[Dev Poll] Weekend Events

Phantomice

Phantomice

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Just About Gaming

W/Mo

Double Chance of Drops:
Dyes
Rare Chest Loot
Hero Armor Upgrades
Rare (gold) drops
Unique (green) drops
Accesss to Elite Missions
Rare Loot in Elite Missions

Satans Dominatrix

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Not sure...?

Super Atomic Dragons From Space [cool]

R/

1-Gamer Weekend
2-Double Fame
3-Rare Loot in Elite Missions
4-Double Glad Points
5-Double xp with Skill Cap

Mini-pet Battle weekend imo...

Retribution X

Retribution X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Check behind you again.

N/

Ret is leet weekend.

All my characters are invincible and can kill anything with one hit/skill.

This weekend lasts forever.

nbajammer

nbajammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Iowa

Blade And Rose [BaR]

Mo/

In no particular order:

Gamer weekend
Access to FoW/UW
Access to Elite Missions
Double Green Drops (Elona and Cantha both plz!)

Everything else comes around as often as Id like.

Enchanted Warrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

Reset all treasure chests, etc.. (The ones we do not need keys for).

kurtas

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Ex Talonis

Mo/

The elite mission weekend deffinately.

jammerpa

jammerpa

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Sunny FLA

Omega Knights

N/Me

Double Chance of Drops:

* Rare (gold) drops
* Rare Loot in Elite Missions
* Unique (green) drops

Access to:

* Elite Missions
* The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

navatar1

navatar1

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

An RV made from a luxon turtle shell

E/

boardwalk
keys
gamer
Shamrock ale
Double AB/Aspenwood faction

I'm a title hunter kinda person so anything that helps me get my titles easier is good with me. Also, I think that weekend events should start either on thursday or end on monday, as sometimes theres just too much going on during the weekends. I tend to do more of my playing during the week, as theres both not so many negative people, and I usually have plans with friends.

My least favorite part of any event has easily been the lunar fortunes. Seemed kinda stupid to me, but then again maybe other people liked them more

Clone

Clone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

#1 Unique (green) drops

I would like to express my opinion that #2 and #3 should not be just weekend events. They should be permanant. When alternate access to the warren and deep were promised, I expected a lasting improvement to the game, not just a weekend of reduced annoyances to entrance.

#2 Elite Missions
#3 The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

Also, for 3, I have no problem with continuing to pay a fee, or even paying more should my area not have favor. But not being able to go there at all, even at a higher price, is just an annoyance.

Stockholm

Stockholm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Censored

Censored

R/

I would like to see the LAG issue that these events create solved, it is getting to the point where I hardly play at all on weekends any more due to the lag.

Keeper of Birds

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Wrath of Silvana

N/Mo

1. Double green drops (do this in Elona again, please)
2. Open FoW and UW access
3. Shamrock weekend
4. Elite missions
5. Gamer

That being said, I like having special things going on, even if it is not something that I do (don't pvp much). It encourages people to do different things.

How about a double lightbringer weekend?

BliZZarD

BliZZarD

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

[Styx]

W/Mo

Gamer Weekend
FoW/UW
Double Green Drops
Elite Missions
Shamrock Ale

In no particular order

pauk

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2007

Double Fame
Shing Jea Boardwalk
Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)
The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld
Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover

my idea
some poeple are still in the pre for getting the LDoA title maybe help them and get some invasion outside ascalon with lvl 12+ charrs
or make a special erea to fight them and a lvl 20 charr erea for pvp only
or just do something with gwen so we now what happend to her

Kaisho

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/

1. Unique (green) drops
2. Double XP
3. Gamer Weekend
4. Double Faction in Alliance Battles
5. Double Fame
6. Open Elite Areas

Ideas:
Open up Jade Quarry and other competitive areas that form part of the cartographer title.
Create events to assist with obtaining Lightbringer and Sunspear titles

Dragou Du Porzan

Dragou Du Porzan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Mo/

Snowball Arena
Gamer Weekend


Double XP (particularly for elite caps)
Open access for elite areas (should be open all the time, IMO)


I enjoyed the contest attached to the original gamer weekend. I imagine it takes a bit of work to craft a reward for those kinds of things, but they're definitely appreciated. Reward or no, the greatest draw for me by far are the times when the mini-games (snowball and dragon arena, roller beetle racing) are opened up. Any weekend those are made available is a weekend I'll be heavily frequenting GW.

