Curse

MagicWarrior · Mar 18, 2007, 02:21 AM // 02:21

Other than Shamrock Ales and Four Leaf Clovers... have you had any other lucky drops or chests this weekend?

My chests have all been extremely sad... not a single useful item (all have gone straight to merchant). As for the drops... have noticed more dyes and mods dropping... but Blue Dye is the best I've gotten... and Defence +5 mods are the best of the mods. Nothing special so far. Mostly in Crystal Desert.

Have you had any luck with chests and drops?

Yaga Philipe · Mar 18, 2007, 02:23 AM // 02:23

Nothing special other than a gold from a tombs chest. I haven't really been trying though, I've been busy beating the game with the rest of my characters and don't other with events much (I did stop by The Henge though)

The Herbalizer · Mar 18, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

no it seemed pretty normal tbh. been playing for ages too and no golds.

explodemyheart · Mar 18, 2007, 04:11 AM // 04:11

I've actually been pretty lucky. I'm positive it's purely coincidence though.

Rockby Quickfoot · Mar 18, 2007, 04:14 AM // 04:14

Actually, I've been really lucky. Got a (perfect) Sundering Gold Spatha earlier, found lots of stuff I've been looking for for collectors, and a lot of the shamrock/clover drops too. Got 2 14>50 inscriptions too. I also attended MesCon for like, 3-5 hours earlier, so that was a heck of a lot of fun. In short, we should have weekends like this more often

Lutae · Mar 18, 2007, 04:17 AM // 04:17

I went to open the last treasure chests, one in desolation and two in realm of torment. All purples. Some lucky weekend, ANET.

Mesmer in Need · Mar 18, 2007, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Ive gotten several golds with ok mods throughout elona, but that may just be because i got nf last weekend and the antifarm code hasnt kicked in yet there.

Bryant Again · Mar 18, 2007, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Through Sorrow's Furnace we got no greens. But it was more for the fun, not the farming.

Aside from that? Not a whole lot. Just some clovers and ale, nothing too special.

Roshi_ikkyu · Mar 18, 2007, 04:43 AM // 04:43

I think the entire lucky thing was an overstatement by our favorite vague and often misleading Gaile!
Oh I believe you do wonderful work Gaile
But in other respects your a kin to a GW version of tokyo rose.

By now we should all know the vague dramatic writings from the main site, the zealous almost addictive jabbering from the PR crew inrespect to weekends and events. Barely measure up to the events themself.
How many times have we been given clear and concise information in relation to an event?

My theory is there is no luck involved with this weekend or with the drops. Sure they increased the Glad points and stuff. They offer more brew to advance the almost impossible drunkard title (a title that slaps there own "no grind policy" in the face), and a nice lil clover. With the random chance to remove a percentage of DP and increase u lucky title.
But as for weapons and increased drops....

Don't try to hard, it is Guildwars after all.
(Hey I'm almost as vague as a PR rep, If your wondering I am currently unemployed Anet :P )

Malice Black · Mar 18, 2007, 04:46 AM // 04:46

Hmm lets see..in 4 hours I got (AKF atleast 2 hours of it though)

4 ales
1 four leaf clover
1 purple from a Kurzik chest

Yep, I'm lucky..

Bryant Again · Mar 18, 2007, 04:48 AM // 04:48

This weekend's "luck" is just all about the ale and clovers, and using said clovers to remove DP. Too bad I never die, though. Wts.

KiyaKoreena · Mar 18, 2007, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Around 100 clovers and ales each so far, a dozen assorted dyes, nearly a dozen gold drops, and a lot of runes. Plus two incribable non max tattooed scims for my monk (I have been waiting for one to drop for a long time and I got two today, yay!). Pretty darned good weekend for me.

Fire Rm · Mar 18, 2007, 05:26 AM // 05:26

nothing special.
i even had the lucky aura on me xD

Meat Axe · Mar 18, 2007, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu

I think the entire lucky thing was an overstatement by our favorite vague and often misleading Gaile!
Oh I believe you do wonderful work Gaile
But in other respects your a kin to a GW version of tokyo rose.

By now we should all know the vague dramatic writings from the main site, the zealous almost addictive jabbering from the PR crew inrespect to weekends and events. Barely measure up to the events themself.
How many times have we been given clear and concise information in relation to an event?

