Guild Wars 2

Long time GW1 & 2 player here.
I have a concern with the Holiday Event Cycles.
Take the winters day event for example, our bank collectables was updated for the new rare winters day mini’s and the crafted mini’s. As these are account bound we cant buy these on the Auction House.

Personally my goal on GW2 is to fill my collectables tab, I love hoarding stuff on games, but I missed some of the Mini Pets over the Holidays because I didn’t have the cash to spend to get those rare mini’s and I am sure other people have missed things from other Holiday Events (weapon skins, achievements, etc). I don’t mind spending money in the gem store to buy stuff that I want, but if I don’t have the money one time I don’t want to miss out on something for good ya know?

My main Question is: Will people get a second chance to get what they missed next time the holiday event rolls round? (excluding one time events maybe?)

I really hope so because those missing pieces that I cant collect will haunt me forever!

Personally, I’ve always been a fan of rarity and being unique. I too like to collect, and part of being a collector is knowing you have something no one else does. That joy of hearing a person say, “OMG that’s so cool! Where’d you get it?” …. “Wintersday 2012” You’ll reply.

I’d hope they didn’t recycle events so that you can get the things you “missed”. I get that people have lives and other responsibilities … but that’s how life is. Taking part of something that only happens once and having something to show for it is much more valuable then something that is repetitive and achievable all the time.

Also, my favorite part of the Guild Wars 2 genetic makeup is the concept of “choices”. You make a choice and your character evolves from those choices which makes your experience different and unique from others. Items should be the same way. I’d like to accomplish a boss event, or a jump puzzle, or whatever, and pick 1 prize from perhaps 3. Meanwhile my friend may pick a completely different prize from the set. It’s an award of accomplishment, and a trophy that is unique to me that I can feel others wont have.

Again, I understand the “completionist” mentality … but for me, it’s a much better experience for me when I feel I’ve accomplished and found things that most other people haven’t simply because I chose a different path.

And years from now, those Veteran players will have all this cool stuff that the newbies will not … and if I were one of those Veteran’s, I’d feel a much more accomplished collector because of it.

I’m almost certain that Mad King Thorn/Tixx will return next year. Whether or not they’ll offer the same skins/miniatures is anybody’s guess, but I’ll just say that ANet would be missing out on a good opportunity to earn more money by selling the old miniatures/skins to players who missed out last time.