a minipet battle arena that activates once your account turns 2
OR min characters, I would love to have a mini female ranger <3 however then I think people would complain cause the characters armor wasn't what they wanted and so forth. A minipet arena takes up no inventory space and it would give me something fun to do - 100 faction to the winning minipet owner or team.. Obviously they would all have to have similar skills and same HP and MP like when we do the snowball arena... For me that would be fun! Of course I wouldn't get to play till august but -_-
Second Birthday
Eviance
wsmcasey
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For all that it's worth.
Anet is also entitled to give presents out to whoever they want. Will you respect that? Or complain? They're mutually exclusive. |
Sorry, but I'll continue to complain. I dont feel like they value me as a customer. No, I dont respect that they are entitled to give out presents to everyone else but me, its down right unfair.
Thats like a parent telling one of their children that they dont deserve a present on their birthday because they broke a rule that was never told to them.
The rule is: If you delete a character in Guildwars you will be punished for it. We hold the right to tease you into making new characters by releasing new chapters with new professions, new faces, and new hair styles. Please delete your old characters and make our new characters so we dont have to take the time and appreciate you as a valued customer.
Knightsaber Sith
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Sorry, but I'll continue to complain. I dont feel like they value me as a customer. No, I dont respect that they are entitled to give out presents to everyone else but me, its down right unfair.
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wsmcasey
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you having constantly deleted and recreated your characters over and over since you created your account a year ago.
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The more I think about it the more I feel that more mini-pets are a waste of time. They dont do anything but take up valuable inventory anyways.
Maybe if you could equipe the mini-pets with a skill of your choice, or if they had some type of buff they could cast on you that would last XX number of seconds.
Like:
HP buff
MP buff
Speed buff
Critical % increase buff
+1 to attribute buff
A good luck buff to increase drop rate by a small %
etc
It would be cool.
Knightsaber Sith
A buff would obviously be cool, but would unbalance the game. And we all know how Anet doesn't want people with more money (to buy minis with good buffs) to have an advantage over those without money. It may not always be minipets, but whatever they give us is always going to be generally "useless". It'll be a fun little treat for you to enjoy or something aesthetic, but it'll never be something to help you in battle and there's nothing wrong with that.
New Buddha
what ever it going to be ...make it so everyone gets the SAME damn thing...so no more, damn I didnt get the Bone Dragon...now I have to spend 100k+e to buy one...shit!!!
Knightsaber Sith
I don't think everyone should get the same one, maybe just not make any of them super-ultra rare.
New Buddha
if i didnt the one you gotten and I want that, won't that make it Super Ultra Rare for me? example - Bone Dragon...and yes, I did get the Bone Dragon as my very first B-day gift. =D hope you get my point.
kanaxais_scythe
I don't mind what it is as long as IS NOT TRADEABLE. People who didn't have characters for anywheer near 2 years will have the special prize. Thats not right. So as long as whatever we get IS NOT TRADABLE I will be happy.
Beat_Go_Stick
^^^^^ I'll throw in a vote for anything that CAN'T BE TRADED.
No point in giving me anything special if you don't actually have to wait 2 years for it.
No point in giving me anything special if you don't actually have to wait 2 years for it.
Sir Skullcrasher
How about everyone getting a bone dragon for being on second year?
Knightsaber Sith
But bone dragons were in the first annual series, we need something new.
Roshi_ikkyu
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Only deleted them once, prior to the release of Factions. My account is almost 2 years old.
The more I think about it the more I feel that more mini-pets are a waste of time. They dont do anything but take up valuable inventory anyways. Maybe if you could equipe the mini-pets with a skill of your choice, or if they had some type of buff they could cast on you that would last XX number of seconds. Like: HP buff MP buff Speed buff Critical % increase buff +1 to attribute buff A good luck buff to increase drop rate by a small % etc It would be cool. |
Seems a title or even a Emote is the best idea. Untradeable (almost), different, and fair.
And ofcourse we are still going to get only mini-pets.
Darksun
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Sorry, but I'll continue to complain. I dont feel like they value me as a customer. No, I dont respect that they are entitled to give out presents to everyone else but me, its down right unfair.
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The rule is: If you delete a character in Guildwars you will be punished for it. We hold the right to tease you into making new characters by releasing new chapters with new professions, new faces, and new hair styles. Please delete your old characters and make our new characters so we dont have to take the time and appreciate you as a valued customer.
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It's a present for your character's birthday. To commemorate you having kept it that long and everything you've done with it. It's not a present to commemorate you having constantly deleted and recreated your characters over and over since you created your account a year ago.
