Celestial Rat.

Roo Ella

Roo Ella

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

Australia

Oz

E/R

178 fortunes opened and 3 rats tried to sell em for 20k no go
Guess i'l keep em for next year incase we need 5 rats for something else. lol

snoozer80

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2007

Poland

For Your Entertainment [FYE]

I got one rattie about 40 fortunes

Jebus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Belgium

Legion of Sacred Light [LSL]

W/

Lol, how do you guys set so many tokens so fast O.o

gone

Guest

Join Date: Jan 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jebus
Lol, how do you guys set so many tokens so fast O.o
when you are rolling 10+ characters, it's not so hard.

Mindtrust

Mindtrust

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Stockholm, Sweden

Wolffestar Clan - WSC

Mo/

+200 fortunes no rat, better just buy one

raven214

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

60 - 90 fortunes, no rats, still counting...

Wish I could just enjoy the festival without the grind.

Thermoblaze

Thermoblaze

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Croatia

New Dragons[NDR]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo Ella
178 fortunes opened and 3 rats tried to sell em for 20k no go
Guess i'l keep em for next year incase we need 5 rats for something else. lol
Gaile Gray and The Frog Talks Saturday February 9, 2008

Summary

* Future Collector Editions may eventually be made available through the in-game store.
* The old Collector Editions most likely will never be available again.
* The Bonus Mission Pack is only available online.
* As Miniature Celestial Rats and the standard Miniature Pigs are different, we won't need to collect Rats for future use.
* BAMPH ! is not a skill on the live server.
* Gaile reads the Gear Trick comic.
* There won't be a quest completion title in the near future, according to the designers.
* Something of Guild Wars 2 will be very likely to be shown at PAX in Seattle and GC in Leipzig.
* Gaile will ask about adding Party items to the merchant or making them available by other means.
* Confirms that the Chronomancer was a most likely new profession of a cancelled Guild Wars Campaign

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by raven214
Wish I could just enjoy the festival without the grind.
No ones forcing you to grind you know, you CAN not do the quests on half your characters. Remember, it's a game, if you don't like it, don't do it. We're supposed to be having fun here right?

I've gotten a Rat out of every fortune I've opened. I must be really lucky, hey? The fact that I haven't opened any probably means something. I think the Rat is kind of ugly, I wouldn't give it a spot in my inventory, so I just traded all my fortunes for those bags that you get nice stuff from.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Well, eventually I did all the quests (including the rapid Nightfall one) except the last part of the Big Bang on ten characters and got one rat.

Can't be bothered to do the math, but I know I could hardly move my wrist after opening all those fortunes...

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

Finally got one after somewhere between 250 and 275 fortunes - I lost count. It took almost a full days grinding, but I finally got the little RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOer.

Queenie

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Got another Celestial Rat out of 6 Lunar Fortunes. Very lucky! ;3

[edit]
Speaking of rats...my cat brought in a dead rat. It was quite big too! smelt disgusting! ._.X

manitoba1073

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi

so far 1000 fortunes and still no rat. Not really a happy fracking camper.

ll Evil ll

ll Evil ll

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Godz Of Darkness [Godz]

R/

ok got other rat off 16 fortunes got them from doing quests on my ele (wanted to lvl him) I keep getting those rats even I don't want them LOL

Mark Nevermiss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

About 430 fortunes 0 rats

DeXyre

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Finally... after about 640 fortunes i got a rat...

Pan Head

Pan Head

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeXyre
Finally... after about 640 fortunes i got a rat...
Damn my luck. I stoped counting around 750 and still no rat. I give up!

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

After not getting one on around 250 fortunes on my main toon, I just went through 40 on a new toon and got 2 rats.

Sab

Sab

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by manitoba1073
so far 1000 fortunes and still no rat. Not really a happy fracking camper.
Really? I got an r7 inscribable gold from those Lunar Fortunes. And a Rat.

Puddingbroodje

Puddingbroodje

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Netherlands

Lovers of Whiskey and Women [LWW]

E/Mo

i'm on a 100+ or so and no rat, i don't keep on tracking but i'm gonna quest again tonight.

LeoX

LeoX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United Kingdom

Guildless Since 2005???

W/

150 odd and i got a rat.

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

Over 500 lunar fortunes and no rat. Its fine though. I went and bought one.

Danax

Danax

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Ontario

R/Mo

Got a celestial rat on my 22nd lunar fortune out of 25 of them

The Arching Healer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Super Kaon Action Team [SuKa]

no rat after 33 lunar fortunes so i bought one Not having a lot of patience.

Razz Thom

Razz Thom

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

Three Feet Below Sea [LevL]

D/Mo

wow i got one at 110 then i got 1 more after another 51......

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

400 fortunes, zero rats.

I might have to resort to buying one, how much do they go for? I'm not big on minipets - I refuse to pay any more than 8k for one...

Knightsaber Sith

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldin
400 fortunes, zero rats.

I might have to resort to buying one, how much do they go for? I'm not big on minipets - I refuse to pay any more than 8k for one...
I seen them go for around 30k. The sad part is that the amount of tokens you'd need to get 400 fortunes would've sold for more than the rat itself.

bubzwubz

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

same here over 500 fortunes and no rat

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

The fact ANet nerfed Lucky Hochei (in 2007 you'd still get a Lunar Fortune if you tied with him) and the quests (requires to be level 5) just makes it worse.

And you're right, Sith. You can probably make more off the tokens themselves. I see people selling em for 100g each. That's craziness IMO! You can make 12.5k just by doing all the quests. -_-

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

732 fortunes (13 chars and all quests+some tokens from other sources), 7 rats.

I say drop chance is 1:100

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

Then I should have four by now.

I have zero.

Forget this, I'm just going to pawn my tokens - at least gipping people for 100g per token is more possible than getting this damned rat.

bubzwubz

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2007

well
beleive it or not
decided to test the theory of the red here
dyed my monk all red and boom got a rat in the 10s open

b4 hand i had opened over 500 tokens so maybe the red works :shrug:

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

10 rats 20 fortunes :O [r4lucky]

RyXXed

RyXXed

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2007

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avatar The Element
10 rats 20 fortunes :O [r4lucky]
You best be joking.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I hope so, or I'm going to rip my hair out.

Mark Nevermiss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eldin after about 500 fortunes and 0 rats I was about to give up. I had 2 more characters to do the quests on [I have 13 PVE chars]. Being otherwise bored I did the quests on the last 2 chars and got a mini rat from the first fortune opened by each. The random generator works in mysterious ways.

{IceFire}

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

Opened 6 fortunes, got rat on my 2nd


its ugly.

mage767

mage767

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

USA

LOVE

Me/E

Does people with high wisdom and lucky title have better chance of getting the rats?

ilipol

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by mage767
Does people with high wisdom and lucky title have better chance of getting the rats?
No.
And btw the thing ANet said about raising the odds of getting a pet out of fortunes this year is pure bs.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

If anything the rates are now random instead of the abysmal, what, 0.2% from last year?

Another 50 opened, no dice.

I'm thinking it's more profitable to sell the tokens to others, I got 75 I'm going to sell for perhaps 100g each, that'll be a fair sum.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Friend got one in under 10 fortunes, I got one in under 30.