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Extreme Measures · Sep 06, 2006, 03:54 PM // 15:54

I logged into my mesmer today, and found I had a blue and white box in my inventory, that said "Birthday Present". Its not my birthday, but the box said to double click to open. So I opened it, and up pops some armor. It said it was Miniture Jade Armor. Its the breast piece., but have no clue what its for, and why it was given to me.... Is it to replace a piece of the enchanters armor that I already have ???? Excuse me for being stupid... just wondering why I got this, and what to do with it lol

Silver_Fang · Sep 06, 2006, 04:00 PM // 16:00

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Originally Posted by Extreme Measures

I logged into my mesmer today, and found I had a blue and white box in my inventory, that said "Birthday Present". Its not my birthday, but the box said to double click to open. So I opened it, and up pops some armor. It said it was Miniture Jade Armor. Its the breast piece., but have no clue what its for, and why it was given to me.... Is it to replace a piece of the enchanters armor that I already have ???? Excuse me for being stupid... just wondering why I got this, and what to do with it lol

Happy Birthday, if you recieved the present, it is not your birthday but your character birthday. My ele got the same present as yours, a Jade Armor, when in explorable area, double click and it, and a Jade Armor will pop up and follow you(it does knothing other than showing off, and Jade Armor is one of my favourite, i would ike a Burning Titan tho.

Karalin Taucher · Sep 06, 2006, 04:02 PM // 16:02

yay you got a minipet!

Eevery character gets one on their first birthday... there's several diffenret types, and they're all characters or monsters from either Prophecies or Factions.

A Jade Armor is a warrior type boss that escort Mursaat spellcasters in the latter stages of Prophecies... I'm guessing you haven't got that far if you thought it was an actual piece of armor!

next time you are in an explorable area, double-click the minipet, and watch it follow you around. That's all it does... purely for show, but people will buy them from you or trade them.

See the link above for more!

Killer Twinblade · Sep 06, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03

once your character is a year old, you get a birthday present. when u open it u get a mini pet. go outside of town and double click on ur miniature jade armor. it is unacesible in towns. it will not fight, it will not take damage it is just for show.

Scorpion Boy · Sep 06, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Everyone gets Jade armors and Titans...And I got 2 Devourers hurray..

Sir Skullcrasher · Sep 06, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29

Yeah, once your character hit age of 1 (or 12 months). You get a birthday present.

I have gotten temple guardian and few others. Need one more months for my ele to turn 1 year old too.

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 06, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58

I got a Temple Guardian and two dinky Hydras. Sold the Hydras and bought a Burning Titan and a Jade Armor. Keep in mind the minis come in an annual series. Once April 27 (or whenever Prophecies went live...) rolls around, the pets from the first run of minipets wont spawn anymore and we'll have an all new set of pets.

Loviatar · Sep 06, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19

somehow i thought my jade armor was low minipet on the totem pole

vinegrower · Sep 06, 2006, 07:09 PM // 19:09

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I got a Temple Guardian and two dinky Hydras. Sold the Hydras and bought a Burning Titan and a Jade Armor. Keep in mind the minis come in an annual series. Once April 27 (or whenever Prophecies went live...) rolls around, the pets from the first run of minipets wont spawn anymore and we'll have an all new set of pets.

Really? I've never heard that. Got a link?

Fungus Amongus · Sep 06, 2006, 07:16 PM // 19:16

You were just gifted something worth 20k-30k for not deleting your character for 12 months. I would have four minipets now if I didn't reroll characters just for the sake of changing names. Oh, well. I have a Charr Shaman and a Temple Guardian. My mesmer will be getting hers next month and my monk will get his a month after that.

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 06, 2006, 07:19 PM // 19:19

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Originally Posted by vinegrower

Really? I've never heard that. Got a link?

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No Miniature Creature will appear in more than one annual series of Birthday Presents.

