Canthan New Year 2012

So not this weekend? Meh, that's fine as I have a midterm on Monday! :X

Well they did say it would be early February so im pretty confident it will be 3rd of Feb weekend.

Two weeks after the chinese new year is a big gap for Canthan New year biggest I have seen to date, so im pretty hopefull Anet will do it then.

Hopefully someone from Anet (Stéphane) would be kind enough to confirm that though would be great!

Pol

i dunno if this is right...but i heard it wont be this weekend due to the weather. i hope it isnt right o.o

That was this passing weekend, this weekend there just not doing it, theres a statement by Stéphane on page 2 of this thread stating why.

Pol

Would have been really nice if it was this weekend an coincided with double luck/unluck....no super nine rings =(

Yeah..no doubt. I keep seeing posts regarding the weather. I don't watch the news so was there a hurricane or something I am not aware of that caused the event delay?

It should have been obvious that it was never going to be this weekend (or in Jan.) when ANet announced that January's flux will not effect RbR or DA.

True, i guess Anet is looking for another crappy flux to destroy RBR/DA. Obviously destroying Hero Battles, Team Arena, Costume Brawl, Snowball... etc. pp. ain't enough.

Except that if you read anything they already stated that the flux would not affect rbr/DA. Just sayin

Clearly his point is that he believes the February flux will also screw things up.

If you want my opinion, there won't be a February flux until after CNY is over.

Or if there is a flux it wouldent effect rbr or da at all

Pol

As some of us who play GW and who still love the festivals (even if we have been playing for 6 years) are adults with children and families who have to be catered to, it would be very welcome if Anet would let us know the festival weekend dates a few weeks in advance.

People have to make arrangements to keep that weekend clear and it is not easy to do if we don't have the date in advance.

Hmm... maybe they are rolling out the last part of WoC together with the Festival and some things are not done yet, therefore it is "late"?

A-net is making it more clear everyday that they have stopped caring about GW. What they want is for us to buy GW2 as soon as it gets out and that's ALL they care about. Stopping the fun things that this game still has is becoming more and more prevalent. CNY since the beginning in 2007 has ALWAYS been the same week as the beginning of the Chinese new year. Now ???? Peeps scheduled time off for this one, myself included, as our alliance sponsors 2 districts. Im really disappointed A-net is treating us so blase. I myself vow to spend no more real world coin on A-Net store items and WILL NOT on GW2 when it comes out ......in 2023.

A bit harsh on some of the things you pointed out but I do agree with two points that they really should have done CNY this weekend at the very least to coincide with the Chinese New Year which they have done for years, who knows they might suprise us, I doubt it though. I also agree that I like to arrange my schedule to play it since its my favourite event in GW.

What can we do though its there call, im still hoping someone from Anet will drop in this thread again and tell us for sure that it will be next weekend, which is looking the best bet at the moment.

Pol

Bit suprised to see its not CNY yet as like others I was expecting it to coincide with its IRL twin.

Id also like to second the request that Anet consider maybe confirming the upcoming festival dates a couple of weeks ahead of time where possible rather than leaving people waiting to see if they will/when they will arrive.

Thinking of Dragon Festival, Wintersday in July, St Patrick's clover drops, Easter choc bunny drops. These all usually draw significant attention even from folks who dont play regularly so the more people know that date in advance the better.

Super Bowl? *Doesn't care

Maybe the Canthan chefs can make a Super Bowl of Super Soup for the Celestial.

I just hope the mini celestial dragon looks nice

the mini will probably look a lot like the celestial summoning stone creature (only mini pet sized)...since the other minis we have do,...I will assume they will keep this up (and probably the whole reason why they made the summoning stones --so they have the templates for the rest of the zodiac already done).

I think shav makes some good points as well....though I think the reason for the move was more due to the silly flux thing than them not caring.

I would also like the event to be this weekend.

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