Wintersday 2009: What would you like to see this year?

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Dyable masks, more Gamer points for Snowball, a balance for Avalanche and Yellow Snow, better Snowball Tournament support, and a Shadow Form nerf.

I'd ask for more GW2 info, but I guess that last trailer was it for the year. I think they said they would tell us more details about the game mechanics next spring?

Evil Eye

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

P/Me

for them to say RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO pve and make a pvp update like they said they would

own age myname

own age myname

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Minnesota

[TAS]

R/

Max armor mask please

Charlie Dayman

Charlie Dayman

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

Trifecta Luminati [TRI]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tramp View Post
Haha, that's all sorts of awesome. I wouldn't mind having a festival hat like that. I don't much care for the previous Halloween masks that much.

Ghen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharkinu View Post
A Festival Hat unlock pack avaiable in in-game store. But I'm just dreaming.
I would buy it

KZaske

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

All I want for Winter's day is a mini-polar bear in my inventory, or two.

tealspikes

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

that overdue skill balance

Lord Dagon

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

Hmmmmmm im greedy so ill id love it if they acctually made around.. 3 or 4 new minis(mini dwayna, maybe a mini snowman, or re-add some minis like kanaxi or add regina's mini for everyone to get in a .00001% drop? or higher personally xD) I also wouldnt mind some new sweets like someoen else has said.. im kind of tired of not having hot chocalte on "wintersday" in GW.. it just seems.. wrong.. its something u need xD. Also i would like some decent festival hats.. go back to the good oldGW days where u didnt have a crappy elf and horribly cheesy looking reindeer hats... as my first GW "wintersday" last year had these.. i was like.. "WTF is this the best they can do..." So heres to hoping Anet can acctually pull something halfway wearable this year...

Nuime

Nuime

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2009

Los Angeles, California

Bad Wolf Corporation [WOLF]

Mo/

Barrels of Spiked Eggnog, please!

A few new quests would be great. Especially would like to see the Gwen/Thackeray storyline continue.

That's about it, really. Everything else can just be like it has and I would be happy

aaje vhanli

aaje vhanli

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

A Mini Polar Bear.
Snowball Fights.
Festival hats that don't suck.
A quest line that I actually get into.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by elsalamandra View Post
Ectos to drop in FoW
They already do

Ugh

Ugh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2009

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
a balance for Avalanche and Yellow Snow
Forgot about that.

Get rid of Yellow Snow! Yea, it's a funny skill, but everyone has seen it already and it's imbalanced.

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

Cat ears is my answer until anet does them and does them nice.

Champen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Denmark

Warlords Of The Underworld [WoTU]

E/P

snowball AT's

SithLord2064

SithLord2064

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Phoenix, AZ

From the Ashes Rise the Pheonix

E/Me

Reindeer tonic. They're making an everlasting, but not a regular?
Moar quests!!!!!
A mini polar bear or 5 for me!

ChaosWarrior

ChaosWarrior

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2009

Chaos Wastes

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulturion View Post
I would very much like to see a miniature Polar Bear spring out the chest for me, followed by seeing me trade it for 19 Armbraces.
You gotta be kidding me. Is polar bear worth 19 embraces ? can't be, I knew it was alot but this...

MaaKotka

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Finland

Kuningas Kunta [Pipi]

Mo/

Skill balance that actually balances skills..

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Menzies rising up in FoW.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

I don't think anything less that a good skill update (that actually shakes things up) will get me playing again. Couldn't care less about event quests, hats, PvP styles.

Lithril Ashwalker

Lithril Ashwalker

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2008

Alabama

A/

yeah no more makss that were a total let down and masks with insignia slots and +1 to attribute
higher pb drop rates
hundred blades nerf
SF for all classes! equal it out!
new cycle of tonics that dont stink! we want more tonics!!!!! same cylce over and over drives me nuts

dungeon armor!

holiday armor!

old masks open to get again with Zcoins!

menzies

Nereyda Shoaal

Nereyda Shoaal

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Deldrimor Warcamp

Mo/W

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh...
5 day long server crash so I can spend some time with my family

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

I don't really know what I'd like to see, but I know what I don't want to see:

Quests introducing Menzies into FoW to balance against SC's.
Several interesting, yet over-all boring quests.
A final quest that takes a week to put into the game and 3 weeks to work.
New minis or EL tonics (oops, EL reindeer).

Let's not be creative, let's just keep doing the same shit :/

noneedforclevernames

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Jay To Much [SrE]

Me/N

A new everlasting tonic in high end chest..ex: UW, FOW, ZCHEST.
-Only include FOW/UW if the speedclears are completely nerfed prior to wintersday.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Skill balance is #1 obv

Then if you're doing Snowball ATS (which I'd absolutely love) then FFS do the balancing between Dwayna and Grenth sides! It's been an obvious problem back in 2005, in a format all about Relic ehem Present running one side has 8 more snare skills... how about buff Yellow Snow?

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

- A reasonable excuse for why a minimum 25% of the things planned this month to happen will be pushed back at least one to two months, if it needs to be pushed back for whatever those things may be.
- A Half-Melted Snowman Mask and/or some kind of hat that can be dyed.
- A quest involving an avalanche caused by The Norn.
- All cold damage during Wintersday deals double damage. (haha)

Most importantly:
- For everyone to have an enjoyable experience and not introduce something everyone will be griefing one another because "I have something you don't". Wintersday is about having fun, spending time with your friends and cherishing the beginning of a new year. So don't spoil us too much!

