And so ends Wintersday!

WarcryOfTruth

WarcryOfTruth

Site Contributor

Join Date: Nov 2009

Atlanta

[LIFE]

P/

Well, it was fun. I enjoyed it, until one of my guildies wanted to do WW over and over and over, giving me so much burnout I'm gonna need rehab to get over.

We ended with 91 stacks of gifts between us, how about you guys?

Olle

Olle

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2008

Ign: Miniature Julia

Teh Academy[PhD]

W/

Overall i think i made about 50 ~~ stacks

2,000 runs over 3 accounts

two thousand runs

no polarbear

Fluffy Kittens

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2009

did snowball tourneys end too or we'll still have those for couple weeks?

AngelWJedi

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

didnt bother to do the quest for polar bear i knew i would never get it xD
but i am sooooooooooooooooo happy i was able to max out my party and sugar title thanks to xmas items. only booze left but got like 3k more to go but in no hurry xD it is my third girl going for these titles

Polgara Val

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

TSR

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rezz Anna Nicole View Post
did snowball tourneys end too or we'll still have those for couple weeks?
ATS should continue for a couple more days at least they did last year.

Pol

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/

got to level 1 gamer (yes I am a noob, you want to make something of it ??).
I got enough shards from doing the mpb quest for ....a stack or so of gifts (which I opened )
no mpb drop for me either, but highly doubted it would with my normal luck in place--only did about 20 runs (mostly for the shards and candycanes).

got a few more unlucky/lucky points from the finale and the 'headgear'.....

was pretty good overall.

Lanier

Lanier

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

[Pink]

P/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Olle View Post
[B]2,000 runs over 3 accounts

two thousand runs

no polarbear
You dont go into those runs expecting a polar bear, even if you do 2000. The drop rate is just so rediculously low.

Chaos Theory Pvp

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

Elite

R/Me

Congrats to Anet on the headgear, keeps your ears warm in shiverpeaks and looks the part too boot.. Oh and takes dye aswell O_o

Da Kenster

Da Kenster

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

A shoebox

The Boat Crew

W/E

Did several polar bear runs, with no luck. Expected as much anyway, but I like I can simply run to the end and then go do other stuff and come back periodically to collect the chest and repeat.

My focus was maxing 5 titles all at once and I did, so I am happy with the result. I'm still trying to find an armor set I own that doesn't clip with the new hats though...

ACWhammy

ACWhammy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2009

Texas

Gold Trim Guild [gtg]

R/

668 polar runs here. nothing. i knew i shouldnt have done it

Martin Alvito

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

The polar bear is like cake.

Eronia

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2008

Gadds Little Helpers

Mo/Me

Pretty good wintersday, didn't bother with quests, made a couple mil and a few titles powertrading gifts.

sjr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2011

Minnesota

Got in an extra SD match, that yielded no reward as it must have converted back in the middle of it. Got the Drunk title and got aways into the sugar and party one, may have enough for the party one if I ever use all the tonics, would have made them easy if I hadn't missed 6 days when I was out of state right in the middle of the event. Gave away the last 100 or so candy cane shards to people looking for small numbers after words.

X Dr Pepper X

X Dr Pepper X

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

R/

Bring on the Ele overhaul and HM fixes

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by X Dr Pepper X View Post
Bring on the Ele overhaul and HM fixes
I said it before, but I expect a lot of people complaining when Wintersday is truly over with the same garbage that they couldn't come on GW yesterday or today, so they demand a redux to regain the scarves/hood.

In reference to the quote above, I've been waiting for that update more than anything else in the last month.

Also, any word on the January flux?

X Dr Pepper X

X Dr Pepper X

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

R/

I just wanna run around with Eles and do cool things

St??phane Lo Presti

St??phane Lo Presti

ArenaNet

Join Date: Apr 2010

Seattle

Quote:
Originally Posted by Polgara Val View Post
ATS should continue for a couple more days at least they did last year.
That is correct, there are currently 2 more Snowball Automated Tournaments scheduled, past the one that ended up earlier today.

Quote:
Originally Posted by StormDragonZ View Post
Also, any word on the January flux?
The current plan is to push the new flux tomorrow.

Horus Moonlight

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Me/Mo

Played Snowball AT's casually and made 3000k+ off of it. The rewards for these REALLY need to be nerfed.

DiogoSilva

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2011

Girl

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
That is correct, there are currently 2 more Snowball Automated Tournaments scheduled, past the one that ended up earlier today.



The current plan is to push the new flux tomorrow.
Is the Elementalist/ HM update planned for tomorrow too?

Swingline

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

W/

I have been thinking they might sneak WoC part 3 in with the HM/Ele update.

Acehole2006

Acehole2006

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

United Kingdom Essex

Fight For The Win

Mo/

2000 runs over 3 accounts and no Polar Bear. owww and 4th year trying totaly is now about 7000 runs.

