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Rene Saliere · Mar 22, 2007, 10:12 PM // 22:12

I've tried to list mine based on what would improve the game experience of GW. So...

Top Five Weekend Events

1) Access to FoW/UW (because should always be open)
2) Access to Elite Missions (see #1)
3) Double Fame (because Rank has nothing to do with win ratios and therefore creates unwarranted prejudice.)*
4) Double Unique (Green) drops (because they are a cheap way of ensuring players get max weapons that also have the skins they prefer)
5) Double Rare (Gold) drops (see #4)

Bonus Top 5 Useless Weekend Events!

1) XP Scroll Duration (LOL)
2) XP Scrolls (see #1)
3) Double XP (see #1)
4) Double XP for Heroes (see #1)
5) XP Scroll Duration (because it deserves an extra special LOL!)

* 'I can't get the job because I have no experience, and I can't get any experience because I can't get a job.'

argh · Mar 22, 2007, 10:17 PM // 22:17

* Double Fame
* Double Gladiator Points
* Elite Missions
* The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld
* PvP Character Access to Competitive Missions

Like posters before me, there have been too many people against non-ranked PvPers who are just as good as the ranked ones. Hopefully, Double Fame can help the non-ranked get their R3.

Moiax · Mar 22, 2007, 10:41 PM // 22:41

I have enjoyed the access weekends the most.
>Elite Missions
>Fow/UW
>Dragon Arena

I don't particularly care for the special drop/xp weekends, but the double faction in AB/CM are cool too.

Dannzzigg · Mar 22, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

1. Beetle Races, Beetle Races, Beetle Races!!!

2. Snowball arena, or anything like it

3. Double Faction arenas and GvG

4. Rare Chest loot

5. Dye drops

Suggestion: Forget the weekend, make these things last all week! Not everyone can play on the weekends, and it really stinks when you miss out on these things. I understand they may not be so special if they're done each and every week, so maybe space them out a bit? Ot even if some of them are all week long, and others aren't. Just make at least some of them last longer!

GhostBear · Mar 22, 2007, 11:20 PM // 23:20

In no particular order or sorting.

*My Top 5*
Rare Chest Loot

Special item Drops*

FoW and UW Access**

Dyes

Rare (gold) Drops

*Seasonal and holiday related temporary drops are my favorite weekend events!

**Haven't participated in it yet, but one thing: I hope that the access means that characters from different regions can party up to go into FoW and UW, as currently it's hard for cross-continental Alliances to party together and go through these areas.

My Own Ideas
Weekend Scavenger Hunts*

Gladiator Combat**

Tag/Hide and Seek Arena***

*Takes the form of Quests, the character is given a region to search for various items, success leads to harder regions and more/harder to find items. Sought items would be random/semi-random spawns in the region. Alternatively, it could be run like a mission quest, players are placed in a region and given a set time to locate as many of the items on a list as they can, some items would be on the ground other's dropped by various monsters, randomly or otherwise. Success isn't neccessarily finding all the items but levels of success based on how many you did find.

**1v1 Battles against comp or player controlled opponents using semi-random skill sets based on character primary profession. Or a scaling battle in 1v1 arenas against enemies that get progressively harder, up to facing a boss in a one on one battle royale.

***Players play hide and seek in an arena where targeting is disabled save by actually clicking on your target and holding down CTRL or ALT doesn't display tags (kinda like finding presents was during the last Wintersday event). A touch skill is used to make someone IT. Other random skills for both those IT and NOT IT. Maybe profession specific silliness.

Well, that about covers all I can think of off the top of my head.

Thanks for asking my opinions and letting me be heard.

Indian · Mar 22, 2007, 11:22 PM // 23:22

Rare Chest Loot
Rare (gold) drops
Gamer Weekend
Unique (green) drops
The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld or Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover

zyonuf79 · Mar 22, 2007, 11:22 PM // 23:22

- Rare (gold) drops

- Elite Missions

- Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing)

- The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

- Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover

Faith the Insane · Mar 23, 2007, 12:57 AM // 00:57

Double Fame/Glad Point

Pkest · Mar 23, 2007, 01:17 AM // 01:17

[1] The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld Free Access
[2] Double xp from skill capping
[3] Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover
[4] Keys
[5] Gamer Weekend

as for wants...
how about a mapper's weekend where the circle of influence was doubled making wall-hugging not so necessary or unbearably dull.

