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Originally Posted by Ariana Of Damia
Way to go ANet, Hopefully this will also help then with an increase in Factions sales before the event
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New Event: Dragon Festival!
Mr_T_bot
Caleb
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Originally Posted by raven214
Is it just me, or does the new mask sorta look like Bowser from Super Mario Bro's?
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LOL...my goodness that is a distinct similarity.
Doomlord_Slayermann
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Originally Posted by Mr_T_bot
That's obviously the idea. Since it is only available to Factions characters and will last exceptionally long.
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Rogmar
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Originally Posted by Doomlord_Slayermann
Great. Every new event is a sales drive according to this theory. Really, there are a lot more effective ways to drive up sales. Either your theory is wrong or the marketing guys at ArenaNet are retards. One of the two.
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I doubt this is a marketing scheme of any kind. It's just more of a summer gift...
Considering they're dragons instead of tengu, it will also renew some interest
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
wow tengu, I got in trouble, this one, I am at my grand parents X.X I am so screwed, IU am trying to get my guild to farm me up a mask I juist hope they don't come out customized that would rock.
Caleb
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Originally Posted by Kijik Oni Hanryuu
wow tengu, I got in trouble, this one, I am at my grand parents X.X I am so screwed, IU am trying to get my guild to farm me up a mask I juist hope they don't come out customized that would rock.
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Kijik Oni Hanryuu
wow do peaople ALWAYS have to whine about EVERYTHING? Seriously dudes if you don't like how anet works stop playing it sure as heck will free up server space.
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
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Originally Posted by Caleb The Pontiff
You can rest assured any item such as a dragon mask will come customized to the character that gets it.
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*sniff* dang it all I hate parents X.X Well there's always next year/event HALOWEEN HERE I COME!
Doomlord_Slayermann
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Originally Posted by Kijik Oni Hanryuu
*sniff* dang it all I hate parents X.X Well there's always next year/event HALOWEEN HERE I COME!
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Of course, that kind of action should be approached with caution so extreme that it makes a Puritan look spontaneous (no, I don't expect everyone to get that joke).
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
OOO I get that joke LOL I actually payed attention in history class ima wierd kid, and yah if I can reach them, considering I never see them on the forums(which is the only communication I have with them becuase all my grandparents have is dial-up, netscape FTL)
natuxatu
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Originally Posted by Kijik Oni Hanryuu
wow do peaople ALWAYS have to whine about EVERYTHING? Seriously dudes if you don't like how anet works stop playing it sure as heck will free up server space.
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Down with more updates because surely they wont be even between prophices and factions! No more new items because there is not enough storage! No more in game events because it's just a marketing ploy nothing more! Please A.Net do not add anything new because if you do I have a problem with it!
Doomlord_Slayermann
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Originally Posted by natuxatu
/truth
Down with more updates because surely they wont be even between prophices and factions! No more new items because there is not enough storage! No more in game events because it's just a marketing ploy nothing more! Please A.Net do not add anything new because if you do I have a problem with it! |
fRag_Doll
Wow, this should be pretty cool.
What really blows my mind though is that ANet actually announced the event before the fact.
I have missed every holiday event hat so far because the events were not advertised. It used to really piss me off that I missed out just because I have other responsibilities and can't play every day.
Now that I know it's going to happen, before it happens, I can adjust my schedule.
Thank-you ANet.
What really blows my mind though is that ANet actually announced the event before the fact.
I have missed every holiday event hat so far because the events were not advertised. It used to really piss me off that I missed out just because I have other responsibilities and can't play every day.
Now that I know it's going to happen, before it happens, I can adjust my schedule.
Thank-you ANet.
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
heeeey natuxatu(pokemon umm gold&silver right?) and doomlord you guys are the first to ever respond or even agree with my crusade to defend anet! *massive thumbs up* I like to see more people like you guys. We all need to fight back against these whiners naysayers and all-around idiots! FOR ANET GW FTW!!!
XvArchonvX
I was worried we wouldn't see one of these for a while since there weren't any major hollidays coming up. Woot!! A-net ftw!
