Curse

D8tura · Nov 08, 2007, 06:34 PM // 18:34

Hey ALL

i had a awesome idea:

seeing GW2 is not out for quite some time and anet will concentrate mostly on that instead of GW1 we are left with things to pass the time until then. Most are grinding towards titles. We all go goo goo over double-whatever-point-for-whatever-attribute-weekends. Wouldn't it be awesome to have a double points for everything (rank/faction/experience) weekend once a month? I know with 10 characters (i have all professions) it would be great to have some options so the grind could be less intensive. plus with this combined weekend it would be something to look forward to and make game play much more fun. It wouldn't be hard for Dev to roll out (at least i don't think it should) and i can't think of players who would be against the idea. What do you think?

Pros:

* relatively easy to implement
* something to look forward to
* more people on to play with (for people who like to pug)
* people with a lot of characters don't have to feel like they are chained as much to farming faction/rank/experience to enhance their characters. If you play all professions it gets quite tedious...
* people who miss one weekend aren't as bitter wondering when the next time they'll get the chance to experience a fun or rewarding weekend event for double points.
* with the combined doubles everyone has an option to do something and doesn't feel trapped by the weekend (eg. "I wanna go farm Norn points but it's double faction weekend, guess i have to AB....").

Cons:

* Possible server traffic issues
* (possible) Disgruntled people who have already maxed a certain title thinking all people should have to work as hard as they had too. I personally wouldn't care if i earned a title before something like this was implemented. I'd be happy for the next guy who didn't have to suffer like i did for the title.
* ????

Can't think of other cons really if you guys can let me know

I hope dev or Gaille reads this as i think it would be a great addition to gameplay

Antheus · Nov 08, 2007, 06:37 PM // 18:37

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(possible) Disgruntled people who have already maxed a certain title thinking all people should have to work as hard as they had too. I personally wouldn't care if i earned a title before something like this was implemented. I'd be happy for the next guy who didn't have to suffer like i did for the title.

Half the grind is still grind. It doesn't solve the problem.

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* more people on to play with (for people who like to pug)

2x anything does nothing for PUGs, since it only matters to grinders. And those prefer heroes.

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I wanna go farm Norn points but it's double faction weekend, guess i have to AB....

No, you don't have to.

Ministry Of Peace · Nov 08, 2007, 06:38 PM // 18:38

If you're going to do that, you may as well double guild wars... and if you double everything.. then there's not really any point at all.

pumpkin pie · Nov 08, 2007, 08:57 PM // 20:57

a weekend where only rankless players can play in HA ?? maybe...

Hells_Faithful · Nov 08, 2007, 09:02 PM // 21:02

lol pumpkin... not quite... good try though...

Adam144 · Nov 08, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15

I like the double/triple drop rate weekends. Makes my farming more fun, because most of the items that I farm for I intend to use myself or give away in competitions, rather than to sell on for a profit.

Tenjin · Nov 10, 2007, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Maybe even a weekend where they drop loot scaling... >_>
I dunno about double everything though... Then I would have too much to do. D: