Official: Summer Events schedule (Tentative)

[Frelorn]

July

• 3 - 5 : Hobnanigans
• 22 – August 5 : Summer festival

August

• 7-9 : Hobnanigans
• 14-16 : Buried Treasure
• 21-23 : Lootbox Weekend
• 28 – 30 : 25% Skirmish Mark Boost

[Rainith]

July

• 3 - 5 : Hobnanigans
• 22 – August 5 : 25% Summer festival

So what exactly is 25% of the Summer festival? 25% chance it will be on those days?

[Bogenbruch]

Dear Frelorn,

Thank you for the Summer Events schedule. It is a great help to me. Keep it up with the good communication to the players.

The 25% seems to be a mistake "25% Hobnanigans" & ""25% Summer festival".

I am sure we get 100% Hobnanigans and 100% Summer festival.

Meaning 2x 100% fun to me.

Greatings from Europe
from Server Belegaer
Bogenbruch from the Kinship: "Schattenklingen"

[cdq1958]

So what exactly is 25% of the Summer festival? 25% chance it will be on those days?

He he. Something didn't make it when the publish button was hit. I read that as 25% xp boost, Summer Festival

[Theozor]

At least we only have one weekend of hobspam per month. Those 10 day periods were maddening.

[Stephen1981]

so does this mean 16.2 is monday ?

[cdq1958]

so does this mean 16.2 is monday ?

Maybe, but I've not seen any announcements anywhere.

[Galadhloth]

Will there be no Farmer's Faire this year? Or perhaps that will be in September?

[bambubambubambu]

Will there be no Farmer's Faire this year? Or perhaps that will be in September?

If I recall correct, it's been in September the past two years. So I'm thinking yes it will be this time around too.

Nice to see the dates for Summer Fest!

[Gaming_Gal]

Thank you, Frelorn! (And thanks for locking last year's thread. May it now rest in peace since some of us made it do double duty.)

At least we only have one weekend of hobspam per month. Those 10 day periods were maddening.

Only four my 19 main account characters don't have a full stack of hob field maps by now--that's just crazy to me, and I do play hobnans when I have time to.

I still hold out hope that they'll knock the in game notifications down to the level they have for the Treasure Camp. Time will tell.

[Finranduil]

so does this mean 16.2 is monday ?

Frelorn said in his stream earlier that it is probably monday. We/he will get confirmation tomorrow, so then we know for sure

Lorim

[paintpixie]

Yay! Thank you for putting this up. : D

[Elennare]

Thanks for the schedule! July is so busy month...

[Seeker]

so does this mean 16.2 is monday ?

Riding through the Shire yesterday I saw one of the NPC's for the Bingo Boffin episodes so I suspect 16.2 is coming monday.

[Urwendil]

August

• 14-16 : Buried Treasure

- Hip hip!
- Hooray!

[Galadhloth]

If I recall correct, it's been in September the past two years. So I'm thinking yes it will be this time around too.

Thanks for refreshing my memory - I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning, haha.

Looking forward to the upcoming events!!

[Lilka]

Only four my 19 main account characters don't have a full stack of hob field maps by now--that's just crazy to me

I decline the quest each time, and thus have no maps. 'Crazy' is collecting all the maps for no reason. I thought bag space was premium.

[YamydeAragon]

so does this mean 16.2 is monday ?

Frelorn said in his stream earlier that it is probably monday. We/he will get confirmation tomorrow, so then we know for sure ...

... & here is the confirmation:

From Frelorn:

Scheduled Server Downtime: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) Monday, July 20th

The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Monday, July 20th from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) for an update to the game. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon! Patch notes will be available during the downtime.

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...89#post7404289

Article; Update 16.2: https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/update-162

[Tarlywyn]

Schedule ...

Thank You

At least we only have one weekend of hobspam per month. Those 10 day periods were maddening.

So true

- Hip hip!
- Hooray!

My feelings for BT too

Thank you, Frelorn! (And thanks for locking last year's thread. May it now rest in peace since some of us made it do double duty.)
.

Guilty .

[Arnenna]

Thanks for the update

Are we likely to see the Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners this year, or any time in the future? It's one I've never done, missed it last time because I didn't know about it.

[Leixy]

Thanks for the update

Are we likely to see the Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners this year, or any time in the future? It's one I've never done, missed it last time because I didn't know about it.

That small event is in September during International Pirate Day.

Around Sept 19th for several days.

[Arnenna]

That small event is in September during International Pirate Day.

Around Sept 19th for several days.

Thanks Will keep my eyes open for that one then.

[Gaming_Gal]

I decline the quest each time, and thus have no maps. 'Crazy' is collecting all the maps for no reason. I thought bag space was premium.

I didn't collect them for no reason. I've used the hob maps as a free insta travel for many reasons. I never said that full stack of maps was getting dusty--it's partly why having the full stack even with the frequent use I sometimes put them to made it seem all the more outrageous (though in my favor).

One thing I want to point out is they only recently added the swift travel from Bree to the festival grounds. I initially thought it was going to be a during festivals only option like the other festival grounds' steeds. When I was in Bree last week and noticed it was still available, I started dumping maps on my alts that can get to Bree easily as I've logged into them.

I can see why it would seem crazy if one:
- no longer has any quests or deeds left to do in the nearby areas the hob map can insta travel you closer to
- doesn't/need to help friends/kinnies do the same
- only ever goes to the entirety of the festival area when festivals are active
- doesn't have the auto accept toggled on for quests *
- has the race, class or rep related Bree travel skill, or even Bree milestoned
- isn't a VIP
- hasn't bought more bag/vault space (easier to do with sales and/or the "free" 500 TP one gets as a VIP each month)
- doesn't RP
- other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head at the moment.

* If you're not familiar with how auto accept works, declining isn't an option because the hob quest is auto added so long as there is an open quest slot in one's log. It's more steps to cancel than it is to either take the map to vendor/destroy, or "finish later" so the quest sits in your log preventing later triggers until next log/level or the festival is over.

[YamydeAragon]

July

• 3 - 5 : Hobnanigans
• 22 – August 5 : Summer festival

August

• 7-9 : Hobnanigans
• 14-16 : Buried Treasure
• 21-23 : Lootbox Weekend
• 28 – 30 : 25% Skirmish Mark Boost

Need to add Bingo Bofin date to that list? (July 22)

[maartena]

Need to add Bingo Bofin date to that list? (July 22)

The Bingo Boffin episodic storyline is something that will continue to evolve. July 22nd is the starting date but it will evolve over time as part of the game. It isn't really an event with a set end date.