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Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

06 Sep 2006 at 18:30 - 1

Hey, all,

As you've noticed, the design team has come up with several ideas for fun weekend events lately. Now, I'm not saying that we're committed to offering a fun weekend event every weekend; in fact, we know that we won't be doing one every single weekend. But knowing that the devs like to hear your ideas, and knowing that your ideas have a way of making it into the game, I'd like to invite you to participate in the following "request for input:"

Do you have ideas for a weekend mini-event? Please post your thoughts in this thread and you can be sure the designers will see them!

A note: These are the smaller events, so no need to post ideas about things on the scale of a Halloween or Dragon's Festival event. Those are great, but for this thread, we're seeking ideas for the more modest weekend events.

Thanks for sharing!

Indian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

[SWIM]/[HooD]/[RFE]

Me/

06 Sep 2006 at 18:33 - 2

- Double Experience, where you gain double EXP from klling Monsters and Double EXP from Capping an Elite Skill
- Double Skill Points, where You get 2 Skill points for getting 15k EXP
- Double Chests in Zones, Not Double gold drops, just increase amount of chests in zones, hehe

- double Dye drops, as some1 mentioned in other thread

hmm, thats it for now, have to think more

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 18:37 - 3

Replace all monsters with "Thumbs up construction in progress placeholder icon" guy!!!

^_^

easy black widow spider taming weekend?

oh i know

Perfect staff mod drops weekend T_T PLEASE

Thom Bangalter

Grindin'

Join Date: Dec 2005

MO

E/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 18:41 - 4

Double fame 6 man hall of heroes is a good fun weekend idea (oh wait, you did that...Well, do it again).

more double faction weekends; the flames of balthazar were pretty cool too.

double drops from halls chest.

double faction from GVG only.

monetary (in game gold, that is) rewards for heroes ascent or GVG wins.

double rating weekend! (screwing up the ladder is fun, right?)

non-pve fun weekends are amazing; I couldn't give a crap about double percentage of gold drops.

hugs and kisses Gaile, let's have more pvp fun weekends that don't have to do with Alliance battles or fort aspenwood.

Soccer55

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Otto's Army [OA]

W/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 18:43 - 5

It's probably too much work for just a weekend, but what about something like a Ruijyo quest for a weekend event? Not necessarily the whole chain of what was it.....5 or 6 different quests, but just a mini dungeon that opens up only for the weekend with reduced group size and high level monsters. It could even incorporate into the story using Chaos Rifts and the idea of the chaos army trying to invade Cantha/Tyria. There could be a bonus inside the dungeon like increased drops of whatever kind (dyes, rares, scrolls, keys), increased gains (exp, skill points), or maybe even another way to introduce new equipment drops (whether it be green or a new skin).

-Tom

Andisa Kalorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

[PMS]

06 Sep 2006 at 18:44 - 6

Double ecto and shard drops... yeah I know just wishful thinking

Or maybe double the rate of green drops?

Also I really like the idea of double dye drops

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

06 Sep 2006 at 18:48 - 7

Add collectors for nowadays unused collector stuff ( molten claws anyone? ) and let them give some sort of alcoholic substance, or a good gift.

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

06 Sep 2006 at 18:50 - 8

Another double gladiatorweekend would be great

Or maybe make it 5 wins for a gladiatorpoint !

Feminist Terrorist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Oh Noes! The 'burbs!

06 Sep 2006 at 18:50 - 9

I can get behind the double dye drops 1,000%.

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

06 Sep 2006 at 18:52 - 10

Rank Emote Disabled weekend!

That’s right its NOOB weekend at HA! You might join a bunch of noobs you might not!..

It’s a great way for people with no rank to join a team set up their skills and go for it. It's like the old time golf courses who were exclusionary and let the "other" people play golf for a change. Everyone is now on a somewhat leveled playing field for joining a team.

SilentAssassin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

Remnants of Ascalon, KT alliance

R/N

06 Sep 2006 at 18:54 - 11

First of all I want to say: congrats on the mini-events, this puts some focus on specific things in GuildWars.

- I loved double fame, 6v6 HA (you can do that again

)
- double chance of getting a green (triple )
- double ecto drop rate, would be funny, everyone farming them like hell, price drops like hell.
- ...

not very creative atm, thinking of things that doesn't start with "double drop rate..." but can't think of anything that can go like a mini-event.

