Hmmm.. did I miss something on the wiki? (confirmed mini polar bear)

guildwars101

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

arg you became one of the rihcer people in gw (and famous) practically overnight ;(

papryk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nancy

The Autonomy[?????????]

7h.....nothing :s
i'm out

Velise_Snowtorm

Velise_Snowtorm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Forever Knights

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
There's something very odd. Even with a 0.01% drop rate, you'd think someone else would have confirmed its existence.

This is a legitimate conspiracy. Heck, even if the drop rate was 0.0001%, someone else would have found atleast one.
Yeah, weird no one else has hollared yet about getting one.

Though, some people might not want to draw attention to themselves. If my bf got one, I know he wouldn't tell many people, and he sure as hell wouldn't post on an elite fansite with people PMing offers and "can I see?" and stuff. *shrug*

Shayne Hawke

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Join Date: May 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lil Mystique
If that's the case, then what's with the extremely low drop rate? To me, the value in a minipet is the looks and enjoyment of it, not whether it'll fetch millions in gold. If the bear were to drop in price to 1g because it dropped for everyone, I would not care. I'd enjoy it regardless. Please increase the drop rate so more of the community can enjoy this very cute mini.
Free Kanaxais too, please?

Guess what? Next update probably will increase their drop rate.

And make you wait about a year.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

/OT for wiki paparazzis







see the ribbon around its neck? must be hoax as well *grins*

Ogrefist Hellchaser

Ogrefist Hellchaser

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

Lions Arch

Ravenous Ravens

W/Mo

Well on the bright side check out the other drops people got.. i for one have over 50 eggnogs, over 100 spiked, a bunch of cc's and 2 stacks of candycane shards.. trade those shards in for presents and sell the stuff you get.. its quite a bit of money...

....run#1-run#56= No polar bear
off to run #57

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
There's something very odd. Even with a 0.01% drop rate, you'd think someone else would have confirmed its existence.

This is a legitimate conspiracy. Heck, even if the drop rate was 0.0001%, someone else would have found atleast one.

I think this is a trick to attract attention to Wintersday...albeit it came a little too late.
What's the % of people who actually post in forums that play GW? Given the fact this mini may have a small drop rate coupled with the fact only a small portion of the community actually visit fan sites it's safe to say even if there was another mini polar bear somewhere, you will never hear of it.

guildwars101

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

gotta admit this sucks...its wintersday and anet pulls this now we are all out working our asses off for something whitchblade got in a process of bulding a stack...im on my 2nd so far and thats just me

RedStar

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The mini polar bear is cute, but the ribbon around his neck is not really cute....

Fidelity

Fidelity

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ogrefist Hellchaser
Well on the bright side check out the other drops people got.. i for one have over 50 eggnogs, over 100 spiked, a bunch of cc's and 2 stacks of candycane shards.. trade those shards in for presents and sell the stuff you get.. its quite a bit of money...

....run#1-run#56= No polar bear
off to run #57
I sold 130 spiked at 500g each earlier to a very eager buyer despite advertising them as 250 in trade Can't go wrong with easy money eh

Sirugel Kai

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

ive been farming since 3AM to 8PM and nothing

Witchblade is officially the luckiest person on Gwguru

Leslie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

England

Slash afk [afk]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke
Free Kanaxais too, please?

Guess what? Next update probably will increase their drop rate.

And make you wait about a year.
She didn't say anything about Kanaxai, and didn't say anything about a free miniature either. Please read again. She was clearly stating that this miniature is an event miniature, and that the drop rate is so incredibly low that barely anyone at all will end up with one. It seems like the theory of player enjoyment of minis being more important than their marketability isn't true here. Again, she didn't say anything about free, just more attainable. There have been people here that have farmed for hours on end to no fruition and it just doesn't seem to fit in with the fact that it's an event and that it's wintersday. So really she's asking that it be more attainable than having only 3 of millions of players have one.

Cherrie

Cherrie

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Echowald

Marked by [Fury]

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Just wondering...
Witchblade, have you maybe done all Wintersday quests this year with the char that got Bear drop?