Blame the Monks

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Fame
Experience
Glad Points
snowball
AB

And for my own ideas, I would like to see some "sealed deck" type deals. IE, double fame weekends with no healing skills allowed or something like that. Or double faction in GvG but no elite skills may be used. Anything to keep it interesting.

Light of Cantha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mo/

Double green drops
UW/FoW access
Glad Points
Rare Gold

Original ideas:

1) Throw back weekend -- Revert skills to their original forms. Come up with someway to let new players to see how it was first played? I dunno, fairly unreasonable I suppose

2) Have Aatxes hunt us for drops like we hunted them this weekend, lol.

seut

seut

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Europa

UW/FoW access for international districts by far
first time i was able to play this with friends from all around the world

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

-Triple Unique Items (Cantha) - My butt was so numb that weekend,
-Double fame,
-Double chance of rare loot from chests,
-Triple Unique Items (Elona).

As for suggestions, I'd like to see "Double chance of Rare Crafting Materials as loot" although I understand the possible detriments to the economy. Failing that, how about "Lightweight/Insulin-Deficiency Weekend" whereby characters gain twice the benefit of alcohol or sugar? It would help people get those titles which are renowned for their gold-sink and grind factor.

neocodex

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mutants [MU]

Elite Missions
Double Fame
Double Gladiator Points
Double Faction in Arenas
Snowball Arena

Batou of Nine

Batou of Nine

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

California, USA

Angel Sharks [AS] (RiP [KaiZ] T__T")

Mo/E

My top 5 (in no particular order)::

- FoW and UW Free Access
- Rare Chest Loot
- Rare Elite Area Drops
- Elite Area Free Access
- Rare (gold) Drops

Ya, i am a bit PvE focused as of late. This list would probly change quite often as sometimes i get addicted to HA, or other PvP. Then back to PvE... lol

I always have plans for when i log on, but on weekends i always get sidetracked cause of the weekend events! DARN YOU GENEROUS ANET! DARN YOU!! lol!

cheers.

Shantel Span

Shantel Span

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Knights of King Thorn [Mad]

A/N

Access weekends are BY FAR my guild's (of 80-90 people) favorite events. These are the ones our guild had the most participation in...

* Unique (green) drops
* Double Fame
* Elite Missions
* The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

Hengis

Hengis

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

London

Better Than Life (BTL)

R/

The ones I have enjoyed most have been:

Gamer Weekend
Ales and Clovers

Not really made much use of the others.

An idea for a future event - How about double Domain of Anguish Gem drops?

It's taking me forever to save up for that Ambrace!

Mesmerman

Mesmerman

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

[Penis]

Me/N

* Elite Missions
* Shing Jea Boardwalk
* Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)
* Snowball Arena
* The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld
* PvP Character Access to Competitive Missions

These were all great. I also enjoyed the Double-XP weekends, and thing that XP should be even MORE acccessible within game, but my favorite weekend so far has been the Elite-mission/FoW-UW access for multiple reasons. Mainly:
1) Normally I solo FoW/UW because there aren't really teams available for me, and I'm saving up for my Necro-Fissure armor. When there were teams available, I was more inclined to join them (though I still like soloing).
2) It dampens the market for the rare crafting material which is (imo) still vastly too expensive. I've been farming for a month now and still only have about half of the materials necessary for FoW armor (60 Ecto 40 Shards).
3) It's actually "fun" to play with a team.