Ole Man Bourbon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Atlanta

GONG

W/E

06 Sep 2006 at 19:03 - 12

Double pre-ignore nasty PM weekend

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

06 Sep 2006 at 19:03 - 13

Octoberfest

You get Beer Drops instead of monster pelts. Double your Drunkard Title etc.. Instead of being drunk every 1 minute you get it twice as fast!

Bring in 4 Beers and you get Beerworst sausage that gets rid of DP for 30 seconds or makes you run faster for 10 seconds and then get your knocked down for 3 seconds etc.

OR some Beers can have effects like Illusion of Haste for 10 seconds in town.

Drink enough Beers and all the women toons look like Ritualists...

The Beer idea's are endless...

Alleji

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

06 Sep 2006 at 19:06 - 14

Double ecto/shards sounds like fun to me, so is double skill points (gain 2 whenever you would gain a skill pt), although I don't think many people would find that useful, just like the upcoming XP event.

10-fold increased gold/XP in challenge missions (the reward you get currently reminds me of 2-faction per kill time). This might actually get people playing dragon's throat.

Minipets in towns and PvP-arenas weekend!

Zaishen medalions!

...and my favourite:

All collectors give booze instead of regular items + double drunkard minutes (Gain 2 whenever you would gain one) + monsters drop ale whenever they would drop a pile of gold.

EDIT: Wow, someone beat me with octoberfest by 3 minutes. Guess shows you what people really want :P

Andisa Kalorn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

[PMS]

06 Sep 2006 at 19:08 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryFox

Octoberfest

You get Beer Drops instead of monster pelts. Double your Drunkard Title etc.. Instead of being drunk every 1 minute you get it twice as fast!

That would be AWESOME.

Except instead maybe you stay drunk twice as long.

042

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

06 Sep 2006 at 19:08 - 16

Personally, I like the following idea put forth by others:
Double Greens
Double Dyes
Double Rare Materials

Anything to drive down the cost of some of these items (honestly, 100K+65 ectos for a sword!). Not make them worthless, just a bit more reasonably priced.

Those ideas are more for the in-game crowd. There also have to be ideas to get new ppl into the game. I think coupling events like the Dragon Festival or Halloween with Trial Weekends or 10 Day Trials would get a bunch more people in to play.

Some other random ideas:

Mini-pet weekend (gaining points for some minor minipets)
Capping weekend (additional elite skills to capture on a boss or double capture from one signet)

Thanks for the thread Gaile!

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

06 Sep 2006 at 19:11 - 17

All portals open weekend.

Underworld and Fissure of Woe is open to everyone this weekend. Complete all quests in UW or FOW and get a special prize. Such as one free ecto or one free shard for every quest done.

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

06 Sep 2006 at 19:12 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by 042

Mini-pet weekend (gaining points for some minor minipets)

If I may ask, what exactly are these minipet points........

or do you mean like an event where you collect items but trade them in for a special minipet rather than a mask.....

rotielover

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

R/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 19:13 - 19

Random PVP that is selected group now - Hero's Ascent, Hall of Heroes, etc.

Let some folks who don't have the "perfect build" or character get a chance to play.

I spent about 45 minutes trying to get a group for HA weekend - no love....

fallot

I'm the king

Join Date: Nov 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew: Grand Phallus and Chairman Pro Tempore

06 Sep 2006 at 19:14 - 20

PvE:

-Skill Charm weekend: For one weekend, you put Skill Charms back into the game.
-Defend Shing Jea weekend: Difficult and rewarding quests in the Shing Jea area.
-Catacombs weekend: Extensive maze discovered in post-searing ascalon, no dense mobs, phat lewt. Possibly permanent ? :P

PvP:

-Double Flames of Balthazar 6v6 HA weekend with quadruple faction. Only everyday.

042

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

06 Sep 2006 at 19:14 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by 042

Mini-pet weekend (gaining points for some minor minipets)

Oh wait, one better......

