Remove 100 Gold Tourney Cost

brian78wa

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2006

Spirit Check

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Koross
Btw, its just 100g. Its not going to cost an arm or a leg.
It does when you have to enter tourney 20 times to get Zho to Appear. thats 2k. for 1 journal. Across 10 chars thats 20k. Just 100g??? you sure?

brian78wa

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2006

Spirit Check

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angel Netherborn
That isn't going to help since the complaint arose because they aren't winning
I DO win everytime but I still want it removed. My complaint is Zho rarely appears for me. took 20 tries to get him to show.

Rayana

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by william1975
getting that book cost me nearly 2k in gold, and i have been round 10 times to not have Zehtuka appear
I'm on over 5k, and Zho still hasn't showed up.

Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

*only read first page*

You won't make a profit from the ale. Five minutes for 500g? That's what ale sells for with other players, and that's only if you win EVERY time. I don't see a point to this, but it doesn't affect me so I won't whine.

natuxatu

natuxatu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

Wisconsin

Rt/Mo

I think the cost should be removed or the reward should be increased. As someone stated, you're not getting things for free. You're fighting your way through a tourny so you should get a reward. Buy monstary credits for 100g or enter a tourny and maybe win to get the hat or whatever. It just doesn't make sense in my opinion.

Still I never thought much about it untill this thread, but now that I think about it... it shouldn't cost anything.

Edit: Zho's a girl btw.

OlMurraniKasale

OlMurraniKasale

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Seattle

Zaishen Order

Rt/

Looks like another person started a thread in Riverside about impossible things, specifically how much money (s)he's spent trying to do the Norn tourney.

Amon Warrior

Amon Warrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

W/

I don't like the 100 gold each time you enter the tournament, but if the reward in norn points could be increased to a noteworthy level that would justify entirely the entry fee.

The entry fee as of now is very inadequate, no fun at all...

Angelica

Angelica

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Aussie land

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by ember2inferno
It's just 100g. Sure, it adds up - but how many times do you intend to get killed before you win it?

100? That's 10k. Hmm, no one is going to lose 100 times.
You are right, I'm not losing 10K!
I lost 5K already! I started with 5K and when I gave up I had 300 gold left! I did it 47 times.
But to me is not about getting the crown or beating Magni .... It is about getting the book from Zho!
I got to Bison almost every time I tried the arena and never once saw Zho, where is she?
I even acquired two new heroes, which I didn't need.
Even if they wouldn't charge 100 gold ........I wouldn't try the Norn Arena again!

Now I'm taking a break from all of this madness!

IlikeGW

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

I agree, the entrance fee is nonsense.

It should be either:

1. no entrance fee
2. entrance fee, but you get it back if you win
3. entrance fee but you make more than it if you win

It doesn't make sense as it is.

OlMurraniKasale

OlMurraniKasale

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Seattle

Zaishen Order

Rt/

I see that the update today has nothing related to the Tourney, specifically my petition to have that 100 gold removed or otherwise negated.

Unfortunate. Oh well, back to the boycott. I just can't bring myself to pay 100 gold when none of the other mini-games require cash. I guess I just need to renew my ticket and try again.
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Storytelling by the fire at Gunnar's Hold? You bet!

draxynnic

draxynnic

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2005

[CRFH]

Well, to play Devil's Advocate, it could be that they're considering it rather than ignoring it entirely.

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

Yea, /signed for if you win you get 100g back.
If you lose then it goes towards your coffin.

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by holababe
Yea, /signed for if you win you get 100g back.
If you lose then it goes towards your coffin.
/signed
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OlMurraniKasale

OlMurraniKasale

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Seattle

Zaishen Order

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by draxynnic
Well, to play Devil's Advocate, it could be that they're considering it rather than ignoring it entirely.
Oh, I know. Maybe they will eventually and maybe they won't - hardly a priority compared to a ton of other issues people have with GWEN. I'm just keeping the hope alive long enough so that when my great grand children step into a world changed in GW2, they won't say something like "Gee, did great grandfather really pay all that gold to gamble at the Norn tourney? No wonder there's no inheritance money left!"