Doomlord_Slayermann
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Originally Posted by Kijik Oni Hanryuu
heeeey natuxatu(pokemon umm gold&silver right?) and doomlord you guys are the first to ever respond or even agree with my crusade to defend anet! *massive thumbs up* I like to see more people like you guys. We all need to fight back against these whiners naysayers and all-around idiots! FOR ANET GW FTW!!!
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To conclude: politics suck.
robrobrob
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Originally Posted by Zakarr
We need more storage space...
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Doomlord_Slayermann
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Originally Posted by robrobrob
Maybe, just maybe, that's what this holiday is celebrating? That they actually got it done?
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X of Thulcandra
Update: Turns out I don't leave until the 6th! Woot!
Bloodied Blade
...I want a mask and I want more storage space...neither of which I am likely to get... I'll ask my friend to farm me a mask. I just hope that these Jade Wind essence globes aren't as hard to get as the candy canes for those of us who didn't have the time to rot and farm imps for hours on end.
robrobrob
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Originally Posted by Doomlord_Slayermann
If that's the case, then I want a parade of Xunlai agents with a giant "storage chest" float. And what the hell, some theme music wouldn't hurt.
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Shadowfox1125
I want my Bowser mask.. now! but I'll gladly take more storage space because I just bought a new set of 15k armor and don't want to get rid of the 15k set I was previously wearing..
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
well judging on last farm in cantha event they shouldn't be too hard bloodied. and doomlord hey ya gotta have hopes right? Alos sorry to sound ubernooby but what's QFT mean? For some reason I have this wierd idea in my head that it means quit ****ing trying which I highly doubt due to context.
Juicey Shake
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
thanks juicey. BTW I am thinking that since the Jade wind essence is what is needed for the dragon mask I get the feeling that the Island afflicted will drop them due to the fact that the jade wind and the afflicted
*SPOILER ALEERRRRRTTTTT*
Come from the same source.
*SPOILER ALEERRRRRTTTTT*
Come from the same source.
Mr_T_bot
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Originally Posted by Doomlord_Slayermann
Great. Every new event is a sales drive according to this theory. Really, there are a lot more effective ways to drive up sales. Either your theory is wrong or the marketing guys at ArenaNet are retards. One of the two.
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Hey I know? How about an event where you get more storage space? I'd be all over that like Ashley Simpson on a McDonald's counter.
Kijik Oni Hanryuu
hmmm let's think why wouldn't this be a sales ploy? one, because only someone alreayd interested in GW would know about it, two let's think here, oh that's right, prophecies doesn't have a timeline or a REAL history, FACTIONS does, I am sure they would have loved to fit in an event for proph but it just wouldn't fit, and maybe p'rhaps they see that Cantha is hot and tyria is not right now(sorry for the cliche but im awfully bored and a little tired so I can't think), if this was a marketing ploy they would umm MARKET IT. Finally, how do you know? anet could have something for Tyria alone in the mix right now! Ever thought of that? Quit trying to make Anet look like the bad guy.
Mustache Mayhem
lol yeah.. add another bag event would be sweet- gets to the point where you can't even hold all your useful customized stuff onto a char.. you have to split it up and put custom stuff on a mule and forget you even have it- even with new char slots it would be nice to keep your custom gear together.. the warrior definitely needs way more space than any of my other characters- like double.. if there was a way to sacrifice a slot to do that
but I know that's not gonna happen so bring on the crazy masks
but I know that's not gonna happen so bring on the crazy masks
Sagius Truthbarron
Yay. Its not based on a terrible, real-life holliday, either!
jackie
Gotta say these are best looking masks so far.
Lets Get to Healing
To all those complainin about factions only i have 2 things
Halloween
Wintersday
and factions has 2 events now. this ones 5 days long not 9 hours!
