Denwic – Level 80 Engineer – Gates of Fabulousness
Why not just enjoy the game?
The funny thing about all the people whining about RNG is that they fail to understand, this event has only been out for a single day, if you didn’t get your weapon skins yet you still have almost an entire month to get them. The problem isn’t RNG, the problem is impatience.
Furthermore, who said you were entitled to these skins? Anet made them because they wanted something for you to go for, they even made it easier then ever with the Dragon Coffers dropping from every mob in the world.
This is not a white-knight hardcore ArenaNet defense fan thread, this is a reminder that the event has been out but a day. And that if you didn’t get “your” skin in the first 24 hours of its release, then you still have a whole month to go. This event was made for us to get back into the game, so go out there and explore. Level an alt in the Krytan areas, farm CoF (if that is your heart’s content), make a goal (if you don’t have 100% map completion) to finish the Shiverpeaks because whatever you decide to do, your chance for skin attainment only increases.
That is all, and a good day to all of you.
because it s buggy, exploited, and its almost as if the content has been designed to frustrate players.
I agree it is annoying to read all the negativity. I bought 3 rich coffers, but alas no ticket. Oh well. I hope to get one in the regular coffers like everyone else, but if I don’t, there is no reason to throw a fit like a child.
I also tried moa racing once to see it. It was fun running with everyone behind the moas and cheering for the one you bet on. I lost >.< and most likely won’t gamble with it again, but it was fun!
Can drop ten from every mob for a year, so? You are missing the point, it has nothing to do with impatience. The skins are still not reliably accessable. The point is that it has been handled better already and there is little reason to change to a worse system. It is intentionally frustrating design which is what ticks people off. The aweful return rates are just the icing on the cake, they are not the core problem here.
Halloween gives rare skins, everybody wants one. Wintersday gives very easy weapons nobody likes them and they’re worthless. FaF gave rare skins and everybody wanted one. Southsun gave a very easy backpiece , which nobody got to excited for, and rare weapons which most people really wanted. Dragon bash gives rare weapons, which everyone wants. Common theme: the more rare the prize the more people want them
It’s not anet’s fault you establish the tend for them to adhere to
Side note: this event was the first time I’ve spent real money on anything game related in 10 months… Usually I buy as $60 game like once a month. Spending $30 in gems(got token 28 boxes in) is actually quite the savings, and if this had been a sub game, it would have cost me a whole lot more than 30 bucks for 1000 hours and 10 months of entertainment
Thank you, Denwic! Just what I thought the whole time yesterday and today when I saw all the whine-threads out there.
It is so much easier to get a ticket this time than the last time without buying boxes in shop. Yes, people are saying they opened 1000 coffers to get a skin… but if there are people who have 1000 coffers they must (and they do) drop very well. Far better than southsun-boxes. And it’s only the first day! There is a month time. So keep playing and loot coffers.
@Cameirus: About the exploit: Maybe ArenaNet hadn’t thought that a lot of players are such unfair idiots that they started to try how to exploid in the first minutes of the patch. ArenaNet should think better about the bad side of the people. As sad as this is.
@Cameirus: About the exploit: Maybe ArenaNet hadn’t thought that a lot of players are such unfair idiots that they started to try how to exploid in the first minutes of the patch. ArenaNet should think better about the bad side of the people. As sad as this is.
What’s your point? Do you think he exploited his way to a weapon skin and then came back to complain about it?
@Cameirus: About the exploit: Maybe ArenaNet hadn’t thought that a lot of players are such unfair idiots that they started to try how to exploid in the first minutes of the patch. ArenaNet should think better about the bad side of the people. As sad as this is.
What’s your point? Do you think he exploited his way to a weapon skin and then came back to complain about it?
No. But he complaints about that there were exploits. But if there weren’t so much players who want to exploit… there would have been no problem with an exploit, cause nobody would have noticed that you can exploit the mini-games.
EDIT: It’s just ArenaNets fault to believe in the good of the players and not to think about how players can be cheating in the new patch.
I got a ticket and my greatsword. I love this patch.
I will never play WvW until Map Completion there is removed.
Like all holiday events, this will be an annual event. Even if you can’t get it all now, there is next year.
The problem isn’t that this is the first day, it’s that it is all based on a game of chance.
People could buy these boxes every day for the entire month and STILL not get a ticket. So it doesn’t matter whether we wait the whole month for a chance at them or not. It is still a gamble whether you will get one now, or in a month. Impatience has nothing to do with it. It is all about the fact that you have to gamble for them. No waiting or patience is going to change that.
And people enjoy the game different ways. What you may see as enjoyable, others may not. Don’t think that cause people aren’t doing things your way, that they are not enjoying the game. We are all different and enjoy different things. I see this argument all the time on these forums. People need to realize that everyone finds different things enjoyable, so stop telling people that they are not enjoying the game or not playing the game right, just cause it is not the way you play the game.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
And people enjoy the game different ways. What you may see as enjoyable, others may not. Don’t think that cause people aren’t doing things your way, that they are not enjoying the game. We are all different and enjoy different things. I see this argument all the time on these forums. People need to realize that everyone finds different things enjoyable, so stop telling people that they are not enjoying the game or not playing the game right, just cause it is not the way you play the game.
