Curse

Big_Iron · Jan 03, 2008, 12:31 PM // 12:31

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Originally Posted by Mork from Ork

Or.....

even better, make the Polar bear into the reward for a quest Black Moa style. The idea of including an incredibly rare mini in wintersday and only wintersday was just a really stupid idea - hopefully they will fix this.

/agreed

Congrats to the few that have gotten one. Mini's aren't my thing, but for those that do collect them, it seems only fair.

the Puppeteer · Jan 03, 2008, 12:42 PM // 12:42

/notsigned

should have enjoyed it while it lasted - got boring for me after a couple of days tho...

~ Dan ~ · Jan 03, 2008, 01:20 PM // 13:20

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Originally Posted by WoodyDotNet

Congrats to the few that have gotten on

There was no "few". Only one.

/signed anyway.. farming CC shards made me alot of money. Any excuse to get that little bit richer

Or.. atleast just give us TA snowballing, for say a week. That way i can get the next rank in my skillz in a reasonable amount of time - something not possible with the amount of retards in snowballing.

papryk · Jan 03, 2008, 01:24 PM // 13:24

-_- OMG they didn't added it one day before the event end...it were implemented last year and activated when the event started this year...
It just dropped for the first time yesterday...
and yes this is ridiculous to have a chance to get a mini pet in only 12 days with a drop rate like 0.001%

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Originally Posted by dan-the-noob

There was no "few". Only one.

wrong...there are 2 for sure..maybe more

Rothen Kithkanan · Jan 03, 2008, 01:29 PM // 13:29

Gonna say no. All that snow hurts my eyes

Lil Mystique · Jan 03, 2008, 01:34 PM // 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mork from Ork

Or.....

even better, make the Polar bear into the reward for a quest Black Moa style. The idea of including an incredibly rare mini in wintersday and only wintersday was just a really stupid idea - hopefully they will fix this.

QFT My bf and I actually talked about making the polar bear a quest reward last night. We had lots of fun getting our mini moas.

Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 01:39 PM // 13:39

DEAR ANET...

I just recently found out that there is a new item in game that is worth a lot of money. Unfortunately I havent been able to acquire it yet due to the fact it wasn't discovered until later on in the actual event. Please allow me more time to farm it so I can become insta-rich overnight and be able to buy everything that I dont need in the game. It isnt fair that someone else found it and I didnt.

Thanks,
John Q. Public

..............

RyXXed · Jan 03, 2008, 01:43 PM // 13:43

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Originally Posted by papryk

-_- OMG they didn't added it one day before the event end...it were implemented last year and activated when the event started this year...

Sooo they added it last year when the quest didn't exist and Wintersday Chest didn't exist? Not to mention that GW:EN wasn't out so the explorable that the quest is being done in didn't exist.

GG.

Mork from Ork · Jan 03, 2008, 01:48 PM // 13:48

I think they meant last calendar year - Like Dec 21, 2007.

Though you got to wonder if there was a problem with the coding that it did not drop until 2008 had begun.

6am3 Fana71c · Jan 03, 2008, 01:52 PM // 13:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yichi

DEAR ANET...

I just recently found out that there is a new item in game that is worth a lot of money. Unfortunately I havent been able to acquire it yet due to the fact it wasn't discovered until later on in the actual event. Please allow me more time to farm it so I can become insta-rich overnight and be able to buy everything that I dont need in the game. It isnt fair that someone else found it and I didnt.

Thanks,
John Q. Public

Yichi, I love you. You can have my cookies.

And on topic, I don't understand why is everyone whining about that bear. It's uber rare, so what? Let it stay that way, at least it will be a bit more special then everything else in this game that can be farmed to death. I don't feel bad for not having it, and I feel happy that at least someone got it.
WTB more Xmass spirit for people...

Yol · Jan 03, 2008, 01:52 PM // 13:52

If my memory serves me well, wintersday was extended last year because grenth won the event. In the first year, it wasn't extended because dwayna won and brought spring forward. So who won this year?

Yichi · Jan 03, 2008, 01:54 PM // 13:54

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Originally Posted by Yol

If my memory serves me well, wintersday was extended last year because grenth won the event. In the first year, it wasn't extended because dwayna won and brought spring forward. So who won this year?

Wintersday was extended last year due to the earthquake in taiwan, so anet extended the event to allow the taiwanese players to expierence the holiday event.

Remembrance · Jan 03, 2008, 02:09 PM // 14:09

Things went really out of controll, mad lag at each events and then the mini affair.... Please Anet show your concern for players!

