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SecUnder

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Join Date: May 2005

San Diego CA

Eternity Lost and Found

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15 Jun 2011 at 00:41 - 1

The Dragon Festival is fast approaching, a big event in Cantha. It should start around July 1, 2011. Following the trend of the last few years (starting one day earlier than the previous year, not counting the first year when it started on the 30th of June), it will probably be on June 30, 2011.

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Originally Posted by wiki

The Dragon Festival is an annual Canthan celebration that takes place at the beginning of summer.

The Winds of Change is in the works and expected to come any time now.

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Winds of Change is the third chapter of Guild Wars Beyond. Taking place in Cantha, Winds of Change will explain some events that happen after the end of Factions and, like previous chapters, will foreshadow events leading to the situation during Guild Wars 2.

Stumme's Thought Box

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Originally Posted by John Stumme

Some exciting things happening in June...

See what I did there?

Swingline

Forge Runner

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Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

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15 Jun 2011 at 00:57 - 2

A lot of us including myself have been under the impression that WoC will happen this this month or sometime early next month so its no surprise.

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

15 Jun 2011 at 01:00 - 3

Not really holding my breathe....if it does cool...if not....I'm not surprised

Enchanted Krystal

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2011

In a Kurzick retirement village, reminiscing about Magmas shields......

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D/Me

15 Jun 2011 at 02:27 - 4

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Originally Posted by Essence Snow

Not really holding my breathe....if it does cool...if not....I'm not surprised

Agreed, but it would be nice sooner, rather than later.

Stc95

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

USA

Spirit of Elisha [SOE]

Mo/

15 Jun 2011 at 02:31 - 5

I'm more excited about the Dragon Festival so I can finally finish off my Sweet Tooth title without breaking the bank. But yea, WoC would be cool too

Absolute Destiny

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Oklahoma City

Forgotten Realms [FR]

W/

15 Jun 2011 at 03:31 - 6

I'm more excited about the Dragon Festival because my bank's getting a little low since I've been spending a lot on new builds and new armor lately.

DF's always been a great source of income, even before I discovered how much I could rake in going for Vanquisher.

All those presents from Kisu are guaranteed to turn into gold...as long as I don't get stuck with extra V-tokens.

Ximvotn

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2011

15 Jun 2011 at 03:36 - 7

I'll be AFKing rings, that's what I'm excited about.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

15 Jun 2011 at 03:41 - 8

june is almost 1/2 over and we have heard NOTHING....I would hope they would get it out this month (or not sure what they would consider 'exciting'--perhaps the devs are going on a road trip????)
I would just be happy to see it START sometime before wintersday 2012.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

15 Jun 2011 at 04:19 - 9

Knowing stumme, "exciting things" might well have been that PvP update.

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

15 Jun 2011 at 04:23 - 10

"Exciting Things" means more people buying costumes. John meant exciting things, such as more money, for him and the company.

What? Exciting things for the players? Ha!

killmeshiniing

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2009

Mary Jane Alchemists [kush]

W/A

15 Jun 2011 at 04:41 - 11

I personally am extremely excited about both upcoming events. Hopefully though, they don't choose to start WoC in the week before Dragon Festival starts. I would like time to be able to go through that storyline without having to worry about rings and items.

SecUnder

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Join Date: May 2005

San Diego CA

Eternity Lost and Found

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15 Jun 2011 at 04:46 - 12

Wow, lots of Anet hate being thrown around for really no reason. While I'm not going to defend everything Stumme and the live team is doing, at least they are doing something.
Even if there was no new update between now and when GW2 comes out, I would say I got my money's worth out of the game. Its not like we are playing WoW or some other p2p game. Compared to any other game that is only supported buy the purchase price (and completely optional items from the store), we have been fortunate to have the support and updates we have received. Now let me get off my soapbox before I become a target for the flamethrowers.

Back to the original topic, the last updates with the envoys and imperial faction are also pointing towards Cantha, so it looks like their complete focus is there. I can't think of a better way for them to tie in WoC than with the Dragon festival, as it is a purely Canthan holiday. We only have half a month to wait for it. >)

Mesmers Are Bad

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NJ

RoCk

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15 Jun 2011 at 04:46 - 13

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Originally Posted by FoxBat

Knowing stumme, "exciting things" might well have been that PvP update.

I don't know about you, but i was pretty excited for the pvp update, I still am.
Singlehandedly fixing codex was pretty nice.

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

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15 Jun 2011 at 05:16 - 14

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Originally Posted by Mesmers Are Bad

I don't know about you, but i was pretty excited for the pvp update, I still am.
Singlehandedly fixing codex was pretty nice.

Do not forget they singlehandedly fixed RA and ruined it again with the same update.

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

15 Jun 2011 at 06:07 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ximvotn

I'll be AFKing rings, that's what I'm excited about.

I'll be hugging Boardwalk walls on several characters.

HellScreamS

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2009

wouldn't you like to know?

^yea KFC just subscribed to me for 1 year^

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15 Jun 2011 at 07:28 - 16

exciting? Anet? Probably another server crash followed by an exciting text wall on guru from players bitchin how much the company sucks and whatnot

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

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15 Jun 2011 at 12:22 - 17

My prediction is that we'll see something new happen during the canthan festival, starting the thread of the WoC storyline.

