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kawaii_bat · Nov 02, 2005, 01:41 PM // 13:41

Here's a link where you can post ideas for Christmas!
Feel free to add games, places, events and anything related to the next holiday to just give imput on what we'd like to see in the Christmas events.

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Place where St-Nic should appear:

No doubt about it! Droknar's forge!
It's in the cold northern mountains and it's got a bunch of dwarves/midgets around!

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Items given my St-Nicolas:

Surprise Crackers(Works like absinth)
*Poof* and you get blinded a bit. Except it's christmas colored.

Glowing red noses and antlers(Works like the pumpkin head),
As the descriptor says.

Eggnog(Works like witch's brew),
You drink eggnog you get drunk.

Spirit of christmas (Works like ghost-in-the-box)
A little elf-spirit appears and starts dancing and chanting a christmas tune.

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Special item (like the pumkin head)-Customized

Spell casters: Max dmg req 9(attribute with most points on character at the moment)U] Candy canes staffs![/U]

Warriors get a max Al damage resistance 1 (req9Tactics) Gingerbread cookie shields with Gum-drop buttons!

Rangers get Max dmg Toy bows (The ones with the plunger tops you see in cartoons you know?) They should be like shortbows.

That would be awesome!-Not to say Hilarious!

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How do you get items/where should he appear?

He could be far up in the Shiverpeak mountain, in trouble of some sorts caused by *the wicked ice queen* and you have to party to rescue him. This could be a week-long event of somekind. Not too hard but not too easy either

OR

He comes On Christmas eve up till Christmas like the Mad-king and plays games.

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Dear Devs:
I know that alot of people won't have time to play on christmas day because of family friends and holidays spent away from home.

Christmas is *way* to tight for everyone. Please make sure you do it so it lasts a relatively long period (1 week instead of 4 days befor Halloween) and the great evetn might be better played at the eve up till Christmas itself to give a chance to everyone to get their X-mas item

Sister Rosette · Nov 02, 2005, 01:47 PM // 13:47

Rename all the Scarabs 'Humbug.'

kawaii_bat · Nov 02, 2005, 01:51 PM // 13:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sister Rosette

Rename all the Scarabs 'Humbug.'

Good one

Sister Rosette · Nov 02, 2005, 02:01 PM // 14:01

Couldn't resist.

But yeah, new headgear like a Santa/Elf hat would be cool.

Chev of Hardass · Nov 02, 2005, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Just put a box on the character creation screen that changes the skin on the PvP items and armor to christmas themes.

It would be really funny to see people doing serious battle with candy canes and Christmas hats

Accurax · Nov 02, 2005, 02:09 PM // 14:09

Hmmmmm ...... Tiny little skimpy xmas themed outfits for female Charachters...... and big fat fat santa outfits with sacks for male charachters.

kawaii_bat · Nov 02, 2005, 02:36 PM // 14:36

Let's see some jingling elves!
Go male mesmers! Do that brake dancing!
Wooooooooo!

Snowman · Nov 02, 2005, 03:47 PM // 15:47

ok, lets think about some realistic changes using the changes made in haloween.

The Cauldron... Obviously a large Christmas Tree.

The Mad King.. Obviously Santa..

Transforming Krytans into all sorts of christmas characters..

Haloween Items... Crackers, Turkey, Mistletoe (thats my favorite) snow balls.

Snowing in all areas.

Large Snowman in Droknars... (I love Snowmen

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I dont like the idea of a christmas hat.. I much prefer the idea of Santa out-fits for males and.... mmm.. well, I will leave female suggestions to your imagination

Ard Wen · Nov 02, 2005, 03:52 PM // 15:52

A winter wonderland with loads of lights. Christmas lights are my favorite so every building decked out in lights.

judge1121 · Nov 02, 2005, 04:33 PM // 16:33

probably the event will happen in Droknar or Yaks since those to places are the snowy regions.

benjy01 · Nov 02, 2005, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Replace all the grawl outside of Port Sledge with undead Reindeer. That would be a hoot!

