Groundhog Day

Not really trying to make a suggestion, but if it is viewed as one, please move it to Sardelac. Would just like a humorous discussion on an idea I had tonight.

A new 'event' similar to the April Fools pranks. On Groundhog Day (Feb. 2) Anet could mess with us a little in the style of the movie starring Bill Murray. In the movie, he repeats the same day over and over again. Although many people already skip cutscenes, I think it would be funny for cutscenes to repeat until all players skipped it.

For the newer people watching a cutscene for the first time, this would cause them to wonder what was happening. Then, when it repeated, they would be hesitant to skip thinking they may miss something important. And since you can't talk to them until the cutscene ends, people would be trying to pull thier hair out.

On a related not, I had an amusing idea for this years April Fools day as well. We already had the sex change and stick man figures, so we need something new. PvP players wouldn't notice this, but those using heroes and henchmen would for sure.

"Terrorweb Dryder drops a Glob of Ectoplasm, reserved for Olias."
"Forest Minotaur drops a Vial of Black Dye, reserved for Alesia."

Have every monster that would drop something for a hero/hench drop a RARE item, and make it display what was dropped in the chat log. Item wouldn't show up on the ground, because hero/hench pick things up automatically. Thus, people wouldn't be able to wait 10 minutes to grab thost ecto and black dye.

These would both be incredibly annoying... sorry. Not a personal stab or anything, I would just avoid GW if either of these events took place.

So, if someone is afk in a mish, you have to watch the cutscene ~15 times to be able to resume chat with your friends?

Nty.

besides, the canthan new year is supposedly alrdy planned to take place during GHday

Nice movie Andie is a very pretty lady, not actually like bill murray much, so kinda fit him nicely in that movie.

More events, more stuff to do in Guild Wars why not!

The first idea would be rather annoying, but, I kinda like the loot idea. Would be cool (as long as it was excessive-- maybe have a message like this once every 100 kills or so?).

We allready have something similar all year long. It is called loot scaling and server lag with a bit of rubber banding thrown in. Happy continous groundhog day!!!

Both ideas sound like good fun.

The rare drops for heroes may be funny at first but I think it will just be sad after a while to know what drops they actually do get....
(from all the 600/smite UW runs I think Dunkoro prob has an extra storage char full of ecto stacks tbh)

April Fool's, 2009.

Simply list all the drops that are eliminated because of loot scaling in chat(Raptor Nestling drops a Saurian Bone, reserved for [player name]. Removed due to loot scaling.), and also list drops assigned to heroes and henchmen in chat. It would be great fun, and absolutely no outcry would result.

/sarcasm

Just to randomly mention this first, but April 1st falls on a Wednesday.

As an April Fool this year, I had this idea of having a fake update that allowed characters who were Level 20, beaten all three games and EotN, have all heroes and at least having the "People Know Me" title of the KoaBD title can have 7 heroes in a party... only to then give a message that said:

"April Fools! You can't have more than three heroes!"

A message would be made on the weekend prior to April Fools Day luring people up to the day grinding and/or playing insanely (as if some don't already) just to give an April Fool to them.

How's that?

No to the first one for sure. I can just see people going in and helping newbies do the missions and then not skipping the cutscene so no one can complete the mission... Just sounds like a horrible idea...

Bwaahahaha i lol'd at Ecto for Olias D I imagined seeing that ingame and players going WTF :]

But the idea with cutscenes needs a fix - make it not infinite but once more, and even not to full length, it's enough for players to see it starts again for the WTF effect - best if it happens in a cutscene DURING a mission, not at the end, as then many people would just RAGEQUIT, lol.

April Fools' 2009 - GW2 Beta Announced. Speak to the Teller of Tales to apply.

I don't even know what a 'groundhog day' is

groundhog tells you if spring has arrive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day

it is also a movie base on that day good movie too http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

Why should we celebrate something happening in 2 countries in the world?

I'd rather have a good April's Fools joke. Like the Stickman Wars.

It would be a busy chat box that remind me old bug when we got drop while monsters killing other monsters.

For April fools they may release info on the tonic early which i am to hope will be slyvari by all my predictions Its a birthday or when the announced gw2 so it all fits in nicely. It will take one screenshot for everyone to go mental...it could be real, who knows

Stick man was fun for 3 seconds. I rather its something more drastic, outrageous.

Interesting ideas, I am not that keen on them as they stand but they are a good start for a discussion thread.

The kids running around in the towns playing trick or treat on the players could work.
Players get to adventure and collect goodies for themselves and specials for the kids, then when the kids run up its pay with a treat or have a trick played on them.

Probably the grenchie code from winterfest could be tweaked to allow for this to happen.
Players get something and if they are meanies and keep the special treat meant for the kids they suffer a little.
Would love to see some players elite armour covered in something icky

As long as its kept simple it could work just limit it to a few towns and only for a day or two at the most.


edited for stupidity
Don't know what random firing of neurons in my brain caused me to post a halloween suggestion for a April Fools thread.

ppl who pug will be furious