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go cubs · May 12, 2012, 07:32 PM // 19:32

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Originally Posted by Showtime

I have many questions...

Why does it seem like more have been found in short span over the last couple days?
Dupers or did update change ratios since no one had provided proof earlier... What to do with my 2 or 3 7th years.

IDK what the asian mini owners did to the people who decided to ruin their collections, but this is still RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOed up. Maybe someone belittled someone for only having a mini gwen and that person was working at ncsoft and got the ball rolling. What could have made them want to ruin one of the biggest money sinks in game?
IMO GW2. If they kill everything you love about gw1....

Looking at it from another angle... 5-6 years ago many complained they couldn't get asian minis. Maybe in 3-4 years the bday gifts will give buffs to the step child classes and make them a balanced part of pve.

Wow..
Well, first of all my guess is that once proof was posted by someone, everyone decided to post their proof as well since they were keeping it quite.

Also, they probably just want the minis to be more easily accessible to everyone instead of a small few.

These minis are not a money sink anyway, a money sink takes money out of the game. This just re-distributes the money.

I prefer that these minis will drop in price. Stop raging and get over it. Whats done is done.

jayson · May 12, 2012, 07:36 PM // 19:36

blah blah blah delete post.

Ewon · May 12, 2012, 07:41 PM // 19:41

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Originally Posted by go cubs

Also, they probably just want the minis to be more easily accessible to everyone instead of a small few.

Then why make them so rare to begin with? Why would you create extremely rare, sought after items just to so "RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO you" to those who aquire them later.

I seriously do not understand why Anet would possible add them to the 7th year presents, not not think they were pissing off there dedicated players. People spent years building up money for their asian pet collections. Yes "poor" players can now rejoice and laugh at the rich (and I'm talking the legitrich) due to their own inability to acquire such items, but what if you lost everything you worked towards? I'm not just talking in GW, but in anything you have devoted time too.

I'm not convinced asian pets drop yet, but if they do... nothing is sacred in this game anymore...

go cubs · May 12, 2012, 07:47 PM // 19:47

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Originally Posted by Ewon

Then why make them so rare to begin with? Why would you create extremely rare, sought after items just to so "RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO you" to those who aquire them later.

I seriously do not understand why Anet would possible add them to the 7th year presents, not not think they were pissing off there dedicated players. People spent years building up money for their asian pet collections. Yes "poor" players can now rejoice and laugh at the rich (and I'm talking the legitrich) due to their own inability to acquire such items, but what if you lost everything you worked towards? I'm not just talking in GW, but in anything you have devoted time too.

I'm not convinced asian pets drop yet, but if they do... nothing is sacred in this game anymore...

Don't get me wrong here. It's stupid that they were that rare to begin with. I personally am happy that they drop despite owning a few of the pets that are confirmed to drop. This may just be because I don't really care too much anymore but it doesn't piss me off. What pisses me off is that they didn't do it sooner.

Mordiego · May 12, 2012, 07:50 PM // 19:50

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Originally Posted by Ewon

Then why make them so rare to begin with? Why would you create extremely rare, sought after items just to so "RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO you" to those who aquire them later.

I seriously do not understand why Anet would possible add them to the 7th year presents, not not think they were pissing off there dedicated players. People spent years building up money for their asian pet collections. Yes "poor" players can now rejoice and laugh at the rich (and I'm talking the legitrich) due to their own inability to acquire such items, but what if you lost everything you worked towards? I'm not just talking in GW, but in anything you have devoted time too.

I'm not convinced asian pets drop yet, but if they do... nothing is sacred in this game anymore...

I worked my ass off to get some of the asians in my hom. And I mean it literally, I sat in front of the screen mashing stuff for hrs... and for what? Now they give these minis for free?!

Hail aNet for your bitch ass approach.... "Let's please casual players cause they pay the bills as long they are given virtual things without grind (for free)"

We had comunism in Poland back in the day... we still can't get over the damage it has done to us.

Let's all praise that aNet decided to play Robin Hood and take from the rich to give it to the poor.

Duping... bot pandemonium... no promised content... no live team... and now this...

I think what aNet does to GW1 is an awesome marketing move for their upcoming game:

"Look, anytime we got a new business that's better paid, we WILL leave the old one to rot"

They should put this on GW2 box

JONO51 · May 12, 2012, 08:01 PM // 20:01

Its taken two weeks just for confirmation of one of the lower tier/more common asian pets. Its not like they are in every third present. More like ANet wants to drip feed them in so even when all the existing ones are on inactive accounts post-gw2 people still have a chnace at getting some for HoM/aesthetics.

