use the shared bank, we'll take the issue to E-Mail

Was not trying to infer a change to spawn rates, more trying to convey the presence of people clearing in the zone has considerably lessened.  Even with spawn rate being untouched, less mobs cleared would likely mean less bosses spawned.

A handful of people ended up taking advantage of an exploit window where Triple Loot/Double Loot/Zone Pull items were dropping inside of triple loot instances during a very easy to obtain drop window.

Originally, I didn't think this was a huge deal, however I went to check drop reports after I came home and found an insane number of drops that some of these folks accumulated and decided not to report this, I had to find out on my own

These people had a considerable amount more than folks farming the harder zone that was released as a main part of this event

I've removed 80% of these looted items from characters who exploited this window in which this was going on, that will be the extent of my action. Be thankful I didn't do any bans, and I'm even letting you keep a good percentage of them. This is ONLY the items looted within the window that this was possible. This is more than fair

By doing this, it still puts some of these folks just a little in head of some of the top players on this server who have been farming HOS/POR hard, which is a slap in the face to how hard they've been grinding.

For those affected, again be thankful you aren't banned or suspended and this was done in consideration of fairness for everyone else who has been working hard for the event.

Drop rates for special loot items in all existing tiers are scaled towards the difficulty of the tier. So while plenty will still drop, it's not going to drop by the fistful in the easiest of zones while it was before.

There is still plenty of the event that has many people reaping rewards, and there is plenty to benefit from

People have been having a lot of fun with this event and lets keep it that way

Thanks everyone

Boss spawns are much better! Thanks!

I wont spoil it, but the recent changes to the HW zone make the event much more doable for the players who could only pull 1-3 mobs at a time. I'm not talking about the increased boss/chain spawning, although that helps.

Im hoping this will spark some interest in the Zone for some players as it really is a great event :)

Did the dynamic change?    Or just percentage increase?   Just logging in now  :)

I will give it another try tonight.  Yesterday I was still at my 3 mob limit and if I did get 3 mobs, if I didn't have all my clicky's/combat abilities up, it was a sure wipe.

Great event overall.   Thanks for the effort guys.      I just unlocked and was fun.    Thought it was going to be a global unlock vice a single team reward.


So, hours upon hours of grinding and I'm not sure I understand the dynamic.     I get the basics, but thought there was more to it.   You recent changes, with the messages posting threw my theory off.     

I dont think the spawn dynamics changed. But there seems to be a subtle change that helps narrow down how to spawn the bosses. If my theory is correct you dont need to be able to mass pull a camp, being able to pull a few mobs at a time can be efficient as well once you get a hold of the spawn mechanics. I wont have time to seriously prove out the theory until tonight but im pretty sure im right.

I have a guess as to what it is based on the little amount of killing I was doing last night before I called it a night. I'll be mashing my toons into the Halloween grinder after class. Been a lot more exciting since that first boss I managed to spawn a couple days ago.

Woohooo! Cant wait to get home and grind-out the last 2 days of HW event!

Thanks Akka and Rent!

HW POSITIVE FEEDBACK:

Akka asked to know what we are enjoying about the HW event.  I am flagged for T10, but am still working on backfilling my toons (UWs, etc) to be able to hunt there, and I understand the HW zone is not targeting someone at my stage of play, however I want to share what I enjoy about the HW event anyway:

I love the HW content: the zone, the mobs, the interesting differences within the HW zone.  It is fun to explore and goof around in.

I also LOVE the random essence drops off yard trash.  I much prefer that over the MPG runs or farming zone rinse-and-repeats.

I am MOST impressed with the zonepull items, that is simply amazing and makes essence farming a lot of fun.  I think that was a great insight into what makes it fun for players still trying to work on their UWs.  I really can't say enough about how the zonepull items themselves have caused me to daydream at work just thinking about the fun things to do when I get home and can log in to EZ.  Thank you a ton for that!

Finally, I joked about the candy, but I really do enjoy the coins and candy drops.  It is so much nicer than seeing so many mobs rot with nothing on them and it does make grinding a little more fun (for me).

Thanks again for the fun content, I look forward to future attempts at the zone.

I plan on playing all weekend when I get back home. In my limited playtime on a junk pc I love the coin augs (although I’ve had bad luck haha), the chain bosses, the essence drops, the rare gear and the rare DL/TL/ZP items. The zone itself is great and it’s a real challenge, and there is plenty for non-T10 folks to enjoy as well.

My one change would be to have different music from the last Halloween event, but overall A+ best event in EZ history.

Edit: also keep it going longer  ;)

zonepull items?? like, aggro whole zone clickies??  HFS. maybe I should log in... I'm flagged for T10 but still trying to catch up toons on UC's and junk.

Hailed foxy with 2,060 coins and she only saw 1060. I did turn in, nothing. I went to her again with 2,600 and she only saw 1600. So, I ran around, gated out, back in and she wouldn't even respond to a hail. I went out again, came back into new instance and she saw 1600 again. I restacked, moved around in inventory then she saw full 2600. Turned in and got lucky this time.

tl;dr Make sure she lists your total correctly before hitting turn in, especially if you have like 10 stacks. Dunno what or how this works yet, but I think it rolls in terms of 1k stacks is my guess.

As long as you have your coins in normal inventory slots, bags etc she will see them

Those huge melee rounds from the bosses are rough. Nice to see a 3 chain on my first actual chain though =)

Super fun too. Even if it sucks having to run back from multiple wipes on the chains.

Just so you dont feel bad I wiped a shit ton this week too :D

So far my only 2 chains have been 3chains so I can't feel bad =P

Can someone please link the halloween quest weapon drops here? I can't see what goes to what classes, my preview button will not work. Using ROF2.

