Just one for each year on top of that of single characters' birthdays.
I deleted my first ele at the age of 9 months, I've been playing this game for 35 months, but the oldest character I have is 31 months.
Wouldn't hurt anyone to give out 1 Extra account-based Bday gift.
Add an extra account-based Bday gift.
The Real Avalon
pyber
Ah, but the presents are specifically for your character birthdays, not your account. It's not Anet's problem that you deleted your first character, knowing that you may miss out on a present or two.
Either way, I do agree somewhat that an account-based present or other bonus would be nice, but at this time (since the game has been out for 3 years already) there is pretty much no chance that Anet would institute such a thing. Maybe something to look forward to in GW2?
Either way, I do agree somewhat that an account-based present or other bonus would be nice, but at this time (since the game has been out for 3 years already) there is pretty much no chance that Anet would institute such a thing. Maybe something to look forward to in GW2?
Boogey Mancer
i agree we need a account based present cause i have been playing this game since the beta i didnt know anything about the mini's when i deleted my ranger i had since the beta.
WinterSnowblind
I'm in the same boat, my account is 33 months old, but my oldest character is only 26 months. But I don't think they should add something else just for us who didn't keep our characters, it's supposed to be a reward for those who do. 
I wouldn't want them to cheapen it, just because I want one sooner.
I wouldn't want them to cheapen it, just because I want one sooner.
The Real Avalon
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Originally Posted by pyber
Ah, but the presents are specifically for your character birthdays, not your account. It's not Anet's problem that you deleted your first character, knowing that you may miss out on a present or two.
Either way, I do agree somewhat that an account-based present or other bonus would be nice, but at this time (since the game has been out for 3 years already) there is pretty much no chance that Anet would institute such a thing. Maybe something to look forward to in GW2? |
MithranArkanere
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Originally Posted by The Real Avalon
Seriously though, do the math, I deleted my first character at the age of nine months, a year is 12 months. How could I know about a Bday gift?
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legion_rat
I wouldnt mind seeing a gift for accounts but not minis. Maybe some new weapons or an extra char slot or something. 3yr old acount gets a free slot sounds pretty cool to me.
~the rat~
~the rat~
MithranArkanere
In that case there could be a PvP-like account wide non-maxable title showing the years of the account.
obsidian ectoplasm
I like this idea very much, Infact whne i first found out about Birthday gifts i thought it was account based anyway.
RavagerOfDreams
but the problem is he didn't know he was going to get a bday present at 9 months. How could he have? An account based present wouldn't hurt but the presents are especially for charecters....so....
/don't know yet
/don't know yet
Red Sand
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Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind
...I don't think they should add something else just for us who didn't keep our characters, it's supposed to be a reward for those who do.
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Birthday presents are for people who are emotionally attached to their toons, or people who are willing to live with the mistake of choosing to be Warriors (for instance) when they could have been Rangers.
/notsigned
quickmonty
Just another "I want something free" thread. There are a lot of things we didn't know about until too late besides the birthday presents (for those of you who deleted characters). That's life.
/not signed
/not signed
Pleikki
Avalon i know your pain.. ive played 35months. in week 36months. and my oldest character is 27monts..
Konig Des Todes
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QFT
Birthday presents are for people who are emotionally attached to their toons, or people who are willing to live with the mistake of choosing to be Warriors (for instance) when they could have been Rangers. /notsigned |
I /sign for this idea, My account is 21 months old and my oldest character is 18 months old, deleted my 3 oldest characters sadly, had no idea where minis came from at the time, or else I would have kept them even with the crappy names and choices I made. Even if I kept my oldest characters, I'd still sign, not for the free item(s) but for those who did delete their first characters.
Elena
i sed this from the first birthday but anybody listen to me ? nope
Steboy93
/notsigned
Sory, but they are for characters bdays not account's.
Sory, but they are for characters bdays not account's.
MirkoTeran
Keep QQing for the free stuff you want to have...