LifeInfusion · May 12, 2012, 08:09 PM // 20:09

Why is there such a commotion? It is not like the asian minis drop from every present. Regardless, not that many people have 7th year presents anyway. By the time the Factions people get the 7th year presents (i.e. next year), Guild Wars 2 will likely be out.

Merovingian · May 12, 2012, 08:10 PM // 20:10

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Originally Posted by JONO51

Its taken two weeks just for confirmation of one of the lower tier/more common asian pets. Its not like they are in every third present. More like ANet wants to drip feed them in so even when all the existing ones are on inactive accounts post-gw2 people still have a chnace at getting some for HoM/aesthetics.

I wouldn't be so sure about the rarity. It has taken 2weeks since the introduction of the presents for this to be confirmed but my guess is that they not only patched the dupe exploit during last night's "game crash bug" updates, but also tweaked the drop rate of asian minis from presents i.e. made it more frequent.

That's the reason so many have appeared today all of a sudden, combined with the fact that the ones generated before the update were kept on the DL to support prices.

JONO51 · May 12, 2012, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Eh, I think its unlikely that while shutting down the game for emergency maintenance and rushing out a dupe patch on a Friday afternoon they decided to mess around with present drop rates too. I think its just a coincidence that the two have happened at the same time.

And while there were bound to be some that slipped through before, its wasn't an an amount that made people take note compared to usual.

Pewterbrain · May 12, 2012, 08:21 PM // 20:21

Shiro here...

Showtime · May 12, 2012, 08:24 PM // 20:24

Lol at all the celebrating. To me it's like a few people working hard and putting in longer hours and at the end of the year everyone gets the same bonus. Time to quit this company and let it sink.

Just remember how arenet/ncsoft treated you. Blizzard doesn't do shit like this. GW was very profitable, but not enough for these asshats. Their execs decided that to ensure people would want to play gw2 they would do 2 things.
Give everyone 30+/50 and Gwamm.
Ruin gw1 through grind and then screwing over old collectors/the economy.

Now to the nubs who say I'm "butthurt" over the prices of my asian mini's going down. I don't own any asian minis. I have around 50 non asian minis left (kuuns, celestials,destroyers,etc). If you had read through the thread I mentioned it. I have tons of other stuff and have given away waaaaaaaaay more than most have so I'm not that greedy. Most of my virtual "wealth" is tied up in candy and stuff so 7th year gifts don't affect me at all. The 2 week bday event screwed me out of a lot fast ectos. I still have a few r7 weapons that have gone up a fair amount, but I haven't sold any so again it doesn't affect me negatively.

So why am I against the 7th years giving out asian minis. BECAUSE IT ISNT FAIR TO THE OWNERS/COLLECTORS OF ASIAN MINIS. This isn't the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing kiddie league where they dont keep score and both teams win. Well this didn't use to be, but now... Its all a RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing sham. GWAMM/HOM/etc all bullshit. Give it to everyone. Make it as easy as showing up.

Just remember every month those mini's will go down now and so will the novelty. Max r7 weapons no longer drop and it looks like they will continue going up and now you can start to complain about that. Cuz mines and others are gonna cost you.

DIABLO 3 May 15th

GW2????

Ewon · May 12, 2012, 08:31 PM // 20:31

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Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

Why is there such a commotion? It is not like the asian minis drop from every present. Regardless, not that many people have 7th year presents anyway. By the time the Factions people get the 7th year presents (i.e. next year), Guild Wars 2 will likely be out.

There is a HUGE difference between an item that is nolonger entering the game anymore, and one that does.

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Originally Posted by Showtime

Lol at all the celebrating. To me it's like a few people working hard and putting in longer hours and at the end of the year everyone gets the same bonus. Time to quit this company and let it sink.

This, this right here. ^

Nerel · May 12, 2012, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Showtime

Lol at all the celebrating. To me it's like a few people working hard and putting in longer hours and at the end of the year everyone gets the same bonus. Time to quit this company and let it sink.

Just remember how arenet/ncsoft treated you. Blizzard doesn't do shit like this. GW was very profitable, but not enough for these asshats. Their execs decided that to ensure people would want to play gw2 they would do 2 things.
Give everyone 30+/50 and Gwamm.
Ruin gw1 through grind and then screwing over old collectors/the economy.

