Curse

Relambrien · Aug 01, 2007, 04:19 PM // 16:19

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Originally Posted by Theus

Can you even comprehend how many RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing years that its going to take to accomplish such a feat?

Umm...exactly one year and $50-$60 for character slots?

Shiishii Momo · Aug 01, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I had my Nec and War turn 1 a few months back, got a Kirin and a Temple Guardian, respectively. Nec happened to be on noob island in and War happened to be in Cantha at the time. Probably pure coincidence, but an intresting thought to think that location may play some small roll in what you get. I have 3 more toons turning 1 in the next few weeks, I'll position each of them in diferrent areas (RoF for burning titan, Raisu Palace for Shiro, and Chantry of Secrets for a Djinn), keep your fingers crossed. lol

Amorfati87 · Aug 01, 2007, 04:49 PM // 16:49

Look I know the Mini Pets are free and that probably means I shouldn't complain, but I am thoroughly disappointed with the way they are distributed.

Here is why:

I own 4 Guild Wars Accounts, all bought before you could buy separate character slots. Buying char slots was something Anet said would never happen but this isn't the time for that rant.

I have 28 characters spread over these 4 accounts. Below is a list of Mini Pets I have received so far:

7 Temple Guardians
5 Seige Turtles
4 Hydra
3 Fungal Wallows
2 Jade Armors
1 Whiptail Devourer
1 Burning Titan
1 Mini Kirin

I just got the 7th temple guardian last night and for a moment I actually thought of just trashing it because I was so freaking pissed.

So far I've only gotten 1 second b-day present and I got a Mandragor Imp which has to be the ugliest mini pet, second only to a Temple Guardian.

themickman · Aug 01, 2007, 05:08 PM // 17:08

2 juggernauts . . .

lyra_song · Aug 01, 2007, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amorfati87

Look I know the Mini Pets are free and that probably means I shouldn't complain, but I am thoroughly disappointed with the way they are distributed.

Here is why:

I own 4 Guild Wars Accounts, all bought before you could buy separate character slots. Buying char slots was something Anet said would never happen but this isn't the time for that rant.

I have 28 characters spread over these 4 accounts. Below is a list of Mini Pets I have received so far:

7 Temple Guardians
5 Seige Turtles
4 Hydra
3 Fungal Wallows
2 Jade Armors
1 Whiptail Devourer
1 Burning Titan
1 Mini Kirin

I just got the 7th temple guardian last night and for a moment I actually thought of just trashing it because I was so freaking pissed.

So far I've only gotten 1 second b-day present and I got a Mandragor Imp which has to be the ugliest mini pet, second only to a Temple Guardian.

Whats the spread across each account?

greyf0x_f0x · Aug 01, 2007, 05:16 PM // 17:16

< 2 Juggernauts, one traded for a thorn wolf, and one traded for a Wind rider.

A friend of mine opened his presents at the same time as me, and got 2 mini aataxes. (One of which he kindly sold me for well under the market price

)

I'm not usually one for conspiricy theories, but there does seems to be an awfull lot of duplication of mini pets.

I'm still waiting for pokémon style minipet capture/creation! >_>

Imagine if you could actually choose which monsters you wanted as mini pets, by going out and capturing them.

dsnesnintendo · Aug 01, 2007, 05:25 PM // 17:25

RULE OF THUMB THE CHARACTERS U DONT PLAY HAVE BETTER CHANGES

necro-jade
mesmer-jade
warrior-ade
monk-jade
ranger-jade

finally my ele who i only had 32 minutes on got a mini bone dragon

Hyper Cutter · Aug 01, 2007, 05:49 PM // 17:49

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Originally Posted by thezed

What would stop someone from creating enough chars to make sure they get all the minis? This would flood the market of the mini's ment to be rare.

It's not like the market isn't flooded with year 1 minis as it is, and more enter said market daily...

onerabbit · Aug 01, 2007, 07:29 PM // 19:29

i had 3 kirins, 2 wallows, 2 temple guards and 3 necro horsemen SUX -.-

did get a boner dragon though =o

my 2 yr is in a few days =D

i agree .. should never get same twice imo.

ForgeWhelp · Aug 01, 2007, 07:41 PM // 19:41

I wonder how many of those dupe presents occured on characters that were created very close together?

thezed · Aug 01, 2007, 08:02 PM // 20:02

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Originally Posted by ForgeWhelp

I wonder how many of those dupe presents occured on characters that were created very close together?

Now that would be interesting to find out. Could the pet you get be determined by when the character was created? Two or more chars created in the same "time span" (however that would be defined) would get the same minis.

dunky_g · Aug 01, 2007, 09:40 PM // 21:40

1st years got.. wallow, 3 jade, turtle and a bone dragon
2nd year got 2 palawa jokos

Aera Lure · Aug 01, 2007, 09:43 PM // 21:43

I've had all whites across 9 characters, which is sort of demoralizing lol. Several devourers among that lot, but at least they all were not the same.

ducktape · Aug 01, 2007, 09:55 PM // 21:55

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Could the pet you get be determined by when the character was created? Two or more chars created in the same "time span" (however that would be defined) would get the same minis.

It would be nice if they would tell you the exact number of days since you created your character when you do /age, or even better, have a /birthday command to tell when your character's birthday is. If they did have either of those, it would let people know for certain whether or not they created multiple characters on the same day and help with statistics for the multiple duplicate minipet phenomenon. Plus it'd be nice when you only have less than a month left until your birthday, you would know exactly how long until you get a present

Then again, it kind of makes me wonder, if the day you created your character determines which minipet you get, wouldn't virtually everyone who made a character the day prophecies was released have gotten the same minipet in their present? That obviously didn't happen, so it must be random to some degree, but getting the same minipet 4x on your account does seem to indicate something weird with the way presents produce certain minipets.

Devronius · Aug 01, 2007, 10:33 PM // 22:33

I've always gotten different things. A Charr Shaman, a Seige Turtle, and a Jade Armour for 1st birthdays. I guess it's pretty random mostly

VitisVinifera · Aug 01, 2007, 11:07 PM // 23:07

there have been a few threads about this, and I agree it's bad coding, not bad luck

2nd year for me = 2 hekets, 1 palawa

edit: that palawa was my first non-white pet ever, so about 8 1st year presents = all white

Loki Seiguro · Aug 01, 2007, 11:12 PM // 23:12

Erm i got different minis for all my chars on all my accounts except 1..which got all bone Dragons

bamm bamm bamm · Aug 01, 2007, 11:31 PM // 23:31

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Originally Posted by greyf0x_f0x

I'm not usually one for conspiricy theories, but there does seems to be an awfull lot of duplication of mini pets.

To that I would say that there are only 8 common 2nd year minipets, and assuming they are heavily weighted to ~0.7 or so drop rate, the chance of 2 the same spawning is (1/64)*0.7, which equals 0.011, or 1.1%. With those statistics we can assume that, overall, every 91st person experiences a duplication. Taking into account the law of truly large numbers and forums where the unlikely events get asymmetrically observed in relation to the normal events, and you get an entirely logical explanation, conspiracies not needed.

Warning: Above mathematics likely to be wrong and/or completely retarded. That is all.

SPIRIT OF THE SEA · Aug 01, 2007, 11:48 PM // 23:48

first year=4 whiptails
second year=so far 2 wind riders

still pissed about it complained to anet they do nothing

vikdog · Aug 01, 2007, 11:56 PM // 23:56

I've gotten:

3 whiptails
2 necrid horseman
1 burning titan