Then all the ones who whine about the coffers should stop telling everybody that all is bad and ArenaNet is the greatest demon in the world, too. There are people who enjoy this event. And I for myself think that this time the coffers are really great. Cause they drop a lot and there is every time the chance to get a ticket. Far not as frustrating as the southsun-crates.
And people enjoy the game different ways. What you may see as enjoyable, others may not. Don’t think that cause people aren’t doing things your way, that they are not enjoying the game. We are all different and enjoy different things. I see this argument all the time on these forums. People need to realize that everyone finds different things enjoyable, so stop telling people that they are not enjoying the game or not playing the game right, just cause it is not the way you play the game.
Then all the ones who whine about the coffers should stop telling everybody that all is bad and ArenaNet is the greatest demon in the world, too. There are people who enjoy this event. And I for myself think that this time the coffers are really great. Cause they drop a lot and there is every time the chance to get a ticket. Far not as frustrating as the southsun-crates.
That has absolutely nothing to do with what I just said.
There is a difference between people complaining about RNG boxes, and telling people how they should play the game.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
And people enjoy the game different ways. What you may see as enjoyable, others may not. Don’t think that cause people aren’t doing things your way, that they are not enjoying the game. We are all different and enjoy different things. I see this argument all the time on these forums. People need to realize that everyone finds different things enjoyable, so stop telling people that they are not enjoying the game or not playing the game right, just cause it is not the way you play the game.
Then all the ones who whine about the coffers should stop telling everybody that all is bad and ArenaNet is the greatest demon in the world, too. There are people who enjoy this event. And I for myself think that this time the coffers are really great. Cause they drop a lot and there is every time the chance to get a ticket. Far not as frustrating as the southsun-crates.
I agree. The drop rate could be unchanged such as opening 100 coffers is about the same as opening 1 southsun crate. But you know what? I like opening lots of things and I am having fun.
I was really disappointed after reading the comments in the forums yesterday before I logged on. I thought it was going to be a real bust. 100,000 candy for the wings? crazy!
Well I logged on last night and was pleasantly surprised. After playing for 2 hours, I had all the minis except the moa racer. I had the only 2 jade skins I really liked, the fireworks achievement, the candy achievement and I am pretty close to the piñata and holo killer achievements. After seeing the wings, I no longer have any interest in them, so I really don’t need any candy any more. What I collect I will be either selling or trading for other consumables. All in all, I pretty much accomplished most of what I wanted to do on the very first day.
There is a difference between people complaining about RNG boxes, and telling people how they should play the game.
No it’s not. It’s all the same frustrating. You hate it that people tell you how to play the game and I hate it that no matter how ArenaNet trys to bring fun in the game there are people who whine that ANet only wants to frustrate people and everything is bad. Cause that’s not right. They want to frustrate people? Really? The event is great. Maybe southsun had some bad parts, but this event now is so different and still there are people who find it bad like southsun. I can’t understand why people can think like this and still stay in the game if it’s really that bad for them.
The game has a cash shop. RNG boxes are one way for them to make money. You don’t wanna take your chance, then don’t do it. We can get most stuff without using the gem store. The only thing that’s harder are those weapon skins.
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Throw out: Hotjoin!
Bring back: ‘Gamer’ title + MAT’s!
Throw out: Hotjoin!
There is a difference between people complaining about RNG boxes, and telling people how they should play the game.
No it’s not. It’s all the same frustrating. You hate it that people tell you how to play the game and I hate it that no matter how ArenaNet trys to bring fun in the game there are people who whine that ANet only wants to frustrate people and everything is bad. Cause that’s not right. They want to frustrate people? Really? The event is great. Maybe southsun had some bad parts, but this event now is so different and still there are people who find it bad like southsun. I can’t understand why people can think like this and still stay in the game if it’s really that bad for them.
It is still two completely different things. They are in no way the same thing at all.
It’s like this. If you say “I hate TV”, then you are complaining. Then someone comes and says “That is cause you are not watching it right/watching the right show”. They are trying to dictate how you watch TV and that the only reason you hate it is cause you are not doing it their way.
Same for GW2. Complaining about RNG boxes is one thing. That person is making a complaint. But telling someone that their way of playing the game is wrong, because they are not playing the game the way you play it, is a completely different thing. They are in no way the exact same thing. One is a complaint, the other is trying to tell you how to play.
Sure both are frustrating, but that wasn’t even the point of what was being talked about. They are still two different things.
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
Lady Bethany Of Noh – Chronomancer – Lords of Noh [LoN]
I agree with OP!
I am a hardcore casual player at best!!
Always up wind from my prey. I want them to smell my farts!
Always up wind from my prey. I want them to smell my farts!