How lucky have you been during the Lucky Weekend?

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

This "luck" event just shows that luck wasn't invented for me

1. I wanted to get some FB and/or glad points in RA...
While some ppl get teams with monks and normal players, I get wammos with retribution and dorks without rez siigns...
2. Opened a number of chests, even end-game- no gold, purple only
3. At least I found a white dye...

Way to go me!

oh, almost forgot...
4. Tried to do Ruins of Morah mission with ppl... no way, idiots just kept standing near every vortex Varesh created... They're standing near vortex, standing so Varesh can hit 3 of em and one of them is saying "monk heal" -,-
I got mad and did it with henchies...
5. got many clovers, but not even 1 of them decreased dp by 15%

I should get unlucky title by just playing >_>

N Sane OEF Marine

N Sane OEF Marine

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

Pinoy Alliance

E/

I went nuts in the Gates of Anguish this weekend. First time i've gotten into it with the Elite mission side of Nightfall. For some reason i didnt have any bit o' luck . No chests spawned in all areas of the DOA, the bosses never dropped their cool weapons for me, other than the normal end of the mission quest Chest that yields the appropriate 1 gem. 1.5k for a Stygian Gem? Got 2 of those.

Something about "The Cryptic Nature" of how ANET delivers their weekend announcements is what makes me a GW addict. Damn this game, I can't do my usual Karaoke weekends anymore . Got a lot of leaves and ale btw this weekend and destoryed it all coz am running out of storage space.

I expected i would get all kinds of gems and cool gold and green weapons too from bosses in DOA but, i guessed wrong. LOL. So, What's next? Looking forward to it to quench my addiction to this game.

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

Did everyone who is complaining here completely miss the Scribe? He/She clearly pointed out what was going to drop this weekend, with a little bit of mysterious air. Man, can nobody have fun with this game anymore?

I had a blast, and picking up clovers and ales (especially ales), although slightly stereotyped (borderline offensive to me because I am crazy), was a really cool treat to be completely honest.

Meat Axe

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane
Did everyone who is complaining here completely miss the Scribe? He/She clearly pointed out what was going to drop this weekend, with a little bit of mysterious air. Man, can nobody have fun with this game anymore?

I had a blast, and picking up clovers and ales (especially ales), although slightly stereotyped (borderline offensive to me because I am crazy), was a really cool treat to be completely honest.
Agreed. I had fun too. I do wish that there could have been an alternative way to get the items, since I don't really like farming, but wanted lots of the things. Still had fun though.

Juicey Shake

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

didn't pve except to help a friend and I think I got some of the green things but I don't remember if I picked them up or not

I did however accomplish a few goals xD.. got r5 commander and r3 gladiator, woo!

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
So a few of you guys are saying (and rather rudely, I might point out) that you will never accept anything but in-your-face, facts-and-only-facts messaging? That a little mystery, a fun bit of speculation is manipulative or rude in some other way entirely and utterly unacceptable. Thankfully, you don't make that decision. Consider how that could work:

So when you go to the movies, do you want the movie trailers for that big upcoming feature to say "This movie is coming, and the bad guys is X, and he will do A, B, and C, and ultimately meet his demise when the hero (who turns out the be F, and not G as you originally thought) does (this and that) to kill him."

You want your book flyleafs to say "This is a good book. You will like it because the traitor ends up being Mr. M, and that's revealed with hints on Page 96, paragraph 7, and Page 221, paragraph 4, when the protagonist says, [content of quote]."

You like walk-throughs of the game before you play it, and no discovery, no discussion, just "flat out, factual, there it is" on Day One. No, "who's the bad guy this time?" or "is that person going to end up being a friend or a foe?" Facts on a platter, and the sooner the better.

How boring!

We makes games. We play games. And sometimes--count on it--we're going to be playful in messaging about our games.
Not to sound rude Gaile, but that is kind of how the story of the last two Guild Wars chapters has been. You are introduced to Shiro and Varesh pretty early in the game and you know that is who you are going to be fighting against. In Prophecies, you didn't know who is pulling all the strings until the second to the last mission.

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by wetsparks
Not to sound rude Gaile, but that is kind of how the story of the last two Guild Wars chapters has been. You are introduced to Shiro and Varesh pretty early in the game and you know that is who you are going to be fighting against. In Prophecies, you didn't know who is pulling all the strings until the second to the last mission.

Whoooo!!! Way off topic! Nor relevant! Neither is this post but must shout Shenanigans!

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane
Whoooo!!! Way off topic! Nor relevant! Neither is this post but must shout Shenanigans!
Yeah it was now that I think about it. If you want an on topic post. I've played more hoping for free ale, which I've gotten a decent amount of, and so naturally, I got more good stuff than I would have otherwise.

EDIT: I liked the little Irish flavor you gave your post on St. Patrick's Day Weekend.
Shenanigan: [The word probably originates from the Irish sionnachuighim, meaning "I play the fox."]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenanigan

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by wetsparks
Yeah it was now that I think about it. If you want an on topic post. I've played more hoping for free ale, which I've gotten a decent amount of, and so naturally, I got more good stuff than I would have otherwise.

EDIT: I liked the little Irish flavor you gave your post on St. Patrick's Day Weekend.
Shenanigan: [The word probably originates from the Irish sionnachuighim, meaning "I play the fox."]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenanigan
You win the best got-back-on-topic-post-ever award.

Speaking of on topic, the idea of dropped alchohol was the most amazing thing. I just wish I wasn't stuck doing my thesis instead of pwning mantids all day long.

