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Necro Niazriv · Apr 29, 2007, 12:46 PM // 12:46

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Originally Posted by jungle

Mini Yourself

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Miniature_Yourself

what hell is this? fake?

WTF??? anyone knows something about that?

GalaKnight · Apr 29, 2007, 01:09 PM // 13:09

The only miniature I wanted was miniature Gwen, I wanted the nostalgia of having Gwen follow behind me spinning and falling down, her cape flapping. But hey, I can cross my fingers and hope one of my other characters get her or trying farm the cash for one. I would have prefered her being white or customized and we all got her or something, but that's mean and that's pretty selfish.

I got a fire imp that I traded for a Thorn Wolf.

I hope "adult" Gwen is the Eye of the North CE mini if they decide to do one. For the record I wouldn't mind a Customized Gwen that is untradeable. Unlike everyone else I want it for the sake of personal nostalgia, I don't care for selling it.

Personette · Apr 29, 2007, 01:33 PM // 13:33

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Originally Posted by FelixCarter

I said nothing degrading, invoking, viscious, or "stupid". All I commented on was Guru's actions when it came to free speech on the forum. Yes, it's not congress. Yes, it's not passing laws. But last time I checked, it was "polite" to allow people to converse about such things without being shot, so why delete our posts and kill our words? (note, I used the word "kill". Read the way I worded that sentence strongly, please.)

that's the problem in general with the privatization of public space - all the places we go to communicate now, malls or restaurants or websites or whatever, are privately owned and the owners have absolute control over what goes on there. All of our laws about freedom of expression were made at a time when public spaces, squares and parks, were much more important.

in this case - gwguru obviously has a privileged relationship with ArenaNet or NCSoft...it's more important to them to preserve that relationship than it is to please any individual reader. Can't blame them for feeling that way, really. Most people would come to the same conclusion.

Alvarez · Apr 29, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

Some of these mini's are neat (Gwen was a great idea) and most are yucky. My idea was to be able to choose your next pet out of anything in the game; monsters, npc's, etc. I personally would love to have a mini Grasp! Another possibility is give the player the choice of getting the present, which makes the mini non-customized or, choosing the create-your-own mini which, in this case, would make it customized for your character.
But hey, maybe next year if people survive that long

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sassoonssamson · Apr 29, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54

I am very much disappointed with the animation work dome with the new mini pets

I got a Heket Warrior which by far is the coolest ( he is big , he weilds an axe and he leaps after u if u run ) very nice work

So i start trading I quickly but a Koss .Such an awful purple pet toatlly sucks
doesnt do anything So I quickly sell him off And the way trading is going on

Koss, Elf( Worst Worst worst dumb idea of a mini pet

) nad that powlo joko guy are noob mini pets People are having problems getting rid of them

How is it that white common minpets (axte , thorn wolf +heket ) are more cool than purple or Gold pets

Lets take Gold Lich He tries to flap his wings and that too miserabley
Atleast they could have worked upon it made the animation on it more attarctive .Like it vanishes and reappears as a Vizer and cvice versa

I dont have problem with mini pets but there are really dumb ones

Asura ( dont even have tyhe words)

THE developement team should have worked more on the mini pets animation , size etc

Jongo River · Apr 29, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42

Elf I haven't seen, but I'm sure there's plenty of people that will want a mini elf following them around at Wintersday - it's just not much of a spring gift.

Koss is a bizarre choice - I tend to think that the pets should have some significance to the character they are given too. What the heck does Koss have to do with a 2yr old Prophecies character? Same is true of many other pets, but it seems even worse when its a character mini.

Oh and lay off Asura - it's hilarious! I just spent 20K on one and love it to bits.

Diablo™ · Apr 29, 2007, 11:27 PM // 23:27

Ungrateful children is the reason why Santa Clause quit.

Arkis · Apr 29, 2007, 11:34 PM // 23:34

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Originally Posted by Diablo™

Ungrateful children is the reason why Santa Clause quit.

Agreed.

Good thing Anet still treats its customers well even if most of them complain about everything ^.^

I for one love all the pets =P.

Evilsod · Apr 30, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56

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Originally Posted by chicks boy

Lol, i can't believe i read all the posts on this thread. It's too funny!

I had a Mandragor, didnt like it but didnt complain. So i sold it for 2.5k to get it off my inventory

?

You've been playing for 2 years? Bullshit.

