We noticed the change to the calendar last week and we mentioned it in episode 160 but we weren’t sure if it was a done deal or not. Sapience popped into the forums this afternoon to confirm the festival is indeed extended to September 17th.
He also shares some information on the dwarf races which are currently not running properly.
Despite repeated attempts to address the issue with the Dwarf Keg race we’ve come to the realization that whatever is causing the problem is at such a low level that it will require the event to be rebuilt from the ground up. We regret that this means it will not be possible to fix it before the end of the festival.
A total bummer especially for those who were looking forward to those deeds.
I’m not really certain why they would extend the festival if this piece isn’t able to be fixed. Personally, I’m done with this festival. I can only take so much fishing. Are you excited for another week of Summer Festival?
You can use our Summer Festival Guide is still available to help you get everything you want from this festival!
September 11, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Nooooo! This can’t be happening! No more, please!
September 13, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Personally – yes
And let me explain…
Since they brought in this new ticket system (buy more in the store…), the festivals have been kinda restrictive unless you’ve masses of TP (or a bottomless credit card). All the previous festivals have allowed you to collect festival tickets once per day. As this fest was based around the keg/hobbit races, they still have it set on a 2 hourly timer. This means I can collect festival tickets every 2 hours and, as they’re not specific to the summer fest, I can use them for any of the fests to come
September 13, 2012 at 2:26 pm
as a quickie .. 2 horse races a day (Shire & Bree) .. hummmmm, I may just be able to get that nifty fire-pit.
It appears that all the festivals are going on longer then expected.
Maybe it is a 5th year Aniv. thingy …
Lets hope it continues to Yule, they threw in a 3rd horse last year. & I ALMOST didnt get it in time (so many toons, so little time).
*big smiles*
September 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm
I was done with this festiva| the first day. Fishing gets boring so fast, and waiting around for the |itt|e races to chase each other around drinking/eating is just as boring.
September 13, 2012 at 7:27 pm
Sapience here’s an idea… move the race back outside to where it worked – maybe that’ll fix it.
September 13, 2012 at 9:25 pm
It didn’t work when the races were outside though. There was a massive bug last year where all you had to do was wait for the race to be over and then pick who won!
September 14, 2012 at 9:10 am
That’s not a bug. The races were 100% functional last year:
1) you could bet on every race (if you had spare race tokens)
2) the Hobbits/Dwarves ran to the end
3) there was one winner every time
You can’t say any of those things about the Dwarf race this year.
What you are mentioning is called an ‘exploit’, and you know what? You didn’t have to take advantage of it if you didn’t want. You could participate in the races ‘the intended way’. So, again, I’ll take an ‘exploitable’ working event over a non-working event every day of the week.
September 14, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Fingers crossed for the fall festival. I hope it’s better than this one.