Update 28-4-2011

Reformed

Reformed

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2009

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Are you under the impression that most players don't actually complete quests, just in case they want to farm them at some point in the future?
Would you like more examples ?

St??phane Lo Presti

St??phane Lo Presti

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2010

Seattle

Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!

Nyta

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2010

The change to Razah is great. I'm happy to see him get some more attention. Just . . . what happens if you switch him from Rt to something else, then switch him back? Does he lose his runes or equipment?

Love the idea of party banter. Sad it won't make it in for this update, but I hope we'll see it soon down the road.

No mention of the melee update that was supposed to come a month or so ago, though, unless I completely overlooked it. I wonder what's happening with it.

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I mean, really -- now it's my moves that impress all of the ladies. Take that, Koss and Keiran!
What, no mention of Mhenlo? Guess Stumme assumes he'll never be the pimp that Mhenlo is. XD

AngelWJedi

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

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yep! i still have the norn one on my messie. QQ she needs to max norn xD
cant wait for the build i wont vanq until its out so i can get cupcakes too.

thedarkmarine

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
Put simply: rewards. You'll see when the build goes live, I guess.
You need to stop posting so vacuously.

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/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!

thank you for posting.
and
any closer estimate on the time???? wink wink wink

Mindtrust

Mindtrust

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Stockholm, Sweden

Wolffestar Clan - WSC

Mo/

ty finally a reply... good night

milkopilko

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2011

N/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
Sweet. That means I can sleep now lol

EDIT: lol me and Mindtrust on the same wave-length

Zenzai

Zenzai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2009

N/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
Can you tell us all the exact items in the Cash Shop that will be temporarily discounted or do we have to wait and find out? I would so pay a discounted price for the Bonus Mission Pack and I'm already planning on buying the Formal Attire.

thedarkmarine

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Originally Posted by Reformed View Post
Would you like to read more carefully?

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Are you under the impression that most players don't actually complete quests, just in case they want to farm them at some point in the future?

Reformed

Reformed

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2009

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Originally Posted by thedarkmarine View Post
Would you like to read more carefully?
So, you never once used Path to Revelations, Requiem for a Brain or Show of Force? Stop being absurd...it's very common for people to hold secondaries in their logs and for good reasons.

Kc Quipor Ultra

Kc Quipor Ultra

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2009

Belgium

TRL

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
=) good

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

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Originally Posted by Zenzai View Post
Can you tell us all the exact items in the Cash Shop that will be temporarily discounted or do we have to wait and find out? I would so pay a discounted price for the Bonus Mission Pack and I'm already planning on buying the Formal Attire.
"Six weeks of sales kick off in the NCsoft store today with a generous markdown on the costumes introduced with Hearts of the North. Have you been considering purchasing more storage, an extreme makeover, another character slot, the Bonus Mission Pack, or Eye of the North? You might want to hold off on that, because over the next six weeks you'll have a chance to get each of those at a discount."

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04...n-exclusive-u/

There ya go

Chrisworld

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

W/

Wow thanks!

I've actually been waiting for the high-res and mutual friends list thing for years. Good they finally added it.

Zenzai

Zenzai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2009

N/E

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget View Post
"Six weeks of sales kick off in the NCsoft store today with a generous markdown on the costumes introduced with Hearts of the North. Have you been considering purchasing more storage, an extreme makeover, another character slot, the Bonus Mission Pack, or Eye of the North? You might want to hold off on that, because over the next six weeks you'll have a chance to get each of those at a discount."

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04...n-exclusive-u/

There ya go
Thanks. Now the waiting game.

Velvet Darkshadow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Servants of Fortuna

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zenzai View Post
Can you tell us all the exact items in the Cash Shop that will be temporarily discounted or do we have to wait and find out? I would so pay a discounted price for the Bonus Mission Pack and I'm already planning on buying the Formal Attire.
Quote from the most recent Massively article:

"Six weeks of sales kick off in the NCsoft store today with a generous markdown on the costumes introduced with Hearts of the North. Have you been considering purchasing more storage, an extreme makeover, another character slot, the Bonus Mission Pack, or Eye of the North? You might want to hold off on that, because over the next six weeks you'll have a chance to get each of those at a discount."

Bold emphasis mine, but those appear to be the discounts for the remaining 5 weeks, from my interpretation.

