A-net hates Cantha

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/A

N/

The evidence that has brought me to this conclusion:
Halloween-ignored
Wintertime festival-ignored
Day of the Tengu- replaced
Dragon Festival- canceled or cut backed alot from what it was last year, time will tell

and all it gets in return is Cantha News Years, and event that somewhat effected both Elona and Tyria. I was alittle fustrated by the fact the day of the tengu was replaced by the b-day party that didn't make sence in the in game world (sorta the RPG player in me speaking), but they completely remove the dragon festival. I mean can't they just use the same code as last year if time constraints is the problem.
But o well, guess i'll just have to wait til next new year to do something in Cantha, unless its canceled as well because they ran out of Asian countries to promote this game to.

Edit: I am glad the Dragon festival will be completely restore to the events of last year. It may only be half as long as last year, but I'm sure it will be just as enjoyable. I just didn't like that the celebrations of my homeland were being removed, see yall at the festival...

Selket

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Grand Court of Selket/Sebelkeh

What If You Had An Outpost Named After You [slkt]

W/

No, that just means Anet hates tengu.

Tengu rally time imo

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

Yep random forum users have total authority and speak on behalf of Anet!

Ahem, Tengu rock.

Gregslot

Gregslot

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Me/

Yea thats official, a.net hates cantha... u.u
/sarcasm

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/

I was actually expecting some random Guild Wars dev to say something like "Cantha will have no place in Guild Wars 2!! HAUHAUHAUHA. Tyria FTW!" Alas, I am deceived.

Exoudeous

Exoudeous

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Honor Warriors

E/

Day of the tengu was stated as being a factions launch event, it wasnt supposed to be repeated

Hell Raiser

Hell Raiser

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

[PHNX]

Mo/

Well if we look at hats, it really isn't too bad. Tyria got... 6 hats? (4 xmas, 2 halloween?) Cantha got 3? (tengu, dragon, lion?) And Nightfall got... 2? (2 xmas?I was still on my 5month break when NF came out, so I'm not sure if they got the Halloween hats...). Right? So if NF didn't get Halloween hats, then it is as it should be...(Tyria-most, been out the longest, Cantha-next, Nightfall-last...)

I could be completely wrong

icymanipulator

icymanipulator

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

I like Cantha, always have. The theme is great and I really enjoy the music as well. I would like to see the Dragon Festival repeated as a Cantha only event but won't hold my breath. I do agree when it comes to the big festivals Cantha for whatever reason does get the shaft. There is certainly no shortage of Asian mythology they could pull ideas from...thats where we got the Kirin among other things.

SerenitySilverstar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hmmm I must be terribly mistaken then if I'm playing Cantha more since the Faction point tweak/skills.

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

I think the sad fact is that Factions is currently the least popular among the three campaigns. I think I'm safe in saying there's the fewest players on the Canthan continent compared to Tyria or Elona at any given time now. Of course, that's nothing to say about how good it is or isn't--personally its my favorite. But I think Anet just realizes that if they had another Canthan themed event, more players would be asking "Why Factions?" than "Why not Factions?"

Croco Clouds

Croco Clouds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Montreal, QC, Canada

Divine Illumination [LaZy]

E/A

At least they care a little bit about AB and luxon/kurzick double points weekend

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Aww c'mon, Jesu.... I mean Anet loves all their children

drago34

drago34

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

California

Looking for good PvE guild ...

A/

The majority of the time I hated Cantha and the city scape. I liked the rest of it... But sadly that's not leaving too much to like haha. Plus they will probably do something special for GW:EN.

ShadowsRequiem

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

ooo good point I didnt see anything about a 4th party

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Although i am disappointed that there is no dragon festival, I'm willing to wait and see if anet can make up for it with the dragon-ish weekend t his weekend. Although i have no clue why there was no dragon festival.....but at least it was replaced by a useful event

reddswitch

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Totally agree with Shadowmoon. It's entirely noticeable how little attention Cantha gets. It was unfair to see Cantha left out of so many events. Not long ago I saw too many people claiming Factions was the worst of all three campaigns. I had hoped anet would be impartial but I guess even the majority of them also dislike it.

When Canthan New Years came around I thought it would be contained in Factions only figuring it will somewhat balance the exclusion in the other events. Instead everyone got to join in the event and that rock-paper-scissors guy in Prophecies which beat out any trade-in offered by Factions. That scavenger hunt for collector items was incredibly bogus as well.

You have to be some kind of stupid not to see the points being made. I don't hate anet or anything but I get the feeling Factions is always thrown in as an afterthought. Look at the allegiance skills and all the blunders that went into that.

undeadgun

undeadgun

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

US

Its Rainning Fame Hallelujah[伞回伞], also as guild leader

N/

if they hated cantha why would they even created Faction at the 1st place?

Meat Axe

Meat Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Brisbane, Australia

R/

Although I was looking forward to a Dragon festival, since I missed it last year because it was between the time that my brother gave me one of his buddy keys and when I could actually afford to buy the game, I would rather they wait to hold another special event. My reasoning is entirely selfish I can't play for another 13 days, because I stupidly used up almost all my quota.

So yeah, I'm all for a Dragon Festival, but please don't hold it for another two weeks. Of course, if there was one before my quota is renewed (which is pretty unlikely, since I think everyone is busy with GWEN and GW2), I'd just stay up all night and use my offpeak quota. Still got plenty of that.

mazik

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowmoon
. I was alittle fustrated by the fact the day of the tengu was replaced by the b-day party that didn't make sence in the in game world (sorta the RPG player in me speaking), but they completely remove the dragon festival.
lol, sorry, I couldn't let this slide. They actually did relate it to the game world in one of the scribe issues. Something along the lines of some Elonian scholars had come across a finding that indicated the birth of the world, hence the weekend fitting in with the RPG world

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Patience, people, patience.