A mini-pet weekend where all the mini-pets are put into an arena and fight it out amonst themselves. We could even have some limited control! That would be fantastic to see mini-pets 1. actually do something and 2. beat the crap out of each other.

pcredsox99

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mostly Kryta but Fissure of Woe on the weekends

Knights of the Dragon Pyre [DRGN]

W/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 19:14 - 22

I think maybe double faction in AB battles it would be fun to see the map go all over the place and i nood 100k more till steward of the Luxons

Im also all for the beer thing.
And maybe another couple of chance games to get those unlucky titles up:0

actionjack

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kali

W/E

06 Sep 2006 at 19:15 - 23

Catch Gaile And Win A Pot of Cookie Weekend.

minimoose fan

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

E/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 19:15 - 24

Allowed to get into FoW/UW without favor
Double ecto/shard/ruby/saphire drops
Free/500g to get into Uw/FoW

TiNkLeR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Portugal

06 Sep 2006 at 19:16 - 25

Double Dye Event
Double Ecto and Shards Event
Double Fame and 6x6 HA. AGAIN PLZ.
Double Drunk Drops, so we can be drunktards.

- Double MONSTER SIZE.... can you imagine fighting kuunavang or glint?
- Double dye drop..... let's get those black dye prices down
- PVE balth faction.... killing pve monsters gives you balth faction
- Extended PVP.... 12v12 or 16v16 in all pvp arenas
- Royal Rumble.... modified PVP arena where it's every man/woman for himself/herself
- Special event arenas revisited.... bring back dodgeball and the snowball fight arenas

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

06 Sep 2006 at 19:18 - 26

Random AB arena's weekend for Alliance Battles.

Do you remember the 12v12 that was so much fun during the PvE Beta for Factions? How about changeing the Alliance battles back to 12v12 random teams as it was during Beta for one weekend. Then you Double the move line effect that is already being used.

BrutusV

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Aequitas Deis [AD] http://aequitasdeis.guildportal.com

W/N

06 Sep 2006 at 19:26 - 27

- Event where monsters drops can include alcoholic beverages and double drink effect duration
- Random HA event ie. random arena style
- Random Alliance Battles
- Ability to use skills in town against other people (pure chaos for 1 weekend!!)
- Double quest experience reward in Prophecies (so many unfinished quests...)

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 19:27 - 28

double green drops weekend would be fun. double materials drop... basically everything that peoples said on this thread sounds fun!

Faust Viiii

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

England

N/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 19:31 - 29

How about opening up the Factions map to certain area's such as House Zu Heltzer or Cavalon, to allow people to capture skills they need or acquire items they require such as armor from the crafters, it would be a nice idea for people to get what the needed before going onto Nightfall.

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

06 Sep 2006 at 19:35 - 30

Maybe there could be some events that are for the most part just visual changes just for fun. Such as:

-Huge players week/weekend: For the duration of the event, all characters are twice as large as normal. There could also be a mini-game where you go around stomping on fire imps :O
-Huge weapons weekend: In case you don't like the huge characters weekend :P
-Hug-a-Charr/Tengu weekend: For the duration of the event all henchman models are replaced with Charr and Tengu models.
-Upside down weekend: For the duration of the event players can enable an option to turn the view upside down.

Other stuff:
-Armor color changing weekend: Mayhaps rather than increasing dye drops which can be horded for later sale, have a weekend where you participate in certain games/quests which earn you points towards changing your armor color for free. The ammount of points needed to change color is dependant on the color of armor. Silver armor would take a many points and black armor would take many many more points.

Ya I know these ideas are all sort of half-baked, but maybe they'll inspire some better ideas :P People seem to be stuck on all of the double this, double that weekend events.

EDIT: Oh and maybe GWGuru can have a double post weekend where each post counts as 2 for your total post count. :P It's all about the postcount

tomcruisejr

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

06 Sep 2006 at 19:35 - 31

how about this. a one time mini event, that is formally opening the 6vs6 HA.

SpeedyKQ

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

E/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 19:42 - 32

Something with challenge missions would be cool. I think they are a lot of fun, but they go mostly ignored because the rewards are so lousy.

A weekend where HA teams were created randomly would be wacky, as long as teams' attempts to enter simultaneously were foiled.

Questing weekends - people get good rewards (not just XP) for doing Sorrow's Furnace quests, or titan quests, or FOW quests, or UW quests.

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 19:42 - 33

Double Ecto and Shards + Access to FoW/UW regardless of favor. It was originally my idea, I've said it once, I'll say it again.

