Guild Wars 2

Simply put, a lot of people didn’t get to participate due to a number of reasons, whether work, family, or whatever.

Make the event repeatable, and simply make it so that if you’ve already opened the Big Chest at the end, you can’t do it again. And to those who missed the event, they’re able to participate and be rewarded as well.

I second this. Server issues, combined with the fact that a lot of people found the final event phase enjoyable, should lead to this event being repeated.

Or the fact that Phases 1 & 2 were bugfests and a lot of people missed their reward.

Exactly, the event can be repeatable and just make it so that those who already opened the big chest can’t open the big chest again.

Very simple fix that resolves all the complaints of disconnections, people stuck in overflows, or those who couldn’t make it.

Sunreva.8714:

Exactly, the event can be repeatable and just make it so that those who already opened the big chest can’t open the big chest again.

This. This. And This.

Totally agree with this idea. Due to the fact that people will only play these “one time” events mainly for the loot at the end (and the story i guess), what’s the harm of allowing the event to repeat for 1 day and simply just not allow the chest to be looted by players more than once?

Nooooo!!! don’t repeat the horrific boringness! It was too laaaameee. :’(

Please, ANet. Have it up for 48 hours. That’d fix all of the complaints at once.

Sunreva.8714:

Simply put, a lot of people didn’t get to participate due to a number of reasons, whether work, family, or whatever.

Make the event repeatable, and simply make it so that if you’ve already opened the Big Chest at the end, you can’t do it again. And to those who missed the event, they’re able to participate and be rewarded as well.

Exactly this, and signed. I’ve always thought the “one time” event is reoccurring withing the same day like the past Halloween Finale. The information I read wasn’t clear so that I understand it was only at a specific hour and NON-reoccurring. It’s just not fair for some of us who can’t make it at the specific time, and it’d be more fair to make the finale reoccurring every 3 hours for 12 hours during on the same day so everyone could get a chance to participate if they’re willing to attend.

Signed~~ Could not log in during the finale of this event =(

yeap. definatly. +1

I had to spend time with my family and could not attend the final part of the event.

So, I suffered through the first two parts for nothing.

Please, do this.

Personally, I’d second this.

its repeating, but all overflow repeating servers are full, ANET DO IT ON ALL SERVERS

It’s not repeating on my server’s overflow.

The event was only worth attending coz of the chest loot. If there is no chest for those who have already opened it, then many wont bother doing it again. Its actually extremely boring, and the repair bill is too much for some.

Anet, this event needs to be repeatable or give chests to players that didn’t been there for a lot of reasons.
Because it’s not unfair, you guys know that we have situations like work, baby sitting, other region time…
We paid you guys a lot of money and you guys don’t care about us???
Please respond!!!

please repeat the event and make if you have already opened the box the treasure is not obtainable, to see the chest disappear after rezzing someone was very disappointing

They are not gonna bother with repeats, probably already abandoned this event and working on the Christmas events which at this rate feels like a bust too.

I’m adding my two cents here, instead of making a new post.

This event occured at 8am on Monday morning for New Zealanders. The event lasted (from what I see in other threads) for two and a half hours. In order for me to be able to participate in this event I would have had to take time off work. They basically kittened over the entire working population of my country because it was a one-time event.

Also, I was expecting another ‘one time event’ like halloween – a cinematic. But no, people are getting loot worth anywhere from 20g to 200g or so if you are lucky enough to get a precursor. I appreciate how much work and free stuff they are adding into a non-subscription game, but this.. yeah. Combined with it being one-time is just… no words.

I’ve had a look into the dungeon, and it’s fun, it’s awesome, and beats the pants off every other current dungeon available. For that in itself Anet are to be commended.

But this one time event thing? Not so much. Why not have it replay every few hours, but mark an account (not character) if it has been completed so they can’t get the loot again, but can still participate if they want? They can call it a ‘historical re-enactment’ if they want, I don’t care how they explain it. This would help absolve a few issues, including the amount of lag that many people experienced from so many doing the event. There will always be people who want to do the first event, just to be ‘first’, but there are many who don’t mind doing it later, or indeed cannot do it until later due to real life situations.