OI-812

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Somewhere between GW and Fchan on the nets

None

R/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Patience, people, patience.
You KNOW that is NOT one of a Guild Wars player's stronger suits, Miss Gray.

1 up and 2 down

1 up and 2 down

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Patience?! Patience?!

What is this patience you speak of?

/on topic

I was always a big fan of Cantha and I have to agree with the OP about it not being fair. I mean Cantha didn't get anything for Halloween or Wintersday and now we only get a "dragonish weekend". Oh well I guess I better find this so called "patience" Gaile told us to get.

Bazompora

Bazompora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by OI-812
You KNOW that is NOT one of a Guild Wars player's stronger suits, Miss Gray.
*c°(ò_ó<) Speak for yourself!
As long as there's something to drool about, this guy can bring up the patience!

So ... will Event Hats ever have attribute +1 modifiers, or AL, like all other headgear has? The Dragon Masks were cool, but they were no good for combat ... so, in the end, they just became a filler for storage.

scrinner

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

They were unfortunately never meant for storage though perhaps a side effect of weekend events could be giving the masks boosts to bring them to normal headgear AL? just a thought

OI-812

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Somewhere between GW and Fchan on the nets

None

R/D

Make it so you can take the special hats to an armorcrafter, and apply the special hat skin to a helmet already in your possession. And then, make it so you can toggle whether the special skin is viewable, or the standard skin, much like the way you toggle whether helmets are visible in town/combat areas or not.

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Patience, people, patience.
So, what are you hiding?

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by jrk247
So, what are you hiding?
*shuffles feet*
*looks at sky*
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow" and dashes for the nearest exit*

mr_groovy

mr_groovy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands

No Inherent Effect [NiE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Patience, people, patience.
Patience is a virtue

1 up and 2 down

1 up and 2 down

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
*shuffles feet*
*looks at sky*
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow" and dashes for the nearest exit*
Gaile you tease!

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
*shuffles feet*
*looks at sky*
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow" and dashes for the nearest exit*
Aha! I knew you knew something. I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Shadow_7

Shadow_7

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Raiders of Gilead

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
*shuffles feet*
*looks at sky*
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow" and dashes for the nearest exit*
Hmmm, I guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow

Melkorium

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Well, I'm currently vanquishing through Cantha with my trusty henchies and over the course of the last week it really is becoming my favourite of the 3 campaigns again.

I seem to be in the minority of people who actually like the dank cityscape (problems navigating aside), Shing Jea is just lovely peaceful, Echovald grew on me and the Jade Sea was always a fantastic concept.

You say Cantha's been ignored, but it has had 3 unique Canthan festivals (Tengu, Dragon and New Year) whereas Nightfall has had none, it's always shared with Prophs.

Let's not forget the Shing Jea Boardwalk either, it's totally unique to Cantha and while most sane people won't 'enjoy' watching their bank balances decrease on the ring games, 'Whack a Wurm' is great fun.

Well, I'm done. Just gonna look forward to our Dragonish-themed thingy and hope I get a chance to re-fill my mesmers cellar. He's grumpy when he's sober.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

I like the fact that the starter isle for factions is the fastest (in my opinion) and with that I have 6 canthans vs only 5 tyrians and 3 elonians ....(and 3 of my mules are canthan as well)....
cant make rits anywhere else!!!!

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow"
Tomorrow noon-ish! What? Sushi Day? But that's not til Friday, Gaile.

Cassandra Tanacel

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Wolf Brotherhood

W/

ooooo! News!

Come on Gaile don't make us suffer! Papa needs some alcoholic drink goodness!


Maybe patience means they are replacing the nine rings with a giant card game of patience! You can carry the cards are rearrange them! 10 lucky points for each card you clear!

WHERE IS THE DAMN ACE OF SPADES!!!!

Fossa

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Anything where I can stand still and lose money for luck for an entire weekend gets a thumbs up.

TRUEgamer

TRUEgamer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

New Hampshire, USA

none

D/

What you guys are all failing to remember is WHY the Wintersday and halloween festivals did not make it to Cantha.

It all has to do with the atmosphere. Does it make a lot of sense for celebrations like this to be hugely significant in Asia? Not... really... I mean, hell, the Japanese celebrate Christmas by making Christmas Cake (I am not making that up).



Halloween and Christmas are traditions largely dominated by Western and European cultures. So that's why it made sense for them to be in Prophecies and Nightfall, but not Factions.

Seriously. ArenaNet provides this gaming environment for you at no monthly charge, which goes strongly against the typical MMORPG model because monthly fees are usually required for stability of the game... and when they don't give you free stuff, stuff that is costing YOU nothing and THEM a huge number of man-hours, you bitch and moan?

Get real, guys.

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

Why would A.Net hate something they worked hard on :/

- Ganni

Selket

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Grand Court of Selket/Sebelkeh

What If You Had An Outpost Named After You [slkt]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkGanni
Why would A.Net hate something they worked hard on :/

- Ganni
They wouldn't but that doesn't mean they can't hate Cantha.

mazik

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
*shuffles feet*
*looks at sky*
*mutters something about "details around Noon-ish tomorrow" and dashes for the nearest exit*
^_^ Sheesh...you shouldn't tease us like that, Miss Gray.