Aera Lure · Nov 02, 2005, 04:42 PM // 16:42

lol @ humbug. They could stay that way permanently too. Pretty much that is how I feel about them year round.

New item: Red Rocket. Its a one-use sled item that you can only use in a snowy area. You click on it, your character sits down, a sled appears underneath him or her, and you shoot off at high speed. Distance travelled could be affected by whether or not you are going up or downhill, if the game can recognize and calculate these changes on the fly, to introduce unpredictability. You cannot steer.

Should you go into the wall, you stop. Should you hit a tree or somesuch, you fall down. Thinking only in terms of fun, mind you, and not either practicality or potential abusability - but it was the first thing I thought of. Sled racing FTW!

benmanhaha · Nov 02, 2005, 08:52 PM // 20:52

This would be very fun. I think that santa hats would be cool. I think the santa event should be an actual event not like just dancing with santa. I also think it should last for 12 days that way if people miss the first day they have another chance.

Carinae · Nov 02, 2005, 09:03 PM // 21:03

We really need a /kiss emote to enjoy mistletoe!!

I want a Santa Hat personally!

Struth · Nov 02, 2005, 09:43 PM // 21:43

It'll be cool to have Christmas Presents that you could buy from a merchant in each town. Presents would be either slighty higher the cost of a key, or double the price of a key. The Present would be a box wrapped in different color wrapping, with a bow.

Why have Presents/packages so expensive compared to keys? Well, depending on which area you buy the present from, the present acts similar to a chest from that area. When double clicked you instantly get a rare or unique item that you'd normally get from a chest located in that area.

How hard would that be to program in? Well, seems hard to me, but the chests work, so presents could too.

One other thing, Presents are gifts you know, so of course you couldnt buy a present and open it yourself, thated just be a "worm hole to get rich." So, when you buy a Present, that present restricts you from opening it, and to fix the problem with characters buying a present for their other character, Presents in package form couldn't be put in your storage, and cannot be salvaged while in package form.

This would be an awesome thing to give to say, your Guild officers or leader, or the reverse; giving to your ordinary guild members, thanking them for being an active player, or making the guild better.

Since the Christmas Holiday Spirit is to give to others, this would be a really cool idea.

*(Scammers and cheaters are everywhere unfortunately, which might make this idea lose interest.)

RPGmaniac · Nov 02, 2005, 10:00 PM // 22:00

What they should do as a present idea would be to on Christmas day, every GW account that has a character at level 20 should get some sort of gold item, and not just some crappy item that just has a gold name and maybe +5 armor while hexed or something, I mean REAL gold items that someone would really use or sell for a decent amount of money. If Anet doesn't want to do that, they could deposit money into everyone's bank accounts, and depending on what lvl thier highest lvl character is, they get a certain sum of money. That way the people who don't need all that money can still get a decent amount, but not an insane amount like 50 plat or something. just an idea

abatage · Nov 02, 2005, 10:15 PM // 22:15

has anyone played Asheron's Call? Out of all the MMOs I've played, Asheron's Call has to be my number 1 for being able to scew around with so much in game without actually hunting/questing/etc. During Winter there are killer snowmen (with 2 heads) and much more. I think AC is a great place for ideas. But AC is very old and nothing compared to GW for gameplay. Well I suppose this isn't a suggestion... except killer snowmen. =P

Sagius Truthbarron · Nov 02, 2005, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Don't have Christmas decorations.

Shusky · Nov 02, 2005, 11:02 PM // 23:02

We need a skill trainer that will teach you a Hurl Snowball skill (No Attribute. Hurl a snowball at either an ally or an enemy for 5 damage).

And I want the Titans to wear Santa hats.

Nighteye · Nov 02, 2005, 11:07 PM // 23:07

Give people a snowball weapon that does 0 damage and can only be used in towns.