Festival Updates
Made preparations for this year's Dragon Festival, which begins on Thursday, June 28th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and ends on Sunday, July 1st, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).
Noblewoman Sun Li now appears in Shing Jea Monastery and grants one Imperial Mask Token to players who complete her quest.
Imperial Supply Master Kagno now exchanges Imperial Mask Tokens for festival masks from years past.
Emperor Kisu no longer distributes festival masks during the final event.
Increased rewards for participation during the final event.
Skill Changes
Dervish
Avatar of Dwayna: changed functionality to: "Whenever you use a Dervish attack skill, you lose 1 hex."
Avatar of Dwayna (PvP): changed functionality to: "Whenever you use a Dervish attack skill, you lose 1 hex."
Mesmer
Crippling Anguish (PvP): increased Energy cost to 15.
Ethereal Burden: increased casting time to 1.5 seconds; decreased Energy gain to 10...18.
Kitah's Burden: increased casting time to 1.5 seconds; decreased Energy gain to 10...18.
Leech Signet: increased recharge to 30 seconds.
Web of Disruption (PvP): split for PvP; increased Energy cost to 10.
Warrior
Forceful Blow: increased adrenaline cost to 5; reduced damage to 10...30.
Update - Thursday, June 21, 2012
Swingline
Ayuhmii Shanbwa
just when i wanted to use that avatar..... sigh, just my luck
i mean, it still let you lose a hex, but using derv enchants is/was the goal of derv overhaul, wasnt it? at least a big part of it
whats wrong with leech signet? heroes use it on any action anyway
man, kinda stupid changes
and why did they change kisu? that was a symbol of the event the way it was....
i mean, it still let you lose a hex, but using derv enchants is/was the goal of derv overhaul, wasnt it? at least a big part of it
whats wrong with leech signet? heroes use it on any action anyway
man, kinda stupid changes
and why did they change kisu? that was a symbol of the event the way it was....
Swingline
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just when i wanted to use that avatar..... sigh, just my luck
i mean, it still let you lose a hex, but using derv enchants is/was the goal of derv overhaul, wasnt it? at least a big part of it whats wrong with leech signet? heroes use it on any action anyway man, kinda stupid changes and why did they change kisu? that was a symbol of the event the way it was.... |
Ayuhmii Shanbwa
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did u miss the one where you get past festival hats? hello pumpkin crown and witch hat.. if its all hats and not just canthan ones. TY for listening to us Anet.
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the hat part is awesome, and seems that anet ignores the elitism like "you werent there, so you dont deserve it"
i call this elitism, so plz dont discuss on that again (to anyone who would, as i call this elitism personally)
i just was looking at my derv, so didnt continue posting
Premium Unleaded
AoD change because http://www.gwpvx.com/Build
/any_GvG_Avatar_of_Dwayna
Ayuhmii Shanbwa
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AoD change because http://www.gwpvx.com/Build
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Premium Unleaded
Because lazy.
What are you expecting?
What are you expecting?
FengShuiDove
This is a poop update.
Daesu
Sucky update, thanks for all the nerfs. By the way, noblewoman Sun Li does not exist in Shing Jea Monastery despite their wording of "now appears".
enter_the_zone
What are the chances that Imperial Mask Tokens let you get other hats, really?
Abusive Name
What a lame update, anet is trying to show that they care about GvG.
Whatway
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Sucky update, thanks for all the nerfs. By the way, noblewoman Sun Li does not exist in Shing Jea Monastery despite their wording of "now appears".
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uby
Please fix the following attribute lines from their current state: Motivation, Leadership, Blood Magic, Deadly Arts, Smiting Prayers and Marksmanship.
It's been YEARS since these were effective. YEARS. Let me re-emphasize that: YEARS.
It's been YEARS since these were effective. YEARS. Let me re-emphasize that: YEARS.
lemming
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Originally Posted by Ayuhmii Shanbwa
thats pvp (GvG), tell me why pve version too
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Vilaptca
Holy crap. They're finally giving the old festival hats away.
Relyk
Festival hats were suppose to be a reward for early adopters who stayed with the game. I get that other changes were to make the game easier and more accessible, such as the updates to HoM, but this pretty much takes last vestige veteran players had to show their dedication to the game.
The PvP update is great balancing as always!
The PvP update is great balancing as always!
Bad Joe
Where is that Sun Li b*tch? I can't find her. Wasted 15 mins with searching...
Swingline
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Originally Posted by Relyk
Festival hats were suppose to be a reward for early adopters who stayed with the game. I get that other changes were to make the game easier and more accessible, such as the updates to HoM, but this pretty much takes last vestige veteran players had to show their dedication to the game.
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Horace Slughorn
I can't tell by the wording if the tokens can be exchanged for ALL previous festival hats, or just dragon festival. Either way, that's a nice little addition and I'm looking forward to Sun Li's new quest 
Daesu
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Originally Posted by Whatway
"...which begins on Thursday, June 28th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and ends on Sunday, July 1st, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7)."
