Christmas Event start date: 16th December 2021

[PaulLG]

This year's Christmas Event will start worldwide on the 16th December.

Info from BB_Kumakun on the German forum:
https://forum.diesiedleronline.de/threads/145320-Feedback-Ein-Update-vom-quot-Die-Siedler-Online-quot-Team?p=1827348&viewfull=1#post1827348

[King_Jarmo]

Changelog, December 9, 2021
Technical implementation of the Christmas event and some corrections.

December 09, 2021

NEW FUNCTION
New event: This update contains the technical implementation of the Christmas event, which starts on December 16th!
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CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Buffs: Fixed an issue where PFB would disappear after a few hours.
Guild: Fixed an issue where guild certificates could not increase the size of a guild.
Quest: At the end of a quest, the quest book no longer returns to the top of the screen.
Quest: The tutorial quests Excelsior, Militia and Cavalry can now be completed again.
Rewards: Defeating sector bosses will once again make it possible to obtain loot, including building permits.
User Interface: Fixed an issue that resulted in star menu items not correctly displaying as disabled.
Crash Zone: Fixed an issue that caused crash zones.

POWER
Performance: Messaging Interface Redesign - The messaging interface has been redesigned to improve the game's performance and usability.

The revision of the message interface includes:
o Performance optimization - less pressure on the server, significantly less memory and processor consumption.
o The page navigation of the emails has been replaced by an endless drop-down list.
o When a message is deleted, the loading animation (hourglass) can no longer be seen, it takes place immediately.
o Faster loading, faster scrolling and elimination of delays in the user interface.
o Smoother transition between inbox and outbox, with a much shorter delay.
o Minor adjustments and corrections to the user interface to make the mailbox easier to use.
o A number of bugs have been fixed, including the display of the content when exchanging messages, the correct display of the content when replying to a message.

[lordloocan1]

Lol, as always we are last to be told, classic.

[BB_Trafffer]

Lol, as always we are last to be told, classic.

This information is publicly available in the FR instance simply because it is the first instance to receive an update. We have a different date for the maintenance.

The changelog and dev diary will soon be available in all instances. The event date is exactly the same for everyone.

[lordloocan]

This information is publicly available in the FR instance simply because it is the first instance to receive an update. We have a different date for the maintenance.

The changelog and dev diary will soon be available in all instances. The event date is exactly the same for everyone.

This is the reason for my comment:

We can already announce today that the Christmas event worldwide will start on December 16th. Our German version of the game will be released on December 14th, 2021.

So, the German servers were informed before us.

[Qualan]

apparently the french one as well

anyway, u have to kinda accept that the German market is hugely more important to TSO than this one, looking at the number of servers

In the end we all play the same event at the same time (and being first in line is not a blessing in BB land, we know a few times when bugs were there first and then fixed b4 we got em) The information re events is neither here nor there as plenty of people play multiple realms and then cross post important info

who knows, maybe the french tanslator is in the office on mondays and the english one of thursdays and that explains the timing :P

[tiggermama]

Didnt see anything in all the above regarding owed building licenses ?

Will those new players who cleared sectors be given what should be given at the time of taking over a sector ?

[Qualan]

Didnt see anything in all the above regarding owed building licenses ?

Will those new players who cleared sectors be given what should be given at the time of taking over a sector ?

Rewards: Defeating sector bosses will once again make it possible to obtain loot, including building permits.

so yes and as they previously stated, the non issued ones will be automatically granted as well

[BB_Trafffer]

The new changelog is available here! (https://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/38746)