Curse

Lucifer PVP · Jun 29, 2006, 06:49 PM // 18:49

Ceremonial Dragon Masks will be awarded to those players who are able to collect enough globes filled with the Jade Wind essence that changed Cantha two hundred year ago. The conclusion of the Dragon Festival will be marked with surprises true Canthans won't want to miss.

Well if you would read this it says at the conclusion of the festival there will be surprises. Since the masks are not a surprise i don't think you have to worry about trading in the items the last day.

http://www.guildwars.com/events/inga...onfestival.php

Naomi Heartily · Jun 29, 2006, 06:52 PM // 18:52

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Originally Posted by Lucifer PVP

Ceremonial Dragon Masks will be awarded to those players who are able to collect enough globes filled with the Jade Wind essence that changed Cantha two hundred year ago. The conclusion of the Dragon Festival will be marked with surprises true Canthans won't want to miss.

Well if you would read this it says at the conclusion of the festival there will be surprises. Since the masks are not a surprise i don't think you have to worry about trading in the items the last day.

That's a good point. I guess we'll all find out soon enough

Thallandor · Jun 29, 2006, 06:59 PM // 18:59

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Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

I get the impression you've forgotten that during all the events so far you've only had one day (and not the whole day either) to get the hats.

In other words, that's exactly the way it's been all the time.

But I agree that it sucks. I'm still annoyed I didn't get my Santa hat because I went to a party on new years eve instead of playing GW.

Sorry it is you who misunderstood the complaint.

In the last events,throughout the period of days in the event, 3 hourly the mask collector would come to present the mask doing so everyday throughout the event.

But the proposed as is to be understood correctly means that this mask exchange will only take place at the end of the event on the last day only and not on other days within the event which is very inconsiderate and retarted to say the least which is the nature of the complaint.

I hope i have made myself clear.

regards.

Lucifer PVP · Jun 29, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Thallandor

Sorry it is you who misunderstood the complaint.

In the last events,throughout the period of days in the event, 3 hourly the mask collector would come to present the mask doing so everyday throughout the event.

But the proposed as is to be understood correctly means that this mask exchange will only take place at the end of the event on the last day only and not on other days within the event which is very inconsiderate and retarted to say the least which is the nature of the complaint.

I hope i have made myself clear.

regards.

Where are you reading that the mask will only be available the last day

boxterduke · Jun 29, 2006, 07:07 PM // 19:07

I think this thread should be closed, the event did not even start yet and people are already pissed off.
Anet tries to do something nice for the people in this long weekend and people are already bashing it.

Big Tony · Jun 29, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

I think the belief that the masks are only available the last day comes from a quote on the Taiwan GW site about the dragon festival....although I think we need another translation cause that doesnt sound right to me either.

lyra_song · Jun 29, 2006, 07:12 PM // 19:12

I think people need to stop jumping to conclusions based on possible mistranslations.

-.-

Until we get a native speaker here to translate that website.

EVERYONE JUST CHILL!!

Pompeyfan · Jun 29, 2006, 07:14 PM // 19:14

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Originally Posted by boxterduke

I think this thread should be closed, the event did not even start yet and people are already pissed off.
Anet tries to do something nice for the people in this long weekend and people are already bashing it.

What long weekend? Just normal weekend here - nothing special going on at all..

I like the idea of these special events but why do they always involve endless sodding repeat farming? Why not have a series of special quests and you get your rerward at the end rather than the tedium of having to coolect X amount of items that may or may not drop for you?

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 29, 2006, 07:15 PM // 19:15

anyone got the link to the Taiwan site... since i can read chinese, i might be able to help.

Thallandor · Jun 29, 2006, 07:20 PM // 19:20

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Originally Posted by Lucifer PVP

Where are you reading that the mask will only be available the last day

6/28 Guild Wars Game Update
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...3067073&page=3
How many orbs do you need for the Dragon Masks???
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3067258

lyra_song · Jun 29, 2006, 07:26 PM // 19:26

http://guildwars.nctaiwan.com/event/...work/event.asp

this is the actual page. Could someone translate it please. WITHOUT BABELFISH.

exiled mat · Jun 29, 2006, 07:27 PM // 19:27

this is the ROUGH translation of the taiwanese site

why do they get info that we don't?

