Blame Archaic. He decided to make a completely unnecisary post on gailes page, which sent gaile in an uproar.
Mods, please close.
Thanks Archaic, you've really helped the game out a lot.
Today, we make characters
??Ripskin
Kattar
Two letter: G G
Well done sir. But they've probably thought of this already. The thread title = win as well. Lol.
Well done sir. But they've probably thought of this already. The thread title = win as well. Lol.
??Ripskin
Just trying to help some people out... you know, the people who haven't thought of this already.
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??Ripskin
Just made another.. extremely hard to get into the 1 minute range.
Trueblade
So is this quest not repeatable? I was hoping to just keep doing it with the same char. Oh well, I'll go with your idea 
Lt_Smokin
looking at your second screenie. character's name ftw.
??Ripskin
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looking at your second screenie. character's name ftw.
It's the truth though 
Blonde Warrior
I have a feeling the money might have been taken away from the reward
??Ripskin
eh, if it is then we'll still get fireworks.
Laethis
Lol, fireworks, yay! I dont think they'll remove the money award. It's a good idea to farm, too! 
Saint Rochus
Nice find!
One question..I noticed in the rewards you also get 25 lunar tokens, is this the fastest way to get that many of those too?
One question..I noticed in the rewards you also get 25 lunar tokens, is this the fastest way to get that many of those too?
??Ripskin
No clue.
I'm thinking yes.
I'm thinking yes.
Madeentje
Hmm, I'll calculate how long it should take to max Party Animal using this method .
EDIT: A little bit too long...If you say this method takes 5 mins every time. I'm coming out at 278 hours...
.EDIT: A little bit too long...If you say this method takes 5 mins every time. I'm coming out at 278 hours...
??Ripskin
A long, long, long time.
Edit: if my math is right.. approximately 13333 minutes of doing this, no breaks. That's using 4 minutes per run, which is probably more then some can do.
13333=222
Which means about 222 hours of doing this.
....go go go!
Edit: if my math is right.. approximately 13333 minutes of doing this, no breaks. That's using 4 minutes per run, which is probably more then some can do.
13333=222
Which means about 222 hours of doing this.
....go go go!
Kattar
277.77 (repeating of course) days....LOL
3 fireworks divided by the 10,000 needed. Equals 3333.33 repeating runs needed. Times about two minutes to do the quest. Divided by 24 hours in a day = 277.77 days.
Err....my above math is wrong, as is pointed out later. Takes about 12 days to max. Heh, guess I need more sleep before I try and do word problems, eh?
3 fireworks divided by the 10,000 needed. Equals 3333.33 repeating runs needed. Times about two minutes to do the quest. Divided by 24 hours in a day = 277.77 days.
Err....my above math is wrong, as is pointed out later. Takes about 12 days to max. Heh, guess I need more sleep before I try and do word problems, eh?
In_Flames
How many people did this last year?
??Ripskin
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How many people did this last year?
No clue. We didn't know about the quest beforehand last year.
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also, the dude with the spongebob avatar.. 5 minutes will probably be right. We wont know until tonight though.
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You can also get things from lunar fortunes, which are made from lunar tokens, which you'll get an abundance of. So probably shave off 50-60 hours.
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also, the dude with the spongebob avatar.. 5 minutes will probably be right. We wont know until tonight though.
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You can also get things from lunar fortunes, which are made from lunar tokens, which you'll get an abundance of. So probably shave off 50-60 hours.
Oblivious Moose
why dont you do this quest after? u get more fireworks, and while you do the quest, you use 5 fireworks. additional gold, and lunars, might help shave off some time in the long run, if you use reward gold to purchase more party stuffs.
i think its a good idea.. might add like 1-2 mins to the time per char, but no biggie.
i think its a good idea.. might add like 1-2 mins to the time per char, but no biggie.
??Ripskin
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Arnack
Nice tie in with the 4chan meme
??Ripskin
Eh, what can I say. I like old outdated memes.
Just not spammed in monastery...
Just not spammed in monastery...
Archaic
I look forward to this being fixed. It's been placed on both Gaile Gray's page on wiki, and the QA lead Mike Zadorojnys', page on wiki. I have no doubt this will be fixed, as it's an oversight. Anyways, happy Canthan New Year.
??Ripskin
Way to be a moodkill
Sora267
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Originally Posted by Archaic
I look forward to this being fixed. It's been placed on both Gaile Gray's page on wiki, and the QA lead Mike Zadorojnys', page on wiki. I have no doubt this will be fixed, as it's an oversight. Anyways, happy Canthan New Year.
There's possibly no way they could stop this without hindering the enjoyment of innocent people. And it's only for 3 days a year, it's not that important o.O
There's possibly no way they could stop this without hindering the enjoyment of innocent people. And it's only for 3 days a year, it's not that important o.O
Archaic
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Originally Posted by Sora of the Divine
There's possibly no way they could stop this without hindering the enjoyment of innocent people. And it's only for 3 days a year, it's not that important o.O
It is indeed important. And it would only kill the fun of those who planned to exploit it for title related or other gains. Also, did you read up, apparently, this would yeild around 500 tokens, 6plat, 60, 000 exp, and 60 fireworks an hour. This is DEF. a problem and should be fixed.
??Ripskin
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Originally Posted by Archaic
It is indeed important. And it would only kill the fun of those who planned to exploit it for title related or other gains. Also, did you read up, apparently, this would yeild around 500 tokens, 6plat, 60, 000 exp, and 60 fireworks an hour. This is DEF. a problem and should be fixed.
No, it's not really important. It wouldn't kill our fun, and what else would we do? Go raptor farm?