/rant

I’m sad this is my first post to the forums, as I really do like the game and appreciate how much free content they are releasing for a non-subscription game.

Well i put in a load of hours over this weekend, to be stuck in an overflow, where the event bugged out, i’m not very happy and to top it all slightly broke.

Right. It really does suck. I never expected this to happen. I knew it was a one-time event but I thought any participation at all throughout the weekend would result in the same reward in the end, or at least something similar. A memoir, so to speak.

I participated all weekend. I did the scavenger hunt and the stuff at noon on Friday and Saturday, but I cannot make it online for early Sunday afternoons. I just can’t.

So despite having these event items in my bags and having completed several karka events, I will get no reward whatsoever. Not even a cosmetic item as a memory. Nothing. And to top it all off, when I talk to that lady Kiel in LA, she tells me “oh I’m so looking forward to seeing you rewarded at the end of all this for your efforts.” Ya, rub that salt in the wound…feels nice.

I’ve always been the voice of reason telling others to calm down and relax when things go wrong because Anet cares about its players and will never disappoint us in the end. Now…I’m just sad. Very sad. I never expected this at all.

Well I wasn’t too bothered about missing it, as I was out at my friend’s BDay, and I’m not that much of a kitten friend to ditch it just to do an event.

However…

Now that people are finding events in overflows repeating, and it’s becoming a random luck game to try to get into an overflow that has it recently active, it’s gotten a bit annoying since even those that missed it initially are getting chances to do it again through luck, or those that aren’t lucky enough can’t get in…some people are even trying to do it twice to see if they can get double the rewards (which I’m not sure is possible, but hey!).

So yeah, I agree. Repeat it, and keep it repeating for a day or more every 3 hours.

I wish I had the chance to play this event. I played the first two days, but had to work today. None of the adds said it would be done this afternoon or that it wouldn’t be repeatable. That’s not what I read “one-time event” to mean. It should have meant between the 16-18 you can play this event. Enjoy. Simple, no?

I am so upset with ANet right now I dont even know how to put how I feel into words. This 1 off event trash is really a pain. Why the event wasnt made in a way that everyone could enjoy it is beyond me. Like only customers that live in X time zone matter. This really hurts my feelings as a customer and is the first time I have doubts about ANets ability to look after my gaming needs. If I could I would unsub to show how upset I am.

P.S. My wife feels that same way!

Would you say… Repeat the Superbowl, I didn’t like the outcome. Repeat the Worlds Fair, I was too young to remember most of it. Repeat the guild event, I was out bowling. The event was announced a long time ago and was specific about times. This game is supposed to be dynamic and not like all the others. There will be more events. I know I won’t make them all but I won’t expect to either. I already missed most of the Halloween event due to work, but I wouldn’t expect them to reset it because I had more important things to do. It’s also not a pay to play so you have to keep that in mind too. Just sayin

I agree with this thread. I participated in the first two parts; I sunk over two hours into the first two phases, and got almost nothing for it except a trivial amount of gold, karma and xp. Then, I had plans with friends, and had to miss the third and final phase. As a result, I missed out on all the real rewards. I know it shouldn’t bother me, since it’s just a game and friends are way more important, but it does. If I’d only participated in the last stage, if I’d put the two hours into that, I would have got all the rewards.

Besides, the whole idea of a 5-6 hour event is absurd. Very fe1w adults are in a position where they can just clear 5-6 hours on their schedule to game.

