2009 Mask -Imperial Dragon Mask

Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Me/

I personally love the mask. I think it's cute. IMO better than last year's.

Helix Dreadlock

Helix Dreadlock

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

Imperial Sanctum

Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI]

E/Me

Holy shit!

Might be better than grasping >: D

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo Nugget View Post
Great! A were actually getting a dragon mask this year Glad it's dyable. Now if it just came with some armor......
Agreed. Demonfestival was getting kinda old. Will be nice to have dragons again.

Pony Slaystation

Pony Slaystation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

Cardboard Box

Guilds are irrelevant. This... is...... BUILD WARS!!!

Rt/

Best festival hat EVER!!!!

Angelica

Angelica

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Aussie land

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
good god, please be dyable, please be dyable, please be dyable, please be dyable, please be dyable, please be dyable, please be dyable...

Dorny

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Switzerland

Dragons of Shadows [DOS]

N/E

Ill collect it, at least. Probably wont wear it after the event, but it looks well designed

Tender Wolf

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorny View Post
Ill collect it, at least. Probably wont wear it after the event, but it looks well designed
Same. I might wear it for Halloween or for random costume contests though. Thank God for the festival hat NPC!

Dont Nerf The Perma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

A/D

Its the first mask I want bad enough to kill myself over

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra View Post
I personally love the mask. I think it's cute. IMO better than last year's.
IMO better than any of the masks up to three years ago.

Lyonette

Lyonette

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

[PiG]

E/

seriously, this mask is awesome, shame about the spoil, but it's so cute ans actually suits the event! can't wait to get mine!

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

It looks great, it's a shame it (along with every other festival hat) is useless.

TheMusicLife

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2009

Heroes Of The Kurzick [vYv]

W/D

Sweet! I can't wait for that! It took me like 15 minutes to get all 250 tokens .

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

The best masks are the ones that would look fine or great as real headgear with max armor and upgrade slots, like the Tengu Mask, Demon Mask, Scarecrow Mask, Mummy Mask, Wreath Crown, Ice Crown, Grasping Mask, Zombie Face Paint, Lupine Mask or Grentch Cap.

But things like the lion mask, dragon mask, rudi mask... meh... to try once and then leave in the hat maker.

In this case, it is too big, colorful and toony.
I'd rather have something more serious and sharp, like the shoulderpads in the Warrior Elite Canthan armor, and smaller and more proportional to the body like the scarecrow or mummy masks.
Something that would make the character look like a draconic creature.

Tender Wolf

Tender Wolf

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2007

All over Tyria, Cantha, & Elona

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

R/

hehe Yeah I get all the hats I can and then put them in the festival hat maker. Then if I want them I can get them back for only 10g.

Elrahir

Elrahir

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

Europe

[DVDF]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tender Wolf View Post
hehe Yeah I get all the hats I can and then put them in the festival hat maker. Then if I want them I can get them back for only 10g.
Clever That's what we all do

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

love the hat....but we somehow know about it before its given out???
eitherway its nice and I will add it to my collection (gotta get 'em all!)

Nomme Moon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

It's alright,definitely better than last years...

However, I'm not a fan of the whole no surprises thing. I liked not knowing what the hat looked like until the day they were handed out. Makes an incredibly boring rehash event with the same events every year somewhat more interesting, in my opinion. I miss the days where the contents of an event would be a surprise, the dates it started/ended would be a surprise, and the finale/hat would be a surprise. Halloween and Wintersday 2005, those were the days...

Short

Short

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2009

Protectors of Fate [GoF]

N/Me

I'll get the mask but if I'm honest it's nothing special. Well designed, but not ground-breaking.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cosyfiep View Post
love the hat....but we somehow know about it before its given out???
eitherway its nice and I will add it to my collection (gotta get 'em all!)
I don't get what the big deal is. A.net often posts screenshots of the new mask on their website. They have done that for several events in the past. Why are people so shocked that they did it again this time? The only masks that are ever kept secret seem to be Halloween and Christmas.

Still Number One

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

W/

It isn't amazing but it is way better than the last two. Hopefully this is a pattern and the Halloween and Wintersday Masks will improve from the last couple of years. They really have been terrible.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Looks pretty damn nice to me. Kudos to whoever did the design on that one!

Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Me/

We're glad people like it. I've passed the feedback on to the dev team.

paddymew

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

D/

A chubby dragon mask! =D

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

I was waiting until now that we've got it to klay an opinion, because IMHO pictures don't exactly show you what it looks like. I quite like this one, it's rich with colors and it has a very different feel from the other Dragon masks. It seems that (like the crown hat) there are more details. And it fits quite well with the Canthan decoration .

Xanthe Dashka

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

I got my mask, put it quickly in the xunlai box next to all other ugly masks.

Now give us some new armors, weapons and explorables perhaps?
At least they have more functionality than masks without runes...

I hope that gets passed as feedback for the dev team as well.

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xanthe Dashka View Post
I got my mask, put it quickly in the xunlai box next to all other ugly masks.
You know you don't need to store them, don't you? Just register them to the Festival Hat Maker.

Queenie

Queenie

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

SWEET.

Must get one. :1

Xanthe Dashka

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fril Estelin View Post
You know you don't need to store them, don't you? Just register them to the Festival Hat Maker.
No shit? I can?

That's an incredible good +1 post. My compliments.

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

I'm liking this mask a lot now that I'm seeing it in-game.



Nicely done, Anet artists! You never (read:rarely) fail to disappoint!

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

That mask looks amzing in green, lovin' the emerald effects. Why does my monk not have a green armor set to match...

Coraline Jones

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Modified Soul Society

Mo/R

I missed the first Dragon Mask because I was on vacation and having a life. But this time I'm here and I'm pretty pleased with the new mask.

dread slayer

dread slayer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

Somewhere

A guild??? What is that?

A/

I personally like the mask. Now my sin looks like a black, anorexic, big-headed mutant.
Seriously, I like the details on the mask and it does look like what it's named: IMPERIAL Dragon Mask.

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/

This year's mask is a fantastic representation of the Dragon Festival itself;

Shitty and pointless.

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

I love it

It looks like an actual imperial dragon instead of a westernized version and looks incredible in black - plus it can take insignias.

Now I just have to figure a build, besides 600 or perma, which can use 0 armor.

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix View Post
This year's mask is a fantastic representation of the Dragon Festival itself;

Shitty and pointless.
Having the Grasps of Insanity win = more fun than actually playing.

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/

Okay yeah you're right about that part refer, causing the Grasps to win was always the most fun.

People used to get SO mad about it. Good times.

Evaine

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

KORE

N/

I really like the detail of this mask. I've looked at it on my Elementalist, Ranger, Assassin and Warrior and it looks fine. My Necromancer did not fare so well. The high collars on his elite Luxon and Kurzick armors cut right through it. Black dye might hide the clipping.

Perhaps future masks could be previewed by designers on at least one set of armor that has a high collar. I'd recommend male Necromancer armor for the test.

Assasin Foxx

Assasin Foxx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Farming Boxes At Morning [cDx]

W/

<3 That awesome mask, went and dyed it black. It looks so awesome my monk

Pistachio

Pistachio

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

We already have a Dragon Mask, and now an Imperial Dragon Mask as well as a Lion Mask which just looks like a dragon. Feels too played. I don't like it.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Love the mask. Still like the original Dragon Mask better, but at least this is much better than the Lion Mask.