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Edge Martinez
Whatever it is, I just hope people don't complain when they get it. It's a freebie that everyone will eventually have and a nice gesture from the company.
xiaotsu
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Whatever it is, I just hope people don't complain when they get it. It's a freebie that everyone will eventually have and a nice gesture from the company.
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I honestly don't care what people get for their second birthday, whatever it is they're going to whine that it "sucks" eventually. As said before, something non-tradable would be best, maybe have a pop-up screen type thing in-game that tells you it's your second birthday and gives you a list of items to choose from, all special in their own way. That way we get what we want and people will be less likely to whine
Yeah, I'm holding onto the false hope that this year people will whine less.
Look, I whined about people whining, I'm such a hypocrite.
Roshi_ikkyu
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Whatever it is, I just hope people don't complain when they get it. It's a freebie that everyone will eventually have and a nice gesture from the company.
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This second year birthday presents are going to sting because less and fewer people have characters from 2 years ago.
And if they happen to keep one for that long, chances are we (2nd birthday peeps) will be on our 3rd or 4th birthday.
Edge Martinez
I understand that, but it's something that is free. A gesture of kindness. A gesture of appreciation. No one knew how it was going to work, and some deleted their toons. I understand this, but this was an addition to the game, not some planned sleight against anyone.
Right now, everyone knows how it works. I do not see how being a few months behind some people in getting an object that has no effect on gameplay (other than blocking a valuable inventory slot) is a big deal.
I've heard almost everything in this thread about deleting toons, from people who are mad because they figured out a better build to people who wanted new hairstyles. Well, I'm guessing better builds and new hairstyles were had. What's there to be mad about? Not getting a vanity item that you'll eventually get anyway? So instead of 1 per character, people want 1 per account? That doesn't compute.
Every single time ANET does something for us to say thank you, be it a mini-pet, an event, or a new addition like SF, people have complained. I'm not blind to where I just say those complaints were unjustified... some of them were very righteous, but on the subject of birthday presents, I think people just need to figure out what their focus is, and just appreciate the generosity of the gift and the work and planning that went into it.
Right now, everyone knows how it works. I do not see how being a few months behind some people in getting an object that has no effect on gameplay (other than blocking a valuable inventory slot) is a big deal.
I've heard almost everything in this thread about deleting toons, from people who are mad because they figured out a better build to people who wanted new hairstyles. Well, I'm guessing better builds and new hairstyles were had. What's there to be mad about? Not getting a vanity item that you'll eventually get anyway? So instead of 1 per character, people want 1 per account? That doesn't compute.
Every single time ANET does something for us to say thank you, be it a mini-pet, an event, or a new addition like SF, people have complained. I'm not blind to where I just say those complaints were unjustified... some of them were very righteous, but on the subject of birthday presents, I think people just need to figure out what their focus is, and just appreciate the generosity of the gift and the work and planning that went into it.
Cebe
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Every single time ANET does something for us to say thank you, be it a mini-pet, an event, or a new addition like SF, people have complained. I'm not blind to where I just say those complaints were unjustified... some of them were very righteous, but on the subject of birthday presents, I think people just need to figure out what their focus is, and just appreciate the generosity of the gift and the work and planning that went into it.
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WinterSnowblind
Some people always have to find a way to complain. I'm pretty much in the same boat, I've owned the game for near on two years, but deleted my first character so I could play through the whole thing again with a friend. Get over it, like was pointed out, it's your characters birthday, not your accounts birthday. It would be a lot less meaninful and even easier to obtain these things if it just went by your account.
Personally, I hope it's not just another mini-pet for your second birthday. I think they're a cool little distraction, but they're traded around so much they don't really show anything, I would have prefered if they could only be used by the person who recieved them, just so they're something for people who have been playing the game for that long. But I'm sure a lot of people would disagree there.
I hope they do something really big and special for your second birthday, maybe decorating an entire town would be going a bit far, but I'd be happy with a special birthday hat. I really love the hats because they're a reward only for the people who were there at the time, I've missed a few myself, but I don't see why people have to get so worked up over these things.
Personally, I hope it's not just another mini-pet for your second birthday. I think they're a cool little distraction, but they're traded around so much they don't really show anything, I would have prefered if they could only be used by the person who recieved them, just so they're something for people who have been playing the game for that long. But I'm sure a lot of people would disagree there.
I hope they do something really big and special for your second birthday, maybe decorating an entire town would be going a bit far, but I'd be happy with a special birthday hat. I really love the hats because they're a reward only for the people who were there at the time, I've missed a few myself, but I don't see why people have to get so worked up over these things.
atkafighter
All you guys complaining about not having a pet despite having old accounts are fighting a lost cause. Did you miss the Canthan New Year? They litterally handed them out like candy. You can buy one for like 2k (a price even I can afford). I know its not the coolest thing ever, but hell its still a mini pet.