Chipp

Chipp

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

I was farming SF and I killed Morgriff, he dropped his staff and his offhand for me

Parson Brown

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

I did have 5 greens drop for me in a single Sorrow's Furnace run!

Lucky for me, but not so much for the rest of the party...

kainarg

kainarg

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2007

Argentina

Knights of Wisdom

Me/N

I got really lucky... I was skill capping in Witman's Folly and I've got a Rune of Superior Vigor from some Grawl !!

nightwatchman

nightwatchman

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/

I gotta admit, I've been pretty lucky this weekend. Bought 4 coffers. Got 1 armor remnant, but the other 3 contained 5 titan gems each

ryanryanryan0310

ryanryanryan0310

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Let me see about 4-6 hours of real playing this weekend with about 3 hours standing in GW chatting...

1) 65 clovers
2) 60 ales
3) Ton's of dyes including 1 white and 1 black
4) 5 crappy golds

KANE OG

KANE OG

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ogmios Graybeards

W/

I was lucky enough to get a couple of good laughs:

"Shreader Sharptongue drops a Shamrock Ale."

LMAO Thanx for the mini event Anet.

KANE

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

Those mantids sure did like to drink right outside of seitung harbor.

rista blodorn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Aura of Shadows

E/R

Not sure what all the complaining is about. I played for about an hour Friday after the event started helping a guildie and it was pretty apparent that the drops were going to be ales and clover decided that wasn't very interesting and went about other business the rest of the weekend.

So the real question is a weekend event really an event if no one comes?

And here's a request...any chance we can get a double faction weekend in AB anytime in the near future?

Captain Sarcastic

Captain Sarcastic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Ghost Corps

W/Mo

I got a small handful of clovers (for DoA use), and about 40 ales to put toward the drunkard title. While finishing NF with my monk, I got a black dye, and a green drop. I also took a few minuted to get LB2, and a perfect req 9 sundering ornate scythe of fortitude dropped.

Might be minor for some ppl, but I had a fun weekend.

bug_out

bug_out

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by KANE OG
I was lucky enough to get a couple of good laughs:

"Shreader Sharptongue drops a Shamrock Ale."

LMAO Thanx for the mini event Anet.

KANE
At least you got a laugh...

"Shreader Sharptongue drops an Shreader's Talons."

He could have dropped something useful like a Shamrock Ale or a Four Leaf Clover for me, but no...

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

I dusted off the "Original Ranger" (my first character) and let him play with the grawl outside Frontier Gate for the most part. Results? About 50 clovers and shamrock ales (ea), two stacks of OGNs (ready for Wintersday!) and dyes up the wazoo, including my first white, a black and about 8 browns.

I think browns are the new purple... those things drop like crazy!

I also noticed that the ale and clover drops were in addition to regular drops. I even once had a grawl drop a grawl gear, a clover and an ale at the same time.

I should also add that, thanks to a stray arrow, I discovered that Moa were dropping holiday items as well. I took to hunting Moa with the grawl and they gave me two ales and a clover. That amused me.

Does everyone realize that the clovers are the best DP removers we've had yet in the PvE world? True, rainbows will give a morale boost above zero, but with up to 15% removal across the entire party... nice. Very nice.

Hell Raiser

Hell Raiser

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

[PHNX]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by wetsparks
Not to sound rude Gaile, but that is kind of how the story of the last two Guild Wars chapters has been. You are introduced to Shiro and Varesh pretty early in the game and you know that is who you are going to be fighting against. In Prophecies, you didn't know who is pulling all the strings until the second to the last mission.
<<<{|||This is a spoiler for those who haven't finished|||}>>>

Oh yeah I wasn't surprised at all when I found out I was about to fight The Lich and Shiro again and this time together. Oh and I knew when I bought Nightfall I would fight Abaddon, a god. /sarcasm

On Topic:
First farm run I did after the weekend started I got 2 golds, was an old farm spot though. Around 4 or 5 times I had an ale and clover drop from the same enemy.

Skande

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

Prophecy

Mo/N

Had lots of fun, actually just farmed for gold but after the weekend had over 100 ales and 100 clovers.

No idea why people complain so much, I'm a system developer and some of the things they come up with are just amazing, would still love to be able to move my items from 1 char to another without the loggin in and out, hopefully in GW2.

MSecorsky

MSecorsky

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

So Cal

The Sinister Vanguard

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skande
Had lots of fun, actually just farmed for gold but after the weekend had over 100 ales and 100 clovers.

No idea why people complain so much, I'm a system developer and some of the things they come up with are just amazing, would still love to be able to move my items from 1 char to another without the loggin in and out, hopefully in GW2.
You don't have to log out anymore... hit F12 and use the character selection option.

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hell Raiser
<<<{|||This is a spoiler for those who haven't finished|||}>>>

Oh yeah I wasn't surprised at all when I found out I was about to fight The Lich and Shiro again and this time together. Oh and I knew when I bought Nightfall I would fight Abaddon, a god. /sarcasm

On Topic:
First farm run I did after the weekend started I got 2 golds, was an old farm spot though. Around 4 or 5 times I had an ale and clover drop from the same enemy.
Finding Shiro and Lich in the second to last mission was a surprise, but all the contact between Varesh and the margonites and the hunger and drought, it kinda suggested that you would be fighting Abadon at the end. It also helps that on the back of the box it says, "Against the awakening of an outcast god..." and, "Hungry for power, a corrupt ruler will stop at nothing to release her exiled god from the hellish realm in which he is imprisoned." Doesn't leave much to the imagination.