You can also accept each task - the preview is inside the task once you have it - you can always discard the task if you don't need it

i like this event and cant wait for next year ... thanks to u guys for that awesome work !

That's just it... I cannot preview the items. I do not know why... also... I cannot view my in game screenshots. At first I thought it was my windows 7 and settings, so I booted into my windows 10 and it sais 'this file type is not supported.' It is a .bmp file, and I have always been able to see my screenshots in the past, so I am confused. I tried other viewers and my browsers, this has always worked in the past.

Awesome event so far, still wondering wtf all this candy is for heh.

Kind of late to ask for this, but could we get the Public Realms npc to be changed to something that we can actually target with commands?

/bcaa //tar pub

worked for me

I really liked the event.  Just like everyone else I thought Zone Pull + Double/Triple Loot Instance items were awesome.  I didn't think I would see these types of items as drops.

I really liked both the random essence drops and augment system.  I felt like I still made progress even when I had bad luck on the bosses.

The zone and diversity of mobs was great.

Overall this was a really good event and I spent a ton of time in it.  Really enjoyed it.

Thanks Akkadius and Rent

I had an absolute blast during the event (except when the zone ate my mustane chain because of a wipe when I was the only one in zone). Just finished getting my neck and it's time to sleep now.

Here are some fun stats from this years events

Halloween Stats

• Bosses Spawned: 2,541
• Foxy Coins Gambled: 1,138,076
• Zone Pull Items Looted: 11,987
• Double Loot Instance Items: 951
• Triple Loot Instance Items: 579
• Essences Looted: 17,600
• Citrine Gemstones: 844
• Keystone Activations: 8
• GSOA: 242
• SLS: 2,043
• GLS: 3,027

Other

• Lowest Gamble to Upgrade: 54 (Silver Aug) Scywar
• Lowest Ultimate Gamble to Upgrade: 386 Dimurwar
• Lowest Superior Gamble to Upgrade: 383 Tnonim
• Lowest Platinum Gamble to Upgrade: 517 Tnonim
• Lowest Gold Gamble to Upgrade: 240 Tnonim

Server Firsts

• First to activate Keystones: Maslow
• First to get Foxy Ultimate Aug: Ekiir
• First to get all Keystones: Denzig
• First loot Foxy Coin: Hiphigh
• First loot Scorpions Spear: Ekiir
• First loot 50k AA Crystal: Togak
• First loot 20k AA Crystal: Ectheldir
• First loot TL Instance: Thoruz
• First loot DL Instance: Ekiir
• First loot Crack'n Crazy Traveler: Loyal
• First loot Blazing Ear Protector of Planking: Hiphigh
• First loot Fist of the Fast and Fury: Warbeast
• First loot Crude Mantle of Peign: Ekiir
• First loot Time Rift Power Generator: Maslow
• First loot Innoruuk's Dissimulation: Loyal
• First loot Gorgon's Stare: Loyal
• First loot Mixlor's Hardened Club: Kawasaki
• Brunna's Two Toned Diamond Neckguard: Denzig

Top 15 Toons Spawning bosses (Toon with kill shot)

• 189: Ekiir
• 184: Denzig
• 143: Maslow
• 81: Loyal
• 68: Thidi
• 66: Thoruz
• 62: Sonaspud
• 57: Veluba
• 46: Aurii
• 42: Asablue
• 41: Cricklet
• 39: Dimurwar
• 31: Scywar
• 29: Dimurzerk
• 27: Tnonim

Top 20 Loot Whores (Items Looted)

• Kazla: 63734
• Fakiir: 57389
• Denzig: 49742
• Thoruz: 45404
• Loyal: 39143
• Sonaspud: 38089
• Peign: 33586
• Scywar: 31430
• Maslow: 26558
• Nibtank: 25097
• Recluse: 22577
• Brunaa: 22001
• Togak: 21203
• Sond: 20700
• Dimurwar: 20577
• Tnonim: 17654
• Amilie: 16624
• Branyn: 15436
• Murks: 15415
• Fraz: 14718

I love the stats, looking forward to being able to do more in the next iteration. I had a great time and love the new items, thanks Akka and Rent for the fun!!

Wow never expected to have some server first lol

First loot TL Instance: Thoruz
First loot 20k AA Crystal: Ectheldir
First loot Fist of the Fast and Fury: Warbeast
First loot Mixlor's Hardened Club: Kawasaki

On a much more serious note, I have been playing for almost 2 years now and this has been one of the best highlight of my days here in EZ.

The adversity and overall feel and concept of the event, really makes you appreciate the time and effort put in by Akka and Rent to designing/writing this masterpiece (thank you once again guys!).

Thanks to the overall mystery of the event (spawning bosses, asking for loot links, etc.), I have talked, shared ideas, and laughed at the hardness of boss spawn/chaining with a number of people I don't normally interact with on a constant basis, helped people and got helped in return.

Thank you once again Akka and Rent, now I always have every Halloween to look forward to!

Grats all! Awesome event, very cool stats. Thanks Akka and Rent! I only wish I could have played more...

That said, it’s almost Thanksgiving...

BRING IT BACK!! ENCORE!! ENCORE!!

 ;D ;D ;D

Christmas would be better, lol. Let us beef up so more people can do it this time around! Slap santa hats on all the npcs in nexus and call it good, theme twisted xmas.

You are, as well as all here, very welcome.

Looking forward to future content releases for your grinding pleasure.

Akkadius is, as always a pleasure to work with on content. It is so cool to write whatever crazy ideas and then watch him make it game reality /poof magic code.

My hope is to continue this level of content development so that you guys can continue to get this much enjoyment out of your spare gaming time.

Thanks again everyone.

Is there an updated stat page for the 2018 Halloween event?  Just curious  :)