*Alexiel* · Mar 23, 2007, 01:37 AM // 01:37

I posted earlier about Rare chest loot being my favourite, but I've also thoroughly enjoyed shing jea boardwalk access and hope its open again soon =)

GheTTo PiE · Mar 23, 2007, 01:37 AM // 01:37

1. Double EXP!!! for my Legendary Survivor Title

2. UW+FoW access
3. Double dye drops

maybe for July 4th, you could have a festive Top Hat or sumething

Sidheyuna Aetheris · Mar 23, 2007, 01:59 AM // 01:59

Favorite Weekends:

-Keys

-Rare Chest Loot

-Rare (gold) drops

-Unique (green) drops

-Gamer Weekend (access to Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, Rollerbeetle Racing) .....personally, wished this had also included the Snowball Arena. I liked this event not just for advancing my gamer title, but also all the other titles and goodies it helped me work on as well. Good times.

This upcoming weekend is going to be my first for FoW/UW access, but I'm looking forward to it. Honestly, I really enjoy having all the special little in-game bonuses...and I love the holidays and festivals too. They give GW a depth by helping to create a feeling of cultural history and whatnot. And, um, free stuff FTW.

Grasping Darkness · Mar 23, 2007, 04:21 AM // 04:21

Could we please get another double xp for elite skill caps added in soon?

VitisVinifera · Mar 23, 2007, 04:39 AM // 04:39

Favorite weekends, in order

1. Triple green drops
2. Gamer weekend (boardwalk)
3. (and far behind 2) double hero armor upgrades (this shoud be made triple, I was getting 100+ pts with no armors in Salahja more often than not, and most Shadow Nexus runs didn't give an armor)
4. extra keys and rare chest drops

Now I WOULD put Canthan elite missions / Fissure and UW access, but those SHOULD NOT be events. Gaile, you promised us alternative Canthan elite access many months ago, and it's a broken promise. And you very well know what the vast majority of the community thinks about favor and Fissure and UW access.

Hell Raiser · Mar 23, 2007, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by VitisVinifera

Now I WOULD put Canthan elite missions / Fissure and UW access, but those SHOULD NOT be events. Gaile, you promised us alternative Canthan elite access many months ago, and it's a broken promise. And you very well know what the vast majority of the community thinks about favor and Fissure and UW access.

I completely agree.

Favorites:
1. x2 exp from skill caps
2. Gamer
3. Rare Chests
4. Green

Orinn · Mar 23, 2007, 05:39 AM // 05:39

The elite areas should be open all the time, not a weekend event.

1: Double greens
2: Double golds
3: everything else not PvP related
4: Everything else PvP related.

Not that Pvp is bad or anything, it just means absolutely nothing to me. Even double XP scrolls has SOME effect on my gameplay, but weekends of double fame/glad points/rank/balth faction, whatever, might as well not exist for me. I know some people love them, and that's great, that's why this is a poll.

Gaile Gray · Mar 23, 2007, 06:29 AM // 06:29

Thank you for your responses, and for all the great comments and ideas! This will be very helpful to us.

biofrog · Mar 23, 2007, 06:47 AM // 06:47

something different please..

* Weakened Anguish weekend - no environment effects
* Double Monster weekend - give them a chance to get back at us
* Instagib title weekend (turn on for instagibs) - a page from the book of UT

* Speed Weekend - double speed for all!
* Rampage Weekend - full radar aggression!

Or all 5 at once...

Sounds like fun :-)

game705 · Mar 23, 2007, 09:24 AM // 09:24

i like the "Special Item Drops" !!

Brknkybrd · Mar 23, 2007, 09:39 AM // 09:39

Quote:

Double Chance of Drops:
Rare (gold) drops

Access to:

Elite Missions

The Fissure of Woe and The Underworld

Special Item Drops:

Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clover

Those 4 appeal most to me, especially FoW / UW access.

Some ideas I have:

Events that last for four or five days, for those who can't play on the weekend
An event which allows 12 person parties in DoA, to give assassins, ritualists, mesmers, rangers, paragons, and dervishes a slightly better chance at getting a party there.
"Half Price Skills" Weekend or better yet "Skills Cost No Gold But Require Two Skill Points Each" Weekend
"Let's Not Have a Special Weekend and Instead Focus On Fixing Skills That Were Nerfed Way Too Much" Weekend