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korcan · Dec 23, 2006, 02:40 AM // 02:40

compared to the dragon festival and halloween there seem to be far fewer districts [im on american servers] for wintersday. i missed last years wintersday so i dont have a frame of reference but does wintersday this year seem like a bust? im sure there will be more people flocking to wintersday outposts on the final day to pick up the festival hats but atm wintersday doesnt seem as popular as previous events.

Arkantos · Dec 23, 2006, 02:44 AM // 02:44

Well, first off it is the holidays. Many many many people go on vacations during this time. Also, theres fewer districts because its spread out between 5 towns. The dragon festival was one town, and halloween was 2 towns. Thats why there were so many districts.

icedragon981 · Dec 23, 2006, 02:44 AM // 02:44

A lot of people are probably out of town and don't have access to GW elsewhere.

Edit: >.< Arkantos beat me to it...

The Ernada · Dec 23, 2006, 02:51 AM // 02:51

And the Wintersday festival is stretched out longer than the other festivals.

JGaff · Dec 23, 2006, 02:54 AM // 02:54

Why do people always have to percieve problems where they don't exist?

People are with Family.
People are Farming Candy Cane Shards
People are in Snowball Arena Matches
People Realize that the event is building towards a climax on January 1st.

New items and npcs will continue to arrive. Regardless, I'm having a blast with what Arenanet has offered. If it reaaly bothers you, you could log off and pretend to write a post on how Arenanet doesn't nice freebies to its loyal customer base.

'Nuff said.

IlikeGW · Dec 23, 2006, 02:58 AM // 02:58

I don't know where you're playing but every wintersday area is bustling with people asking questions about it and having fun.

Dauntless · Dec 23, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00

Winterday is spread across 4 outposts; LA, Droks, Ascalon and Kamadan. The dragon festival was only in the Monastery I believe and Halloween was in LA and Kamadan. It seems like a bust to you because its more spread out.

korcan · Dec 23, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by JGaff

Why do people always have to percieve problems where they don't exist?

People are with Family.
People are Farming Candy Cane Shards
People are in Snowball Arena Matches
People Realize that the event is building towards a climax on January 1st.

New items and npcs will continue to arrive. Regardless, I'm having a blast with what Arenanet has offered. If it reaaly bothers you, you could log off and pretend to write a post on how Arenanet doesn't nice freebies to its loyal customer base.

'Nuff said.

does my post come off sounding like im complaining? im simply asking a question. i dont have a problem with there being less districts, i simply wanted to know if last years wintersday was more populated.

Antheus · Dec 23, 2006, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Unlike those events, Wintersday is longer, and most of the content isn't even in yet.

During the Jan 1st districts will fill up as normal.

The holidays are also starting to affect prices, with materials and runes dropping due to decreased demand.

Wintersday last year only involved Prophecies, and even at that it wasn't much busier. There was more activity due to novelty, but places like Bergen are just as busy as they were last year (both, farmers and quests groups).

So, it's normally populated.

Spike · Dec 23, 2006, 03:07 AM // 03:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by korcan

does my post come off sounding like im complaining? im simply asking a question. i dont have a problem with there being less districts, i simply wanted to know if last years wintersday was more populated.

The answer is more than likely as there was only one chapter out at the time so people did'nt have any choice of where to go.

Lykan · Dec 23, 2006, 03:15 AM // 03:15

Might have something to do with the fact there isnt actually anything to do in the outposts yet. Except collect quests and get transported to snowball.

floppinghog · Dec 23, 2006, 03:56 AM // 03:56

this is such a pointless thread i dont know where to start..

is winters day over? ok, then shut it.

Hell Marauder · Dec 23, 2006, 04:06 AM // 04:06

Many ppl are out in the explorable areas all over Elona looking for free treasure chests, so number of districts in cities doesn't reflect total people playing. Plus, there will be a much lower turn out for hat because of that hat-copying npc. It's all what Anet had planned.

Terra Xin · Dec 23, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Yeah I agree, there are people on holiday so they wont be on guildwars as actively as... well, I wouldn't have expected the districts to be so full. Unlike the other two events where you wouldn't expect many to go out.

**cosyfiep** · Dec 23, 2006, 04:45 AM // 04:45

people are farming for candy cane collector items....or doing the quests....nolani was quite full today