2 years = another pet thats it.
Deal with it.
EDIT: Forgot to say something about 2 year characters. XD Anyway what I was going to say was whoop dee doo your character is 2 years old. Maybe spawn a cookie in your inventory along with a minipet? Honestly does anyone play their older characters? I rerolled too, but I still have one 16 month character. Hes just a mule now, so why should we reward people for sitting on mules?
2 years = another pet thats it.
Deal with it.
EDIT: Forgot to say something about 2 year characters. XD Anyway what I was going to say was whoop dee doo your character is 2 years old. Maybe spawn a cookie in your inventory along with a minipet? Honestly does anyone play their older characters? I rerolled too, but I still have one 16 month character. Hes just a mule now, so why should we reward people for sitting on mules?
wsmcasey
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Hes just a mule now, so why should we reward people for sitting on mules?
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Maybe something like an aura that represents your age and you could turn it on or off at will. The folks that have mules they dont use could possibly still get presents, but theirs wouldnt be as cool as someones that actively plays their character and completes quests and missions (I would include experience and time spent in the game, but thats difficult because of farmers and afkers. The titles are great and all, but you cant see those titles when your in a PUG or when your in PvP, you can only show them off in town. Plus you can only see those title if you put your cursor over the character, or maybe Alt/ctrl to view the titles. Its a lot of work for titles, yet they kinda go unnoticed. If you had a cool aura that you could keep on you all the time if you wanted it would make more sense because it would represent the age and time invested in your character.
The aura could be blue, or it could be a rainbow of colors kinda like in Tae Kwon Do:
1st year: white
2nd year: orange
3rd year: yellow
4th year: green
5th year: blue
6th year: red
7th year: black
etc
Or if its just a blue aura, it could get stronger/fuller/brighter with each passing year, thus representing the age and wisdom of you character.
Just a thought.
Darksun
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It's silly. Do you find it unfair that some people get minis that are worth 100k +ec ? Doesn't sound fair to me. I have a character that will be turning 2 soon (that I still use thank you) and I've received several mini pets, none are gold. So what? You can't please all people all the time.
Knightsaber Sith
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EDIT: Forgot to say something about 2 year characters. XD Anyway what I was going to say was whoop dee doo your character is 2 years old. Maybe spawn a cookie in your inventory along with a minipet? Honestly does anyone play their older characters? I rerolled too, but I still have one 16 month character. Hes just a mule now, so why should we reward people for sitting on mules?
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Sir Skullcrasher
I'm planning on keeping my Tank, Mesmer, Ele, and Necro well over 3rd or 4th birthday. As for rest of my characters, I might delete some and try out new things.
bloody streak
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Why even bother keeping track of the age of my account and the total number of hours played if I dont get rewarded for it?
My original PvE characters do not exist, yet my account is almost 2 years old and I've never had a birthday present!!!  Its kinda silly that I signed up the same day that "average joe gamer" did, yet he gets a pet because his character is still there after 1 year. And I get nothing because I started new characters to change names/faces/genders. My account is just as old as "average joe gamer" and I've dedicated just as much time with more than 2500 hours logged, yet I get squat.  |
its not how old your account is but how old your character is
bloody streak
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 If its new mini pets, then I hope they make them for more than just cosmetic/vanity items. Make them useful, make them fight, or auto-pickup drops, or make them have additional storage. |
i like the auto pick up too because i hate having to run back to get items
bloody streak
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Best. Idea. Ever.
Allow me momentarily to throw the connection to 2nd birthdays out of the window and say that if they sold such a thing... I would spend ALL my money on them. That way at least, everyone could have their favourite creature as a mini-pet... the variety would be quite epic... and no longer would towns be dominated by Kuunavang and Varesh. Furthermore, they would be effective indicators of where a character had been. Having Mini-Glint could actually mean something... as could a Mini-Urgoz. Of course I'd get a Mini [wiki]Mungri Magicbox[/wiki] and Mini [wiki]Star Ancient Koosun[/wiki]... ^_^ ... *Glees* O'course I know they'll never do it  .... but it would be SO awesome! =D |
you get say one cap sig except it catches enemies. you would put it in your skills list and go out to an area target enemy of choice and use the skill auto matically you get a mini pet of that enemy in your inventory. of course ppl may complain about wanting all of the mini pets andthere would be too many pets to make but it would be cool to have any mini you want. you shouldnt be able to use it on bosses tho because of the colored aura they have on their armor. it could probably work for NPCs too. like have a mini master togo or mini xunlai agent.