Edit: sorry for the repeat of info - Neo and I are thinking alike today

thedarkmarine

thedarkmarine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Originally Posted by Reformed View Post
So, you never once used Path to Revelations, Requiem for a Brain or Show of Force? Stop being absurd...it's very common for people to hold secondaries in their logs and for good reasons.
Nope. I completed those quests before I realized they were farmable.

No, you stop being absurd. It's very common for people to just complete quests and get the rewards without thinking about it. Common enough to be most. Your common is not enough.

Lord Dagon

Lord Dagon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2009

Inside the Oblivion Gate

The Imperial Guards of Istan[TIGE]

E/Me

D: late updates make me sad.... oh well at least ill be able to make razah a third hero.. maybe replace a discord hero with another e-surge! should be cool.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
Understood, I guess I've got some time to blow before this gets out there.

drkn

drkn

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2009

Wroc??aw, Poland

Midnight Mayhem

Me/

Quote:
So, you never once used Path to Revelations, Requiem for a Brain or Show of Force? Stop being absurd...it's very common for people to hold secondaries in their logs and for good reasons.
Sorry, but no. Took them, fulfilled them, took the rewards.

Just my two cents.

Mister_Smiley

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
So basically another 3-6hrs before the patch goes live.

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/

yeah the only quest I have not turned in (and abandoned after completing) was the charr one in pre---all others I have done and turned in (not really a farmer).
and
seeing as the update isnt going to be for some time......

Ghull Ka

Ghull Ka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Seattle, WA

Grenths Helpdesk

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by thedarkmarine View Post
Nope. I completed those quests before I realized they were farmable.
No, you stop being absurd. It's very common for people to just complete quests and get the rewards without thinking about it. Common enough to be most. Your common is not enough.
I added emphasis in your quote to make my post a home-run hit.

It's very common for people to just complete quests, yup. But once they (like you, and me) learn that it's more advantageous to keep a particular quest, then they'll do that instead.

The most common predictable trend, amongst all human beings, is to do X instead of Y if X is more advantageous/profitable. (especially if they don't have to do any work to do X... just leave it in your log... couldn't be easier)

So, most people will keep a farmable quest (if they know it's farmable) because most people do what's most profitable. Just like you and just like me!

Golgotha

Golgotha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Rt/

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Originally Posted by Ghull Ka View Post
I added emphasis in your quote to make my post a home-run hit.

It's very common for people to just complete quests, yup. But once they (like you, and me) learn that it's more advantageous to keep a particular quest, then they'll do that instead.

The most common predictable trend, amongst all human beings, is to do X instead of Y if X is more advantageous.

So, most people will keep a farmable quest (if they know it's farmable) because most people do what's most profitable. Just like you and just like me!

I hardly think the majority of GW players keep those quests active.

Lithril Ashwalker

Lithril Ashwalker

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2008

Alabama

A/

someone says they set it back to go friday

Aba

Aba

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Vancouver,Canada

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someone says they set it back to go friday
random person
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
Anet employee

IattackU

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

NJ, America

The Eternal Night Vanguard [TEN]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghull Ka View Post
I added emphasis in your quote to make my post a home-run hit.

It's very common for people to just complete quests, yup. But once they (like you, and me) learn that it's more advantageous to keep a particular quest, then they'll do that instead.

The most common predictable trend, amongst all human beings, is to do X instead of Y if X is more advantageous/profitable. (especially if they don't have to do any work to do X... just leave it in your log... couldn't be easier)

So, most people will keep a farmable quest (if they know it's farmable) because most people do what's most profitable. Just like you and just like me!

This is where your logic is at fault. You are generalizing the entire GW community with the GWGuru community. Yes, most people on Guru know which quests to keep so you can farm them, but most people who don't visit forums (which is an overwhelming majority of the population of GW, or at least it used to be when I still played regularly) won't know which quests to keep.

Verene

Verene

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2009

[SOTA]

D/

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Originally Posted by Lithril Ashwalker View Post
someone says they set it back to go friday
So who was that "somebody"? Because we've got an Anet employee who's said otherwise in this thread.

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Originally Posted by IattackU View Post
This is where your logic is at fault. You are generalizing the entire GW community with the GWGuru community. Yes, most people on Guru know which quests to keep so you can farm them, but most people who don't visit forums (which is an overwhelming majority of the population of GW, or at least it used to be when I still played regularly) won't know which quests to keep.
Or they know, but simply don't care because it's not important to them.

