Wintersday brings new type of candy canes?? - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

GODh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Netherlands

BFTW and DLRR

14 Dec 2006 at 16:04 - 1

We probably all know that the new Wintersday event starts on december 20th...

Quote:

Wintersday 2006 — Special in-game events have become fan favorites the world over, and during this holiday season Guild Wars players will be in for another Wintersday Festival! During this event, players will find favorite outposts dressed to the nines with holiday décor, as they are invited to complete holiday-themed quests, participate in PvP snowball fights, and receive unique holiday rewards such as Winter Gifts, a Snowman Summoner, Eggnog, and Candy Canes. Wintersday 2006 will take place in-game December 20, 2006 through January 1, 2007.

However today i noticed that my Candy Canes are renamed to Peppermint Candy Canes...

Maybe i should visit a doctor but a little voice inside my head says that the new Wintersday event will bring a new type of Candy Canes

What do you think??

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

14 Dec 2006 at 16:11 - 2

Might be true. Why else would they rename the old ones

btw: Last December 20th they added the Icy Dragon Sword.
How about an Icy Gladius this year?

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

14 Dec 2006 at 16:14 - 3

This years candy canes will only give you a sugar rush.

jcapulet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

14 Dec 2006 at 16:15 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

This years candy canes will only give you a sugar rush.

You're only joking, right?

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

14 Dec 2006 at 16:15 - 5

Pure Speculation at the moment. At the end of the day they are in fact Peppermint Candy, so I guess the updated the item name. I wouldn't think much of it till Wintersday comes along.

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

14 Dec 2006 at 16:15 - 6

IF this years don't remove DP... imagine the price spike on last years...

jcapulet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

14 Dec 2006 at 16:29 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

IF this years don't remove DP... imagine the price spike on last years...

If they don't remove DP this year, I'll be horribly disappointed.

Chicken Ftw

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

14 Dec 2006 at 16:35 - 8

Don't know, don't really care. No point speculating.

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

14 Dec 2006 at 17:01 - 9

I noticed the re-name too. If candy canes were changed to something else, than it would make those from last year even more valuable - Problem is I'm almost out of them

Spader

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

W/Mo

14 Dec 2006 at 17:22 - 10

Maybe the candy canes this year would be spearment or wintergreen.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

14 Dec 2006 at 17:25 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxSilhouette

I noticed the re-name too. If candy canes were changed to something else, than it would make those from last year even more valuable - Problem is I'm almost out of them

i still have over 1000 (1k) for my personal use forever.

if they do remove DP as usual imagine the price drop as everyone has been thinking 1k+ when i sell them finds everybody else has a big get rich quick stock as well.

i can see it now...........

i need inventory space CC 50g each............25g each.....anybody?

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

14 Dec 2006 at 18:20 - 12

I'll be stocking up just because I like the bloody things.

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

14 Dec 2006 at 18:21 - 13

i do too - i never sold any of mine, i find them handy to take when going in UW of FoW.

Kay84

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Netherlands

[DVDF]

E/

14 Dec 2006 at 18:29 - 14

Maybe this years cc's will only remove 15% of dp per cc.

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

14 Dec 2006 at 18:30 - 15

Another event and by the time, i might have got something else to do. Still, i'll be farming those candy cane shards!

wwwgeek7

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

R/

14 Dec 2006 at 18:44 - 16

Maybe this year's candy canes will remove the death penalty for the whole party. I've often wished I could give them to the henchies.

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

14 Dec 2006 at 18:44 - 17

I dunno...what does peppermint usually do?

I think they will simply be green instead of red.

c_ras

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eternal Deliverance

R/

14 Dec 2006 at 18:47 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kay84

Maybe this years cc's will only remove 15% of dp per cc.

This is exactly what I am thinking.

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

14 Dec 2006 at 19:19 - 19

I agree. Hard to say for sure until the 20th.

On an optimistic note, what the game used to call "Precious" is now called "Improved Sale Value" ... and it means the exact same thing in terms of functionality.

Maybe they're just updating the name so the players new since last year won't be so easily confused about the difference between the CC weapons and the dp-removal treats.

Luny

LicensedLuny

Badly Influenced

Join Date: Dec 2005

Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread)

Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish

15 Dec 2006 at 04:56 - 20

I looked at my CC stack tonight, and the existing ones from last year have changed names, too. I didn't test one, can't bear to fritter them away, but this is a ss of my cc stack as of tonight, Dec 14, 2006. They did used to be called, simply, "Candy Canes."