"Yeah," says another grandchild. "All I got was this lousy trophy from the Hall of what-ya-ma-call-its . . .."

Of course, if they do drop the 100 gold and I then decide to find cool ways of winning with various builds, what would they say then?

"Is that a statue of great grandpa? What the hell is he wearing?"

"Norn armor and a crown! OMG! Thank god bell bottoms are all the /rage right now! I wouldn't be caught dead in that flea-bitten armor. And that face paint! I can't look anymore! /report!"
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Storytelling by the fire at Gunnar's Hold? You bet! Come hear some grand tales of the Norn!

Iuris

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

Well, I must admit I find the bloody entry fee annoying. I've got the universal build that kills any opponent with just about 90% chance, but if I'm hunting Zho, I usually wind up with at least 10 tokens by the time I finally get to fight her. If unlucky, that's closer to 20...

BTW, if anyone has trouble beating the tournament itself, this build works on anything - from monk to paragon.
-switch secondary to ritualist, then line up the basic attack spirits(pain, bloodsong, vampirism), add shadowsong (for melee) and Disenchantment (for dealing with enchantments, especially Argo), then add painful bond and Summon spirits (most necessary).
-Ursan blessing for elite (extra firepower, knockdown and some added survivability)

As the countdown starts, step a bit back. Lay down the appropriate spirits first (the three attackers plus shadowsong or disenchantment as appropriate). When the door opens, run through and immediately summon spirits (before the door closes). Then, switch on Ursan blessing and, well, usually just live while the spirits do the work.

rohara

rohara

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Rt/

i'd like to see a change also. if not removing the fee entirely...at least give the 100g fee back if you win the tournament, or make it so you can spend a token to enter the tournament.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

It's just 100g, who cares?
You just go outside, will a couple of things and get a couple of common items,and done, more than 100g.

Its would be nice to have real rewards other than the token, or at least make two collectors, one for the Crown:5tokens and another for the Beer:1 token.
I just can't understand how can a crown cost the same as an expendable item.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

It's 100g.

Guys....

100g....seriously.

I thought I had seen it all.

/signed - to increase entry fee to 10k, just for more crying.

OlMurraniKasale

OlMurraniKasale

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Seattle

Zaishen Order

Rt/

Snowbunny and Mithran: 100 gold multiplied by a lot of attempts and that still wouldn't be the entire point. Why does the Norn Tourney cost 100 gold to enter when Polymock and Kilroy's Brawl do not? What would make someone want to experiment with different builds (and certainly perish) and pay 100 gold for the right to do so? Pure thickheadedness or unbridled focus apparently.

Not everyone is so wonderful as to just have oodles of money to waste on a short two minute endevour. The mini-games should be accessible to everyone without one game being set apart by a 'casket-cost'.

When replying, please reframe your indignation with the question: Does the petition alter how I will play? Will it screw with my ever so important build so that can't just win everytime?

My petition won't alter your play-style in anyway, but it will significantly alter mine and others. Since it doesn't alter or deny you anything, please just /sign the bloody thing like good, ethical people and leave the "much ado about nothing" to Shakespeare (and ANet).

Gods, I love my job.

Miss Puddles

Miss Puddles

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

Shiverpeaks Search And Rescue [Lost]

Me/

/signed

i beat zho but her journal was added into the game later. i never saw her again.
i unlocked xandra and kahmu.
i still have not beaten magni.
i have no flippin interest in a crown.
why not charge 100g for the other games?

Stoneys Rock

Stoneys Rock

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Wales, United Kingdom

Great Success [GS]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
It is a quest.

Why should I have to pay to do a quest? I should be paid for doing a quest (upon completion... obviously), not the other way around.
its a minigame (bar the bison cup quest) ;O and in fact the only minigame where you can actually win things in. Even if they are pretty crap. Although those bison cups make good hero weapons. ^^
I don't see the big deal over a 100g you can find 1-3 or just 1 if your lucky ID it and sell it for 100g.

Deadlyjunk

Deadlyjunk

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Fisherman's Haven

Endangered Species List [List]

W/E

Bah, why not. /signed