Xmas Event 2006

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

Will Grenth return this fall of Christmas 2006? May be a little bit early to start a discussion about but I have nothing better to do.

I was thinking they should do something different this year.

I was digging through some old screenshots and I found these...

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/181/xmas4yb0.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8012/xmas5cw1.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2375/xmas6yf9.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4727/xmas3ts3.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9717/xmas2qb4.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1281/xmas1pu8.jpg

Basically, I'd actually prefer a different style this year.

Again, sorry for maybe posting this a lil early, but cures my boredom.

gamecube187

gamecube187

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Its really early to start thinking of taht, enspecially since we don't even know if there will be a halloween or chrismas event... maybe it should be "I was thinking we should have the christmas and halloween event again this year", and then start thinking of changing things...

And wow those screens are awsome! It makes me hope that we have a halloween and christmas event even more!

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

i vote to bring back the Winterday event complete and unchanged.

they have it made already and should not risk adding new event bugs to the Nightfall recent release.

besides everybody seemed to have a lot of fun and it has been a full year so it is not as if we will get tired of it.

we had a blast then so let all the people who missed it the first time get it this time.

i get to toss out the first snowball

lets have the option to drop an exploding gift at a grinches feet to grab all the gifts he grabbed if you are lucky enough

Knightsaber Sith

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

Let's wait and see whether or not they do halloween again, that should set the tone for whether or not wintersday will return.

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

I think they prob. won't do halloween because thats an american holiday...i think ( maybe british, i know the origins are from somewhere in europe started by druids).

They definately will do christmas.... thats an international holiday, if not then they would just make it new years gift....i mean its impossible for any country not to celebrate that.

The Pointless

The Pointless

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Stuck in the UK

Rage International [RAGE]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord
I think they prob. won't do halloween because thats an american holiday...i think ( maybe british, i know the origins are from somewhere in europe started by druids).
We do celebrate it in the UK, you know. And it's more than likely other countries celebrate it...

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

I'd say Anet is gonna do the Wintersday thing again. I'm sure everyone who experienced the snowball fights (don't forget the dragon arena during the dragon festival, that was fun), is going to want to do it again. Besides, Anet is always going on and on about balance and not making certain people disadvantaged. This means they will almost surely bring back a way to get more candy canes (removes all DP), because they are going for about 750 gold each right now.

BTW, I'm in Australia and no one I know celebrates Halloween. Seeing about 150 people killed within a 1 second time frame at Lions Arch because we didn't jump was quite funny. I'd laugh if they did that again and it wrecked someones survivor title.

Destro Maniak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

A/

I wasn't playing guild wars when that events took place. Can someone tell me how was it? And how did everyone got that candy canes I understand that they were very common loot because nothing left they are 750.

Nestaron

Nestaron

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Glasgow, Scotland

Banished Dragons

A/

I started GW just before Wintersday started... Didn't really have a clue what it was all about... Hope it comes back this year.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante the Warlord
I think they prob. won't do halloween because thats an american holiday...i think ( maybe british, i know the origins are from somewhere in europe started by druids).

They definately will do christmas.... thats an international holiday, if not then they would just make it new years gift....i mean its impossible for any country not to celebrate that.
There was a Halloween Event in Guild Wars last year...we too in the UK celebrate it as well - lol.

I still have my Pumpkin Crown from the Halloween 2005 Event, infact, I think there's a video on the Video section on the Official Guild Wars website on it, give me a sec..

~ EDIT:
Here it is;
http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/video/
It's about in the middle of the list, titled "Halloween Memories 2005 Movie".


My accounts 15/16 months old now. :P

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Destro Maniak
I wasn't playing guild wars when that events took place. Can someone tell me how was it? And how did everyone got that candy canes I understand that they were very common loot because nothing left they are 750.
there were special collectors that traded the common drops like char carvings/grawl necklaces/etc for the winterday goodies.

i still have over 1k CC for my own private use.

WILL OUR HEROS BE ABLE TO USE CC?

who knows

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

I hope that they do bring it back. It was fun and i hope that this time their will be new gods doing them instead of Grenth and Dwyana again but if their is another one im sure they will be the two gods again. The last one was alot of fun, hope they do it agian.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by I pwnd U
I hope that they do bring it back. It was fun and i hope that this time their will be new gods doing them instead of Grenth and Dwyana again but if their is another one im sure they will be the two gods again. The last one was alot of fun, hope they do it agian.
COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC

LOVE YOUR NEW TITLE

Destro Maniak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

A/

what stats does those event helms do are they for showing but no stat or changing look of a helm and a noob question maybe but I have only seen them on warriors (I see only dragon mask on other proffecions) And I really really really want it to be done again I am very curious of it. And I watched the holloween and wintersday memories they were awesome. They had changed all of the outposts and cites. I would give everything to make it again

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Destro Maniak
what stats does those event helms do are they for showing but no stat or changing look of a helm and a noob question maybe but I have only seen them on warriors (I see only dragon mask on other proffecions) And I really really really want it to be done again I am very curious of it. And I watched the holloween and wintersday memories they were awesome. They had changed all of the outposts and cites. I would give everything to make it again
It was actually a very good event! To be honest I think ANet did a really good job on the Halloween & Xmas Event doing LA, Droknars, etc all up, it looked awesome.

The fireworks display on Xmas was beautiful as well! Refer to my last 2/3 screenshots on my first post!

If your talking about those Yule Caps (santa hats/event helms?), then they gave no bonus, just for looks, I still have mine.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Destro Maniak
what stats does those event helms do are they for showing but no stat or changing look of a helm and a noob question maybe but I have only seen them on warriors
i have an ele with a pumpkin helm of superior fire magic for the fun of it.

no stats but you can *rune* them

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar
no stats but you can *rune* them
You can also infuse them

The Halloween event was tons of fun, playing "Mad King Says" and rooting for the people picked to play rock-paper-scissors with him. I've still got several ghosts-in-a-box that I just don't feel like parting with.

The Wintersday event was a blast! Who can forget running around in snowball fights wielding your favorite candy-cane weapon? Or seeing how many spiked egg-nogs you could come up with?

I could understand not having the Halloween event while Halloween is going on, because of Nightfall's release. But, since Tyria & Cantha are on a completely different planet, who's to say how they determine exactly when they celebrate Halloween? Maybe it's got something to do with that place's lunar cycles or something, and not dependent on a date on a calander that no one on their planet even uses!!*




*please note the subtle hint that it doesn't have to fall on our Halloween and holding it a week or so later wouldn't be a bad solution.