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Originally Posted by Bad Joe
Where is that Sun Li b*tch? I can't find her. Wasted 15 mins with searching...
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Markaedw
I hope the quest is not too hard or tedious, because I have to do it 4 time to complete my mask collection. Although if the token is trade-able there there will be some money to be made there.
Whatway
I look forward to the chance to pick up older masks that I missed.
Absolute Destiny
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Hanok Odbrook
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Then they shouldn't use the word "now". The NPC is suppose to be part of the Dragon Festival so it should be included in the same point as the first point.
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Hanok
Porkchop Sandwhiches
GD my memory is gone. I have a bunch of low level toons I leveled up in the past for the Dragon Festival event, but I can't remember what quest they were for. Or, am I confusing festivals now? Would any kind soul be willing to remind me? I know other people have done it lol. 
Until the NPC is in and we know how it works I'm not getting upset. Perhaps she will only give as far back as your account has been active? Who knows.
But, I hope it will work like that.
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Festival hats were suppose to be a reward for early adopters who stayed with the game. I get that other changes were to make the game easier and more accessible, such as the updates to HoM, but this pretty much takes last vestige veteran players had to show their dedication to the game.
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But, I hope it will work like that.
Zenzai
I wonder if the new quest will be account specific like the PVP quests where you can only do it one time for a reward. I can imagine it now, people with like 20 characters getting twenty old masks in a week.
cosyfiep
gee my new account can get hats from 2005..that would be great (end sarcasm).
what's next...'you log in and have gwamm on all characters, you have 1 stack of ectos per character and maxed all titles'????
sigh
what's next...'you log in and have gwamm on all characters, you have 1 stack of ectos per character and maxed all titles'????
sigh
HigherMinion
I wanted that witches had since I started, and I was around then, but didn't know shit about events... I want to be able to wear my skull facepaint with it, though
P.S. Why would you nerf Leech Sig after all these years?!
P.S. Why would you nerf Leech Sig after all these years?!
Relyk
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No. Many veteran players deleted their hats because pre factions everyone only had one storage pane, 4 character slots and the hat took up an armor slot. This shows Anet is willing to omit their mistakes to players.
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` Marshmallow
Poor leech signet
YAY HATS!
YAY HATS!
Xerdes
I never cared about festival hats.
Daesu
I don't understand why the nerfs to PvE Avatar of Dwayna and Leech Signet. It is not like everyone is exploiting these 2 skills horrendously in PvE.
jazilla
stoked about the hats. i was on a month vacation when the tengu masks happened. can't wait!
HigherMinion
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I don't understand why the nerfs to PvE Avatar of Dwayna and Leech Signet. It is not like everyone is exploiting these 2 skills horrendously in PvE.
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The reason Leech Sig wasn't split is simply because it's a shit skill to use in PvE anyway. No need to balance as no one was using it before anyway.
Nevermind, the healing component is still the same. That's bullshit
Whatway
Can someone help me understand why there's all this hate about getting older festival masks? It's not like work went into getting them. You were in the right place at the right time. That's it. Comparing it to titles, least of all to GWAMM, is downright silly.
Daesu
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Originally Posted by HigherMinion
The AoD party healer was pretty bad in PvE, but maybe, just maybe, heals per attack skill might cause better HPS (unless it's only the hex removal that changed) With a Dark Fury spamming necro, IAS+FGJ the AoD mes can output attack skills very quick.
The reason Leech Sig wasn't split is simply because it's a shit skill to use in PvE anyway. No need to balance as no one was using it before anyway. Nevermind, the healing component is still the same. That's bullshit |
HigherMinion
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Yes the healing component is still the same. Leech Signet needs to be nerfed in PvE because it is a shit skill and no one was using it before? That's crazy of ANet.
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cosyfiep
ah...I think I have figured it out...
theory to follow:
there will be no new hats (no live team to make them)
kisu doesnt need to give out anything since there is nothing new to give out.
since there will be no new hats--all the old ones will become available.
so having an npc for giving out the old ones then makes more sense!
end theory.
theory to follow:
there will be no new hats (no live team to make them)
kisu doesnt need to give out anything since there is nothing new to give out.
since there will be no new hats--all the old ones will become available.
so having an npc for giving out the old ones then makes more sense!
end theory.
Swingline
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ah...I think I have figured it out...
theory to follow: there will be no new hats (no live team to make them) kisu doesnt need to give out anything since there is nothing new to give out. since there will be no new hats--all the old ones will become available. so having an npc for giving out the old ones then makes more sense! end theory. |
Leech signet was an odd nerf. Only good that comes of it is UW is a bit easier.
cosyfiep
so I am slow...(comes with age).yeah no idea where these nerfs came out of (using gailes old keyboard perhaps).