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

OMG they're adding Costumes and Festival NPCs in pre?
Some people are gonna get sooo pissed about that

Golgotha

Golgotha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Rt/

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Originally Posted by Bristlebane View Post
OMG they're adding Costumes and Festival NPCs in pre?
Some people are gonna get sooo pissed about that
They'll get over it.

Plutoman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2010

E/

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Originally Posted by Ghull Ka View Post
I added emphasis in your quote to make my post a home-run hit.

It's very common for people to just complete quests, yup. But once they (like you, and me) learn that it's more advantageous to keep a particular quest, then they'll do that instead.

The most common predictable trend, amongst all human beings, is to do X instead of Y if X is more advantageous/profitable. (especially if they don't have to do any work to do X... just leave it in your log... couldn't be easier)

So, most people will keep a farmable quest (if they know it's farmable) because most people do what's most profitable. Just like you and just like me!

No, because I like playing the game, not farming the game. I play and enjoy the quests, and have completed a significant portion of them I've ever come across. That includes those listed above; and yes, I did know they were farmable.

There are more people playing the game than just farmers; the argument you have is based on the fact that everyone playing farms, which is, in fact, a fallacy.

As far as the update goes.. can't wait! I'm definitely excited to see it.

Lest121

Lest121

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Army of Darkness

A/Mo

I really hope these new HM quest don't affect my VQing, I have 27 areas in Prophecies and 16 in Nightfall left, some of the mobs in War in Krtya with 6 players only can be rather RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing annoying....

Scott Ware

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2009

Texas

N/

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Originally Posted by thedarkmarine View Post
Nope. I completed those quests before I realized they were farmable.

No, you stop being absurd. It's very common for people to just complete quests and get the rewards without thinking about it. Common enough to be most. Your common is not enough.
Just to clarify, farming the Requiem for a Dream and A Show of Force was so popular, in fact, that Anet removed Sunspear and Lightbringer titles as counting toward favor. So I'd say that's the very definition of common.

Centaur

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

[RBL]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
Hey everyone,

We know you're all waiting with excitement for the in-game 6th Anniversary update, now that its details are out. We're working hard to get it ready but this won't happen until later this afternoon (PDT time).

Hang in there just a bit more and thanks a lot for your continued patience!
Thanks for the update Stephane. Any chance of already putting up the blog post, so we can do some more reading while we're waiting?

June Bug

June Bug

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

W/

Aw, might have to give up the start of the celebrations, soon bed time for me here. (GMT+2)

* Eyes cans of Red Bull in fridge * Nah, I shouldn't touch those. My boss will murder me in the morning if I nod off at my desk. xP

Reformed

Reformed

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2009

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Originally Posted by IattackU View Post
This is where your logic is at fault. You are generalizing the entire GW community with the GWGuru community. Yes, most people on Guru know which quests to keep so you can farm them, but most people who don't visit forums (which is an overwhelming majority of the population of GW, or at least it used to be when I still played regularly) won't know which quests to keep.
Do you remember when Sunspear/Lightbringer stopped giving favor minutes because so many people maxed on rep weekends that it topped out the counter and rolled it over? Either a lot more people visit Guru than given credit for or they can read the Wikis. It's not like these things are super secret they are right on the page.

Edit: Bah, beaten to it...

majoho

majoho

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Denmark

Quote:
Originally Posted by thedarkmarine View Post
Nope. I completed those quests before I realized they were farmable.

No, you stop being absurd. It's very common for people to just complete quests and get the rewards without thinking about it. Common enough to be most. Your common is not enough.
I agree, the was majority of players wouldn't hold back handing something in because it could be used to farm.
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Originally Posted by Ghull Ka View Post
It's very common for people to just complete quests, yup. But once they (like you, and me) learn that it's more advantageous to keep a particular quest, then they'll do that instead.
Sure it common for some players to do that it's still not the majority, believe it or not but most people don't really care for mindless farming.

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

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Hard Mode Quests - Designed to challenge even the most experienced players
Does this mean the P.O.X, R.O.X. and N.O.X. battle quests can be done again?

FalconDance

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

Guys, I cannot find *any* update notes, there is no login announcement and when I was just at LA, there are no decorations.

What, I need to be a member of a super secret society to see these things?

Mesmers Are Bad

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2008

NJ

RoCk

Me/

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Originally Posted by FalconDance View Post
Guys, I cannot find *any* update notes, there is no login announcement and when I was just at LA, there are no decorations.

What, I need to be a member of a super secret society to see these things?
Update isn't live yet, this is the pregame show.