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M @ T · Mar 01, 2007, 10:35 PM // 22:35

* The Chaos Dye was a good idea and so was the disguise.
or
* How about music when you /dance ?
or
* Extra character slot

something like that

daky · Mar 01, 2007, 11:26 PM // 23:26

Mini bone fiend or horror would be fun to have follow you around.

Sora267 · Mar 01, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Mini's aren't that bad. But, 27 in a year is A LOT, and it gets really repetitive. I mean, all they do is stalk you and scream at you, if they have a sound. Also, it wouldn't be the same, knowing that you're gonna get a minipet for your birthday. It's like inviting your friends to your birthday party 6 months ahead and having them tell you what gift you're getting months before. It takes away from the aspect of playing the game for X amount of years. Sure, you can add more minis, but throw some other things into the mix. Like, you can either get a Mini, 100 of some Uberspecial alcoholic drink/sugary item, or 100 of some kind of potion that turns you into a random minipet until you leave the town. Well, it's all up to YOU, A-Net. So, all I can say is...Surprise me.

savage vapor 33 · Mar 02, 2007, 12:13 AM // 00:13

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Originally Posted by Sora of the Divine

Mini's aren't that bad. But, 27 in a year is A LOT, and it gets really repetitive. I mean, all they do is stalk you and scream at you, if they have a sound. Also, it wouldn't be the same, knowing that you're gonna get a minipet for your birthday. It's like inviting your friends to your birthday party 6 months ahead and having them tell you what gift you're getting months before. It takes away from the aspect of playing the game for X amount of years. Sure, you can add more minis, but throw some other things into the mix. Like, you can either get a Mini, 100 of some Uberspecial alcoholic drink/sugary item, or 100 of some kind of potion that turns you into a random minipet until you leave the town. Well, it's all up to YOU, A-Net. So, all I can say is...Surprise me.

In complete agreeance with this. 27 mini's in one year, while great, is just getting tiring. the Mini Ghostly was awesome cuz no1 has even heard of it really. Give 2 year players something that is a complete and utter shock. Something that will WOW them.

billypowergamer · Mar 02, 2007, 12:16 AM // 00:16

From everything I've read in here, I think an emote or aura would be the best idea for a birthday present. It shows you've been around for a while. Not to say that the mini pets aren't great, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

Sniperz53 · Mar 02, 2007, 12:59 AM // 00:59

http://www.guildwarsrealm.net/index....5&topic=2000.0

We have come up with some good ideas as well. I mentioned the ability to have a "mini me" like pet where they are a mirror image of yourself! We also thought it would be a great idea to have a reward for guilds that have reached the 2 years in age.

Possibly a new town? New armor for characters 2 years in age?

pork soldier · Mar 02, 2007, 01:06 AM // 01:06

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Originally Posted by billypowergamer

From everything I've read in here, I think an emote or aura would be the best idea for a birthday present. It shows you've been around for a while. Not to say that the mini pets aren't great, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

How about a birthday hat emote, with the sound of new-years horns and a bunch of confetti

:P

MirageMaster · Mar 02, 2007, 03:32 AM // 03:32

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Originally Posted by pork soldier

How about a birthday hat emote, with the sound of new-years horns and a bunch of confetti

:P

Huh? whats the point of it? why would i want a hat? there is like million hats already,all useless!whats the point of new year sound again? i thought this is bday stuff.this just makes me wanna roll my eyes.

Lord-UWR · Mar 02, 2007, 04:03 AM // 04:03

He said B-day hat EMOTE. THAT MEANS A HAT APPEARS ON YOUR HEAD...I think.

Knightsaber Sith · Mar 02, 2007, 04:05 AM // 04:05

I'm not feeling the "hat emote" thing. It should be something cool, not cheesy.

felinette · Mar 02, 2007, 04:10 AM // 04:10

I'd prefer something other than a minipet. There are lots of cool ideas in the thread. I like the "weapon with your name on it" and "special quest that gives you a unique reward" ideas.

However, if you go the minipet route, I'd love to have minis of my pets (lynx, stalker, tiger, crane, hyena, etc.).

Bartuc Galadwor · Mar 02, 2007, 04:16 AM // 04:16

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Originally Posted by Tiny Biscuit

Not another minipet set please

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A "potion of renovation", that set your death count to zero, and allows your old character to try the survivor title.

This TOTALLY gets my vote. PLEASE implement this. I am begging you. I only play my main character that was made from Day 1 of GW which excludes me from this title. Once again I am begging, please implement this.

Levi Garett · Mar 02, 2007, 05:37 AM // 05:37

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

The popular choice for a special second-year birthday gift seems to be a new set of miniatures.

Gaile are you guys missing something here? Because I just read through 19 pages of replies and about 70-75% said NO MORE MINIS. That's a rough guesstimate of course...

As far as some suggestions I read:

Increased storage as a gift? That should be something everybody can enjoy, not just 2 year+ old folks. Why is it that our storage "Chest" has the same number of slots as a backpack? 100 slots in storage is much more reaslistic. But then again who can walk around with 10 swords, 10 axes, and 10 pieces of heavy armor? Or 5 swords packed into a fanny pack (belt pouch)? But then again do we want that much realism? Nope we don't...we just want more space to packrat more junk into!