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

Says it all, each minipet is limited to a one year run. Maybe if you hang onto some of the crappy ones, people might actually want them a ways down the line when they don't spawn anymore.

vinegrower · Sep 06, 2006, 07:26 PM // 19:26

huh, I took that to mean that at one year of age, these are the pets you get, at two years of age, there would be something else. But that all characters when they turn one year old would get one of these current pets.

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On your character's all-important first birthday, you will receive one of the following Birthday Miniatures Creatures:

Since it doesn't day, "if your character's first birthday is this year you get one of these", just in general when they are one year old.

But either way, I've got the mini pets that I want out of this group.

Loviatar · Sep 06, 2006, 07:34 PM // 19:34

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

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Says it all, each minipet is limited to a one year run. Maybe if you hang onto some of the crappy ones, people might actually want them a ways down the line when they don't spawn anymore.

could that be actually the year of the character?

otherwise they will have to come up with a complete and unrelated set of minipets for chapter 1 each year.

i think it means each characters 2nd birthday (and third) will be guaranteed not to include an old minipet that might even be a duplicate since they are random.

first birthday any one of those listed now

2nd birthday any one of the second birthday series (Gaile said 2nd will be even better)

3rd birthday any one of the 3rd birthday series.

someone getting a first birthday present a year from now would get a present from the first year birthday list since Gaile said the second year ones would be better than the first year presents.

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 06, 2006, 08:53 PM // 20:53

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

could that be actually the year of the character?

otherwise they will have to come up with a complete and unrelated set of minipets for chapter 1 each year.

There aren't seperate sets of pets for different campaigns, there is only one set regardless of what campaign your character is from or if you don't have the campaign the pet is from. I suppose it could be possible that it's based on the character, but that would some-what go against reffering to them as "annual" series.

CrazyMrLeo · Sep 06, 2006, 09:11 PM // 21:11

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Originally Posted by Fungus Amongus

You were just gifted something worth 20k-30k

buh-wha? Is that seriously how much a Jade Armor minipet sells for? Because I have one in my inventory that isn't doing much of anything right now, and that 20k sure would be handy...

Knightsaber Sith · Sep 06, 2006, 09:14 PM // 21:14

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Originally Posted by CrazyMrLeo

buh-wha? Is that seriously how much a Jade Armor minipet sells for? Because I have one in my inventory that isn't doing much of anything right now, and that 20k sure would be handy...

I paid 45k for my mini jade, but that's when pets were still new

**cosyfiep** · Sep 06, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33

hm, people want the titans.....my hubby has 2 so far (he wanted a turtle) and I got a devourer---which I am quite happy with.....I have 2 more characters with birthdays coming up this week.... only hope they come up with more storage space for them all!

Warrior Tanker Il · Sep 07, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13

Ive had my character for like a long long time i got gw at new year then waited less than 4 months before i made my monk and my monk is still there birthday presentless

FyrFytr998 · Sep 07, 2006, 02:20 AM // 02:20

Wow, I got my first B-day present the other day. It was a mini Shiro. Ka-ching!!

gamecube187 · Sep 07, 2006, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I got a Temple Guardian and two dinky Hydras. Sold the Hydras and bought a Burning Titan and a Jade Armor. Keep in mind the minis come in an annual series. Once April 27 (or whenever Prophecies went live...) rolls around, the pets from the first run of minipets wont spawn anymore and we'll have an all new set of pets.

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

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

Says it all, each minipet is limited to a one year run. Maybe if you hang onto some of the crappy ones, people might actually want them a ways down the line when they don't spawn anymore.

Nothing that says that, at least that I see, and Gaile has said herself that she doesn't even know for sure if we will get mini-pets for our char's second birthday. I highly doubt that they would make it impossible to get the current minipets...unless...

Oh maybe they do change it like you said. So once its the day proph came out, then you can't get the minipets as a birthday present, but u can still buy them or get them from quests or something. Or maybe sell it in the GW store? Like the pvp unlocks? I doubt it will be like that though.