That's probably going to yield just as many tokens, more money, more fireworks, and not as much exp (but who cares about exp?)
This is just an easier way of doing it.
That's probably going to yield just as many tokens, more money, more fireworks, and not as much exp (but who cares about exp?)
This is just an easier way of doing it.
Thargor
Not that it really matters, but this is not ruining anyones fun if they leave it in.
ZOMG someone that is not uber rich can get closer to maxing the title? WTF we need to stop this right now OMG!!!11!
The people that would do this are not hurting anyone elses fun, not hurting the economy at all (if they are it is nowhere near what ANet has done to ruin it already), and its not like anyone is gonna get rich off of it.
1. If making 6 plat an hour is so "DEF. a problem" then they better nerf every single farm spot and solo build out there since most good farms make ~10K an hour.
2. The fireworks are only usefull for the title and someone having a title never hurt anyone else.
3. If the fireworks are sold for profit it still does not hurt anyone because the person buying them is working for the title. See number 2.
4. XP gain is the worst part of any argument against this since the characters are deleted therefore making the XP useless.
The only reason I see anyone complaining about something like this is that they thought of it and felt smart and didn't want anyone else to know about it or are just to lazy to try it out themselves.
Thanks to the OP for posting this up, even if it doesn't work. Way to be not selfish and try and help out others!
ZOMG someone that is not uber rich can get closer to maxing the title? WTF we need to stop this right now OMG!!!11!
The people that would do this are not hurting anyone elses fun, not hurting the economy at all (if they are it is nowhere near what ANet has done to ruin it already), and its not like anyone is gonna get rich off of it.
1. If making 6 plat an hour is so "DEF. a problem" then they better nerf every single farm spot and solo build out there since most good farms make ~10K an hour.
2. The fireworks are only usefull for the title and someone having a title never hurt anyone else.
3. If the fireworks are sold for profit it still does not hurt anyone because the person buying them is working for the title. See number 2.
4. XP gain is the worst part of any argument against this since the characters are deleted therefore making the XP useless.
The only reason I see anyone complaining about something like this is that they thought of it and felt smart and didn't want anyone else to know about it or are just to lazy to try it out themselves.
Thanks to the OP for posting this up, even if it doesn't work. Way to be not selfish and try and help out others!
Xx_Sorin_xX
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Originally Posted by Katsumi Rikyu
277.77 (repeating of course) days....LOL
3 fireworks divided by the 10,000 needed. Equals 3333.33 repeating runs needed. Times about two minutes to do the quest. Divided by 24 hours in a day = 277.77 days.
For five minutes a run = ~695 days. its not going to take almost 2 years
10000/3 = 3333.33 * 5 = 16666.67 minutes/60 = 277.78 hours/24= 12 days
3 fireworks divided by the 10,000 needed. Equals 3333.33 repeating runs needed. Times about two minutes to do the quest. Divided by 24 hours in a day = 277.77 days.
For five minutes a run = ~695 days. its not going to take almost 2 years
10000/3 = 3333.33 * 5 = 16666.67 minutes/60 = 277.78 hours/24= 12 days
Um Yeah
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How many people did this last year?
I did it last year, albeit for the tokens. After getting about 5 pigs from this, I just sold the tokens. Made about 75-100k total iirc.
Qwertyfied
I also did this last year, it really dosnt need "fixing" since its not an exploit, as the person above me said there are far better ways of generating gold, plus i'm sure anet have better things to do than wasting time over something non-important.
Edit: Forgot to say, gj on the guide 
Carboplatin
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Originally Posted by Xx_Sorin_xX
its not going to take almost 2 years
10000/3 = 3333.33 * 5 = 16666.67 minutes/60 = 277.78 hours/24= 12 days ding ding, we have a winner
Issac
Well you have to pay 50 gold to open the storage and put the money in each time, so you could just subtract 50 gold each time you do the run :s.
Antithesis
Farming masses of easily killed foes is likely quicker and less risky than this method. For example, you can easily kill 30 of the Raptor Nestlings in NM (all excluding the boss) within 1-2 mins and they have a high drop rate of festival items. Each run shoud net at least 2 drops, up to maybe 5 or 6.
The risk has to do with whether or not Anet decides your activity looks bot-like - remember the days of the million and one Necro's running through Chahbek Village in NF to get the quick 50 or so gold...they were all flagged (rightly so) as bots and banned. I don't honestly think it will happen, i'd just be a bit cautious. In any case if it takes 4-5 mins per run (to create character, login, do quest, get reward, drop reward into storage, logout, delete toon) nets only 36 to 45 party items / hour...if this is your goal, i'd farm them in the Raptor cave instead. Sorry to piss on your picnic - i think it's a good idea, i'm just not convinced about its efficiency. I suppose we'll see once the festivities get underway
??Ripskin
Erm
whats a better way of getting fireworks and craploads of lunar fortunes at the same time? That's why it's profitable.
Antithesis
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Erm
whats a better way of getting fireworks and craploads of lunar fortunes at the same time? That's why it's profitable. If both lunars and festival items drop from foes, my bet's on Raptors. If lunars don't drop, i'll buy them with the gold i'll make from the Raptors
Age
How long is this good for just for the Dragon Festival or after it is over as well?
Antithesis
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Originally Posted by Age
How long is this good for just for the Dragon Festival or after it is over as well?
The quest and festival item drops will disappear once the festival is over.
Silly Warrior
Lmao, want me to sticky this for this weekend?
Silly Warrior
Because you know, after all I'm a moderator and such.
TheGuildWarsPenguin
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_...Festival._:.29
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