Adertise Events and festivals in cities and outposts, before they happen!

I've missed a couple of events and festivals this year because I didnt know they were happening.

One reason is that I have my username and password set to auto-log in, so I dont see the messages on the main window. Another reason is that I dont always check websites to see whats happening.

I expect im not the only one in this situation who auto-logs in or doesnt always check the websites.

And lets face it, why would you check the websites unless you were actually looking for specific information? Unless your bored and happen to check and noticed a festival or event is coming, then you wont know.

Alot of people are also really busy during their time out of game and forget about regular events and festivals, because they actually have more important issues in real life.

All I ask is that when its leading up to an event or a festival, Anet put signs up or symbols or something to show that an event is coming soon.

Even if its just an NPC walking around shouting "Xmas is coming", "Hallowean is coming", "The dragon festival is coming".....

...with a guy dressed as santa, or the pumpkin king or as a dragon.

Just some kind of advert ingame, in real-time, making everyone know. Thats how they do it in real-life. They pack the shops full of xmas stuff for months before christmas.

Just to give us a gentle-reminder or a hint that something is coming, so we realise.

I dont think creating a few posters, or flags or automated NPCs would be too hard! And not just in capital cities, but in random outposts through campaigns, so you dont miss them.

YES sounds great mabey on the toon select screen having in a small tab saying xmas is coming and the dates etc, having people walking around would be nice as well and mabey u could go up and talk 2 them to get the times of the events.

/ SIgned x10

Rain Slip

So your saying that because you are lazy and auto log as well are lazy and don't check websites that ANet should put on hold everything else they do so they can make NPC's that will let YOU know when events are going to happen? STFU

They put in on the log in screen to let you know, no ones fault but your own you don't see it. They already take the steps. Go away.

What more can i say

Yeah I am onboard with this, even a little messege like the guild messege telling us what is going on could be nice

That's as far as I would expect them to go.

Just a statement above the Guild message letting you know an event is coming.

Alas, the stupidity pit seems to be bottomless.

Who controls that Guild message anyway? Why you do don't ya?

If you are an officer or a Guild Leader, post the notice yourself, if your not ask someone who can to do it. BAZAAMM you got yourself an early warning message how bout that? Another thing ANet has done for you that you neglect, GG.

It also may be a good idea to LISTEN/READ what others in your guild/Alliance are talking about, because those events happen to be topics of converstion in the weeks prior to. OR is everyone in your guild/alliance lazy too and has no idea WTF is going on?

As a veteran player:
I say yes. As much as I like to help people, it gets tiresome and sometimes irritating helping answer the same question ("Wher do i git hat?") or just reading the same question spammed over and over (Wuts going on? Why is town lke dis?)

As a person why tries to be involved with the community or at least keep myself informed:
I say no.
The feed a person a fish/teach a person how to fish analogy comes to mind.
Sure, not everyone will read the main guild wars site. Not everyone gets involved on a fan forum. However, the more I answer some questions in game in regards to festivals and events. I wonder if I am doing more harm than good. It doesn't help people figure out how to use Guildwiki (yes, I know it has flaws),it doesn't get them involved with a community, it doesn't teach them to look outside of the game for answers or help.

Compromise?
NPC that does announce upcoming event. That NPC can answer some general/commonly asked questions. The NPC could even direct a player to the guildwars.com site for more info...though I see it being out of place by doing so.

/notsigned I do not want spam messages from aNet when I do both read the messages at login and pay attention to GW news.

WTF!

some of us that don't play 24/7 and don't have time to check the website because we have lives and who cares if he auto logs in i h8 logging in only to see my pass word is rong!!

