Curse

Zodiac Meteor · Dec 20, 2010, 08:04 AM // 08:04

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Well don't you think its little bit unfair that many people have trouble filling up hom(50 mini pets, armors, weapons, money titles, etc) despite working hard cos they just cost too much?
Personally i farmed many of zkeys through pvp n heaps of speedclears but i still i still have enough to fill up hom.

So, what your saying is, "QQ 20 people get to fill up their HoM fast."
What I'm saying is, "That sucks."
After you fill up your HoM what else is there possibly to do? And um, news flash, filling up your HoM is NOT HARD. It takes time, sure, BUT NOT HARD.
You responded to my picture...

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But that's normal in GW, even mini Dhuum drop from uw chest is worth more than those two.

So, is it unfair that people get Mini Dhuum drop? You said yourself Mini Dhuum is worth a lot.

Winry Rockbell · Dec 20, 2010, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

So, is it unfair that people get Mini Dhuum drop? You said yourself Mini Dhuum is worth a lot.

No i dont think BDS drops, WiK green mini drops, or dhuum or ghostly hero(from ha chest) or el tonics from zaishen chest r unfair.

But stupid Art Contest win = 5000e+ is total bs imo. (well MKG was 30000e+ last year i think)

Lasareth · Dec 20, 2010, 08:16 AM // 08:16

Regarding fairness, if Guild Wars or any other game out there were fair, we'd all start off with full inventories of every item, maxed out armor of every type, and max gold and stats. Obviously that's bad for business, so no, the game is not "fair" by that definition. It is incorrect to assume that the game is fair in terms of player progress because each player progresses in a different way. The reality of gaming, particularly online, is that you will get the most enjoyment and the least angst if you set your own goals and use those as benchmarks for your experience rather than using what others have as standards to estimate your self worth.

I've filled my HoM to the level that I feel is worth the time I was willing to invest into it and nothing more. I don't care if someone else fills theirs instantly from nothing. Good for them, hopefully it makes their day a bit brighter. I will not sit and brood because they have X more achievements than I do, though, or that they got them so much faster than I did. I have better things to do with my time, and more important things to be angsty over

This may not be the case with other players, but I found it to be a perspective that works out nicely and in the end I am a less angry person for having adopted it.

Corpus Vitalis · Dec 20, 2010, 08:20 AM // 08:20

Well, if the rewards were worth almost nothing, nobody would spend time making these masterpieces. Why let it affect you so much? Okay, people get made into millionaires, they can't do anything "better" in game than you. You're max damage suntouched spear does just as much dmg as their VS (provided the mods and attributes are the same).

Rhododendron · Dec 20, 2010, 08:22 AM // 08:22

It's just like in life - turnip farmers are not they guys who get the Mercedes .

Rites · Dec 20, 2010, 08:24 AM // 08:24

hmmmm

i'm a very casual GW player, i've "officially" played for about 3 years. i don't care about minipets (they do nothing for me or my party), my main toon owns 2 sets of armor (norn + whatever that one with a skirt is you buy from LA), i average about 25k in storage by end of my play, etc...

basically what i am saying is... its just a game, some peeps collect game junk, others do the contests. and then there's the constant crybabies that always find SOMETHING to whine about, like this thread for example.

shady tradesman · Dec 20, 2010, 08:25 AM // 08:25

I won an art contest and got a mad king's guard. Now I can sit in a town and wave my e-peen around. Woop de doo.

I've always been a pretty poor nub. When I realized what was going on with art contests instead of complaining I just entered. Optimism wins out again.

Elmindreda Farshaw · Dec 20, 2010, 08:27 AM // 08:27

paying a pro artist does not make you win automatically. sorry you don't feel like its fair, but honestly go QQ somewhere else

i vote
/close
or at least color the thread green.

frostkisses · Dec 20, 2010, 08:29 AM // 08:29

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Originally Posted by Winry Rockbell

But if you win the stupid Art Contest, u make more than what most people make in 5 years. How is that fair?

I feel very sorry for you. Your envy runs deep, and your ideals of the world are very naive. Please learn about in game "economy" and the RMT world before you open your q.q post here. Theres no reason everyone in the game cant be super rich, you just have to want it. I dont SC or anything of the sort, but I love to play this game and have very nice things to show for it. Know why? Because instead of whining I play the game.

Scary huh?
..and just a side note...it is infact VERY easy to fill your HoM. I was 24/50 when the update came out because I didnt care much for maxing titles or putting armor on my heros..But I decided I wanted to fill it, put my nose to the grindstone and filled my hall less than a month later.

Winry Rockbell · Dec 20, 2010, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Basically all i'm saying is reduce the value of the Art Contest reward. simple

I guess some people just dont care. maybe they should give aways 20000armbraces for all art contest winners, cos gw is all about art contest.

