Mini Pig Woes...

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Lady Lozza
Lady Lozza
Forge Runner
#341
*sigh* I think offering a solution to the multiple minis is great - but the problem is that not everyone has multiple pigs. My issue personally is a collection of whiptails (got 5 of them in the first round of character b'days), which can't be given away let alone sold.
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shadowmage61
Frost Gate Guardian
#342
agree/
I gave my 47 away to random ppl in shing jea....
now I'm kinda regretting it

and why the hell did ANet wait a year between introducing the mini pig and actually doing something with it? holding onto an item for a year ingame before being able to use it ridiculous.
Lonesamurai
Lonesamurai
Furnace Stoker
#343
Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowmage61
agree/
I gave my 47 away to random ppl in shing jea....
now I'm kinda regretting it

and why the hell did ANet wait a year between introducing the mini pig and actually doing something with it? holding onto an item for a year ingame before being able to use it ridiculous.
Woah, this is a minipet

non of the others have a use, the premise ofthis is to stem the amount of an item that is gold and supposedly rare
gw_poster
gw_poster
Desert Nomad
#344
Someone should start a "what u paid/ what u sold (or even what u traded) for a piggie" thread...hmm...how about now?

Sold minipig for 6 ecto...
Kiragi Yagami
Kiragi Yagami
Lion's Arch Merchant
#345
I may not like the whole "buy 2-12 15k+ if youre lucky minipets, and get something!" thing, but i must hand it to ANET for finding a use for the little 750g buggers. i now see that giving away minipets is not the best way to go -.- oh well, cant fault ANET for that. hard as people try.
Vl Vl D
Vl Vl D
Lion's Arch Merchant
#346
Well it seems little upsets and rare items keeps alot of people playing this game it.
cosyfiep
cosyfiep
are we there yet?
#347
Quote:
Originally Posted by pansy malfoy
Gaile was in SJM late last night (AZ time), and said that people shouldn't be buying pigs. No, I don't have the log -- but anyone who was there would be able to back that up.

Are we certain that only rats are gained via the new fortunes? Not rats *and* pigs?
anet started all this crazy crapp saying that we need the pigs for some new mini---they are the ones who did it ---not us. They are the ones that started the 'sky is falling' craze and they could have stopped it, but they wont.

and she also states that :

Quote:
Gaile Gray and The Frog Talks Wednesday February 6, 2008
Summary

* Canthan New Year 2008:
o will include Nine Rings and the Dragon Nest minigames.
o the Lion Mask will be available again this year.
o you will be able to trade in dedicated Miniature Pigs.
o the only way to get this years miniature is from Lunar Fortunes.
[ source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile/Frog_Talk. bold mine]

so yes if you are as unlucky as I we have no chance at a little rat
she doesnt mention getting new pigs at all----
Sir Pandra Pierva
Sir Pandra Pierva
Forge Runner
#348
Give me the wind orbs you guys no longer want

I want to get the biggest of collection of useless stuff and those take the cake for it.
1 up and 2 down
1 up and 2 down
Wilds Pathfinder
#349
Quote:
Originally Posted by cosyfiep
anet started all this crazy crapp saying that we need the pigs for some new mini---they are the ones who did it ---not us. They are the ones that started the 'sky is falling' craze and they could have stopped it, but they wont.

and she also states that :

[ source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gaile/Frog_Talk. bold mine]

so yes if you are as unlucky as I we have no chance at a little rat
she doesnt mention getting new pigs at all----
No they didn't, Anet said:

Quote:
Originally Posted by GuildWars.com
In addition to the festival rewards mentioned above, two special miniatures will be available this year. For those lucky enough to receive multiple miniature pigs during last year's celebration, look for a special collector with a celestial surprise for you.
Anet never said anything about the second mini being from the mini pig collector, everyone just assumed that it would be the mini.
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Dante the Warlord
Desert Nomad
#350
I personally think it should be just two one that you held on yourself and maybe another you could buy, but i also this this was an absolutely GENIUS idea by ANET. Mini pigs were made fun of so much and finally they have their time to shine.
WinterSnowblind
WinterSnowblind
Jungle Guide
#351
"two special miniatures will be available this year. For those lucky enough to receive multiple miniature pigs during last year's celebration, look for a special collector with a celestial surprise for you."

Okay, so it doesn't say there it will be another mini, but it strongly implies it. I see no reason to assume it would be something else.
sagilltwins
sagilltwins
Banned
#352
Quote:
Originally Posted by JONO51
Fingers crossed we get mini polar bear
wrong event :/
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JeniM
Desert Nomad
#353
"Nice people finish last"

I worked that out in life but hard as i try i can't stop being nice even though it gets me know where
I wish i could be one of the asses that get everything handed to them through they're manipulative and selfish lifestyle but i'm just not good at being an ass

Sucks to be nice huh

Oh yea and thanks Anet your showing the kids the consequences of being nice, any luck they're young enough to change so maybe they'll get somewhere in life

To be honest after this event i'm pretty much out of GW's, been fun but all the shifty moves made by Anet recently have felt like an axe in the back
Clone
Clone
Krytan Explorer
#354
Yeah, I agree, this is horse S***. I would have just loved to see that conversation go down at anet...

"What can we do with this event to make sure people have a good time?" "Hmm... how about we encourage greed, hording, and taking advantage of people who don't realize why the market on mini-pigs is going up."

I gave away a few pigs, I regret it. I also sold 100+ sparklers and bottle rockets from the last celebration at 1g each... I could have had the first rank of the new title. So much for being nice...
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Molock
Desert Nomad
#355
I see, so giving away pigs was a bad thing?
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JeniM
Desert Nomad
#356
Quote:
Originally Posted by Molock
I see, so giving away pigs was a bad thing?
Thats where i hit a "rock" in my moral boat

I am now annoyed i don't get the new mini i deserve because i gave my mini's away, but now thinking Anet should change the system for my sake also make me guilty of Greed so as you can see, moral dilema

I think a nice thread for Riverside would be "How many of the 7 Sins does Anet encorage?"
They encorage 6 by my counting, ah Sweet Tooth encorages Gluttony theres No7
quickmonty
quickmonty
Ancient Windbreaker
#357
Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchblade
reminds me.. looks like i can delete my jade wind orbs for good?
Still have a few stacks of them in storage.

ANET didn't state what you will get for the pigs. Just a celestial surprise, which could be anything: meteor shower, fireworks, or maybe roast pork falling like manna from the heavens.

Really cool watching so many get worked up about this. Getting ready to sit back and read all the rants after the festival.
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Malice Black
Site Legend
#358
The more I read this thread, the more I realize how bad the people that populate it really are.

It wouldn't surprise me if people stared demanding back all the free mini pigs they gave away.

Mini pets + GW player = fail

Safe math that.
Free Runner
Free Runner
Forge Runner
#359
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1 up and 2 down
No they didn't, Anet said:



Anet never said anything about the second mini being from the mini pig collector, everyone just assumed that it would be the mini.
Although Gaile says:

Quote:
The special reward for exchanging a number of Miniature Pigs from last year is only available through an exchange, it will not be given at the end of the event or through fortunes. (Naturally, you can trade for the mini.)
Which i'm taking as(since its also worded like this on the Mini Rat part):

The special item will only be avaliable through giving a mini pig in but you can still trade for it with other players.
credit
credit
Banned
#360
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk
Agree. Could someone clarify? What collector? What new mini?
Yeah I'll clarify.