BurningCrow.9816:

Would you say… Repeat the Superbowl, I didn’t like the outcome. Repeat the Worlds Fair, I was too young to remember most of it. Repeat the guild event, I was out bowling. The event was announced a long time ago and was specific about times. This game is supposed to be dynamic and not like all the others. There will be more events. I know I won’t make them all but I won’t expect to either. I already missed most of the Halloween event due to work, but I wouldn’t expect them to reset it because I had more important things to do. It’s also not a pay to play so you have to keep that in mind too. Just sayin

It was not specific about times at all. It said it started at 12pm, and would be multihour. I played for over two hours, i.e. multiple hours, and got nothing. If they’d said, make sure that you’re at the grand finale at x hour; I would have perhaps tried to arrange my weekend a bit differently, though I still think it would be at an awkward time if you had kids to feed and put to bed or plans with friends or church . . . or lots of things that often happen on a Sunday.

Yes times were listed. And I have 2 Daughters. I had to feed my 2 month old a bottle so I logged out during the event and fed her. When she was asleep I logged back in and was able to continue on thankfully. Things happen sometimes in real life that are more important. I don’t feel bad when I choose to do more important things.

Info:
Found here.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-2012/

So much for making player’s experience enjoyable.

Ancient Krakas can only be summoned by just a click; only a matter of Anet wanting to do it, or not.

Why is Anet punishing players for not being hardcore in the game?

BurningCrow.9816:

Would you say… Repeat the Superbowl, I didn’t like the outcome. Repeat the Worlds Fair, I was too young to remember most of it. Repeat the guild event, I was out bowling. The event was announced a long time ago and was specific about times. This game is supposed to be dynamic and not like all the others. There will be more events. I know I won’t make them all but I won’t expect to either. I already missed most of the Halloween event due to work, but I wouldn’t expect them to reset it because I had more important things to do. It’s also not a pay to play so you have to keep that in mind too. Just sayin

The difference is that the Halloween event lasted well over a week allowing players to get the best rewards (mad king boots / backpack) during that time whereas this event was bugged and a huge lagfest every step of the way with the only loot (and absurdly good ones at that) rewarded ONLY ONCE at the end of a 4 hour+ marathon of absurd lag, connectivity issues, and bugged/invisible mobs that also one shot.

One time event is one time event. There are other repeatable events with chests at the end in the game.

I was able to complete the event, but I would actually support them running it again, repeating within a 24 hour window. They could just put a permanent cooldown on the chest for a one time looting, so you couldn’t farm it.

LeelooMultipass.9742:

I’ve always been the voice of reason telling others to calm down and relax when things go wrong because Anet cares about its players and will never disappoint us in the end. Now…I’m just sad. Very sad. I never expected this at all.

They clearly don’t care. This was obviously done for 1 reason, to bring down the prices of precursors, protecting their precious auction house and the revenue they get from it and the players can get stuffed. I find it remarkable the total lack of consideration and shortsightedness they are displaying.

morrolan.9608:

LeelooMultipass.9742:

I’ve always been the voice of reason telling others to calm down and relax when things go wrong because Anet cares about its players and will never disappoint us in the end. Now…I’m just sad. Very sad. I never expected this at all.

They clearly don’t care. This was obviously done for 1 reason, to bring down the prices of precursors, protecting their precious auction house and the revenue they get from it and the players can get stuffed. I find it remarkable the total lack of consideration and shortsightedness they are displaying.

sigh Really?

Depotboy.6204:

One time event is one time event. There are other repeatable events with chests at the end in the game.

The other events and their rewards are not even remotely comparable to what occurred today.

False equivalency.

Today’s event should be made repeatable and everyone should have the opportunity to experience it and be rewarded for doing so. Make it so that the chest cannot be opened by those who already completed the chest. Fair and easy.

Many people missed the event due to disconnections, were placed in overflows, work, or other obligations.

The event SHOULD be repeated.

Make it repeat at different times. Please consider non-US players.

Depotboy.6204:

One time event is one time event. There are other repeatable events with chests at the end in the game.

That actually gives 2 exotics with a real legitimate shot to give a precursor? That has a +25 stats, +3MF earring? And to a lesser extent, a 20 slot bag? So it’s people’s fault they get d/c’d 2.5 – 3 hours into the event to get shafted and get NOTHING? Fail event is fail event.