Reset our deaths to 0 for survivor? That's not a gift! Just fix the silly coding already! Survivor title bar should reset its XP count to zero when you die. Then it starts going up as you gain XP w/o any deaths. If I can get 1.5mil XP w/o dying then I deserve the title.

Chaos Dyes sound kinda cool but it'll probably never happen.

Custom Weapons sound good too but they'll just get sold off for profit unless you make them unique to that char/account. Probably will not happen either.

Emotes? Auras? Really they will be so "uber" for the first couple weeks after the end of April. Then about mid-May everybody will have seen them, people will be like "big deal I've seen it 100 times now", and they will go unnoticed.

C'mon GW devs...let's think outside the box here and come up with something unique. Something useful. Something that isn't about "I got this uber mini pet because I'm two years old! Listen to the noise it makes! I'm so leet!"

Don't you think that two years playing an MMORPG is quite a feat? Reward us vets for being loyal to your game and devoting so much time, money, and effort! Two years is a long time considering how MMO's are evolving these days. How many more birthdays do you think you'll be able to reward us for? Three? Four? This journey will not last forever. All good things come to an end...especially with MMORPG's.

Now that I'm done with my rant let's get back to the OP. If it must be a mini-pet then how about something we all can appreciate? Give me a Mini Leroy Jenkins already! You double click him and a nice W/Mo appears with droks glads armor. He casts mending on himself, runs into the fray, and then gets smacked down in one hit. Maybe he turns into a piece of chicken...cause at least Leroy had chicken. Don't forget the most important touch! He's gotta shout it...."LEEEEROOOYYYY JEEEEENNNKIINS!!"

WTB Mini Leroy Jenkins! 100k+50Ecto!

EDIT: Typos...and I'm sure there's more.

Blood Massacre · Mar 02, 2007, 06:30 AM // 06:30

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Originally Posted by ValaOfTheFens

mini Doppelganger!!

If not a mini then something like D&D's deck of many things in form of a game of chance. You'd go to a special birthday island(accessible only once) and be given 10 game tickets. These games wouldn't count towards Gamer titles and no one would ever lose. Most of the prizes should be new items. Like a Super Rune of Holding, which would give bags 20 slots, or a Unique Token, which would be redeemable at a special NPC and would be good for one completely customizable weapon that can't be traded(it would be auto-customized for you) and could be named. There should be more than 1 game. One for minis for people who want them, one for platinum, and one for items and tokens.

I really like this idea, its got some original thought behind it, and please no new minis, they are old, and were great for a first birthday but not for a second as well, but if minis are in order then Mini Gwen would be awesome. Other then that I say the chaos dye is cool but impractical cause if you don't want it, then its worthless to you.

Corinthian · Mar 02, 2007, 06:52 AM // 06:52

Minipet is also useless if you don't want one!

And if you find it worthless, sell it!

Neon (or "Chaos") dye is awesome because you would want to think hard what you spend it on. It would also work on green items. And if you combine other colors, the effect would be the same as on chaos axe.

youthcraze · Mar 02, 2007, 06:56 AM // 06:56

I personally would also like to see some thing a little more useful for a B day present. I know that extra storage would be an amazing thing. And it would be cherished by every one. I also think a title wouldn't be out of the question. Some thing along the lines of "I know how to play GW!" or "I am 2 how about you" some thing to prove to others we know how to play Guild wars. I also think that we deserve to get some recognition for being on this game for two years!! So be good to us and shower us in presents.

Knightsaber Sith · Mar 02, 2007, 07:04 AM // 07:04

I think whatever we get, it should be something that others can see (not just like more storage or a title) and should also be permanent(in the sense that it can't be used up like 100 ales or something that someone suggested). I'm leaning toward the emote or aura (not divine aura>_<) ideas. Just some kind of cool visual detail that shows you're two!

Silly Warrior · Mar 02, 2007, 07:26 AM // 07:26

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I think whatever we get, it should be something that others can see (not just like more storage or a title) and should also be permanent(in the sense that it can't be used up like 100 ales or something that someone suggested). I'm leaning toward the emote or aura (not divine aura>_<) ideas. Just some kind of cool visual detail that shows you're two!

Great idea...an emote would be cool, although everyone would have it after a point....so they'd have to come out with new emotes every year.

Darksun · Mar 02, 2007, 07:43 AM // 07:43

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Originally Posted by Knightsaber Sith

I think whatever we get, it should be something that others can see (not just like more storage or a title) and should also be permanent(in the sense that it can't be used up like 100 ales or something that someone suggested). I'm leaning toward the emote or aura (not divine aura>_<) ideas. Just some kind of cool visual detail that shows you're two!

Agreed. I want my vet Characters to stand out. Having something that gives you an advantage ruins the balance of the game.

But That's why I'm liking the aura Idea. Make our character's armor glow a bit or something. Maybe have glowing runes float around our character/scroll around armor. Or maybe a halo or something. Make our characters More unique. Add to them visually. Maybe an aura on your weapons, then on the 3rd year on your armor. (i'm not too keen on the boss aura, it's a bit obscuring) Make Senior Characters look like they've earned a special place. A new mini can do that but if we had something else it will show year 1 & 2.

Angel Develin · Mar 02, 2007, 09:07 AM // 09:07

NO mini pet's plz,

but if you guys are going to make some:
Mini God avatars.
Mini Glint. (almost as big as Kuunavang)
Mini me (a replica of my own character with my own armor mix) rofl, I realy would love this

And I do like the "name your weapon" idea