LeoX · Jan 03, 2008, 02:27 PM // 14:27

It's still running atm, wasn't it supposed to end hours ago?

trobinson97 · Jan 03, 2008, 02:27 PM // 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yichi

DEAR ANET...

I just recently found out that there is a new item in game that is worth a lot of money. Unfortunately I havent been able to acquire it yet due to the fact it wasn't discovered until later on in the actual event. Please allow me more time to farm it so I can become insta-rich overnight and be able to buy everything that I dont need in the game. It isnt fair that someone else found it and I didnt.

Thanks,
John Q. Public

..............

That was a good one. Very nice.

Mork from Ork · Jan 03, 2008, 02:35 PM // 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yichi

DEAR ANET...

I just recently found out that there is a new item in game that is worth a lot of money. Unfortunately I havent been able to acquire it yet due to the fact it wasn't discovered until later on in the actual event. Please allow me more time to farm it so I can become insta-rich overnight and be able to buy everything that I dont need in the game. It isnt fair that someone else found it and I didnt.

Thanks,
John Q. Public

..............

that isn't the point of the complaints. Let's say you made 40 runs. At 5 drops each that is 200 chances at the bear. It is were falling at a rate of 1 in 200 that would be too high of a drop rate for it to be special. I don't think most of us are complaining just because we personally did not get the bear. If that were the complaint we would be saying, "just put it in our inventory" instead of asking for higher drop rate or more chances.

The complaint is that the odds are ridiculously low. no casino would put the payout on a machine this low and expect anyone to play for more than a few hours. It is why lotteries offer lesser prizes along side the big jackpot. It is fun playing with the hopes you might get the bear, even if you never do actually get it. It is painful playing knowing with almost absolute certainty that you won't.

Grasping Darkness · Jan 03, 2008, 02:49 PM // 14:49

/signed....i love the scenery

I D E L E T E D I · Jan 03, 2008, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yichi

DEAR ANET...

I just recently found out that there is a new item in game that is worth a lot of money. Unfortunately I havent been able to acquire it yet due to the fact it wasn't discovered until later on in the actual event. Please allow me more time to farm it so I can become insta-rich overnight and be able to buy everything that I dont need in the game. It isnt fair that someone else found it and I didnt.

Thanks,
John Q. Public

..............

Did you evet stop to think there might be poeple who acctually want the mini for it being cute? I show off my Mini Moa because i acctually had fun getting it, and i do ahve rarer pets but they mean nothing. I have all the items i want in gw including high end weapons and armor. I would love to get this mini and not because of its rarity i could care less if every wammo in the game got one. Make it fun to aquire, just like the Moa Quest. I and loads of other people want the mini for what it is not for what its worth. And if people want a new mini to collect make ugly minis such as kanaxai, oni, etc uber rare.

TheRaven · Jan 03, 2008, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Well I wish I had known about the mini earlier, but it's my own fault for ignoring the Strength of Snow quest for the entire event. Yeah, I looked at it when the rift warden appeared. I remembered having fun last year exploring a deserted UW after killing a few grenchies, so I looked at the quest offerings again when the Warden appeared.

I saw the 2 new quests and tried out both of them. My performance on the Straight to the Heart quest was horrible and I abandoned it. I tried the Strength of Snow quest a few times because others said it was a good farm run, but I always died on the last waves so again I ignored it and went back to gathering gifts for Scrappy Jim.

Like the rest of you, I sat up and took notice yesterday when the polar bear was discovered. I raced home after work and spent several hours in the snowman lair killing grenchies. (Yeah, nice trick there at the end. Say hi to Freezie. Wish him luck killing the grenchies. Go sit by the door and spend 5 minutes catching up on the ever growing polar bear thread.)

I didn't get a mini, but I can't complain. That quest really is a nice farm run. I now have enough nog to boost my drunk title from 800 minutes to around 1300 minutes and enough candy canes to survive any vanquishing trip with ease.

I'm not giving up yet though. I left Scarlet camped in the quest and came to work. If the snow is still falling in Tyria tonight I'll still be there farming nog and hoping for a bear and I'll stay until the new build message spam eventually kicks me off the server.

Gaile if you're reading this, I'd like to add my voice to the others. Please add the bear to the Snowman dungeon chest at the current drop rate. Since this chest only drops 1 item (or 2 in HM) plus a Snowman summoner, it would still be ultra rare, but at least there is hope to get one.

Jagged · Jan 03, 2008, 03:08 PM // 15:08

/not signed. Glad its over. Holidays are over. Let the January depression begin!