Sunreva.8714:

Depotboy.6204:

One time event is one time event. There are other repeatable events with chests at the end in the game.

The other events and their rewards are not even remotely comparable to what occurred today.

False equivalency.

Today’s event should be made repeatable and everyone should have the opportunity to experience it and be rewarded for doing so. Make it so that the chest cannot be opened by those who already completed the chest. Fair and easy.

Many people missed the event due to disconnections, were placed in overflows, work, or other obligations.

The event SHOULD be repeated.

You have a chance to get exotics from other chests from other events. This was a one time event. Doesn’t make sense to repeat a one time event. Doesn’t make sense. If you missed it, move on. The only people who have a gripe are the people who were disconnected while they were participating in the event and Anet is working on something to help those players out thankfully. I hope they limit it to only those players.

While I don’t mind having the event repeat for those who missed, the event was HARD, even with all the people who were there the first time. If you have it repeating, you’ll never have that many people doing it at one time, and it’ll be impossible.

In my opinion, the event should be repeated, because at the very least there are people who would normally attend but were unable because of the drastic time zone discrepancies. There are arguments for both sides, but in a case like this with such substantial rewards, it seems like the treatment is simply too unequal.

Of course it’s unequal. It’s a one time event. It’s pretty much a fact that everyone is not going to be able to make it. If you can’t make it, move on with your life, it’s just a game.

I think this would an awesome idea.

The main thing that worries me is who they’ll be giving rewards to now. If it’s just the people who were in the final boss battle but dc’d, that’s a good thing for them, but what about people like me who never got the chance to make it that far?

I did the demolition event 90% on one overflow, then my client crashed, then I finished it on a second overflow and got credit for it, amazingly.
I did the reinforcements stage THREE TIMES, got to 90% 60% and 70% (roughly) on 3 different overflows before getting lagged into server disconnections.
I logged into my 5th overflow and everything was over.

What about people who didn’t get credit for either of them because they didn’t manage to do enough damage to the Kraka?
Will we get the chance to open the chest?

I am not the most upset about the fact that I missed the event; I am more upset that I was misled about the event before it started. From everything I had read about this event and past experience with GW2 and GW1 I expected the event to run multiple times during the same period, such as EVERY OTHER FINALE has EVER been run. Sure the Super Bowl is a special event, but even that repeats once a year. You can watch reruns or have it recorded and watch it later. It’s easy for people who got to participate to say ‘oh well you missed it that’s your own fault’. But I think those of us who feel we weren’t informed well before the event started (which is potentially everyone) because of poor communication about the exact nature of the event – which wasn’t up to us – also have a legitimate complaint.
There are a lot of things I miss as a result of my work and other reasons. When I feel like something is important, I make time for it. I really wanted to participate in this event; I didn’t even know how great the rewards were, I just wanted to join in. But if ArenaNet can’t make time to clear up their own miscommunications and mistakes – which we all know are frequent and many – well, then maybe it isn’t worth it for me to keep participating in their nice little world I like so much.
Sure it’s easy to whine and complain; and it’s easy to dismiss all of this as such, as well. I would have planned things differently if I had known that the event would be like this.
I really like this game, and what I like the most is participating in the storyline; but if I don’t get to do that, I don’t know if I want to keep playing… Maybe that’s what you want, and if so that’s fine. You want a game where only a few hundred players have the most leet loot and can kick the most butt. Fine. That won’t be my game of choice tho.

Depotboy.6204:

You have a chance to get exotics from other chests from other events. This was a one time event. Doesn’t make sense to repeat a one time event. Doesn’t make sense. If you missed it, move on. The only people who have a gripe are the people who were disconnected while they were participating in the event and Anet is working on something to help those players out thankfully. I hope they limit it to only those players.

Again, false equivalency. Other events and other chests do not have the same content or rewards that this event had. Naturally you’re satisfied because you attended, and got the precursor, Storm. Granted not everyone who attended got great rewards, but they still got the opportunity to experience the event and the content.