My theory is there is no luck involved with this weekend or with the drops. Sure they increased the Glad points and stuff. They offer more brew to advance the almost impossible drunkard title (a title that slaps there own "no grind policy" in the face), and a nice lil clover. With the random chance to remove a percentage of DP and increase u lucky title.
But as for weapons and increased drops....

Don't try to hard, it is Guildwars after all.
(Hey I'm almost as vague as a PR rep, If your wondering I am currently unemployed Anet :P )

I'm not entirely sure what you were all expecting. The site never said anything about increased rare drops or anything. PvE got the clovers and ales with the little shamrocks on them. Clovers are lucky, specifically four-leafed ones, hence the "bit o' luck" weekend.

Okay, reading over the announcement, I can sort of see how you might have been confused by this sentence:

Quote:

Plus, with a bit o' luck, PvE players may find a unique drop or two in missions and explorable areas.

However, when they announced that, I took it to mean there would be some St Paddy's day themed items drop. And then the scribe was released, explaining exactly what the items were going to be. I don't think the problem was with Anet being "vague" or "dramatic". I think the problem is with your reading comprehension, or not reading enough (if you had all read the scribe, I can't see how there could be any higher expectations than the neat shamrock items).

Bryant Again · Mar 18, 2007, 05:49 AM // 05:49

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

I'm not entirely sure what you were all expecting. The site never said anything about increased rare drops or anything. PvE got the clovers and ales with the little shamrocks on them. Clovers are lucky, specifically four-leafed ones, hence the "bit o' luck" weekend.

Actually....Yeah, where did it say "increased drops" anywhere?

And this weekend was pretty much what I expected: beer drops.

Gaile Gray · Mar 18, 2007, 08:14 AM // 08:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

This weekend's "luck" is just all about the ale and clovers, and using said clovers to remove DP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Actually....Yeah, where did it say "increased drops" anywhere?

Bingo! If we increase the chance of drops, we tell you. If we double your XP, we tell you. Sometimes we add things and don't mention it -- the Icy Dragon Sword, the Ghostly Hero miniature come to mind. But there is no increase in drops or chance of gold items; that is not what is happening this weekend or I/we would have told you that. The "bit 'o luck" in the news post refers to the addition of two holiday items: Shamrock Ale and the 4-Leaf Clover. If you are lucky, you may get those items. And if you use the 4-Leaf Clover, you may get points on your Lucky title. Details further established in The Scribe. Seems pretty clear to me and sorry if someone misunderstood.

lyra_song · Mar 18, 2007, 08:16 AM // 08:16

I think "Unique drops" may have made people think of green weapons.

Skyy High · Mar 18, 2007, 08:21 AM // 08:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu

I think the entire lucky thing was an overstatement by our favorite vague and often misleading Gaile!

Gaile said, repeatedly, that this would be a small weekend, just a little fun. The community blew it out of proportion and speculated about green drops, leprechauns, quests, pots of gold, etc.

She's not always clear as crystal, but she didn't build our hopes up on this one; we did that to ourselves.

Gaile Gray · Mar 18, 2007, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyra_song

I think "Unique drops" may have made people think of green weapons.

But unique and Unique are not the same thing at all. And it doesn't seem fair to not use perfectly surviceable and appropriate word because of the fact that it's used, somewhere, sometimes, as a proper noun.

If you think about it, St. Patrick's Day is just a single day, and the weekend runs just 60 hours. So the Shamrock Ale and the Four-Leaf Clovers do form a "unique" addition to one's inventory, you know, definitely not being something you're going to get any ol' day of the year.

Roshi_ikkyu · Mar 18, 2007, 08:29 AM // 08:29

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Originally Posted by Meat Axe

Okay, reading over the announcement, I can sort of see how you might have been confused by this sentence:

Save me and yourself the hassel next time and Don't assume anything!

1) It was a reply to this entire thread, that somehow ur entire game play for the weekend would be changed because of the lucky namesake!
I understood it wouldn't.
I expected mainly brew and perhaps shamrocks(but more in the form of red irises, doing nothing interesting)

2) Naturally people used the cryptic clues (sorry Gaile but u did fuel this, and Anet does it eveytime) to jump to conclusions.

3) Next time if your going to quote a post and assume its written under a certain context, atleast make sure your right! I was refuting the fact there was any added "luckyness" to the weekend.

4) Yes I hate the cryptic, vague and puzzle like style with which they unveil weekends and events, how about good olde fashion truth! Tell us whats going to happen and even what rewards were going to get. (would have save 100 of players buying mini pigs for 80k+ only to find out the easier to get than a lodestone!)