My bet is we'll get an assassination attempt on the Emperor during his appearance in Shing jea by rebellious Tengu and imperial backlash on ALL Tengu, followed by a storyline of hunting the rebellious Tengu and trying to help the peaceful Tengu.

hunter

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

15 Jun 2011 at 13:24 - 18

No, RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO that, RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO the tengu. Most annoying and pointless race in the game. They tried to make things interesting with "Day of the Tengu" and most people, me included, didn't give a shit about it. All what tengu have in Cantha is a stupid outpost with like 7 NPCs in the middle of nub island.

They should make things more interesting, like Luxons attempt to assassinate the emperor and whatnot. Now THAT would lead to interesting events.

But tengu? my character is strong enough to wipe down all the tengu by this point, Talon (scrub) Silverwing included

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

15 Jun 2011 at 13:52 - 19

Leeloo does not share your antagonism towards chicken.

And neither do I. There are several places different Tengu tribes can be encountered. Although I agree more could and should have been done with the Tengu, they are not exactly confinded to a single village on the noob island. Their inclusion in the Bonus Mission Pack was a step in the right direction but political relations in the Dragon Empire have been pretty much left unexplained.

Coast

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

Whats Going On [sup]

Mo/

15 Jun 2011 at 14:05 - 20

Inscriptable canthan weapons any skin/any attribute would be best update ever(at least for utility purposes)
So I'm expecting this to be implented.
Sorry guys, but it's just fair, as we can get them in pvp so i don't see a reason to keep them not avaible in all attributes/inscriptable(unless i count rarity/value, but that's another story)

Iuris

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Crazy ducks from the Forest

W/

15 Jun 2011 at 14:16 - 21

I think "Plight of the Tengu" and "establishment of the Ministry of Purity" bits indicate Tengu will be a key part of WoC. Not that I like them, much, but...

NerfHerder

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2010

15 Jun 2011 at 15:05 - 22

Quote:

Some exciting things happening in June...

When I heard this I immediately thought, the very end of June. I hope they prove me wrong.

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

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15 Jun 2011 at 16:11 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by NerfHerder

When I heard this I immediately thought, the very end of June. I hope they prove me wrong.

He did not say which June ...

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

15 Jun 2011 at 16:15 - 24

I only care about Faction's scrubby pvp shenanigans, so if they won't fix FA and tweak AB then I don't really care.

_Alice_

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2011

Bald Fat LAzy and Proud [WIMP]

R/Rt

15 Jun 2011 at 16:54 - 25

I always like to take a moment in threads like this to say "thank you anet for continuing to support this game" Too many of us forget that you are not obligated to do it. Also, I hope they ARE making money on the cash shop. Games like this DO NOT exist without a way to pay their staff and maintain their servers. We need to get past our entitlement issues on this forum. Tempers seem to be flaring because some of us really just want GW2 to come out and our impatience is showing in an ugly way.

So great job on GW, thanks for keeping the new content going (really excited about WoC, WiK was awesome), and we can't wait for GW2!

chuckles79

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2009

FILA

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15 Jun 2011 at 17:11 - 26

They will start hinting about WoC at the Dragon Festival. The poster who suggested a possible assassination attempt sounds very feasible.
Hopefully there isn't the drawn out PR campaign they had for WiK and the over-pimping of costumes. Don't get me wrong, Anet hasn't made a profit since 2007; so I'm all for the in-game store (difficult as it is to use).

What I would like to see, is being able to pick a side. Tengu bounties and imperial bounties. Maybe cash and prizes for the Tengu bounties and faction for the imperial bounties (but you can only pick one side per day).
An imperial faction merchant (for cheap stuff or a special item per week (1000 faction = 50 feathers limit 3k faction, etc) would be nice but ripe for abuse I'm sure (don't bother /notisigning it).

All in all I would like to see something more innovative than lvl 30 enemies with dual professions and special one-off quests.

jazilla

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]

E/Me

15 Jun 2011 at 18:16 - 27

I am going to play WoC content differently than I played WiK content. When WiK hit, I played every tidbit of it the second it came out. I am going to wait until all of it is out before I play any WoC. That way the bugs can get worked out and I can see all of it at once as opposed to a little tiny bit every few weeks or so, and with a lot of bugs at that.

Scary

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

Uhmmmm??

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

N/

16 Jun 2011 at 06:14 - 28

WoC will come at 21 december 2012

nologic

Frost Gate Guardian

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Sweden

E/

16 Jun 2011 at 18:27 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scary

WoC will come at 21 december 2012

Please do make useful post and I really start to hate seeing that date..

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

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17 Jun 2011 at 09:42 - 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scary

WoC will come at 21 december 2012

And I am sure it will come and go like the last end of the world prediction.

Steps_Descending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

IN my pocket plane. Obviously!

Little Tom's Pocket Plane [THom]

Me/Mo

18 Jun 2011 at 21:53 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackSephir

I only care about Faction's scrubby pvp shenanigans, so if they won't fix FA and tweak AB then I don't really care.

You sir, are a nice person. Please keep that open-minded attitude.

That being said, I just wonder how they would introduce the event for those who would start after the festival. They couldn't see the assassination atempt. I wonder if it will take place after HoN too.

And I want an assa or mes Tengu hero!