StormX

StormX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/Mo

Less lag so that I can actually play snowball

mrdbeau

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Sons of Narnia

P/

Hm... let's see...

How about ANet actually calling it what it is, which is a Christmas celebration, as opposed to this generic PC "Wintersday" crap.

Maker of the fallen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2008

Epic

W/E

Maybe a bow on your head, and maybe santa beard/stache? Idc really as long as the mask is better than that umpa-lumpa POS we got last year lol.

Xenex Xclame

Xenex Xclame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

DPX

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdbeau View Post
Hm... let's see...

How about ANet actually calling it what it is, which is a Christmas celebration, as opposed to this generic PC "Wintersday" crap.
Because you will not find stables with jesus and friends anywhere in the game.It IS a wintersday celebration, you know the Santa Claus holiday tree type. (which still has nothing to do with christianity and is another thing they want to take from pagans)

Did you forget that presents at x-mas has nothing to do with christianity? and is simply a way for stores to sell more stuff in a season that there is very little theme to dress your store and advertisments with.

Everything GW celebrates has everything to do with Santa Claus X-mas and nothing with christianity Christmas.

Anon-e-mouse

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xenex Xclame View Post
Did you forget that presents at x-mas has nothing to do with christianity? and is simply a way for stores to sell more stuff in a season that there is very little theme to dress your store and advertisments with.
Or that 'Christmas' was actually the Christianised version of the Winter Solstice long celebrated by pagans, where the tradition was to give friends seeds for the upcoming year.

But GW isn't about any real world religion, it's a game set in a make believe world with make believe events that happen to co-incide with some real world ones. And one of the more important events is NEW YEAR

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

I'd like to see an actually good hat/mask.
My survivor turn r2 from farming MPB quest. lol

Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdbeau View Post
Hm... let's see...

How about ANet actually calling it what it is, which is a Christmas celebration, as opposed to this generic PC "Wintersday" crap.
yay for narrow-minded conservatism!
It's named Wintersday so that there will be a balance between all religions; so that no religion is picked as more important than another. Besides, Jesus was never mentioned in Tyrian/Elonian/Canthan history.

Benderama

Benderama

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2008

UK

[Rage]

Rt/

yes wintersday is the festival of winter, as opposed to teh dragon festival- a festival celebrating summer amongst other things. this is a fantasy world where we can celebrate fantasy things XD!

anywho..
1. wintersday oozes (with santa hats!)
2. wintersday ooze tonic
3.wintersday ooze mini pet
4. mega AB sized snowball fights (if it didn't cause heaps of lag)
5.wintersday ooze summoning stone
6.ooze weapons
7.ooze hat

Polgara Val

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

TSR

Mo/Me

A thought for Anet, please oh please give us some better masks for this years Wintersday. I just took a look again at last years installments, I have to say those where the worst masks to date.

Allthough my little cousin thought they where cute looking, then again hes only 2 at the time and he thinks my controller for my tv was also cute looking

Pol

PS: At Benderama, I get the feeling you have a thing for Oozes possibly? Just a thought

Anon-e-mouse

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil Eye View Post
for them to say RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO pve and make a pvp update like they said they would
They done it already and you missed it..

ChaosWarrior

ChaosWarrior

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2009

Chaos Wastes

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Benderama View Post
yes wintersday is the festival of winter, as opposed to teh dragon festival- a festival celebrating summer amongst other things. this is a fantasy world where we can celebrate fantasy things XD!

anywho..
1. wintersday oozes (with santa hats!)
2. wintersday ooze tonic
3.wintersday ooze mini pet
4. mega AB sized snowball fights (if it didn't cause heaps of lag)
5.wintersday ooze summoning stone
6.ooze weapons
7.ooze hat
you do like ooze don't you?

Kaleban

Kaleban

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Hot as hell Florida

[Wckd]

Me/

A long questline that at various steps along the way allows you to unlock any and ALL festival hast that players may have missed due to family obligations, coming to he game later than the first year, etc.

For a supposed casual PvE experience, there's an awful lot of exclusion built in. Which makes no sense given the level cap and necessity to grind in PvE.

mrvrod

Guest01

Join Date: Jul 2006

How about any new content, instead of new reasons to play the same content for the 130th time. No more Z-quests, farm these for gifts, clear UW for a few extra trinkets. Anything new would be a real gift!

mrvrod

Guest01

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleban View Post
A long questline that at various steps along the way allows you to unlock any and ALL festival hast that players may have missed due to family obligations, coming to he game later than the first year, etc.

For a supposed casual PvE experience, there's an awful lot of exclusion built in. Which makes no sense given the level cap and necessity to grind in PvE.
/signed completely for this idea!

hainese

hainese

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

Sierra Hotel Indianna Tango [tHis]

Mo/W

Wtb Skill balance
and snowball ATs

IlikeGW

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Don't really care. Same old event... whoopdeedoo. What's the point, more masks people wear only that day of the year and never touch again? Grinding gamer title? Grinding a polar bear? Nah, all that stuff is so played out. WTB GW2 beta.