Halloween
Wintersday
and factions has 2 events now. this ones 5 days long not 9 hours!
led-zep
well this is the best looking and most collectable mask i've seen in gw, looks great and also looks like they are dyable. if only they'd give them stats so i could use them as proper armour or if they could slip over your existng helm so you still get protection but also a cool mask.
markus_thom
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Originally Posted by konohamaru heaven
The Day of the Dragon is a Canthan Holiday so why would it be celebrated in tyria ^^. This does make sense after all if you think about it
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Orbberius
The people complaining that it's a Cantha-only event are incredibly silly. I hear you can only make assassins in Cantha too, zomg ANET HATES PROPHECIES.
Anyway, coolest. masks. ever.
Anyway, coolest. masks. ever.
CyberNigma
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Originally Posted by konohamaru heaven
The Day of the Dragon is a Canthan Holiday so why would it be celebrated in tyria ^^. This does make sense after all if you think about it
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However, the quoted answer is a cop-out answer. It's like theL Q'why cant we access the earlier missions in Tyria' answer - A'because it doesn't make sense in the timeline at the point where you cross over'. Well duh, don't make it so that you get to Lion's Arch after it happens.. The poster was more likely wanting an event 'created, not already set in the annals of history like real life, gasp gasp' that would fit into both campaigns. People forget that these things are entirely fictional and made up, and as such can be made up in different ways - can anyone say Balthazar's Day for the summer event? I knew you could. That's like asking why Doom 3 couldn't have started out with 8 player multi-player and someone answering 'because there are only 4 slots in there so it wouldn't make sense to have 8 players'.
HAVING SAID THAT, my answer would be that they are focusing on the newer campaigns because that is what they are pushing now. So go out and buy it if you want new stuff. I don't mind that StarWars Galactic Battlegrounds was only supported for two movies and then Empire at War took over as the Star Wars RTS after the third. It's an old game, the other one is the new game. The same applies here, Prophecies is a year old, Factions is brand new. You still get the fall and winter festivals, maybe even something else.
Now, let's all go and have a nice time at the Dragon Festival, get our masks, and go taunt those back in Tyria to buy Factions so that the rest of us can continue to play future versions :-) or at least just to get a kick out of it...
Big_Iron
Figures. I'm out of town that whole week. 
Legeon
Remember guys, the most important reason it's Canthan only is because people who only have prophecies will want to participate in the event, hence, buys a copy of factions.
It's all marketing in the business world - and Anet is a business . And even if they get a small number of people to do it, money is money.
It's all marketing in the business world - and Anet is a business
natuxatu
Look it's a stand alone game but for all purpose you can think of it as an expansion thus expect most content to be focused on the newest chapter. No one would be complaining if Factions was an expansion and not a game that can also stand on it's own. Excuse A.Net for allowing for extra accessiblity to their game.
Not to mention they *have* been adding content to Prophices which is more then i'd require from then. Alas this is about the event itself and not storage and all this "a.net should do this and that."
As for where the Jade Wind things will drop... good theory. I wonder however if they will add enemies of lesser difficulty of the afflicted to the starting areas. After all it seems like there will be quit a few changes with "mini missions" and "wack-a-worm" which makes me wonder... are the giant worms from Chapter 1 going to be making an appearance? o_O Or maybe cute mini versions
Not to mention they *have* been adding content to Prophices which is more then i'd require from then. Alas this is about the event itself and not storage and all this "a.net should do this and that."
As for where the Jade Wind things will drop... good theory. I wonder however if they will add enemies of lesser difficulty of the afflicted to the starting areas. After all it seems like there will be quit a few changes with "mini missions" and "wack-a-worm" which makes me wonder... are the giant worms from Chapter 1 going to be making an appearance? o_O Or maybe cute mini versions
Garreth MacLeod
Yay! Dragon Masks!
My characters are giddy with excitement.
My characters are giddy with excitement.
Terra Xin
Now, there are threads in Sardelac asking for a summer event... I have a question. Did Anet already have this planned for a while, or was it because of the suggestors in Sardelac?
The whack-a-worm sounds really interesting... if they're anything like wurms... i think they'll be whacking us^^.
Hey, at least with the extended period, people will have time to collect their masks^^.
The whack-a-worm sounds really interesting... if they're anything like wurms... i think they'll be whacking us^^.
Hey, at least with the extended period, people will have time to collect their masks^^.