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infymys

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Where you aren't

The Bamboo Crew [MOJO]

09 May 2007 at 08:03 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miral

since when is wanting an event to involve the majority of players instead of just an elite few being selfish? this event will cater to what... maybe 200 people? whereas something like triple green drops or increased gold item drops or increased rune drops or increased skill tome drops or even increased hero armor piece drops would cater to hundreds of thousands of people.

Hmm, let's see, double/triple greens/dye/scrolls/blah blah drops, free UW/FoW/Deep/Urgoz access, various holiday style drops, the Boardwalk, better chests, double xp for doing this and that. Need I go on?

HA has gotten what? 2 double fame weekends, a couple double faction ones and what else? Oh wait, it got 6v6 for a few months and killcount. Woopdedoo.

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Regems Basement

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

09 May 2007 at 08:20 - 42

LoL infymys, thats actually quite a lot for HA only. Everything else you named for PVE was for a certain thing that people do within PVE. Within HA there isnt much to do but get fame and faction. Just because there is more stuff to do in PVE doesnt mean you have to compare. You really can't compare.

I agree with Miral only in the sense that I wish there could be more combining of events. Something for PVP and then something for PVE, so both can be happy. Instead of all these arguments about PVE gets everything and PVP never gets anything.

fb2000

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

09 May 2007 at 09:31 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miral

since when is wanting an event to involve the majority of players instead of just an elite few being selfish? this event will cater to what... maybe 200 people? whereas something like triple green drops or increased gold item drops or increased rune drops or increased skill tome drops or even increased hero armor piece drops would cater to hundreds of thousands of people.

omg stop it.. who says you _have_ to play in every weekend event thingie? and I dont really see why you argue about something you clearly dont do much? some people will enjoy HoH drops, I might even try to give HA a shot again.. I certainly find this more appealing than "double XP for capping skills".. think of weekends addressing not the number of people, but rather addressing the different groups of players -> most address general PvE, some address the Arenas, some address GvG, other should address HA.. its only fair. If I only played one aspect of the game, and never had some weekend event for me, you think thatd be fair?

You feel discriminated coz of low rank? get some people to know.. sure it takes some time to make connections, but if you rave about how u cant do HA on several threads, maybe its worth the time to invest.

sweat man

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

scotland

electronic Empire [eE]

W/

09 May 2007 at 11:27 - 44

i want my mini ghostly this weekend, or my uas. eitherway. IM HAPPY!

william1975

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Dragons of Torment (DOA)

Me/

09 May 2007 at 12:14 - 45

Well I don't mind, I don't pvp much, but it is fun, last time I played and got to the halls was when everyoen was using paragon holding builds, and SF builds, couldn't get past the holders though, would be nice to win in halls, but then I would have to find a good build and a decent PUG,

BeatWolf

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

09 May 2007 at 12:44 - 46

I don't bother with most weekend events, but since i've been HAing alot recently this is just a bonus if i eventually get to HoH.

Helcaraxe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

On top of a mountain

A Bad Moon Rising [Moon]

Me/Mo

09 May 2007 at 12:55 - 47

yay, and event to make the people who are already filthy rich even richer!

Qual

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmark, Karup.

[PuG]

W/E

09 May 2007 at 12:59 - 48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetdoc

Awww...was hoping for double fame.

Double chest loot - interesting.

Double fame is the worse of the worse.

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

09 May 2007 at 13:15 - 49

Come on Anet throw in some double AB faction, stop treating Factions like the bastard child you do not want to see anymore. >_>

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

09 May 2007 at 14:07 - 50

And once again A-Net encourage the grinders to continue their menial work and feel elitist for it....

Total waste of a weekend bonus... ¬_¬

Double fun?
Heroes Ascent?
Who in their right mind would put "Heroes Ascent" and "Fun" in the same sentence? -_-;

Nekretaal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

09 May 2007 at 14:19 - 51

Why should pvp care about a chest taht gives them pvE weapons or a minipet that they cant use in pvp? Especially now that unlocking pve skins is coming to pvp.

This weekend is a waste.

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

09 May 2007 at 14:41 - 52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

ok let's be happy it's not another double scroll weekend.

lol.
Good point. I forgot about that one. THAT was definately the most worthless weekend of all time. This ones at least partly useful. More noobs will be playing HA on Friday so I'll be able to rack up more fame.

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

09 May 2007 at 14:47 - 53

Quote:

Why should pvp care about a chest taht gives them pvE weapons or a minipet that they cant use in pvp?

Personally, i'd want one to sell. For money, money is good

MagicWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

09 May 2007 at 15:27 - 54

I have zero interest in this weekend's event - since I don't PvP.

