Petition to KEEP the IDS!

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

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I'm not happy about this I have my own IDS but my friends are a bit behind and they don't have one and they want one . SO thats why I want to start a thread to keep the Icy Dragon Sword!

Sign here quickly before its too late!

/signed

Captain Arne Is PRO

Captain Arne Is PRO

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

two questions, well one question and one clarification:

1) who's this gaile guy.. i hear a lot about him but never known who he is.

2) after wintersday ends, ids will not drop anymore, but those who hold on as of now will get to keep them. right?

Order Of Thy Sword

Order Of Thy Sword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

C/O of Savages of Undying Legend

/not signed, that is what makes it unique and valuable.

PS its petition. Not pension.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

Gaile Gray is a WOMAN that is a spokesperson for the makers of the game. More like a publicity/ public relations manager.

And I do not care about the icy dragon sword unlike some people. It is just another glowing sword that will get old, even if removed.


It's petition, not pension... pension is what you get after you retire.

ChoKILLate[FDG]

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

[FDG]-Fudge

Mo/Me

/not signed

Your missing the point. The icy dragon sword is put in that region to get more people exposed to an area that very few went to. Now that the word is out, the job is done. Keeping it open after Wintersday will drop the value of the sword and the memories/excitement we all had when farming this area. I for one think it holds more prestige as an event only item, although I would not mind if they brought it back every Wintersday.

It is not the best sword in the game even if modded, so having it as a novelty (due to it's look) is the only real reason to have one. Making it available after Wintersday would nullify this.

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

I don't see why it wouldn't stay around. They've already nerfed the drop rate to hell, so why not keep them appearing, albeit rarely.

axe

axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Pwn Appetit [NJoy]

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First that screenshot looks photoshoped, why would there be blacked out text after the question was asked? I think this sword has been in game for a long time, and it will stay in game. There is no reason to take it out. Its not unbalanced in any way. It just hapened that someone found it at the same time as the wintersday update. I wouldnt worry about this too much. If Im wrong, well thats a bummer for me because I dont yet have an IDS.

Jaythen Tyradel

Jaythen Tyradel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Arne Is PRO
two questions, well one question and one clarification:

1) who's this gaile guy.. i hear a lot about him but never known who he is.

2) after wintersday ends, ids will not drop anymore, but those who hold on as of now will get to keep them. right?
Its Gail GRAY..not a guy...a lady who works for ANET.

2. As far as it sounds..yes..so..get one or pay the trader's overpriced demands.

/mixed signing on this
removing makes it very rare which makes it more desirable since everyone wont have one.
On the other hand, being rare makes traders demands easier when demanding 200 to 300k or more for one.

Sarrow

Sarrow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

San Diego, California

Ecks Di

E/N

/un-signed

I'd rather make it a seasonal item

jakb

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

/not signed

seasonal items do and can continue to make the game more interesting in the future.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Don't keep IDS.. so that people that have 100 of them in stock can be rich!

Hell no.. keep IDS, in fact make it a collector item to screw those that have 10+ IDS in their storage!

striderkaaru

striderkaaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Retired Officer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guardian of the Light
I'm not happy about this I have my own IDS but my friends are a bit behind and they don't have one and they want one . SO thats why I want to start a thread to keep the Icy Dragon Sword!

Sign here quickly before its too late!

/signed
farm one for each of your friends now. if it gets discontinued, trade it to them for their undying loyalty and first-borns.

4runner

4runner

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cali!!!

cdxx/the420th.com

Mo/N

Event only item agreed, after trying at least 20 times to get this Sword for a online girlfriend, I stay Event only It!! Am i being biased probably, but dam that was alot of time spent going there for 3 days!!! Event only!!!


Not signed

Cartoonhero

Cartoonhero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sooner Nation

Mo/

i think if its an event only item, they should not have nerfed the drop rates to hell as they did. i think if you put in the time to go on several farm runs(as i have), you should come out with ONE sword at least. that way those of us that did participate in the granite citadel maddess acutally have the souviner that started it all. i've been on MANY farm runs and have ZILCH to show for it.
/signed, keep it around another week or so and unerf those drop rates please!

Retribution X

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

/Signed. this should be a collector item.

Lord Of Losers

Lord Of Losers

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

True Hero Within

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Keep it as a event only sword. I havent been able to play once the wintersday update came, so i was nvr able to farm for a IDS, but i still agree it should stay as a event only and disappear after wintersday. I'm just hoping wintersday, as its name suggest, should stay until winter is over. so other words, once spring is here, IDS is gone.

cR4zY-n^

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Zadar - Croatia

We Work As A [Team]

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4runner
Event only item agreed, after trying at least 20 times to get this Sword for a online girlfriend, I stay Event only It!! Am i being biased probably, but dam that was alot of time spent going there for 3 days!!! Event only!!!


Not signed
Online WHAT??

Fear The Destroyer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Icy Dragon Swords don't really have anything to do with the holidays compared to the Wintersday items, etc.

ArenaNet should keep them in-game.

/signed

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

Not signed. It's a useless sword, why keep it in the game?

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

/unsign

Blkout

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Not signed. I earned my IDS swords through many runs in Mineral. The last thing I need is every person and their mother with one just because its the new fad item. It was a good idea to get people to play during the holidays and it worked well. I say those that have them get to keep them and those that don't missed the boat.

Rogmar

Rogmar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

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I'm pretty sure they started dropping before the Wintersday celebration updates, it was probably a Christmas gift of a new item in game. Besides I'm sure many of you have seen the new players because they got the game as a present, it would be pretty discouraging to discontinue it before many of the new players got to Granite Citadel.
If this sword was intended for the holidays, /signed, but I'm pretty sure it will stay.

chilln_1ce

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

W/Me

/not signed

Il be one of the profiteers once they all stop dropping, Im sorry if you didnt have the forethought to plan ahead. If your friends are on holiday, tough luck, I wasnt there for the ecto reset, so should I get 100K free for missing out? Besides, Christmas is a business not a celebration or a time of giving to nearly everyone in the world.

PieXags

PieXags

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Infinite Representation Of Pie And Its Many Brilliances

It would seem it's been confirmed that the IDS will in fact continue to drop after Wintersday. No more need for this thread.

-Closed-