Grey Giant Frustration

It seems you have to be using a nightfall created character in order to get the broken toy and quest from /bonusitems.

I took my tyrian ranger in and it wouldn't give me the toy. So I created a test paragon, got the toy and traded it to my ranger in order to get the quest, but it wasn't active.

Why make us go through all this hassle?

Same,


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No love; no joy.

WTF Anet

I'm baffled, why would you want to have your Grey Giant on a specific character, it isn't personnalised which means you can get it on one character and then transfer it to another.

Some people aren't (weren't) planning to make new chars.

Ya but you get the toy to make the minipet from a quest on istan.

I dont want to make a Paragon or Dervish, yet im forced to create one just to get my quest/mini-pet then trade the pet to real character then delete the Elionan? What a hassle.

it's really not THAT hard to get it with a new character..

No it isn't THAT hard to get it, just confusing and seems unnecessary. This aspect was not explained to be necessary in the magiazine, so you see a lot of people start with their tyrian characters saying "Why can't I get my broken toy??" Some people don't want to make a dervish or paragon right away because they don't want to be in the sea of dervishes and paragons that will be in every town and mission for a least a month.

No the minipets aren't customized to your character.

You don't have to make a dervish or paragon to get the toy...Cherno?

True, I should have rephrased that, You have to make an Elonian to get it, not just a dervish or paragon. But I already have 1 if not two of all the other professions, so the only elonian I am making would be dervish or paragon.

Same with me Cherno. During the Nightfall preview event, i have no free slots to create a Elorna character to do the event. Now with three free slots (2 from Nightfall CE and one from Preorder pack) I can make one up to get Grey Giant. I do agree, why didn't they state clearly that only Nightfall made characters can get Grey Giant.

i entered the code and got the broken toy but i logged off for the night and logged back on and its gone o.O and /bonusitems doesn't work anymore.

Did you used that code on Nightfall characters?

Some items are available to anyone, some are special items intended for specific characters. In the case of the Gray Giant, you need to go through the quest. There is no /bonusitem giveaway on this. If somehow /bonusitem got the Gray Giant for a short period of time, that was an error and it is now functioning as it should. The miniature is a quest item--by design--and you will get it for completing the quest. Now, the quest was designed to be brief, and to be fun, and I'm sure that you'll enjoy making that little run in order to acquire the item.

From PC Gamer:
"Now launch Guild Wars Nightfall and travel by ship to Kamadan, the port city for Elona if you're importing your character from Guild Wars Prophecies or Factions, or start a brand new character in Nightfall and head to Kamadan."

Umm, not too happy myself, can't get broken toy on my tyrian characters.

What's up A-Net?

Gaile,
The way it seems to work is you get a broken toy item from the /bonusitems command.

Then you give it to the toy maker person, in exchange for some other toy. Take that toy to the caravan and get your giant.

I have lost my /bonusitems broken toy and cannot retrieve it with the command anymore. I have not finished the quest, so I never received the giant. Am I now just stuck with no giant at all?

I'm in the same boat, Puddin Cheeks. I created a Paragon and before the first mission typed /bonusitems so I could get the Fiery Sunspear from the Prerelease Bonus Pack. Then, I decided I didn't like the look of my character and deleted him. I remade the character and got to Kamadan and tried following the instructions in the November issue of PC Gamer to get my Gray Giant mini pet. I typed /bonusitems but the Broken Toy did not appear in my inventory. I guess because it appeared on my first character and I deleted him? Does the Broken Toy not respawn like the other bonus items? (I still get the Ithas Bow every time I type the command.) I would be very upset if I lost my mini pet because of this.

ya sherriff- you most likely deleted your broken toy.

^^^
And that is the same response I got from everyone.

try putting in the code again, that should do it.