to the extreme!!!

Next time, post some details.

Cool, I'll be there.

Ho my, whole 3 days.

What caught my attention is where they mentioned skill balance changes.

If that's sarcasm, I'm amazed (though I shouldn't be, LOL!). Everyone has been -begging- for "world events". Here's one and it's high time. Let's enjoy it before we tear it apart.

Consider it a beginning. Maybe if it works out, the bonuses and changes will become permanent. I wonder if they're doing this to "test" out new balance issues perhaps? It'd be a grand opportunity to see how any changes they implement might balance/unbalance the game.

I'm intrigued by the promise of balance changes, but oh my, this is disappointing.

Edit: Also, whoever decided to name it the XTREME PVP WEEKEND (with X-logo) needs to be shot. Really, Arena, you've fallen quite far recently but I never expected you to stoop that low.

So this weekend we'll be able to unlock a skill or two per hour? Might actually be enough to make faction farming worthwhile.

Peace,
-CxE

Gentlemen, start your smurf guilds!

For the entire weekend, all PvP play gets you extra faction points.

Earn 5 times the faction awards for wins in high-level arenas and tournament play!

Earn 2.5 times the faction awards for wins in guild-vs-guild play!

PvPX is the perfect opportunity to start that new PvP character you've been dying to make or to improve your current characters. Use your faction points to unlock new skills and weapon upgrades, gain Elite skills, and purchase new runes to boost your armor.

This is your chance to super buff your character. Be there. The competition will be.

WHEN: PvPX will start at 12:01 am PDT on Friday the 26th of August (08/26/05) and will end at 11:59 pm PDT on Sunday the 28th of August (08/28/05).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Simply login with your Guild Wars character and jump into the Tournament, a high-level arena, or a guild battle.




I'd like to complain about this. They say all, but what about arena and team? Only people who will benefit aren't those "starting a new PvP character". It'll be those in the established top guilds, and what not.

They should make 1.5-2 times the faction for arena and teams just so that the majority of players can at least have some benefit. Right now, it's like, wow big announcement, only concerns the top 1% of PvP players who already have a billion faction from holding altar or what not.

great, now if we could just keep it at 5x.

I think this includes team arena but not random arena.

Isn't it possible that this is a "fast" way to test out new skill balances by "luring" top players/guilds back to the arenas and into battle? I'm just wondering since they indicate that that's part of what the weekend is about.

If things balance the way they hope/plan, then maybe the skill changes, if not the faction earning, will remain permanent. Possible?

I'm just awaiting the skill balances. Until it's a permanent Faction increase, I'll stick with unlocking items/runes and go through PvE for skills.

So any predicitons of Nature's Renewal?

"High level arenas" includes both the Competition (Random) Arenas and Team Arenas. It excludes the Shiverpeak Arena and the Ascalon Arena. New players entering the Competition Arena will recieve the 5x faction increase.

Peace,
-CxE

Drat. How the hell am I going to win enough faction points to unlock any useful skills?

*starts working on evil plot to make opponents lose on account of having to argue with pizza-delivery men about two hundred pizzas they didn't order*

PvP Extreme Weekend = Beta Event Weekend: The Next Generation. We're given a weekend of better gameplay, and then it's back to faction grind...unless enough people give positive feedback, of course. At least we'll finally get the balance changes everyone has been asking for (hopefully).

well if this is the much waited news is then it sucks tbh. I think everybody was hoping the update would be here by now. But i guess only the PvP'ers are getting a good deal at the moment. Hope they won't let the PvE'ers wait to long or i'll be very annoyed.

i have said all along that i dont care who gets an improvement this time because one of the improvements may be the one i want.

patience

Well, PvPers got the last big fix and Gail said the PvE crowd was next. So as long as her word holds true, I think we might see the PvE update either before or during this weekend.