Feldon From EQ2 Forums:
The Heroes’ Festival has begun! A call has gone out to all Norrathian adventurers to commemorate the five years that have passed since the Refuge Islands first began collecting those lost in the turbulent oceans. Celebrators, happy to share in the festivities, can be found in North and South Qeynos or West and South Freeport.
Quest starters are in North and South Qeynos, as well as West and NORTH Freeport.
- EQ2 ZAM Wiki page with Heroes’ Festival info
- EQ2 Forums discussion on Heroes’ Festival
- Post on Facebook
Note: This is the EQII 5th Anniversary event, which went live on November 24, 2009 and is expected to end on November 30, 2009.
Note: Currently these 5 year anniversary events require The Shadow Odyssey expansion. This was unintentional and a hotfix will correct the issue.
It seems very odd to the EQ2Wire that an event which will only last 7 days has a reward that will never be available again and there is no announcement on EQ2Players.
The announcement was finally made to EQ2Players.. a day after the event started. And the dates of the event have finally been published outside of being buried in a thread (sure, in the Quests and Events forum, but originally only as an off-hand comment).
I understand they wanted things to be a surprise, but the dates could have been added to that very brief mention in the Hot Fix notes at the very least.
I’m glad, though, they did finally put up an announcement -with- the dates.