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 29, 2006, 07:29 PM // 19:29

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

http://guildwars.nctaiwan.com/event/...work/event.asp

this is the actual page. Could someone translate it please. WITHOUT BABELFISH.

wow.. you ain't going to be happy about this. It said that the mask collector will show up at 7/5/06 to give you the mask. Basically the 4 days leading up to 7/5 , you'll be spending those time collecting orbs and other items.

lyra_song · Jun 29, 2006, 07:33 PM // 19:33

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Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher

wow.. you ain't going to be happy about this. It said that the mask collector will show up at 7/5/06 to give you the mask. Basically the 4 days leading up to 7/5 , you be spending those time collecting orbs and other items.

Is he gonna be there all day? Will he show up at 3 hour intervals? Last i checked the holiday hats were only available for 1 day.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 29, 2006, 07:39 PM // 19:39

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

Is he gonna be there all day? Will he show up at 3 hour intervals? Last i checked the holiday hats were only available for 1 day.

Thing is that the site didn't say when the collector is coming. It only state that he only show up on 7/5. I would imagine the collector will be on every 3 hours.

Thallandor · Jun 29, 2006, 07:41 PM // 19:41

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Originally Posted by boxterduke

I think this thread should be closed, the event did not even start yet and people are already pissed off.
Anet tries to do something nice for the people in this long weekend and people are already bashing it.

Bashing Anet and event totally? Hardly so, the word retarted when used only serves to emphasize the nature of the complaint and i am sure if this comes to be more harsher terms will be applied by other members of this forum.

If we are not prepared to address negative issues and merely dismiss them as they appear as whining and adopt a wait and see atitude all the time, we would not we living in the part of the worlds we are today; fortunate enough to enjoy computer games and free speech within reasonable means.

If this interpretation is correct however, this complaint is within reasonable limits and is a valid discussion as an pre emptive complaint to better the experiences of fellow gamers in this comming festive event.

regards.

lyra_song · Jun 29, 2006, 07:53 PM // 19:53

I think people are misunderstanding showing up at the last day VS showing up ONCE AT THE END.

IIRC, All the holiday items have behaved this way. You show up on the final day (granted the other holiday stuff lasted a few days after the event) and get your hat every time the person showed up if you are in the area.

-.- I dont see how this even is going to be any DIFFERENT?!

My Sweet Revenga · Jun 29, 2006, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Okay to clear things up.

1. The OP's interpretation is that the masks will be presented AT THE VERY END of the event. This means you get 1 chance and ONLY 1 chance to get a mask.

2. All the previous events, you had 24 hours on the last day of the event to get masks/helmets at 3 hour intervals, and not all of them had one final showing at the 24th hour. Technically for Wintersday, there was no 24th hour showing so it was more like 21 hours to get your horns/hats. There was a 24th hour showing for the tengu mask, but it occurred half an hour early for some reason.

3. I think what everybody really wants is that for the full 5 days of the event, every 3 hour interval of EVERY day of the festival we could get a dragon mask. That way everybody would have a chance to get one, not just people on the last day who may or may not be able to log on.

Now other than halloween when I was out of town on business trip =[ I have had no problem gettin every available mask for all my characters. Naturally my rit and assassin don't have grenth's horns or a santa hat. But this time I might not be so lucky since the final day of the event occurs on a work day and no I'm not going to call in sick just for this hah. So I"m in favor of scenario 3 as I'm sure everybody else is.

ChoKILLate[FDG] · Jun 29, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

There will probably be quests that award you with x amount of orbs.

That's how they did it for the Talon mask. We got 100 material for one quest.

Jetdoc · Jun 29, 2006, 08:04 PM // 20:04

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Originally Posted by My Sweet Revenga

2. All the previous events, you had 24 hours on the last day of the event to get masks/helmets at 3 hour intervals, and not all of them had one final showing at the 24th hour. Technically for Wintersday, there was no 24th hour showing so it was more like 21 hours to get your horns/hats. There was a 24th hour showing for the tengu mask, but it occurred half an hour early for some reason.

Excellent description. Unfortunately, July 5th is NOT a holiday for 99.9% of the working world out there (and is in the middle of a workweek - yuck), so it looks like I'm gonna only be able to get 1-2 hats for my guys...