On the negative side, however... I had to play with A LOT of noob teams, and I watched 40+shards (yes 40+) and at least 10 ecto drop on teams that I was in, none of them for me [the dedicated gamer]. All of them went to people that just jumped in for the weekend and said WHAAZZZAAA I just made 20k!! Moderately annoying, but if access were given freely, time would give them experience, and make runs last longer.

So I guess I'll just keep soloing for my armor for now (though I'm starting to consider just selling off the materials due to the release of GW2 in a few years, and my current characters becoming useless).

Cheers.

yeah_hi

yeah_hi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

So far the really successful and enjoyable weekends in my alliance have been:

* (free access to) The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld
* Double Faction in Alliance Battles
* Double XP
* Rare Chest Loot

We're able to really make a weekend of all the above - skill capping, faction-earning, farming, chest running, exploring etc. They've been great for getting people on and playing together.

Lastly, as it's a) great fun, b) an opportunity to work on lucky/gamer titles and c) a break from 'normal' PvE/PvP:

* Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)

Grunntar

Grunntar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Double XP (for elite skill caps)
Hero Armor Upgrades
Unique (green) drops
XP scroll duration
Gamer Weekend

As an aside, I think it benefits the entire population to mix up PvP and PvE oriented events. This gives everybody a shot at some extra fun...

lucifer_uk

lucifer_uk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Nottingham, England

The Venerable Truth [TvT] The Venerable Alliance [TvH] [TvL]

R/

Double Faction in Alliance Battles
Shing Jea Boardwalk
Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover
Rare (gold) drops
Snowball Arena

lrishmonkey

lrishmonkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Domain of Anguish

Liars, Cheats, and Thieves

W/

I liked:
FoW/UW Weekend
Double Rare Item chance
The Deep/Urgoz's Lair Weekend
9 Rings/Shing Jea Games
Special Item Drops (Shamrock Ales/Four-Leaf Clovers)

w00t!

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sorrow's Furnace Hot Tub

RoS

Mo/Me

1) Double Fame
2) Rare (gold) drops
3) Double Gladiator Points
4) Gamer Weekend
5) Dyes

Keep the weekend events small and fun, ala St. Patrick's Day. Save the development time for the annual events and the next release.

Regards

geekling

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

My top 5, well top 4 because I can't really find 5 that have been worthwhile:
Rare item drop:
* Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover
Access to:
* Gamer Weekend
* Snowball Arena
*The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld


Double benefits and double drops, I'd quite happy see scrapped all togheter, they do absolutely nothing for me.
Yet another farming weekend is nothing special. It's not like the community needs any extra incentive to go farming for X items, faction, XP etc... They do that quite happily on their own.
I'd rather see less weekend events - but where those events are something special, something out of the ordinary.

What I'd also like to see is more events, like the st Patrick's day one. Which is accessable to the whole community, those event items dropped everywhere, even in beginner areas.
Including the new players in these events. There still are those, remember, people who've just bought the game and don't yet have a lvl 20 ascended character.
It'd be a nice touch to include those a little bit more often. Make a little show of actually caring about the new guys.
Not that you should stop doing things like access to FoW & UW, just get a bit more balance perhaps. Maybe one in 5 events being a perk even for the new player with a new character, rather an event they can take part in once every blue moon.

Suggestion.
Event NPC collectors popping up for a weekend and trading all those charr carvings etc. for something that is just for fun. Silly hats are good. As are transmogrification potions, and maybe even a one use item that gives you a random temporary mini pet following you around for a couple of minutes, or a random special dance effect while under the effect of it.
Just totally useless, but just for fun things.
(Oh and alcohol and sweeties of course :P)

BlueNovember

BlueNovember

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

WTS GW2 items for Zkey

Mo/

Double Fame
Snowball Arena
Dragon Arena
Any other gamer / boardwalk activies

Then one that we've had sometime ago, but which was not listed:
Double quest rewards.

