Curse

phool · Jul 09, 2007, 08:23 PM // 20:23

largely ruined by lag. <3 dragon arena though, only good minigame so far. Using int districts I had a playable ~350 average ping for it 2 games out of 3.

myword · Jul 09, 2007, 08:34 PM // 20:34

my guild only got back on GW for the dragon arena

aaje vhanli · Jul 09, 2007, 10:57 PM // 22:57

I had connection problems all weekend (due ISP), so I was only able to enjoy a section of what was available.

1) The quests were fine. Extremely easy, but no complaints since that's good for new players. The 240 Victory Tokens were nice.
2) I love Rollerbeetle Racing and found this a great way to get the rest of my tokens for my hat/mask in great time.
3) After one failed try (due to lag) I didn't bother with the missions because there was no real reward to it and my connection was not dependable.
4) After loot scaling I can't afford to waste money on AFK Rings.
5) The mask was one of the least exciting ones I've seen. A GRASP mask would have been immensely better -- preferably both, for those who like the masks we got. I also think it's lame that they are available outside the event. Dragon masks and Tengu masks are still the best out there yet were never available outside the event so I think it's lame to allow people to get the demon mask outside the event. An actual dragon festival would have been better and a teaser for GE:WN would have been largely more appreciated than a "reenactment" of last year's Nightfall teaser-based event.

I may not have been impressed, but free festival events are nice anyways. No true complaints.

Brother Andicus · Jul 09, 2007, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Cant really comment. with an average ping in excess of 1k in an empty international district its prett hard to do anything.

lakatz · Jul 09, 2007, 11:50 PM // 23:50

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Originally Posted by Dawgboy

I think the finale was lagtastic. I LOVE getting presents dropped at my feet and not even being able to pick them up.

I found that frustrating too. It felt more like mini disconnects than lag to me, or maybe even something else. I'd see people running toward me and then suddenly they'd be far away like there was a time warp where I was standing. And I'd see someone scoop in and get the gift at my feet while I was frantically hitting the semi-colon and spacebar.

It was definitely weirder than lag.

Dragou Du Porzan · Jul 10, 2007, 12:00 AM // 00:00

I came away pleased with the festival. Sure, it was almost a verbatim copy of last year's plus rollerbeetle racing (yay!) and a new hat (which I admittedly liked less than the dragon mask), but for me that's acceptable. I can only imagine the amount of work that goes into developing these festivals concurrently with fixing bugs, tweaking skills and coding new products. ANet did a great job with the original Dragon Festival - I don't expect them to reinvent the wheel every year.

It seems the bar has been set at one original festival for each new product release. When GWEN comes out later this year I'll begin looking forward to an entirely new festival. Until then, I'm happy to enjoy second (and third!) helpings of the great work they've done to this point.

Roo Ella · Jul 10, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15

I liked it but I didn't like it
Liked the atmosphere and the quests but did not like the attitude
of the present drops I went to 3 of these did my bit in delivering
the celestials to the npcs only to manage to pic up 3 presents
total EVEN if they were at my feet or close to me

I'm not the fastest clicker out there so when you get someone
fast run buy grab the present out from under you and THEN get abused
by them like "Sucks to be you" OR Too slow you F**** NOOB"
YES I got the pm screen shots that says that.
it is very disheartening.
That was my only wish that the Presents were assigned.
But overall it was fun event.

Phantom Gun · Jul 10, 2007, 12:20 AM // 00:20

Well I was at the first Dragon Festival, but I missed the one last year. While the quests and stuff were pretty much the same, "except the whole acting thing", I thought it was ok. I finaly got to try rollerbeetle racing, which I liked despite lag spikes and a-holes that would just sit on power up boxes trying to keep people from finishing.

I tried Dragon Arena at the first festival and wasn't impressed. I'm not saying it sucked it just wasn't for me. So I skipped it this year. Didn't bother with the missions, but did the quests. Already did those the first time around anyway.