Well i guess you got your wish as the is a Buy The Bonus Pack ad on char select which i assume will become an ad for the next event by the time its coming up

1) Was there any need to be rude.
2) I work within IT and I enter about 100 passwords a day, so forgive me if I want to skip that process in GWs.
3) Its not lazey just because someone doesnt check a fan or company website every 2 seconds. Most people dont check websites unless they require information.
4) How does it not make sense to just have advertising in-real time ingame. You see posters all the time in shops when xmas, hallowean or easter is coming. How is too much to ask we get some kind of NPC advertising coming festivals or events. Even if its a big poster on a wall ingame saying "this festival is coming".
5) They change the log in screen message once every 2 or 3 months. Most people learn to just ignore it, because of that. Because we have all read the warnings and usuall messages 100 times. But because of that, we ignore new ones or miss them. It not an "in your face" message.

What if your not in a guild?
What if you dont always have guild or alliance chat on?

I cant say anyone in my guild has been taking about the dragon festival until today. I've never heard any guild members chat about the double faction weekend. I've never known anyone to mention other events from previous weekends.

I never even saw people in towns or outposts mention it.

I've missed events in the past because i've heard no one mention it, or I've not known to check the website or not expected a changed message on login.

They are not blatent enough messages, or information. You have to put this information in places that people cant miss it, just as you would in a shop when advertising a coming season or holiday.

That suggest people know to look outside the game for information, that they know to check for events and festivals. Not everyone who plays GWs is IT literate and grasps the concept of using websites for research.

Alot of players dont know or release the fan-websites exist. Unless they know to check if events or festivals are coming, then they wont.

New players, and even old, dont realise that double faction and other events happen. They WONT know to check. They wont know to check announcements on the log-in screen. Double faction weekends are random too, so unless you do check information on websites or at login, you wont know about it.

Its not like a set event that happens every year.

Alot of people log in without even looking. Why? because 9/10 times it doesnt change and you dont give it a glance. The log in screen message only changes about every 2 months.

Whos talking about spam?

Im talking about a poster ingame, or an NPC giving a message every few minutes in the odd outpost. I didnt mention anyhting about spam.





All I'm saying it put a sign in a captial city or campaign outpost saying something like "On [enter date] you will get double faction points when fighting in faction battles", or something.

How does that not make sense?

We advertise festivals, holidays and events in real life with big signs and costumes! So why not ingame?

Just to reach that audience that might otherwise not realise. Concider how many people arent playing this weekend, and dont realise this festival is happening. Alot of new players WONT.

i have auto log in to, and always miss the event board, i mean it cant be to hard to have some signs, maybe a notice board in g/h or something?

I know your agreeing, but I meant more to put any advertising inside the PvE element. In outposts and capital cities and even inside PvP main locations.

I, for one, NEVER go to my guild hall so I wouldnt see anything in there.

I dont PvP, or GvG!

The idea is to put the advertising is places where people cant miss it. People miss announcements either because they bypass the log in, they learn to ignore the login messages or they dont check websites 24/7.

All areas that they dont NEED to go to or look at.

The advertising needs to be in areas which they CANT miss it.

i dont pvp of gvg either

So basicly, main towns ..
LA, Kaineng and kamzors.. maybe a small notice

like..

XX event, xx Date, xx time (e.g) Dragon Festival, wotever date,
wot ever time.

when u enter the town.

or again, a sign post u can click on and tells u about upcoming events etc

OR put the info on the char selection screen? =p

or even another F button, like the new F10, maybe something like that,
press f2 (example) little window pops up with upcoming events etc =p

I have my shortcuts set-up to auto log-in. However, I know that because of this, I'll miss any special things posted at the log-in screen. So what I do is, every Wednesday when I start up Guild Wars, I hit the log out button, and see what's posted. I then quit the game and restart it. It's easy, it takes five minutes tops, and you never have to enter your password.

The easy solution is to move the anouncements box from the login screen to the character selection screen where everyone can see it.

/notsigned

Honestly, its not that hard to find out about events (or to be in a good alliance that would have officers who post this stuff in the guild annoucements). That fact is, there are TONS of districts in Shing Jea at this very moment, so it is obvious that the average player DOES hear about these events.

Town criers announcing various news were suggested many times since like ever. And that's an addition that makes a lot of sense.

/signed

Geez... just see the official page and read the scrybe!

Lazy bums...