i would get a mini.... ummm what r they called. its the god,s servants or whatever that pop up when u kneel to a shrine or i would get a mini rabbit or thats also a way to get the mini panda
it will probably never happen like she said
but it would be so awesome
bloody streak
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*access to little outpost with npc who allows you to visit pre-searing everytime you want or simply add pre-ascalon to "boat-marker" for 2 y.o. characters
if this happened their would be so much chaos in pre
you would be able to sell and expert salveage kit for 50k+
and everyone would get so much money for golds and max dmg weps
and everyone would not want to stay in pre anymore
and everyone would have charr bags a nd it would just ruin it
but... there whould be a thing like a time traveler where you can go back without any items in your inventory and the worst armor that you start with (except it would still have the appearence as before just to show that your from the future) and be lvl 1 (basically so that its like you just started a character) so that you could get the legendary defender of ascalon title and get the charr bags and stuff and when you travel back to post searing you have all of your items you had before plus the items you got in pre
Originally Posted by Zyzio
*access to little outpost with npc who allows you to visit pre-searing everytime you want or simply add pre-ascalon to "boat-marker" for 2 y.o. characters
if this happened their would be so much chaos in pre
you would be able to sell and expert salveage kit for 50k+
and everyone would get so much money for golds and max dmg weps
and everyone would not want to stay in pre anymore
and everyone would have charr bags a nd it would just ruin it
but... there whould be a thing like a time traveler where you can go back without any items in your inventory and the worst armor that you start with (except it would still have the appearence as before just to show that your from the future) and be lvl 1 (basically so that its like you just started a character) so that you could get the legendary defender of ascalon title and get the charr bags and stuff and when you travel back to post searing you have all of your items you had before plus the items you got in pre
Knightsaber Sith
^Just ask yourself if that even remotely sounds like something Anet would actually do...
Actually proposing they unbalance the game for the sake of a minipet....
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yes!!! make them have and additional 5-10 slots or maybe even like (e.g. burning titan gives all fire magic skills +1 attribute or dmg and varesh +1 for scythe attribute or dmg or like mini rurik with warriors, etc.
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MirageMaster
I done need useless minipets, all i want is my cool boss aura!
Guildmaster Cain
The 8 ppl that have the highest scores in the predictions of the Celestial Tournament, recieve a PERMANENT transmo-potion. Maybe this is the 2nd birthday-pressie we are going to get. I think giving more minipets would be a mistake and Anet knows that. Minipets already flood the market.
Gwen Perma-transmo-potion
Lich Perma-transmo-potion
Rurik Perma-transmo-potion
Abaddon Perma-transmo-potion (including his size)
Naga Perma-transmo-potion
Tengu Perma-transmo-potion
On one hand this should be tradable, since you do not always get the transmo you want. On the other hand this would be annoying since lots of people would sell them asap.
Gwen Perma-transmo-potion
Lich Perma-transmo-potion
Rurik Perma-transmo-potion
Abaddon Perma-transmo-potion (including his size)
Naga Perma-transmo-potion
Tengu Perma-transmo-potion
On one hand this should be tradable, since you do not always get the transmo you want. On the other hand this would be annoying since lots of people would sell them asap.
Guildmaster Cain
The 8 ppl that have the highest scores in the predictions of the Celestial Tournament, recieve a PERMANENT transmo-potion. Maybe this is the 2nd birthday-pressie we are going to get. I think giving more minipets would be a mistake and Anet knows that. Minipets already flood the market.
Gwen Perma-transmo-potion
Lich Perma-transmo-potion
Rurik Perma-transmo-potion
Abaddon Perma-transmo-potion (including his size)
Naga Perma-transmo-potion
Tengu Perma-transmo-potion
On one hand this should be tradable, since you do not always get the transmo you want. On the other hand this would be annoying since lots of people would sell them asap.
Gwen Perma-transmo-potion
Lich Perma-transmo-potion
Rurik Perma-transmo-potion
Abaddon Perma-transmo-potion (including his size)
Naga Perma-transmo-potion
Tengu Perma-transmo-potion
On one hand this should be tradable, since you do not always get the transmo you want. On the other hand this would be annoying since lots of people would sell them asap.
terminatorofhell
I WANT A HERO OF YOUR FAVORITE CHARS like everytime you make on it becomes available to lvl up thatd rule! you can also have your vets fight with you new characters WOOT
castanaveras
I'll take anything but mini pets >.>