Anyway I don't think it was even planned to have one this year. I think they did a decent job at bringing it back because people wanted it. For me it was better then most of the regular weekend events they have. Anyway that's what I thought of it.

panteraff7 · Jul 10, 2007, 12:23 AM // 00:23

same thing as last year :P , neeed new stuff

Laenavesse · Jul 10, 2007, 01:00 AM // 01:00

I got to play Dragon Arena.

So I was happy

And for the first post, in case no one answered it, Dragon Arena was always like that (3 skills, rest are reses). I think you're thinking of the other Dragon game with the hatchlings o___O; that's in the boardwalk. and that definitely was no strategy..just sugar rush and click >_>

Darksun · Jul 10, 2007, 01:17 AM // 01:17

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Originally Posted by Navaros

My opinions on the 2007 Dragon Festival:

- Mask was utterly horrible. I'll never understand why they made a whole bunch of cool masks, and then give players the very worst one. If everyone got the Dream Rider mask then it would have been the best mask ever. Instead, they gave everyone the worst mask ever, hands-down.

Definitely opinion. I hated the Rider masks and loved the Demon. oh well!

Porkchop Sandwhiches · Jul 10, 2007, 01:23 AM // 01:23

You guys who had a lot of lag or complained about presents should have gone to International Districts. The last day the top 10-15 districts were the only ones with a decent amount of people and I didn't lag much at all.

I liked the event, I upped three titles by a lot and made some money. :P

Feminist Terrorist · Jul 10, 2007, 04:32 AM // 04:32

I got the stupid hat, but not sure why as it's pretty ugly and not dyable. The decision to make it undyable is just weird. I don't get it. The whole event was "meh" for me.

murtagh deadmoon · Jul 10, 2007, 05:14 AM // 05:14

I enjoyed it because I made a fair amount of easy cash, I enjoyed the Rollerbeetle Racing and the Dragon Arena was ok. Free for all gifts was great

Kashrlyyk · Jul 10, 2007, 05:21 AM // 05:21

Am I the only one noticing that spoiler or was it only in the german version?

arcanemacabre · Jul 10, 2007, 05:29 AM // 05:29

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

Am I the only one noticing that spoiler or was it only in the german version?

What spoiler?

Vinraith · Jul 10, 2007, 05:43 AM // 05:43

I thought it was fun. The missions provided a nice challenge, the games were entertaining as usual, and I didn't have any of the lag problems others seem to be complaining about. On the whole, a good event.

Xiaxhou of Trinity · Jul 10, 2007, 05:53 AM // 05:53

-DA= always like that
-there were festival missions, just the main festival mission was harder and
it wasn't really during set time you just have to talk to Riujiyo....
-The celebration is not celebrating the "dragon" but the "dragon empire".
Read what the npc's are saying....They are celebrating how the Dragon
Empire has triumphed over yet another evil (plague, shiro, etc).
-Are you new? GW servers always lag that much during events. I have to
admit that it was a diff kind of lag (slow reaction times, frozen then
unfrozen), but i've experienced much worse lag during christmas or new year
-Masks were never that exciting, you never got to pick the mask last
festival........Last time was tengu mask i think
-The festival mission was not "hardcore players related", just get a better grp
and go....you whine a lot.......Anet events were never that perked up,
only the first time you experience them.
-items=sugar rush for festivities, can get high for title, other stuff you can
randomly shoot off (a guild party full of ppl with sparklers is plain fun)

Kashrlyyk · Jul 10, 2007, 05:57 AM // 05:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

What spoiler?

The Kisu in my game happily spoilered the Nightfalls campaign end.

arcanemacabre · Jul 10, 2007, 06:15 AM // 06:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xiaxhou of Trinity

-Masks were never that exciting

Aww come on! Surely you must love this mask, you're in a guild named Scythes of Chaos, and it is a Scythe of Chaos mask - gotta love that irony!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

The Kisu in my game happily spoilered the Nightfalls campaign end.

Oh that spoiler. Meh, not really a big deal. The whole festival was one giant spoiler anyway - our victory over Abaddon and his demon brethren. There's bound to be issues like these in a game with a linear story, but yet open to anyone at any point in that story.