Also, in addition, for the current event, EXP scrolls should not end through death. That'll make more sense.

Saphatorael

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

06 Sep 2006 at 19:42 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcredsox99

I think maybe double faction in AB battles it would be fun to see the map go all over the place and i nood 100k more till steward of the Luxons

Im also all for the beer thing.
And maybe another couple of chance games to get those unlucky titles up:0

/agree completely... my comp almost overheated during the Dragon Festival, so i couldn't really leave it on for more than an hour (heat wave ftl), then i had to shut down because it was making some REALLY weird noises

Ah well, i'd like to get the Unlucky/Lucky titles still, even though i've got better ones, but still... just for the sake of having another useable title to 'brag' with...

Oh, and i'd like to see the halloween thing come back this year, i missed out last year (even worse, i couldn't play GW for an entire month! Damn you Tiscali ADSL! My guild almost fell apart when i wasn't there! ACK!), and i just want some of those items... the mask, most importantly) :'(
Perhaps you just use the same stuff again, but add events in areas like Denravi and Amnoon Oasis (those areas could use some more visitors), but i want a Pumpkin Crown thing, most importantly

The Drunk stuff could be fun as well, perhaps just redecorating a town (not Factions Only or Prophecies Only, that's just discriminating then), devoting it to the joys of drinking (but actually, i don't drink nor smoke in real life, lol), and having some kind of bar fight arena, throwing beer at eachother or something, and when you hit someone, his vision is blurred for a while, etc.)...

Perhaps a Double alliance faction event would be useful AFTER Nightfall's release, because i fear AB's will hardly be done when NF comes along... it could use a popularity boost for sure then...

Great ideas, though!

TheMosesPHD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Oregon

Mo Mo Patty Blinks [MoMo]

R/

06 Sep 2006 at 19:46 - 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcruisejr

how about this. a one time mini event, that is formally opening the 6vs6 HA.

Well I think the 6v6 event was to test the balance of a new PvP type that will be out during Nightfall. I had thought the Hero vs. Hero battles were gonna be 3v3, which would be 6v6 once each player brings a hero, but then the press release says it's a "one-on-one" challenge.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Press Release

And for the ultimate one-on-one challenge, competitive players can choose to enter the new Hero vs. Hero Battles, where they group with a custom team of Heroes and fight against other players from around the world and their customized groups of Heroes.

But it also says a team of heroes, meaning more than one, so maybe HvH is still gonna be 6v6.

tommarrow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shyft Machine [MYTH]

E/

06 Sep 2006 at 19:48 - 36

How about a extreme makover event where you can change your face, hair, hair color or height.
Increase the amount of materials from a slavaged item.
Give all bosses a secondary proffesion including a second elite for double capping opportunities.
Raise the level of all high end bosses to Lvl32
We could conga with Gaile all over both continents. Instead of a million man march it would be a million man conga.

frickett

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Shinigami Keys [SHIN]

R/Mo

06 Sep 2006 at 19:49 - 37

Hey some great Ideas here guys, lets keep them going.

Here is mine
-Remember when we were able to get double faction for aspenwood and the jade quarry, That was great, people actually showed up for the jade quarry and people who had been wanting to play here were actually able to.
My idea is to focus on certain locations. Like when they opened up the elite missions. Maybe some that focus on the mission locations that have little to no population a lot of the time. Like unwaking waters. It is almost always empty. We could have extra drops in that mission for the weekend, or double rewards. Or something completely different.
-Another Idea that I have is a doublepartysize weekend. Instead of being limited to 8 characters for most locations we could use 16.
I dont know if those are feasable, but those are my ideas.

tommarrow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shyft Machine [MYTH]

E/

06 Sep 2006 at 20:09 - 38

How about a prize for the people with the highest scores in the challenge mission areas?

^16 people might be overdoing it just a bit. Maybe 10 would work.

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 20:09 - 39

To some people, this isn't a "subliminal-suggestion" thread. (i.e. 6v6 HA or restore ABs)

It's Double. 2x. Not new content.

(Opening Competitive Missions to PvP Players does not count as new content.)

Celeborn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

England

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

Mo/Me

06 Sep 2006 at 20:11 - 40

Pet Weekend

Pets and Mini-pets allowed inside outposts. ^^