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HawkofStorms · Dec 19, 2010, 04:08 AM // 04:08

I don't really want one just because I don't want to have to keep doing that quest chain every year to avoid missing out on some exclusive reward. I'm not thinking about now so much as I'm thinking 5 years down the line.

Xx_Sorin_xX · Dec 19, 2010, 07:05 AM // 07:05

I vote no for the direction this thread has taken.

Zenzai · Dec 19, 2010, 08:23 AM // 08:23

If I can't put it in my HoM, I don't care either way.

reaper with no name · Dec 19, 2010, 09:29 AM // 09:29

Why waste resources on something as silly and unnecessary as this?

dancing gnome · Dec 19, 2010, 10:51 AM // 10:51

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Originally Posted by Shadowmere

I believe the "original" jingle moa was also used in one of the Elona Wintersday quests.

Following the trend, if they are going to do a new one this year the most logical route to go would be the reindeer. They've already got a "jingle" model and skin, probably all they'd need would be some animations that they likely lack currently.

All that said though, I don't particularly care if we get a new one or not. As you said not many people use pets even after the pet update a while back. So the pets just end up being like the candy weapons, cute festive items that you forget about for the other 11 months of the year.

The reindeer would be a completely new pet model for the game. The hippopotamus was once a charmable pet (back in the Nightfall pre-release) but the higher ups at ArenaNet decided it should be removed because it used it's own model and had to be loaded separately from other pet assets which had latency problems or something. Most pets use a common base model that already exists in the game (rainbow phoenix, phoenix, eagle, black bear, polar bear, jingle bear, moa bird, flamingo, crane etc). Here is the quote form Gaile:

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

In the case of the hippo, we liked the design, but it was a model/skeleton that was really only useful for the hippo, where certain other skeletons can be used more broadly, meaning that load time and asset manifests are more modest. (This is relevant when you're in a map and someone brings a pet and you have to download the assets for the creature.) We wanted to keep the number of tame-able pets to a reasonable number and keep the asset list manageable, therefore, with regret, we decided to remove the hippo. -- Gaile 01:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC).

So adding a new pet which uses an already existing skeleton is fine, but new skeletons (like the hippo or the reindeer) have the above problem. If they did add another jingle pet it would probably an alteration of an already existing pet for this reason, not the introduction of a whole new skeleton.

vader · Dec 19, 2010, 01:39 PM // 13:39

I want a Jingle Yak or Jingle Tyrannus.

vader · Dec 19, 2010, 01:40 PM // 13:40

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Originally Posted by dancing gnome

The reindeer would be a completely new pet model for the game. The hippopotamus was once a charmable pet (back in the Nightfall pre-release) but the higher ups at ArenaNet decided it should be removed because it used it's own model and had to be loaded separately from other pet assets which had latency problems or something. Most pets use a common base model that already exists in the game (rainbow phoenix, phoenix, eagle, black bear, polar bear, jingle bear, moa bird, flamingo, crane etc). Here is the quote form Gaile:

So adding a new pet which uses an already existing skeleton is fine, but new skeletons (like the hippo or the reindeer) have the above problem. If they did add another jingle pet it would probably an alteration of an already existing pet for this reason, not the introduction of a whole new skeleton.

There are already Reindeer in the game:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Reindeer

They could even take the Kidnapped Reindeer and just use that existing model:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Kidnapped_Reindeer

Tom Swift · Dec 19, 2010, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by reaper with no name

Why waste resources on something as silly and unnecessary as this?

For the same reason they waste time on weapon and armor skins that add nothing to actual play.

Variety is a major piece of keeping any game interesting.

gremlin · Dec 19, 2010, 02:09 PM // 14:09

They should really do a Scrooge costume for players, sure to be a huge seller.

I am guessing here that had they asked if we wanted festivals at all someone would have said don't waste resources on trivialities.

Trouble is what is trivial to one player is good fun to someone else.

Pretty sure we could find players that disapproved of every game change ever made.

Nirconus Otreum · Dec 19, 2010, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Why can't we get something cool like a mini Dick Cheney or something?

Wrath of m0o · Dec 19, 2010, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Jingle White Tiger plz

Kurosaki129 · Dec 19, 2010, 03:50 PM // 15:50

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Originally Posted by Pony Slaystation

I voted no because I would rather see ArenaNet spending their time on things that are actually useful

I myself would actually want to see more Christmas spirits into the game.

Maybe there is another sub team working on it.

Oh well, i can't help it if certain individuals don't like pretty things, not up to the x'mas spirit, and want dervish builds as soon as possible just for their own benefits and usefulness. It doesn't hurt to rest abit and enjoy the christmas spirits rather than working in questing your ass off.

recon54 · Dec 19, 2010, 09:43 PM // 21:43

Do woodchucks chuck wood?

...

HEY YOU DANG WOODCHUCKS, QUIT CHUCKIN MY WOOD!

Edo123 · Dec 19, 2010, 09:50 PM // 21:50

Jingle donkey ;d

Mordiego · Dec 19, 2010, 09:53 PM // 21:53

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Originally Posted by RedDog91

OMG, win!!!

WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drool

Verity · Dec 19, 2010, 10:46 PM // 22:46

I voted Indifferent, but probably should've voted no... I wouldn't bother taming a new one if it was added -- I don't even have the Moa.

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Originally Posted by Zenzai

If I can't put it in my HoM, I don't care either way.

Agreed!

mechanizeddeath · Dec 19, 2010, 11:18 PM // 23:18

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Originally Posted by gremlin

Pretty sure we could find players that disapproved of every game change ever made.

Easily. Look at every major game update we've ever had, and you'll find several people who raged hard, no matter how trivial or important it was.

I'd have to split my vote for a Jingle Hog or a Jingle Crab. I'd prefer the hog, been a fan of them since I first bumped those Prize-Winning hogs back into their pen all those years ago.

AngelWJedi · Dec 20, 2010, 02:10 AM // 02:10

techincally we could only put some pets in our hom. but i bet that didnt stop people from capping them all. xD i sooo would love a winters day raindeer or wolf.

Dark-NighT · Dec 20, 2010, 02:45 AM // 02:45

I wouldnt mind having a Jingle Bladed Aatxe just to be completely random.

RIGHTKaane · Dec 20, 2010, 03:19 AM // 03:19

The only real answer is jingle crocodile