The replayability of Snowball and Dragon arena is immense. Such a simple concept, so much fun.

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

I already posted my top 5, but I have to say that UW/FoW event was better than expected, I was able to test a lot of builds, (still need more to test), anyway that was the BEST PvE event I have seen in GW, plenty simple event indeed but I entered UW/FoW more times this weekend than in all my GW play time. This was the only PvE event able to make me stop play PvP.

spellsword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

-Free Acces to The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld (Should be permanent)
-Double green drops
-Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)
-Snowball Arena
-Double Faction in Arenas

teinodeathmaster

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

UW and FOW weekend was best till now imo
I was so happy our american and european players could go together in international district. Thats what this is all about playing together as team.

Draco_Zandros

Draco_Zandros

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

England

Deldrimor Arena Dogs [DAD]

R/Mo

Not in any order.
* Dyes
* Double XP
* Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)
* Snowball Arena
* Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover

I know lots in [DAD] enjoy the access events but I've never been very good in those areas and farming drives me nuts.
The XP helps me get my new characters up to level 20 faster, which is handy considering how often I make new ones. The dye, obviously, is needed for their armour.
The things that help increse your titles are always handy but since I do mostly PvE it's only really the drunken title and others like it that I'm bothered about.

Finally I think everybody enojoys doing something different now and again so the gamer events and things like Snowball Arena help relive boredom.

Basically, I'm happy with what you've been doing and hope you just keep doing it, modifications to each event will help prevent it getting too repetative (for example, the Dragon festival and the Year of the Pig).

Dark-NighT

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

Double dye
Unique gold drops
Gamer weekend
UW/FOW weekend

That's about it, i've been into UW couple of times and meh, it's not really exciting.

arkadiusz

arkadiusz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guardians of the Stars [GOTS]

1) access to event arenas (dragon/snowball arena)
2) event drops (clovers)

all the other weekends were just slightly different from the otherwise already available in-game mode, nothing really special about them.

HolyHawk

HolyHawk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

lf guild~

Me/A

I'm not pve focused, but I did take part in some. In order I would choose:

- UW/FOW free access weekend, and I'll discuss a little more on this bellow.
- Elite Areas free access
- Shing Jea Board Events area
- Event Drops
- Triple Green Weekends (helps you build your heroes, basically)

UW/FOW is probably the best idea so far, because, and this has already been exhaustively discussed before, it no longer makes sense to link the access to uw/fow to heroes' ascent. People already choose where they want to be, and I don't think pve centred people want to go to fight in heroes, I mean, I wouldn't. I'd even sugest you use this event on even weekends, and do something else on odd weekends regularly. It would be nice to plan to play pve on the said weekends, and would be fair for people who never get favor when they play.

darktemplar32489

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

[kiSu]

W/

1) Boardwalk Access
2) Snowball Arena
3) Gamer Weekend (w/ Snowball add on)
4) Rare Chest Loot
5) Rare Gold Drops

Suggestions:
No drops for Henchman and Heroes weekend
Every month a new Headgear
Make events weeklong

Alex Morningstar

Alex Morningstar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Team Asshat [Hat] leader - [GR] Alliance

Mo/

[QUOTE=Clone...They should be permanant. When alternate access to the warren and deep were promised, I expected a lasting improvement to the game, not just a weekend of reduced annoyances to entrance.

#2 Elite Missions
#3 The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

Also, for 3, I have no problem with continuing to pay a fee, [I]or even paying more[/I] should my area not have favor. ...QUOTE]

I second this notion. Last time I was in The Deep/Urgoz, they were pretty barren, and having to wait around for a ferry in the Cavalon/House zu Heltzer ghost-towns isn't terribly interesting.

I'd like to see open FoW/UW and pay if a region doens't have favor, and maybe the same concept with the Elite missions where you pay if your guild/alliance doesn't own the town.