Sep 06, 2006, 03:54 PM // 15:54	#1
Extreme Measures Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: None Profession: Me/E	A Birthday Present I logged into my mesmer today, and found I had a blue and white box in my inventory, that said "Birthday Present". Its not my birthday, but the box said to double click to open. So I opened it, and up pops some armor. It said it was Miniture Jade Armor. Its the breast piece., but have no clue what its for, and why it was given to me.... Is it to replace a piece of the enchanters armor that I already have ???? Excuse me for being stupid... just wondering why I got this, and what to do with it lol

Sep 06, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58	#7
Knightsaber Sith Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Few Fallen Heroes [FFH] Profession: W/E	I got a Temple Guardian and two dinky Hydras. Sold the Hydras and bought a Burning Titan and a Jade Armor. Keep in mind the minis come in an annual series. Once April 27 (or whenever Prophecies went live...) rolls around, the pets from the first run of minipets wont spawn anymore and we'll have an all new set of pets. Last edited by Knightsaber Sith; Sep 06, 2006 at 06:00 PM // 18:00..

Sep 06, 2006, 04:02 PM // 16:02	#3
Karalin Taucher Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Guild: Beautiful Oblivion [EON] Profession: E/Mo	yay you got a minipet! Eevery character gets one on their first birthday... there's several diffenret types, and they're all characters or monsters from either Prophecies or Factions. A Jade Armor is a warrior type boss that escort Mursaat spellcasters in the latter stages of Prophecies... I'm guessing you haven't got that far if you thought it was an actual piece of armor! next time you are in an explorable area, double-click the minipet, and watch it follow you around. That's all it does... purely for show, but people will buy them from you or trade them. See the link above for more!

Sep 06, 2006, 04:03 PM // 16:03	#4
Killer Twinblade Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a world far away that you will never know to exist. Guild: Just Jazz [JAZZ] Profession: W/Mo	once your character is a year old, you get a birthday present. when u open it u get a mini pet. go outside of town and double click on ur miniature jade armor. it is unacesible in towns. it will not fight, it will not take damage it is just for show.

Sep 06, 2006, 04:04 PM // 16:04	#5
Scorpion Boy Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005	Everyone gets Jade armors and Titans...And I got 2 Devourers hurray..

Sep 06, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29	#6
Sir Skullcrasher Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Guild: 15 over 50 [Rare] Profession: W/Mo	Yeah, once your character hit age of 1 (or 12 months). You get a birthday present. I have gotten temple guardian and few others. Need one more months for my ele to turn 1 year old too.

Sep 06, 2006, 06:19 PM // 18:19	#8
Loviatar Underworld Spelunker Join Date: Feb 2005	somehow i thought my jade armor was low minipet on the totem pole

Sep 06, 2006, 07:16 PM // 19:16	#10
Fungus Amongus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] \| [Rare] Alliance	You were just gifted something worth 20k-30k for not deleting your character for 12 months. I would have four minipets now if I didn't reroll characters just for the sake of changing names. Oh, well. I have a Charr Shaman and a Temple Guardian. My mesmer will be getting hers next month and my monk will get his a month after that.

Sep 06, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33	#17
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	hm, people want the titans.....my hubby has 2 so far (he wanted a turtle) and I got a devourer---which I am quite happy with.....I have 2 more characters with birthdays coming up this week.... only hope they come up with more storage space for them all!

Sep 07, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13	#18
Warrior Tanker Il Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Sep 2006 Guild: Devilsfear Hunters of Light [Evil] Profession: W/Mo	Ive had my character for like a long long time i got gw at new year then waited less than 4 months before i made my monk and my monk is still there birthday presentless

Sep 07, 2006, 02:20 AM // 02:20	#19
FyrFytr998 Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Connecticut USA Guild: [ITPR] Profession: W/	Wow, I got my first B-day present the other day. It was a mini Shiro. Ka-ching!!