My guild leader got a Heket (the poor sod) and he hates them so much

NoChance · Apr 30, 2007, 01:52 AM // 01:52

i got a Gwen (green)

Knightsaber Sith · Apr 30, 2007, 02:28 AM // 02:28

I got an Aataxe, he wasn't my first choice but he's growing on me. Gotten lots of compliments on him, especially standing by the statue of Grenth in ToA.

raven214 · Apr 30, 2007, 02:53 AM // 02:53

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Originally Posted by reetkever

What's so BAD about mini pets? You can't give people things like aura's, cause then, after a while, EVERYONE has the aura, and it wouldn't be special anymore.

But you can give people minipets, because after a while everyone has one? That doesn't make sense.

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As for mini-pets: What's not to love? THey're SO cute, and if you do NOT want them, just sell them. Especially the year 2 pets, which sell for 100K atm.

Wow, you just got 100.000 gold for your birthday. Still complaining? :S

Do they all sell for 100k? I haven't paid much attention, but I doubt it. Also, those of us who have been around since the beginning but deleted/restarted characters before the whole idea of birthday gifts was even revealed/announced are screwed over in this regard because the value will depreciate by the time we get our "100k".

Don't get me wrong... I'm not overly upset about it... a gift is a gift and all, but the line of reasoning that we're gettting a huge amount of money doesn't add up -- you can't always sell it for 100k (whiptail devourer anyone?).

kazjun · Apr 30, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Lighten up, it's free. What more do you want? If it's cute/cool, keep it, else sell it, its still free money. Ditch it and move on.

Gotta say though, not sure why they put in the elf, and I would have preferred a ruby rather than sapphire djinn, but otherwise they're pretty nice overall. Ah, a ruby djinn side by side with my SF ele...

But that's just me.

And I reckon the lottery idea's fine. Can you imagine if people could pick mini's? Nearly everyone would pick, say a bonedragon. Soon after you'd have people complaining how their pet is crap since everyone has one. This way, people can choose what they want (by buying the pet they want) and there's still some variation in the pets you see around.

And I wouldn't make it seem like everyone who answered a poll on GWGuru is the whole of the GW community. I'd say more people than not don't even know about guru. And that's just from the english speaking districts. I'd expect the non-english districts wouldn't know guru from squat. And even with those who know guru, I know plenty who don't do anything other than check the auctions and updates. So don't go making it like Anet went against the entire population of GW or something.

tifaRockheart · Apr 30, 2007, 04:18 AM // 04:18

I got a mini elf.
As others have said before, I find it a bit odd since it's a character from an event rather than a regular GuildWars character/monster
But I'm happy with it!

I often stand around people who have turned themselves into an elf and watch comments from other people passing by about how it's a mini them without realizing it's my mini.

Now if I could only make my mini dance with them...

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Originally Posted by chicks boy

I had a Mandragor, didnt like it but didnt complain. So i sold it for 2.5k to get it off my inventory ?

I wish I were able to buy that Mandragor...

Morgoth the dark · Apr 30, 2007, 12:02 PM // 12:02

Got heket warrior and sold that ugly thing in 5 minutes

i just cant stand them...

Knightsaber Sith · Apr 30, 2007, 12:14 PM // 12:14

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Originally Posted by raven214

Do they all sell for 100k? I haven't paid much attention, but I doubt it. Also, those of us who have been around since the beginning but deleted/restarted characters before the whole idea of birthday gifts was even revealed/announced are screwed over in this regard because the value will depreciate by the time we get our "100k".

Don't get me wrong... I'm not overly upset about it... a gift is a gift and all, but the line of reasoning that we're gettting a huge amount of money doesn't add up -- you can't always sell it for 100k (whiptail devourer anyone?).

Well from the new series of minis, the common white ones were going for 100k+25e if you sold it on the first day they were available. The price of course goes down a bit everyday as more of them come up on the market.

Nexus Icon · Apr 30, 2007, 07:05 PM // 19:05

I sold my pixellated turd for 100k +9e on the Friday.
I intend to sell the insult that is the Elf as soon as I've got access to GW again. Some idiot who enjoys dressing up will probably buy it for a fortune.
More fool them.

Mordakai · Apr 30, 2007, 07:13 PM // 19:13

I can't believe people are still complaining....

oh wait. Yes I can. Where are all the "I didn't get Gwen! I'm gonna rage quit" posts?

Jongo River · Apr 30, 2007, 09:52 PM // 21:52

Did anybody get Gwen? Honestly I haven't seen her or anyone trying to sell her. I think they just made her up, to pretend they listened to our suggestions and add another chapter to the Gwen myth.

Sir Skullcrasher · Apr 30, 2007, 10:45 PM // 22:45

So would this be the only series in mini pets where the white common pets are sold for more compared with purple and even some of the gold mini pets? From looking at the chart, there is more choices and better looking minis for white one compared with purple and gold combined.