And if so, does anyone here that also farm have done 'em all?

Zehnchu

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Popcorn Fetish

Join Date: Dec 2005

[GODS]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
There's something very odd. Even with a 0.01% drop rate, you'd think someone else would have confirmed its existence.

This is a legitimate conspiracy. Heck, even if the drop rate was 0.0001%, someone else would have found atleast one.

I think this is a trick to attract attention to Wintersday...albeit it came a little too late.
Is that with every solo nerf factored in?

But it’s like some one else said here the fact that this event has been going on 12 days and there’s only been one (or only one person getting multi) should have raise a red flag that there is something wrong. Yet with the solo nerf stacked on of the reduced and messed up drop rate nerfs I can't say I am not surprised.

Fidelity

Fidelity

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cherrie
Just wondering...
Witchblade, have you maybe done all Wintersday quests this year with the char that got Bear drop?

And if so, does anyone here that also farm have done 'em all?
I've done all on my ranger, and a friend has done all on their derv.

Lady Kaz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

KGOA

Mo/W

This is the link for mini polar bear on offical wiki http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Miniature_Polar_Bear

and also if you read this link http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Mini under "In Game Miniatures" it also mentions the mini Polar Bear so I guess both Wiki's are filled with fakes like everybody seems to think.



Congratulations Witchblade on your find I guess some people find it hard to believe something exists if they are not the ones to find out about it first and others just like to argue and are jealous about anything uhmmmm like Zinger

Ogrefist Hellchaser

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Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2007

Lions Arch

Ravenous Ravens

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you know 4million ppl play gw... probably a bunch arnt playing cuz of family and holidays... lets assume thats a total of 20,000 people did the quests. 0.0001% of 20,000 is.................2. so i dont see how people expect to see like 20 of em being reported seeing as not every1 uses GwGuru, or the Wiki's for taht matter

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cherrie
Just wondering...
Witchblade, have you maybe done all Wintersday quests this year with the char that got Bear drop?

And if so, does anyone here that also farm have done 'em all?
i seriously doubt this being more than luck in the chest drop but if you wanna know:

i did the grentch one, discovered the Dwayna quest available after doing it, did both a dozen of time (alternate) at the beginning of Wintersday then found out that you can leave to "refresh" the quest faster

then i runned the Strength of Snow only for a few hours each day during half the event, like most people farming atm did.. i did the NF quests as well and switched to random usual stuff til the finale.

Today i decided to farm more CCs to get gifts, made 6-7 more runs, then u know the end of the story

@Lady Kaz: those wiki fellas showed today they love testing people's patience nice attitude, thx again guys
i still wonder why i take time posting stuff there and making SS, all you get is shit in yer hand

Stop The Storm

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Join Date: Jan 2007

England

Were In [DoA]

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man theres some idiots on this forum.

grats on the polar bear witch, looks cool!

bobrath

bobrath

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

Scouts of Tyria

End of the story should be a nice pic of your mini polar bear statue in the HoM... as your avatar of course!

:P

Bibblenorn

Bibblenorn

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Miendrak'el Myrth [MeM]

I got a new job today, I get home, do an insane amount of housework, then log on and see this. *cry*

I am tired, can't seem to beat either quest, and I am not sure the chance is worth the effort.

Congrats Witchblade.

An observation, although I see other people have said the same: The drop rate for this seems a little low. *shrug* Ah well.

Velise_Snowtorm

Velise_Snowtorm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Forever Knights

There's a guy in Kam Int 1 with "WTS rare mini polar bear" on party window. Not sure if it's legit or not.

guildwars101

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

people have been making hundreds of runs...literally...its not fair that they shouldnt get this when whitchblade did doing a hanfull a day i dont mean this as an insult to her but to anet....dosnt this seem wierd..does to me

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Velise_Snowtorm
There's a guy in Kam Int 1 with "WTS rare mini polar bear" on party window. Not sure if it's legit or not.
just get a screenie

Shawn The Divine

Shawn The Divine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Nova Scotia

My Other Healer Is Lvl Eighty

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
What UI mod are you using? It looks good from that screenshot.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Bam Boo Cha's mod
called Straightlife (available here and on wiki)