Now to the nubs who say I'm "butthurt" over the prices of my asian mini's going down. I don't own any asian minis. I have around 50 non asian minis left (kuuns, celestials,destroyers,etc). If you had read through the thread I mentioned it. I have tons of other stuff and have given away waaaaaaaaay more than most have so I'm not that greedy. Most of my virtual "wealth" is tied up in candy and stuff so 7th year gifts don't affect me at all. The 2 week bday event screwed me out of a lot fast ectos. I still have a few r7 weapons that have gone up a fair amount, but I haven't sold any so again it doesn't affect me negatively.

So why am I against the 7th years giving out asian minis. BECAUSE IT ISNT FAIR TO THE OWNERS/COLLECTORS OF ASIAN MINIS. This isn't the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing kiddie league where they dont keep score and both teams win. Well this didn't use to be, but now... Its all a RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing sham. GWAMM/HOM/etc all bullshit. Give it to everyone. Make it as easy as showing up.

Just remember every month those mini's will go down now and so will the novelty. Max r7 weapons no longer drop and it looks like they will continue going up and now you can start to complain about that. Cuz mines and others are gonna cost you.

DIABLO 3 May 15th

GW2????

How is this any different from all the other times the rare/asian minis have been handed out? Most of the rare/asian minis have been handed out several times in GW history, and I don't remember all the QQing those times...

I guess it's different once you finally have one, after that it's 'not fair' when other people have the opportunity to get one?

Showtime · May 12, 2012, 08:41 PM // 20:41

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Originally Posted by Nerel

How is this any different from all the other times the rare/asian minis have been handed out? Most of the rare/asian minis have been handed out several times in GW history, and I don't remember all the QQing those times...

I guess it's different once you finally have one, after that it's 'not fair' when other people have the opportunity to get one?

1st learn to read. Then repost what you will. Kthx.

EDIT:
Maybe this will help you.

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Originally Posted by Showtime

I don't own any asian minis

Nerel · May 12, 2012, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Showtime

1st learn to read. Then repost what you will. Kthx.

I can read fine, thanks, but you still didn't answer how this is unfair, but the other several times weren't?

Kthx.

Ewon · May 12, 2012, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerel

How is this any different from all the other times the rare/asian minis have been handed out? Most of the rare/asian minis have been handed out several times in GW history, and I don't remember all the QQing those times...

I guess it's different once you finally have one, after that it's 'not fair' when other people have the opportunity to get one?

1) When was the last time asian pets were rereleased? (other than 7th year bday presents)
2) During any of the past releases, were the pets released in a way that would continue to produce more into the game?
3) Why do you assume all the people against this have rare minis?

and lastly, I'm prefectly fine with other people acquiring rare asian pets, just not in this "here you go" method.

Swingline · May 12, 2012, 08:48 PM // 20:48

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Originally Posted by Showtime

1st learn to read. Then repost what you will. Kthx.

All I read in your posts is QQ.

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Originally Posted by Ewon

and lastly, I'm prefectly fine with other people acquiring rare asin pets, just not in this "hear you go" method.

...and sticking them in chests wouldn't be just handing them out? The entire game is c-spacing at this point.

Ditto · May 12, 2012, 08:51 PM // 20:51

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Originally Posted by Nerel

I guess it's different once you finally have one, after that it's 'not fair' when other people have the opportunity to get one?

^Yes.

It's called "Elitism".

*runs from the flames*

Nerel · May 12, 2012, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ewon

1) When was the last time asian pets were rereleased? (other than 7th year bday presents)
2) During any of the past releases, were the pets released in a way that would continue to produce more into the game?
3) Why do you assume all the people against this have rare minis?

and lastly, I'm prefectly fine with other people acquiring rare asin pets, just not in this "hear you go" method.

1). The massive mini pet giveaway of 2007 would be my guess.
2). Excluding duping, not that I am aware of... but they were given away for things as trivial as annual art competitions with no promise that they wouldn't be given away in future art competitions.
3) I don't assume that 'all the people' against this have them, perhaps you could take Showtimes advice as well?

"1st learn to read. Then repost what you will. Kthx."

The massive mini pet giveaway wasn't a "hear [sic] you go" method? That's news to me.

Flint Lightning · May 12, 2012, 08:59 PM // 20:59

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Originally Posted by ACWhammy

I have an idea.

How about 20 of us all buy 50 presents each at an agreed price, then we each post a video of us opening all of them. That's 1,000 presents.

I don't want this thread to turn into a mathematical discussion but I think having solid proof of 1,000 presents being opened will help in determining if the presents do indeed have other minis besides old birthday minis.

I realize that even if nothing special comes out of the presents that it could still mean that the special minis are very, very, very rare. But 1,000 opened 7th year presents would be good documentation to have.

I'm game! Lol