GW Artcontest = Unfair rewards?

I like playing guild wars cos it fun. I like both pve n pvp.
But i hate GW Art Contests and i'll tell u why.
Even if u work very hard(farm, trade, sc runs, etc) it would take loong time to make 5000e+.

But if u win in stupid Art Contests, you could get mini kanaxai, mkg, etc. And i think thats totally unfair. Sure anet can give away maybe 100-500e items for contest winners, but not like 10000e+.

Guild Wars is a video game, not a Art Contest. ><
If they keep up this bs, i'll just hire professional to enter the Art Contest for me next time.

You can obtain optimal items very cheap in this game. If the items that are worth more were stronger, it would be unfair. As it is, even items that are worth thousands of ecto are no better than a standard birthday mini, or a max damage Cleaver.

If you want unnecessarily expensive things, expect to spend unnecessary amounts of time or money, or expect to obtain them by being extraordinarily talented in some fashion.

Does it affect your game experience? Not a lick.

Hire someone $ for fake money in a game makes perfect sense to me. Enjoy the game because it's just that only a game. Besides I enjoy seeing the artwork since I quit drawing after highschool I really enjoy seeing everyone else's creativity.

I think Everlasting Reindeer Tonic, etc is fine for contests rewards. But definately not Mini Kanaxai or MKG.

There's literally no difference, except for the minimally important fact that the minis can be dedicated to HoM. The value is a totally moot point. True difference in price between EL Tonics and rare minis is equal to the minimum cost of a regular green or gold undedicated mini.

It doesn't affect your enjoyment of the game even a little. Heck, because of the rarity of the items, you'll hardly ever see them. In all honesty, it's fun to see some of the super rare things you'll never have. It's like seeing a Ferrari drive by. There's not really any reason to own one, and sure you might enjoy one if you had it, but you can still drive to work in your Ford Taurus and get a little giddy when you come across one.

I think its unfair that people with an actual talent get rewarded vs. us people who roll our faces over our keyboards...

It's players who decide on prices, not Arenanet. The tonic you suggest may pretty much sell for the same price if it's limited to this art contest. So it doesn't solve anything. And a tonic would be a lot more noticeable than a inch tall doll walking around in town.

riight maybe Anet should reward one frog(different to 3 gaile has) for next Art Contest Grand Winner. And whoever wins will become the richest person in gw by far.

Sure why not it won't affect me shouldn't affect you either.

fine wif meh...it's a game...Honestly I would rather have that then a new mini being added. As technically the frog is in the market whereas adding a new mini is adding money to the market.

Go QQ elsewhere....

Also note. For the price you could pay for a pro to do this for you...you might as well just go buy the gold.


I mean honestly if you argued that it messed with the market I would agree...but arguing that it's unfair is lolworthy.

Plus, even if he/she pays a pro there's no guarantee that his work will win.

Anyway, this thread just stinks of envy. Ah, such an ugly emotion.

Just to make it clear, i'm not saying items like Kanaxai or MKG shouldn't exist.
But i think people should be able to get them through pvp or pve, not through bs art contest.

GW is a game. but if you want to make heaps of money fast in GW, all you have to do is win art contest..

You can. Just involves trading after doing it.


Ok then go win since it's so easy? Alot of the people who work put alot of time into their work and have been doing art stuff for ages. If you add up all the time spent improving their skills and making the peice and had them running something like raptor farming. They could probably pay for their minis 10 times over.

Envy an ugly emotion? MMMM just feeding on it is amazing...uh wait where am I?

Well i already heard that couple people are planning on hiring pro(using multi accs) for next art contest, n they are already rich in gw.

lol sucks to be them

Um, I don't get it.

People want money in Guild Wars?

Seriously, why would anyone need 10k ecto's? If anything, I'd be complaining that there is no writers category.

Very sad people.
In before close and this really needs to be closed.

I never considered this. It would be the cheapest gold purchase ever considering the insane value the art contest prizes have in game.

ArenaNet should make the items untradable. I have no problem with them having competitions and rewarding players with unique novelty items (read: mini pets or everlasting tonics NOT weapons/armour) but I don't understand why they are able to be traded. It makes these people instant millionaires in game for something they did outside of the game.

Make contest items customised to the character that wins them.

I honestly think 10000e+ reward for winning Art Contest is unfair.

and think about this.
As you all know some people buy or sell GW gold with real money.
Say if you are a person that buys alot of GW gold, buying 10000e+ would cost fair bit, you could easily hire person for Art Contest with that money.
Or if you are a GW gold seller, you can also hire person for Art Contest and sell the prize for real money, and make profit. etc