Navaros
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Originally Posted by pyber
Ah, but the presents are specifically for your character birthdays, not your account. It's not Anet's problem that you deleted your first character, knowing that you may miss out on a present or two.
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In many cases though, it kind of is. Because lots of people deleted characters before their 1st birthday, before the 1st Birthday presents were known to exist. As such, they lost out on getting their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Birthday presents on those characters that they otherwise would have gotten if they had known Anet was going to be giving out Birthday presents starting with the 1st Birthday. Then they never would have deleted those characters.
For that reason, an account-based present is totally fair and should be implemented.
/signed
Red Sand
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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin
LMFAO! Emotionally attached to pixels, anyone who is I feel sorry for.
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Strangely enough, you don't think someone should be emotionally attached to pixels, but you support the idea of getting a pixel birthday present early. It's just pixels. Can't spend pixel gold in the real world, or play Barbies with your pixel Gwen.
"My precious... my precious."
How pixel amusing.
MagmaRed
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Originally Posted by legion_rat
I wouldnt mind seeing a gift for accounts but not minis. Maybe some new weapons or an extra char slot or something. 3yr old acount gets a free slot sounds pretty cool to me.
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/unsigned for account present. Although it would be nice, and my 34 month old account would get something, I don't think there is ANYTHING needed, and the only things WANTED vary from person to person. Make a new weapon as the present, the people with req 7, perfect weapons aren't happy yhey just got a req 9.
Phoenix Tears
i'd find this awesome and i sign it, it should give also yearly account based gifts, that you get only once naturally. 1 for every year of the age of your account.
I belogn to the huge masses of players with soon to become 3 year old accounts, but none of my characters iwll become 3 years old, due to perma deleting for failed survivor tries or so, due to the fact, that a deleted a chara ,to created oen with an other new profession, hundreds of reasons, why none of my charas is 3 years old, heck i have even none, that is 1 year old lol and I'm sure, I'm about that not the only gw player out there...
There could be a 3 special minipet reward lists of the really most wanted ones, because i personally doubt, that GW1 will see a 4th year, before GW2 is out
or this special reward for the account based gifts could be somethign different, than minis. But ill write later about it, now i go sleep XD
I belogn to the huge masses of players with soon to become 3 year old accounts, but none of my characters iwll become 3 years old, due to perma deleting for failed survivor tries or so, due to the fact, that a deleted a chara ,to created oen with an other new profession, hundreds of reasons, why none of my charas is 3 years old, heck i have even none, that is 1 year old lol and I'm sure, I'm about that not the only gw player out there...
There could be a 3 special minipet reward lists of the really most wanted ones, because i personally doubt, that GW1 will see a 4th year, before GW2 is out
or this special reward for the account based gifts could be somethign different, than minis. But ill write later about it, now i go sleep XD
Konig Des Todes
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Originally Posted by Red Sand
I think most players are emotionally attached to their toons in some way, PvE or PvP. They invested a lot of time in their character, like their equipment, like their name, like their look, whatever. Let someone delete your oldest toon and tell me that it doesn't bother you.
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Phoenix Tears
So here is my detailed suggestion for account based gifts
Year 1: 1 additional free Character Slot
Year 2: 1 randomous Minipet out of these 14:
White:
- Banished Dream Rider
- Ancient Scale
- Crested Ntouka Bird
- Smoke Phantom
- Fleshreaver Nephilim
- Stormcloud Incubus
- Tormented Land
- Avicara Ardent
Purple
- Margonite Ascendant
- Smite Crawler
- Krait Devouss
Gold
- Fenrir
- Cyndr
Green
- Glint
Year 3:
Choose out 1 of 3 possible gifts
- Another 1 free Character Slot or
- 1 of the rare limited Minipets (Island Guardian, Kanaxai ect) or
- Max 3 Titles of your choice for the Character, that is bonded as your Account Name.
That would be awesome and so would get also people a little gift for their general time they play Guild Wars, not beign bonded with the dumb age of an character, because in the background itsa only the age of the account imo, that is important, not that of characters.