Gabriel of Ravn · Dec 20, 2010, 08:35 AM // 08:35

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Originally Posted by Winry Rockbell

Basically all i'm saying is reduce the value of the Art Contest reward. simple

I guess some people just dont care. maybe they should give aways 20000armbraces for all art contest winners, cos gw is all about art contest.

Well according to you it seems to be all about the art contest but to most it's about hmmmm I think playing the game shocker isn't it.

frostkisses · Dec 20, 2010, 08:36 AM // 08:36

You dont get it... there is NO value.
If there was value to it, they might as well have just given you the "10,000" ecto that it was worth.
The people in the GAME decide on its value, and those are the people that really want it. If you REALLY want it there is NOTHING standing in the way of you getting it.
It's just something that only makes someone awesome-sauce in game. When they go back into real life they're just the same ol tom, rick, or mary they were before they logged on....get over it.

Winry Rockbell · Dec 20, 2010, 08:38 AM // 08:38

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Originally Posted by Gabriel of Ravn

Well according to you it seems to be all about the art contest but to most it's about hmmmm I think playing the game shocker isn't it.

Well cos art contest reward(in terms of value) is the biggest bs in gw imo.

If they gonna give away 5000e+(which is alot of money in gw) on art contests, they might as well change the name of the game to Art Contest Wars.

Gabriel of Ravn · Dec 20, 2010, 08:43 AM // 08:43

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Originally Posted by Winry Rockbell

Well cos art contest reward(in terms of value) is the biggest bs in gw imo.

If they gonna give away 5000e+(which is alot of money in gw) on art contests, they might as well change the name of the game to Art Contest Wars.

Yes because 5ke is clearly going to buy you experience to win every single GvG match.

You might as well make your own game called Trade Wars where you decide what every item is valued at and the whole objective is to obtain more cash than the person beside you. That seems to be the point of this entire thread.

Kosar The Cruel · Dec 20, 2010, 08:44 AM // 08:44

@Winry - Sounds like you're just butthurt over the fact that you're having trouble making money

Tommy's · Dec 20, 2010, 08:45 AM // 08:45

First of all, you act like if participating in the Art Contest is an instant reward. It's now, some people (including me) see themselves working hard on a entry and not see themselves rewarded.
Secondly, you act like if some people are born to win the Art Contest or something. Seriously, how much time do you think people have practiced to become good enough to win such thing? If you would have put all your time in learning how to draw, paint or craft instead of in dumbshit UW, perhabs you would have been able to win something in it aswell.

Thirdly, its not Anet who decides on the price of those things in game. Its you. Your endless farming, others with you, made there be so many ecto's in the game, that nobody knows where to spend them on. Then a new item arrives (YAY MGK or Reindeer Tonic) and they have too many ecto to spend, so why not spend them on those.

And then, how do people get so much money to actually buy those tonics and mini's in the first place? Its not like those mini's and tonics are only being traded by art contest winners. No, its people who have gotten their wealth through playing. And so could you have.

Horus Moonlight · Dec 20, 2010, 09:39 AM // 09:39

Damn Kleenex must be making a killing from Winry's QQ

gremlin · Dec 20, 2010, 09:42 AM // 09:42

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Originally Posted by Winry Rockbell

Basically all i'm saying is reduce the value of the Art Contest reward. simple

I guess some people just dont care. maybe they should give aways 20000armbraces for all art contest winners, cos gw is all about art contest.

If I won the lottery tomorrow and decided to fund a gw poetry competition and give $10,000 to the winner would that be unfair ?

Would it still be unfair if you were a skilled poet ?

Would it also be unfair if you won ?

The competition has a hefty reward and though I have some skill in art I am not entering but I wish good luck to those that do enter and look forward to seeing their results.

Aeronwen · Dec 20, 2010, 09:47 AM // 09:47

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Originally Posted by End

I think its unfair that people with an actual talent get rewarded vs. us people who roll our faces over our keyboards...

This

I get a lot of enjoyment from looking at many of the artworks produced, though sometimes in the official contest you do wonder what the judges were thinking......

Spiritz · Dec 20, 2010, 09:50 AM // 09:50

Im not gonna bother reading rest of posts but i see winry is having another QQ post after his polar bear QQ.
Anet DOESNT set the market price for minis - We do.
What would you prefer as a top prize ... a rare mini or a common mini - say a jungle Troll ???
Its XMas - stop QQing over everything and spend your time doing something else - maybe helping players doing quests or something in gw ( seems more rewarding than QQing over things that dont really matter ).
BTW a lot of ppl join the art contest to show off what ability they have regardless if they win or not and they do it for fun.