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Jun 30, 2006, 04:27 AM // 04:27	#1
Canadian Bacon Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]	So, who else hates this event? I realized how dumb this is, so I deleted everything except the part about pets. I still think that was fairly significant error by Anet. 4) Loss of Pets- Anet, what the firetruck is wrong with you!? Did you even test the PvP arena before writing code that permanently removes the pet from anyone who plays the dragon arena!? God, I'm pissed about that. Last edited by Canadian Bacon; Jun 30, 2006 at 04:57 AM // 04:57..

Jun 30, 2006, 04:29 AM // 04:29	#2
Poqow Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2006	Well the 250 for the orbs is REALLY REALLY EASY. You can solo all the quests that are given. There are 4 and total up to 240. Just get the rest through the arena. Its not hard at all. The rest are opinion

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:33 AM // 04:33

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Well the 250 for the orbs is REALLY REALLY EASY. You can solo all the quests that are given. There are 4 and total up to 240. Just get the rest through the arena. Its not hard at all. The rest are opinion

Oh, ok. I didn't realize it was so quick.

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:38 AM // 04:38	#4
Kijik Oni Hanryuu Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things Guild: [acid]members of the KAWS alliance Profession: A/	I would expectthis of some new guy that didn't know of the rules but this is flamebait, I wouldn't expect that from a councillor, why must everyone whine about everything, gawd defending anet is aging me I swear, mods please close this thread it has no use, just flaming and flamebait. canadian I am sorry about the loss of your pet, I am certain it will be fixed, please delete this thread though, or atleast do something ,we don't need something like this just waiting to start a huge flamewar.

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:38 AM // 04:38

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1) PvP Dragon Arena- I don't know if it's the lack of skill variety, the lack of strategy, or just the fact that there are 1-hit-kills, but this game provided me with absolutely 0 enjoyment.

Honestly? I'm not a huge fan of it. But it's different, it's free, it gives rewards... there are no negatives to it, other than potential bugs.

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2) Festival Tickets- Why do i have to pay to play the games? They are only 15g each, but once you start hopping around on those gambling rings of doom, they dry up awefully fast. To buy any reasonably useful amount of tickets costs more than most new players can afford.

3) Festival Rewards- Why should I have to spend 25 of my expensive tickets for a single event item? This is too much. At Wintersday, they popped out everywhere, there were tons of items. If this is a way to prevent too many items from entering the game's economy for some reason, it will definitely work.

At least you don't have to farm them <_< Many present boxes open up to a salable item that sells for 175 less than the amount of tickets it cost. However, some present boxes also open up to 1k gold, which is 66 more tickets. It doesn't even out, but it won't set you too far into the red if all you want are the Jade Orbs.
In the end, it's a gold sink. I actually enjoy opening the presents, so meh.

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4) Loss of Pets- Anet, what the firetruck is wrong with you!? Did you even test the PvP arena before writing code that permanently removes the pet from anyone who plays the dragon arena!? God, I'm pissed about that.

All I can say is, oops >_>

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5) 250 Orbs for a Mask- To be honest, I havn't done a whole lot in this department yet to find out how hard 250 is to obtain. It seems like alot though, even with quests.

You get them while playing naturally, a plus. You can get them for free by playing in the arena. You can get them cheaply by playing the wurm catching game (if you're any good at it, anyway). If any of the above don't suit you, you can buy them from festival rewards.

I'd like for it to be lower, but at the same time, I won't complain about this one.

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7) Gambling Mini Games- These games require no effort whatsoever to play, and stimulate zero of the 5 senses. Woopty-Doo, mindless gambling to waste away your cash faster than a Hummer wastes gas.

They're a ticket, and in turn, gold sink. People enjoy gambling in real life as well, for who knows why. Some people will win more than they invest. In the end though, anyone with a little time and logic will understand that the odds in these games are set such that you will lose out, on average.

Once the newness wore off, and the realization of the losses vs payout, I got rather bored of it. It's a game of chance, stacked for the players to lose.

In the end, the entire event is optional, and while I think Anet could have done a better job on parts of it, and I'll make the suggestions another time, it doesn't effect anyone that doesn't like it, because it doesn't interrupt normal gameplay unless you let it.

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42	#6
Kijik Oni Hanryuu Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things Guild: [acid]members of the KAWS alliance Profession: A/	Mercury well said, you showed your opinion without complaining, glad to see the mods have a good head on their shoulders.

Jun 30, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42	#7
Canadian Bacon Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]	The real issue with this event is the deletion of pets. My rage has subsided somewhat, but lets be serious. Failing to detect such a tremendous flaw before releasing it on the live server is a failure on Anet's part. I highly doubt that this is reversable, short of doing a re-roll, but that isn't going to happen. Everything else that I don't like doesn't matter. I'm just grumpy about losing my pet. In the morning I'll grab myself a new pet, and stop hating the event.

Jun 30, 2006, 04:45 AM // 04:45	#8
Kijik Oni Hanryuu Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things Guild: [acid]members of the KAWS alliance Profession: A/	heh glad to see you came to, now if we could do something about this thread before some of the REAL whiners come in here...

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:47 AM // 04:47

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heh glad to see you came to, now if we could do something about this thread before some of the REAL whiners come in here...

Ya...I'm tempted to go back and delete everything except the part about pets.

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Jun 30, 2006, 04:51 AM // 04:51	#10
Kijik Oni Hanryuu Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things Guild: [acid]members of the KAWS alliance Profession: A/	do it man, if you can delete this thing entirely git r done, I am too tired to have to put on the armor of le defense o anet.

Jun 30, 2006, 04:53 AM // 04:53	#11
just one more Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2006	Then don't Kijik, and save the forum some flamebait. You add nothing constructive ever.

Jun 30, 2006, 04:55 AM // 04:55	#12
mattjones527 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2005	Well so far I like most everything about the event. My only frustation is the absence of traders, that offer presents/wine/whatever in exchage for monster drops. I figured this event would be like the halloween/christmas so I bought 2k mantid pincers in anticipation. I'm now out 14k but I guess thats the cost of gambling. So much for my cheap plan on getting the drunkard title.

Jun 30, 2006, 04:55 AM // 04:55	#13
Kijik Oni Hanryuu Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things Guild: [acid]members of the KAWS alliance Profession: A/	lol this coming from some random newb okey dokey bud go bak to the other thread and see how I destroyed you and BTW what you just id is umm flaming, and check the sin boards I am very constructive open your eyes and shut your mouth. BTW matt you had odd timing I was talking just one more cough noob arse statement cough

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