However, I'm really enjoying all of these different events that happen every weekend! When GW:EN and GW2 news came out... my friends and I were set on just leaving GW and waiting for GW2. All of these events have kept me in the game and playing. Thank you ANET!!

thelegendozelda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

OoT

W/Mo

09 May 2007 at 17:44 - 55

Quote:

Originally Posted by defrule

Wow, this is gonna be SO FUN!!!

yea......let us know what you get out of the chest you open

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

09 May 2007 at 17:54 - 56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skuld

Not every event caters to all players, that should be obvious. Skillcap weekends cater to title-hunters, glad point weekends cater to TA players, double greens cater for whoever. This particular one caters to HA regulars, how dare you complain?

exactly...this event doesn't cater to me...so what...last weekend's did and I had fun...time for some other people to have fun. This is just another weekend for me as a PvE only player...I don't mind.

sadly last weekend ended my most recent run at Legendary survivor...died once while attempting to get skills in mineral springs...just after getting indomitable. Oh well...I still had fun.

TedTheDead

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Sons of Metal

N/

09 May 2007 at 19:07 - 57

Is it even possible to get into a match w/o running around with a deer emote? Last time I tried I was completely ignored at best, insulted without reason at worst. I was trying to be polite, patient, etc despite it but had no luck because I could not flash a zoo animal. I realize that its a higher level of PvP but the atmosphere in HA last time I tried was just disgusting, both from a gamer perspective and as a civil person.

Thats why I just RA and AB, still occasional jerks but at least there is a chance you wont be hit with a wave of muppets lol.

MagicWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

09 May 2007 at 22:03 - 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by TedTheDead

Is it even possible to get into a match w/o running around with a deer emote? Last time I tried I was completely ignored at best, insulted without reason at worst. I was trying to be polite, patient, etc despite it but had no luck because I could not flash a zoo animal. I realize that its a higher level of PvP but the atmosphere in HA last time I tried was just disgusting, both from a gamer perspective and as a civil person.

Thats why I just RA and AB, still occasional jerks but at least there is a chance you wont be hit with a wave of muppets lol.

Yes... the reason I don't play PvP is because there are more jerks than there are good people.

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

09 May 2007 at 22:10 - 59

Quote:

Originally Posted by SotiCoto

And once again A-Net encourage the grinders to continue their menial work and feel elitist for it....

Total waste of a weekend bonus... ¬_¬

So yet anyone who does enjoy the PVP side of the game isnt allowed to have a weekend of fun that rewards them? I mean honestly, the double scroll drop, double dye drop, double green chance, double skill point xp bonus.... those all cater to people who enjoy PVP (sarcasm here incase anyone failed to comprehend this)... so its a crime to give us something once in a while?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thunder79

exactly...this event doesn't cater to me...so what...last weekend's did and I had fun...time for some other people to have fun. This is just another weekend for me as a PvE only player...I don't mind.

sadly last weekend ended my most recent run at Legendary survivor...died once while attempting to get skills in mineral springs...just after getting indomitable. Oh well...I still had fun.

Honestly i can name around 20 people that have posted in this thread i wish had your mentality instead of the 3 year old mentality they have towards this event.

Quantum Duck

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Err7

Me/

09 May 2007 at 22:31 - 60

I'm pretty amazed by the reactions the little weekend events they throw have sometimes. Sure I haven't been to HA in a long time and honestly don't care much about fame or faction. But I fail to see why it should bother me that people who do like those things should have a weekend once in a while. There are plenty of other weekend events in areas that I'm more likely to be found in.

tyche7

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Nebraska

The Killer Panda Bears

W/Mo

09 May 2007 at 22:40 - 61

Meh
count me out /-:

Bread Fan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

09 May 2007 at 23:10 - 62

What a god damn joke this is. So in the time it took to "code" double reward drops and OMFG so needed double faction they couldn't have simply removed kill count and implemented altar cap? Anet is just pure GENIUS! Stephen Hawking watch out you may have some stiff competition my man.

Scythe Of Thunder

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Exiles of the Ironguard [EotI]

R/Me

10 May 2007 at 01:33 - 63

All the PvEers here are acting like they need a weekend event to live. It just gives me an excuse to grind on the titles I am working on without getting distracted by something.

I would go to HA but with a nice 2 fame I wont get into any group even if I payed gold.

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

10 May 2007 at 03:10 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scythe Of Thunder

All the PvEers here are acting like they need a weekend event to live. It just gives me an excuse to grind on the titles I am working on without getting distracted by something.

I would go to HA but with a nice 2 fame I wont get into any group even if I payed gold.

read my post...not all of us PvEers are self centered as you describe. besides...I think I see plenty of PvPers complaining as well...so why don't you stick to criticizing the people complaining about the free event...not just PvEers...

Sol Deathgard

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shadows of the Dragon

W/N

10 May 2007 at 03:20 - 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief

Faction....oh goody /sarcasm.

Now the chest bit perks my interest.

It would mine too, except for the fact that even though my guild has people that have won Halls many times, when we try to play HA together we can't even beat the 1st time 75% of the team, let alone win Halls to get the chest loot. So that means all those guilds & teams that constantly win HoH will have more stuff while the rest of us will simply get more faction.

Alleji

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

10 May 2007 at 04:06 - 66

Balanced game weekend: You can't use non-prophecies, non-core skills in PvP. Gale now lasts 3 seconds.

I'd love to see that.

