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meialin · Dec 16, 2008, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Well this is the last big wintersday for GW before GW2 hits. I say its time for a big wintersday. I want elite santa armor set for my chracters. What about everyone else post your thoughts ask anet pass on the message. I heard people asking for it in Kamadan so I decieded to post a thread here.

Codin The Great · Dec 16, 2008, 01:56 AM // 01:56

This sounds very interesting. I think it would be awsome to have elite santa armor, but i think we should acquire it through hard quests. For example we have to do 1 quest for head peice and other quests for each peice of armor. IT shouldnt be that long of a quest but kinda hard to do. The quests should be a challenge. We can also instead of doing mutiple quest, just make one big quest and when finished u get the full set.

Krytos · Dec 16, 2008, 02:02 AM // 02:02

Sounds like a good idea but i don't know how many people would bother doing a difficult quest for the sake of walking around in a fat red suit.

Covah · Dec 16, 2008, 02:11 AM // 02:11

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Originally Posted by meialin

Well this is the last big wintersday for GW before GW2 hits.

Cuz they told us a release date....

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Originally Posted by meialin

I heard people asking for it in Kamadan so I decieded to post a thread here.

Just like that?

We are already getting 4 masks and more ways to get the mini polar bear. We don't need a retarded red suit.

Konig Des Todes · Dec 16, 2008, 02:11 AM // 02:11

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Originally Posted by meialin

Well this is the last big wintersday for GW before GW2 hits.

Says who?

I want festival hats to have armor and be insigniable before I want event armors that will end up having 0 armor.

Besides, many professions have a furry coat that looks good dyed red.

And I'd rather have a Mad King Thorn outfit before a fat man in red outfit.

At least All Hallow's Eve is more universal than Christmas.

Silvia Shadowback · Dec 16, 2008, 02:20 AM // 02:20

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Originally Posted by Krytos

Sounds like a good idea but i don't know how many people would bother doing a difficult quest for the sake of walking around in a fat red suit.

Who won't want to wear a big red suit for the holidays?

Gwmaster · Dec 16, 2008, 02:22 AM // 02:22

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Originally Posted by Krytos

Sounds like a good idea but i don't know how many people would bother doing a difficult quest for the sake of walking around in a fat red suit.

if people buy the chaos gloves and farm for days for male warrior obsidian..just to look like a big barrel with glowing hands...i think a santa costume will be popular.

Sadchaos · Dec 16, 2008, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Don't forget, this is Wintersday, not Christmas. I'm pretty sure ANet doesn't want to pin Wintersday to any specific holiday as then it wouldn't appeal to another religion.

Lyle2000 · Dec 16, 2008, 02:46 AM // 02:46

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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin

At least All Hallow's Eve is more universal than Christmas.

This isn't exactly true. While many cultures have attatched significance to OCT 31st. All Hallow's Eve as we know it is actually a Catholic holliday.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

For that matted christmas day was chosen to correspond with a pegan holiday, and closely coresponds with haunaka, which also involves gift giving. So the "Christmas Season" is pretty broadly recognized.

Daenara · Dec 16, 2008, 02:53 AM // 02:53

Pretty much no. I would prefer Anet to work on anything at all, instead of making a Santa Suit. Anything.

The Savage I · Dec 16, 2008, 02:58 AM // 02:58

do i want santa armor for my assassin, hell yea

genofreek · Dec 16, 2008, 03:00 AM // 03:00

Hell yes I'd wear the go red engine out of a santa suit, but I really doubt it'll ever happen.

lilraceangel3 · Dec 16, 2008, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Santa's naughty little helper armor for fem eles and sins FTW!

xPIMPx · Dec 16, 2008, 03:19 AM // 03:19

I want to dress as Mary Poppins damnit !

Konig Des Todes · Dec 16, 2008, 03:49 AM // 03:49

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Originally Posted by Lyle2000

This isn't exactly true. While many cultures have attatched significance to OCT 31st. All Hallow's Eve as we know it is actually a Catholic holliday.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

For that matted christmas day was chosen to correspond with a pegan holiday, and closely coresponds with haunaka, which also involves gift giving. So the "Christmas Season" is pretty broadly recognized.

1) I knew the pagan thing. 2) I know halloween and all saint's day are catholic in origin, but the original concept of All Hallow's Eve is not. And, as you said, it is in various cultures. Christmas as a singular event, does not.

However, there are other winter holidays around the time of christmas, as pointed out. And that is why this event is not only called "Wintersday" but people say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."

The winter isn't just about buying and giving gifts and fat men in red suits pretending not to be pedophiles.

Why do you think the finale of Wintersday is New Years? Because New Years, unlike christmas, is universal - to the extent of Gregorian calendar (with the CE and BCE labeling, that is). The presents theme is based off of christmas, Hanukkah, and various other winter holidays.

Christmas has, to be honest, become less of a religious holiday and more of a "gimme gimme" event, only truly beneficial to companies.

_Nihilist_ · Dec 16, 2008, 03:56 AM // 03:56

/not signed

I agree with Covah and Azazel on this one.

I would be much happier with a max AL, inscribable version of my Event Masks that gave +1 to linked attribute.

Shayne Hawke · Dec 16, 2008, 04:23 AM // 04:23

I would have signed this, but Azazel made a good point. As a matter of prioritization, I would rather have my Festival Hats gain a proper AL and functionality to other helmets of a class than get a holiday armor set, regardless of whether it had a real AL or not.

Work on making what we have now useful, and then do something new.

shoyon456 · Dec 16, 2008, 05:02 AM // 05:02

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Originally Posted by meialin

Well this is the last big wintersday for GW before GW2 hits.

Do you know something we don't? You just made a BIG assumption there. As far as you know, it will never come out.

This idea is old and, frankly, hard to implement. With varying classes and sexes, making a full armor set would be difficult. This is why anet has only ever given out even HATS on holidays, and also why EOTN "common" armor was limited to gloves. Both hats and gloves change little in appearance from class to class and from male to female chars.

daze · Dec 16, 2008, 06:49 AM // 06:49

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Originally Posted by Krytos

Sounds like a good idea but i don't know how many people would bother doing a difficult quest for the sake of walking around in a fat red suit.

I sure would, Screw your obbi armor. My belly jiggles like a bowl full of jelly.

Could i Dye the santa suit black?

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Originally Posted by Sadchaos

Don't forget, this is Wintersday, not Christmas. I'm pretty sure ANet doesn't want to pin Wintersday to any specific holiday as then it wouldn't appeal to another religion.

What does santa have to do with Jeezus???

Ok then how about this idea. A Wal-mart greeter uniform with footprints all over it? Wal-mart is universal isnt it?

Shasgaliel · Dec 16, 2008, 08:07 AM // 08:07

I am for it. It will be much easier to find decent pugs after that, we will get another selection criteria: 1. Kick santas 2, Ask remaining to ping their build....