Velise_Snowtorm

Velise_Snowtorm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Forever Knights

Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
just get a screenie
I just went back and his ad is gone now, probably a joke

Leslie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

England

Slash afk [afk]

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ogrefist Hellchaser
you know 4million ppl play gw... probably a bunch arnt playing cuz of family and holidays... lets assume thats a total of 20,000 people did the quests. 0.0001% of 20,000 is.................2. so i dont see how people expect to see like 20 of em being reported seeing as not every1 uses GwGuru, or the Wiki's for taht matter
I doubt the number of players playing the event, during the past 12 days, across the entire world is as low as 20,000 in all honesty.

blurmedia

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Join Date: Sep 2007

UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE [moko]

woah 570 members viewing ._.

Covah

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Join Date: Aug 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by guildwars101
people have been making hundreds of runs...literally...its not fair that they shouldnt get this when whitchblade did doing a hanfull a day i dont mean this as an insult to her but to anet....dosnt this seem wierd..does to me
Q_Q more please. The drop is just chance, its not about how many runs you do.

guildwars101

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

anets just making probs for themselves...they should make a REALISTIC to be able to get the mini so its worth stays around 100-200k not worthless but not a peice of junk and in reality anyone could probaly get it with hard work...the way it is now only a select few out of a larger gorup of select few evenhavea chance at the mini...no matter how hard everyone works QQ

Sirugel Kai

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

I think im about to stop soon >_> ive wasted my whole day on nothing.

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by guildwars101
anets just making probs for themselves...they should make a REALISTIC to be able to get the mini so its worth stays around 100-200k not worthless but not a peice of junk and in reality anyone could probaly get it with hard work...the way it is now only a select few out of a larger gorup of select few evenhavea chance at the mini...no matter how hard everyone works QQ
you'll rarely see stuff staying for long at that price

if you can get them all year, price will drop, always
i'am amazed to see the current armbrace price

Lil Mystique

Lil Mystique

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

In England soon to be with Leslie ^.^

Slash Afk [afk]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Velise_Snowtorm
There's a guy in Kam Int 1 with "WTS rare mini polar bear" on party window. Not sure if it's legit or not.
I saw someone in Kamadan AD 1 with WTS mini polar bear in the party window. I pm'd him and got no response, but he was running around the district and didn't have it out. I hate liars >.<

Sha Noran

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1) Download and install Fraps.
2) Begin filming.
3) Dedicate your Polar Bear to your Hall of Monuments.
4) Drop Polar Bear in the trash can, permanently removing it from the game.
5) End film.
6) Host film in the internet.
7) Link?
8) ?????
9) LOL
10) PROFIT!!!

Shakti

Shakti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Home...

Vier Reiter [Vier]

Quote:
Originally Posted by guildwars101
people have been making hundreds of runs...literally...its not fair that they shouldnt get this when whitchblade did doing a hanfull a day i dont mean this as an insult to her but to anet....dosnt this seem wierd..does to me
From what I understand of drops, the percentage is based on how many times a chest is opened overall, not how many times you opened it. So a person opening the 1st time has the same % chance as one opening for the hundredth...just the hundredth has had hundreds more lol.

Croco Clouds

Croco Clouds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Montreal, QC, Canada

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E/A

Anet doesn't bless me too, so as 99.9% of ppl here

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

btw, even if i am sure to get a negative answer...

can we get a lil more % info from dat file?

Shakti

Shakti

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Home...

Vier Reiter [Vier]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sha Noran
1) Download and install Fraps.
2) Begin filming.
3) Dedicate your Polar Bear to your Hall of Monuments.
4) Drop Polar Bear in the trash can, permanently removing it from the game.
5) End film.
6) Host film in the internet.
7) Link?
8) ?????
9) LOL
10) PROFIT!!!

Noooooooooooooooo
Witchy please don't kill the bear...though I like the filmed dedication

Cherrie

Cherrie

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Echowald

Marked by [Fury]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
btw, even if i am sure to get a negative answer...

can we get a lil more % info from dat file?
No, the % is at the server side purely.