Sword

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

10 May 2007 at 08:07 - 67

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skuld

WTB balance.

its gotten to the points where I think anet simply does not care anymore. Every1 screams about how bad killcounts / relic running / AB is and anet does nothing.
Not only does it kill the funfactor of the game and make win conditions absolutly retarded, it almost promotes crappy builds.
Balance will not come back to HA until the system is changed.

edit: btw pvp chars with upgraded bags will be ftw this weekend =)

Sword

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

10 May 2007 at 08:14 - 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by SotiCoto

And once again A-Net encourage the grinders to continue their menial work and feel elitist for it....

Total waste of a weekend bonus... ¬_¬

Double fun?
Heroes Ascent?
Who in their right mind would put "Heroes Ascent" and "Fun" in the same sentence? -_-;

um, are you joking???

what the hell do pvers do? you farm items and titles...that is by far more "elitest" than pvpers . i dont even display my pvp titles .... and a grind? /laugh ... pve is by far more grinding than pvp , pvp changes every match, and you need to think on the fly and coperate as a team if you expect to be successful; as opposed to your allmighty pve....which is the same thing over and over, the only thing that changes in pve is the monster names

Yichi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Guild Hall, Vent, Guesting, PvE, or the occasional HA match...

Dark Alley [dR]

10 May 2007 at 08:14 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sword

edit: btw pvp chars with upgraded bags will be ftw this weekend =)

But you cant do that. according to the PVP rewards thread, youre not allowed to have those because youre not a PVE character and thus shouldnt be privledged enough to have these on a PVP only character because you only get them in PVE...

sorry its 3 am and i need to go to bed from having my intelligence lowered from the other thread.

ichigo_panty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Exiled And Forsaken[EnF]

10 May 2007 at 08:22 - 70

What if you win halls 4-5 times and just like other pvp-ers, you have half of you inventory filled with weapons swap. Time to throw some items away or forfeit HoH.

master_of_puppets

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

I dont like guilds...

Mo/E

10 May 2007 at 13:51 - 71

yeah, this is exactly what HA needed double faction which no one cares about anymore and double chest is pointless, why dont you try removing kill count, and scrub objectives from hoh which takes likes 5 seconds, at least respond to what youre planning

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

10 May 2007 at 14:02 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by MistressYichi

But you cant do that. according to the PVP rewards thread, youre not allowed to have those because youre not a PVE character and thus shouldnt be privledged enough to have these on a PVP only character because you only get them in PVE...

Bags are needed by a character. PvP or PvE.

Since implementation of "unlimited" weapons and armor crafting in PvP, space is more important than ever for PvP characters for multiple weapon sets and armor (albeit swapping armors in mid match is disabled).

And since PvE characters have access to full bags, they have an advantage (small albeit) and such imbalance should be removed either through locking the bags in PvP or giving PvP chars more space.

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

10 May 2007 at 14:04 - 73

what? who gives a shit about bags?

/fail

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

10 May 2007 at 14:08 - 74

Skuld....maybe you should see the direction of the conversation as to some posters mentioning how this will fill up their inventories, and having PvP characters limits the amount of stuff you can carry.

So as ichigo said:

"Time to throw some items away or forfeit HoH."

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

10 May 2007 at 14:17 - 75

flames of balthazar drop a lot and are stackable, i dunno, you're really expecting to get a 40+ win streak that will fill up your bags? on a an increased competitive weekend?

its not worth anet's time to suggest it, seeing as how it won't affect anyone at all

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

10 May 2007 at 14:28 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skuld

flames of balthazar drop a lot and are stackable, i dunno, you're really expecting to get a 40+ win streak that will fill up your bags? on a an increased competitive weekend?

its not worth anet's time to suggest it, seeing as how it won't affect anyone at all

Reward drops aside.

Would you say a player with full bags has access to more weapons in the middle of a fight than a player with only a backpack?

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

10 May 2007 at 15:57 - 77

im not gonna argue over the balance of bags in pvp :|

Agyar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

AUSSIE TROLLING CREW - CAPSLOCK CONSULTANT

[Dong]

Mo/

10 May 2007 at 17:59 - 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

Reward drops aside.

Would you say a player with full bags has access to more weapons in the middle of a fight than a player with only a backpack?

Is this a serious post? Jesus I can't tell, what's going on. I'm so scared and confused, someone hold me.

Sword

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mo/

10 May 2007 at 18:57 - 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skuld

what? who gives a shit about bags?

i give a shit about bags on pvp chars - i used them often on pvp slots when i ha and on mutiple occassasions they have been very handy for saving all the stuff that drop from the hoh chest after you hold 20+ times .... and with double drop weekend - im definatly gonna need those

Vapor_Fighter

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

DRKN

W/

10 May 2007 at 23:59 - 80

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lydz

It amazes me how people will ALWAYS find something to moan about. Talk about being ungrateful. Be happy that there will in fact be a stream of players in the beginning whom you can go up against.

Psh I'm not complaining, I'll be playing this weekend, because i normally HA, but I'm just saying what will probably to people who lean towards the PvE side of the game.