Questions on limited edition mini's

Johny bravo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

[SoS]

N/

For the longest time mini-pets were the rage seeing rare limited edition ones going for hundreds tothousands of ecto. now that the market crashed I was wondering how many people have dedicated their "limited" minis.

I myself have dedicated a
beetle,
naga
yeti
and an oni.

I still have a
Zhed,
Naga
yeti
shirok'en

Not sure If I will dedicate them or not, but seeing as I dont really need more funds I probably will. That Zaishen title does look apealing though

Who else has some of these limited pets and have you dedicated them or are they still undedicated.

Not sure where to post this. Move if needed.

Der Engel Soldat

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/Mo

I would like to see a screen shot of all of those =D
At one time I had a Naga but I sold it.

Tramp

Tramp

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

I cant imagine why people would dedicate them ahead of gw2. All of mine are alive and kicking... none are dead. The only dead ones I would even consider collecting would be kana and panda just because they are impossible to get dead or alive. Any other dead ones have zero value or appeal to me.

TideSwayer

TideSwayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Farm Your [?????????s]

I used to have an unded Yeti. However, once I saw that ANet couldn't implement proper HoM monument display rearranging (ie. you can't pick what to display and where), I told myself, "I'd rather have the 100k+ectos than random placement"..... and now it's gone.

Evil_Necro

Evil_Necro

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

川崎区、日本

currently guildless..

Rt/

I once have unded mini cynn. I displayed it in a HoM and it gives me a huge statue of her.

....Oh, wait... might have been a dream... :O

OT: Have nothing, wish I have mini Oni though ^^

IbtL +1

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I dedicate ALL non-repeated miniatures I get.

So far, the only limited ones I dedicated are:
- Kuunavang
- Varesh
- Asura
- Grey Giant
- Pig
- Celestial rat

I have others, but this are the ones I have that can't be acquired again ever.

There should be a way to get even those again, any way, no matter how hard it is. It's not fair for other players.

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

I doubt I even bothered to display all my armors.
So considering I don't care enough about HoM to display things that don't cost me a penny - you can imagine what my stance on putting in stuff that would lose it's value is.

Enko

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

VA

Mo/

once they make the hom change to account based, i'm dedicating my kanaxai, panda, island guardian, zhed, roller beetle, oni, naga, grawl, and yeti.

aaje vhanli

aaje vhanli

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Johny bravo
I myself have dedicated a
beetle,
naga
yeti
and an oni.

I still have a
Zhed,
Naga
yeti
shirok'en
Why the hell would you dedicate two Nagas and two Yetis?

More importantly, pics or it didn't happen.

Thizzle

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2008

If you really have two nagas and a zhed I would definitely be selling those. I would have sold all them.

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

For making threads like these, always...


screenshot or it didn't happen.

And I mean a screenie of your character with your name highlighted next to the pet.

OT:

If you have another Yeti and Naga, why aren't you selling them already?

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

Mo/

Just dedicate them then drag them right into the trash, better for everyone!

Friend had a Mini Naga traded it for Mini Oni..

Sold Oni for ectos=gg

Lykan

Lykan

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

StP

R/

We know how many of each rare limited ones there are. I wonder how many unded ones are left of each.

As the number of unded ones falls wouldnt that increase their prices ?

buckscrib

buckscrib

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

COL

Which pet is the most rare?

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by buckscrib
Which pet is the most rare?
Seeing as how it is the only one in existence it would have to be the frog

Tarkin

Tarkin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
For making threads like these, always...


screenshot or it didn't happen.

And I mean a screenie of your character with your name highlighted next to the pet.

OT:

If you have another Yeti and Naga, why aren't you selling them already?


Words of wisdow...

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

I've seen everything but a polar bear I think, but there's probably some Asia-exclusive minipet that there are only 10 of or something.

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade
I've seen everything but a polar bear I think, but there's probably some Asia-exclusive minipet that there are only 10 of or something.
Polar Bear is the rarest (Frog doesn't count), only 3 of them afaik. Then Kanaxai as next rarest I believe, with 26 or 28. Rest of them have at least 50, most are over 100.