Year 1: 1 additional free Character Slot
Year 2: 1 randomous Minipet out of these 14:
White:
- Banished Dream Rider
- Ancient Scale
- Crested Ntouka Bird
- Smoke Phantom
- Fleshreaver Nephilim
- Stormcloud Incubus
- Tormented Land
- Avicara Ardent
Purple
- Margonite Ascendant
- Smite Crawler
- Krait Devouss
Gold
- Fenrir
- Cyndr
Green
- Glint
Year 3:
Choose out 1 of 3 possible gifts
- Another 1 free Character Slot or
- 1 of the rare limited Minipets (Island Guardian, Kanaxai ect) or
- Max 3 Titles of your choice for the Character, that is bonded as your Account Name.
That would be awesome and so would get also people a little gift for their general time they play Guild Wars, not beign bonded with the dumb age of an character, because in the background itsa only the age of the account imo, that is important, not that of characters.
dunky_g
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Originally Posted by Phoenix Tears
i'd find this awesome and i sign it, it should give also yearly account based gifts, that you get only once naturally. 1 for every year of the age of your account.
I belogn to the huge masses of players with soon to become 3 year old accounts, but none of my characters iwll become 3 years old, due to perma deleting for failed survivor tries or so, due to the fact, that a deleted a chara ,to created oen with an other new profession, hundreds of reasons, why none of my charas is 3 years old, heck i have even none, that is 1 year old lol and I'm sure, I'm about that not the only gw player out there... There could be a 3 special minipet reward lists of the really most wanted ones, because i personally doubt, that GW1 will see a 4th year, before GW2 is out or this special reward for the account based gifts could be somethign different, than minis. But ill write later about it, now i go sleep XD |
I c u r failing at the game.
- Tain -
As much as I'd be happy with this, since my 34 month account has never had one char with a birthday, I think it's a bad idea. Account age means you've owned the game for a while... character age shows (a litte bit) more dedication.
Jongo River
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Originally Posted by Red Sand
I think most players are emotionally attached to their toons in some way, PvE or PvP. They invested a lot of time in their character, like their equipment, like their name, like their look, whatever. Let someone delete your oldest toon and tell me that it doesn't bother you.
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I wasn't really attached - I was going to kill him earlier, but didn't because of the presents. The presents were the only attachment and a very artificial one at that. I was bothered because of that issue, and that issue alone.(As an aside - truth be told, I've rarely finished an RPG on my first character. Experimentation is a huge part of the experience, for me, and I don't care what anyone thinks that says about my level of dedication - as if that should even be judged on such arbitrary grounds!)
I hate the current concept of Bday gifts. It's like everything ANet has done with the game - reward one particular style of play and ignore everyone else. I'm not signing, though. It's a positive idea, but I know it wouldn't make any difference to the contempt I feel whenever this issue comes up. I'd still not be getting the same rewards for still being here, as those who play auntie ANet's way.
You know what would make me happy? A toggle to select whether I receive gifts based on the character age, or the age of the character slot. Less roleplay and more equality for me please.
And the usual "you just want free stuff, how about a win button" crowd - here's a /Yawn in advance, so I don't have to bother with a response.
Shai Lee
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There is already a mini-pet that you can get, no matter what age your character is, provided that you have all the campaigns needed: Black Moa Chick.
There is already a mini-pet that you can get, no matter what age your character is, provided that you have all the campaigns needed: Black Moa Chick.
legendel
/signed
I too am one of the people that deleted my 9 month old ele (first charachter) and now have to wait longer for my first present each year.
I too am one of the people that deleted my 9 month old ele (first charachter) and now have to wait longer for my first present each year.
Aldric
/notsigned
Everyone gets free stuff for every character on every birthday of that character. I think thats pretty sufficient and absolutely fair and equal to everyone.
Everyone gets free stuff for every character on every birthday of that character. I think thats pretty sufficient and absolutely fair and equal to everyone.