According to the description (also new,) it sounds like they're the same ones from last year ... just better labeling.

Cheers folks,
Luny

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

15 Dec 2006 at 05:42 - 21

*cough* Wintermint Candy Canes *cough*

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

15 Dec 2006 at 05:42 - 22

Maybe Mint Candy Canes will be the new one?

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

15 Dec 2006 at 05:43 - 23

Beat me by 2 seconds...grrr....

disarm76

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Portugal

15 Dec 2006 at 06:34 - 24

As soon as I saw that, I sold my 52 Candy canes on DoA for 500g each.

exiled mat

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

The netherlands > friesland > balk

[JAMM] Justified Ancients of Moo Moo

E/Me

15 Dec 2006 at 10:43 - 25

I still have 21 canes left, but i never use them

*makes all his characters ready for CC hunting

*

jimmy_logic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

15 Dec 2006 at 12:06 - 26

Maybe this years one are Morale Boost candy canes!!!

Kay84

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Netherlands

[DVDF]

E/

15 Dec 2006 at 12:43 - 27

Hehe, I won't sell my remaining cc's, they make nice inventory dividers.

led-zep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

15 Dec 2006 at 14:48 - 28

and there was me thinking the novelty of candy canes wore off ages ago, theres a reason people have stockpiles of them (apart from being greedy ****'s hoping to make a profit) and thats because you dont really need them

if they are the same i'll be giving any that i get away to new players again

Emik

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Belgium

[FaRM] Farm For The Win

N/

15 Dec 2006 at 14:53 - 29

Speculating is pointless...

Gotta love everyone already biting their nails off just becoz they're freaking out over uncertainties :P

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

15 Dec 2006 at 14:56 - 30

Speculating is fun, because it can either make you a ton of money or cause you to lose a ton of money by buying/selling candy canes.

My money is on the fact that they come back and continue to remove all DP. But it wouldn't surprise me if they provided the Sugar Rush, in which case those people that are holding onto a stash from last year would become very rich very quickly.

I sold half of my stash in October, so I've kind of hedged my bet.

samcobra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

USA

Mo/Me

15 Dec 2006 at 15:02 - 31

Haven't you noticed this winterfest's trend? its gonna be wintergreen candy canes.

milias

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Defected back to America

Me/E

15 Dec 2006 at 15:27 - 32

I think the changing the name of old candy canes into the new candy cane name means that ANet is planning to change the effects of all candy canes, not just new ones, but also old ones, into something less powerful.

WasAGuest

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

15 Dec 2006 at 15:36 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by milias

I think the changing the name of old candy canes into the new candy cane name means that ANet is planning to change the effects of all candy canes, not just new ones, but also old ones, into something less powerful.

This would hold true to the trend. Fans really like something, so it's changed into something less of what it was, then expected to adapt and "go with it" vs changing it back to what was considered better.

jcapulet

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

15 Dec 2006 at 15:42 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by WasAGuest

This would hold true to the trend. Fans really like something, so it's changed into something less of what it was, then expected to adapt and "go with it" vs changing it back to what was considered better.

If that's the case, it would be cool if the peppermint shards were a rare drop (whereas the wintergreen shards are "standard" drops), so we can still have some that remove all DP. This is all assuming the new canes are wintergreen.

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

15 Dec 2006 at 15:43 - 35

NOOOoooooo they can't mess with my (dwindling) stash of DPlicious candy canes!

Wintergreen ones would be cool, though.

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

15 Dec 2006 at 16:42 - 36

How strange... last night I found myself dusting off my original ranger (the party goer) and farming grawl for ornate necklaces. o.0

WasAGuest

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

15 Dec 2006 at 17:12 - 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcapulet

If that's the case, it would be cool if the peppermint shards were a rare drop (whereas the wintergreen shards are "standard" drops), so we can still have some that remove all DP. This is all assuming the new canes are wintergreen.

I can see it now:

WTS Peppermint shard 100k + 50 ectos...

lol

Sofonisba

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tucson, AZ

The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]

15 Dec 2006 at 17:15 - 38

I think that someone on page 1 had it right; they want to differentiate more clearly between "candy canes" and "candy cane shards."

I got called the worst names imaginable last year because I would call people on the difference, who were trying to scam in local chat. Merry Christmas.

Zedd Kun

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Bretheren Of Chaos [Dark]

Rt/

15 Dec 2006 at 17:19 - 39

Can you trade them with Charr Carvings?

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

15 Dec 2006 at 18:07 - 40

I hope so. Have a stack of them in my storage