Arenanet I hate you :P. Run a Contest or something at least for all our hard work grafting for this mini. Least give us 1 last try b4 GW2 Comes out you know you want 2 x

artdz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2010

Get Good[GG]

got about 1520zkeys from sball ats

jcegt87

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

P/E

i was wondering , since most people only do the "strenght of snow" quest" because its alot easier and you basically run to the end chest, if the chances are higher on the "straight to the heart quest" wich is not as easy as the other quest, hmmm

i myself ran enought to get me 8 stacks of ccs and no damn bear oh well i quess back to the corner to make money to actually buy it lol

Swingline

Swingline

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2010

Somewhere far away from you

The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by jcegt87 View Post
i myself ran enought to get me 8 stacks of ccs and no damn bear oh well i quess back to the corner to make money to actually buy it lol
The smartest thing you can do is speed clear DoA to get one. To even get a decent chance you must do 5000 runs. Then again after 5000 runs chances are good you still wont get one.

hitsuji182

hitsuji182

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2008

Poland

The Autonomy [?????????]

Mo/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stéphane Lo Presti View Post
That is correct, there are currently 2 more Snowball Automated Tournaments scheduled, past the one that ended up earlier today.



The current plan is to push the new flux tomorrow.
Why removing the most active and fun PvP format in this game? :s If wintersday is simply a problem, just replace snow with regular terrain, make snowballs rocks or regular balls and rename arena to Dodgeball. Decrease rewards, add new title and there you go - with so little work you have an awesome format, which many many guilds enjoy.

Sad thing it's not gonna happen.

We should get at least 2 more weeks with normal snowballs as flux in december made tournaments much less enjoyable.

And btw. 8500+ RP here (4000 from last year) No idea what I'm gonna do with this. xd

vader

vader

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

P/W

Logged on yesterday to get the hood and the scarves. Other than that, missed all of Wintersday playing SWTOR.

hallomik

hallomik

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

The Illini Tribe

N/Mo

Quote:
The polar bear is like cake.
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.

X Dr Pepper X

X Dr Pepper X

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Mirror of Reason [SNOW]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Swingline View Post
I have been thinking they might sneak WoC part 3 in with the HM/Ele update.
Disagree.

I think that they will update Eles and HM soon b/c they were initially set to release it just before the holidays, but then diverted their resources to tending to the holiday content.

Assuming they are still ready with the Ele overhaul, there's no reason they won't update as soon as possible.

DiogoSilva

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2011

Girl

E/

What will probably sneak with WoC part 3 is the (melee?) hero AI update. Let's see how much the changes to eles/ HM/ AI will change the meta. Hopefully for the better, so rit/ mesmer/ RoJ monk/ necro heroes don't dominate so much over other options.

Pre Warrior Dude

Pre Warrior Dude

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2009

W/

170+ gift stacks, 5500 RPs, got my r8

Pretty happy

aptco09

aptco09

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

MYST

Rt/

Isn't the gift giver around past the end like previous years? Would be nice to bet rid of all the cc shards.

sjr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2011

Minnesota

Quote:
Originally Posted by aptco09 View Post
Isn't the gift giver around past the end like previous years? Would be nice to bet rid of all the cc shards.
The gift giver still appears to be in Kamadan and Great Temple of Balthazar.

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/

gee here I was hoping that they figured the flux wasnt working so they wouldnt put it back in---oh well....

and yes, the minipolar bear is a lie.

Maya Cerestiez

Maya Cerestiez

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2009

Sweden

HYAHHHHH!

Did like ~30 polar runs and about 10 sd runs. Celebrated Xmas and New Years with my family and gf. Spent a lot of time with my family and had soo much good food :3 Played lotsa nice games on steam and bought many during the sale. gg

Fluffy Kittens

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2009

why don't they just keep the snowball ATs till the end of January since it's obviously the most active and the most fun pvp format
*big sigh*

Missing HB

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2010

Anna

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rezz Anna Nicole View Post
why don't they just keep the snowball ATs till the end of January since it's obviously the most active and the most fun pvp format
*big sigh*
Agree with this.. GvG At's are usually too long and not played a lot by everyone whereas having snowball At's aside on diferent hours could be an other way to get reward points and to have PvP fights easily( like in hero battles)... they would only need to lower the reward a bit and it would be fine, there would be something to do in PvP for long time...

But well, i hope the next flux will make people come again and won't just do little in GvG while making other formats less active than they are.. I've been told by many that it would be something like whenever you use a skill, it is disabled 3 sec for everyone in the arena.... I really hope it isn't such, else RA is going to be even more joke( cough rez sigs, cough unlucky 3 fire eles) while rest will rely on ping...

Fluffy Kittens

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2009

Kinda sad we only had 2 days of real snowball, without flux which ruined it quite a bit
Oh well, didn't expect anything, I guess pve ecto farmers are happy now.

Daesu

Daesu

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by WarcryOfTruth View Post
Well, it was fun. I enjoyed it, until one of my guildies wanted to do WW over and over and over, giving me so much burnout I'm gonna need rehab to get over.

We ended with 91 stacks of gifts between us, how about you guys?
Unless you intend to hold on to them for a long while, they are not going to be worth much in the short term since so many people are selling stacks of them, as expected.

jazilla

jazilla

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]

E/Me

The last meaningful Wintersday before GW2 comes out. I loved the scarves. Didn't miss the bots in the Snowball fights, and I may actually take my Ele out into PvE for the first time in a year when the update happens just to see it in action.

papryk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nancy

The Autonomy[?????????]

Me want snowball arena and sAT back

let's make a petition !