Nemesis Xero

Nemesis Xero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

Belgium

tdwc

R/

I won a Shiroken Assassin once, with a contest from a magazine, but sold it because I don't really care about minipets, only minipet I keep is my ceratodon. And if I want to fill my HoM one day I think I'll just buy some cheap pets to put in it, most of those pets aren't really worth the money imo. Although I always like seeing a panda but I certainly wouldn't dedicate expensive pets if I had them

fireflyry

fireflyry

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

New Zealand

A/D

I sold all mine as soon as I got them.The only pet I ever kept was the Mandragor Imp purely for the animation when it follows you.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow Bunny
screenshot or it didn't happen.
*nods*

Elusive of SoLD

Elusive of SoLD

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

England

SoLD

Mo/Me

A pet is for life, not just for Christmas.

Kusandaa

Kusandaa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

N/Mo

Got myself a mini Naga and a mini Kuunavang... Kuuna is ded. but not the Naga (yet).

Why am I not selling the Naga? I worked my butt off for it, and a week later the prices on it fell due to another contest. Price still hasn't gone up and IMO won't go much more up - at least for a while. Might as well keep it and enjoy it, no?

Cuthroat Dibbler

Cuthroat Dibbler

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Lore School

Me/

Let me know how much you want for that Assasin. Thats one missing from my HoM.

The Arching Healer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Super Kaon Action Team [SuKa]

Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
Polar Bear is the rarest (Frog doesn't count), only 3 of them afaik. Then Kanaxai as next rarest I believe, with 26 or 28. Rest of them have at least 50, most are over 100.
Visu is quite rare too

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

vizu* wiki says
50-60 Vizus
25-30 Kanaxais
Frog, only gaile has
Shiroken around 110-120
Zhed aswell 110-120
Island guardian ~110
Panda ~120
yetis onis & nagas around ~500 but More zheds and shirokens & vizus have been given ..

Jason Xll

Jason Xll

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ice Tooth Cave

W/Mo

I say sell all your minis, especially if you have doubles... Never did like minis, had a naga once but sold that. Remember someone saying - "Minis are like assholes; everyone has one".

Phoenix Tears

Phoenix Tears

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2007

give them to me, if you don't need them XD

My Mini Collector's Heart would bounce in circles, would I have the opportunity to dedicate these minis to my HoM ...

But the selfish side in you surely forbids you to make someone, that will be ever too poor to get these ones happy like a small child on birthday... and when its only the cheapest (naga) *g*

As give aways you could make so 4 people very happy XD

however, just /meh , wish I had that luck and the chance to get my hands on these, would increase very much my chance to complete my Minipet Collection of yet 38 from the 68 existing Minis, -1, so 67, because of the Frog beign only for Gaile -.-

So more than the half i've yet XD

Johny bravo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

[SoS]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by aaje vhanli
Why the hell would you dedicate two Nagas and two Yetis?

More importantly, pics or it didn't happen.
I dont really care if you believe me or not, I was just simply wondering how many people actually dedicate what they pay so much for and how many just hold them for resale.

Just to kill you curiosity i got my mini's like this

Got the First everlasting yuletide out of the FoW chest.
Sold it within 30 minutes for 1000ecto and an undedicated rollerbeetle

Dedicated the rollerbeetle sold it for
2 yetis, 2 nagas, 1 oni, 1 shiroken + some ectos can't remember how many

Dont' remeber how much I picked up the zhed for but my intention was to dedicate them all (except for the doubles).

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

I think I have three minipets that I've kept (undedicated...I guess they're untainted that way), but all the others I've dedicated and then sold. I simply don't want to waste the storage space on a mini that I am never going to use...it really doesn't give me any sort of warm, fuzzy feeling to have something in storage that doesn't get active use.

O Nuxtofulakas

O Nuxtofulakas

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Did u check your closet?

N/

I believe the way those "limited edition minipets" where introduced ingame was quite lame...
...special magazines, in limited countries, circulating in different dates, giving unfair advantages to some gw players...
Ingame content should be available ingame ONLY or through official gw products/ gw store ONLY - so that everyone has equal chances to get one (mini kuuana, ghostly hero and polar bear are good examples)

I also agree with those saying that there is no need to dedicate pets now since we don't know yet what will be the benefit (if any) in gw2 ...

my ghostly can w8 till that date

my2cents

BuD

BuD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Nunya

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Johny bravo
Just to kill you curiosity i got my mini's like this

Without screenies, I highly doubt theres ANY curiosity....

psycore

psycore

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycan X
Without screenies, I highly doubt theres ANY curiosity....
Aye...

On the other hand I have 5 rollerbeatles 3 naga's 2 vizu's and a mini gaile. I don't have to show you cause I don't care if you believe me or not.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by O Nuxtofulakas
I believe the way those "limited edition minipets" where introduced ingame was quite lame...
...special magazines, in limited countries, circulating in different dates, giving unfair advantages to some gw players...
They do it to advertise their game and get some people to play.
and mini pets do not give a player unfair advantages cause mini pets dont do anything anyways. Maybe if they did that would be different

Anyways I have a mini destroyer that i plan to sell sometime... since I see those increasing in value.

Oukanna

Oukanna

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Ancient Shaolin Guardians

E/D

For some reason i love minis ^__^ I want to collect as many as i can. Unfortunatly i live outside of USA so i miss out on freebies like mini mania and the destroyer give away. Though i managed to import the magazine so i got one in the end ^__^

The competition for minis we had was bs imo, hardly gave away any and i got nothing

At the moment i have 38 minis all dedicated. I dont sell ones i only have one of.

Rarest pets i got are,
Mallyx (got it frm a koffer)
kunni (well i had 2, my guild bought me one, and i recieved factions special edition lol )
Bone dragon,
celestial pig
normal pig ( i still had one left over xDD not sure how many there are since the celestial swap)

...Yeah not too impressive on the rare front

I need to save up so i can buy the rare ones.

I hope i can get a panda and vizu etc unded but i dont know if there are any out there unded.

isildorbiafra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

The Netherlands

W/

I dedicated most of my rare pets. Here's the reason why:
1. Almost maxed KoaBD
2. HoM carry's over to GW2 and its the only thing that can be taken with you!

There is no point in storing gold unless your Donald's Uncle! Buying rare weps? Dido! Gold is useless....gold trading has pritty much been nerfed...so unless you need gold to invest on getting some titles maxed it wont mean a thing once gw2 comes out. And you wont even be able to swim in it!

Visit GW1 one month afther GW2 release you'll see:

"wts 1000000k...100k for 10k pm me!"

Shadowhaze

Shadowhaze

Nothing, tra la la?

Join Date: Oct 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by O Nuxtofulakas
I believe the way those "limited edition minipets" where introduced ingame was quite lame...
...special magazines, in limited countries, circulating in different dates, giving unfair advantages to some gw players...
Ingame content should be available ingame ONLY or through official gw products/ gw store ONLY - so that everyone has equal chances to get one (mini kuuana, ghostly hero and polar bear are good examples)

I also agree with those saying that there is no need to dedicate pets now since we don't know yet what will be the benefit (if any) in gw2 ...

my ghostly can w8 till that date

my2cents
Yeah, I kind of agree with you there. But can't be changed now. Those of us not as fortunate in getting in on promos and such will just have to work harder to get them.
And I dedicate the pets I get anyway, though I don't have the uber rare ones as of yet. I received/bought the pet, why not use it - how I look at it anyway.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Dallcingi
They do it to advertise their game and get some people to play.
and mini pets do not give a player unfair advantages cause mini pets dont do anything anyways. Maybe if they did that would be different

Anyways I have a mini destroyer that i plan to sell sometime... since I see those increasing in value.
Yes, and it's a good marketing ploy.

If you look at it gameplay wise, no they don't give an advantage, but if you look at it monetary wise, then yes they do.

NoXiFy

NoXiFy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

★☆٭Ńēŵ~ŶờЯК٭☆★

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/Me

yea, i deditcated 12 of my 19 Kanaxais.

O Nuxtofulakas

O Nuxtofulakas

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Did u check your closet?

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowhaze
If you look at it gameplay wise, no they don't give an advantage, but if you look at it monetary wise, then yes they do.
that was what i meant, monetary wise....
u get a magazine u sell the pet and voila...some stacks of ectos and armbraces appear in your inventory...gg anet

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

mm yeah minis are pretty useless, only mini id save & ded would be island guardian, only i like

Chico

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

If I could dedicate them, delete them and then create any amount I wanted of non tradeable versions of all my dedicated minis I would dedicate everything I have without thinking it twice. That said, I have not dedicated anything and probably won't until we know what you get in GW2 for doing that.