Had you of been not able to attend the event, you’d be posting /signed in this thread in a heartbeat, guaranteed. Your reasoning to deny everyone else who missed the event (for whatever reason, whether work, family, ect) is simply not genuine.

Sunreva.8714:

Depotboy.6204:

You have a chance to get exotics from other chests from other events. This was a one time event. Doesn’t make sense to repeat a one time event. Doesn’t make sense. If you missed it, move on. The only people who have a gripe are the people who were disconnected while they were participating in the event and Anet is working on something to help those players out thankfully. I hope they limit it to only those players.

Again, false equivalency. Other events and other chests do not have the same content or rewards that this event had. Naturally you’re satisfied because you attended, and got the precursor, Storm. Granted not everyone who attended got great rewards, but they still got the opportunity to experience the event and the content.

Had you of been not able to attend the event, you’d be posting /signed in this thread in a heartbeat, guaranteed. Your reasoning to deny everyone else who missed the event (for whatever reason, whether work, family, ect) is simply not genuine.

Guaranteed huh? I guarantee you, I wouldn’t be. It’s just a game. I got Storm sure, and will promptly be giving it to a friend of mine who didn’t make it today. When I told her about the event after it was over, sure she was disappointed but she didn’t complain and said grats and that she hopes she can make the next one.

I’m not denying anyone anything. I just don’t think the event should be repeated. It being a one time event is what makes it special. I also don’t think everybody should just get something for nothing. If you weren’t able to make the event, oh well. The only people who have a leg to stand on are the people who were participating but got dc’d before they could get their rewards. My reasons are quite genuine I assure you. Whether you want to accept them is your own business.

Depotboy.6204:

Guaranteed huh? I guarantee you, I wouldn’t be.

Guaranteed, yes.

After all, during the Mad King event you were upset that you missed out on the exotic items that the chests were initially dropping, prior to them being fixed, while you were at work.

Your reasons in this thread, to deny everyone else who missed out on the event to get an opportunity to experience the event, simply aren’t genuine. Please do not attempt to further argue for this double standard.

I am in Oceania (yeah upside down) and managed to get out of bed early enough to see the whole thing through…but I am retired and it was not a big issue.

Having said that, the event itself WAS NOT UNIQUE in its effect on the world after the defeat of the Boss. In my mind it could be repeated (make up some story line here about resurrection). Everything is exactly the same as before the kill…the island is still there, the trash is still there and the settlements are still there…the only thing missing is the ancient one.

I agree with the thread that the event should be repeated…especially for those who missed it….I mean it is not like it is “farmable” or “bottable”

Sunreva.8714:

Depotboy.6204:

Guaranteed huh? I guarantee you, I wouldn’t be.

Guaranteed, yes.

After all, during the Mad King event you were upset that you missed out on the exotic items that the chests were initially dropping, prior to them being fixed, while you were at work.

Your reasons in this thread, to deny everyone else who missed out on the event to get an opportunity to experience the event, simply aren’t genuine. Please do not attempt to further argue for this double standard.

Lol. I never asked for Anet to give me anything. I was upset that I couldn’t farm the chests, but guess what? I moved on. That was not in response to a one time event, it was a response to what was apparently a bug on Anet’s part that I was upset I missed out on. I never asked them to not fix their bug or to repeat their bug. Seriously, try harder.

Again, I guarantee you I wouldn’t be here asking Anet to give me something for doing NOTHING.

Sunreva.8714:

Depotboy.6204:

Guaranteed huh? I guarantee you, I wouldn’t be.

Guaranteed, yes.

After all, during the Mad King event you were upset that you missed out on the exotic items that the chests were initially dropping, prior to them being fixed, while you were at work.

Your reasons in this thread, to deny everyone else who missed out on the event to get an opportunity to experience the event, simply aren’t genuine. Please do not attempt to further argue for this double standard.

Lol that is funny, he got his fat loot so now kitten everyone else. Too bad so sad kinda deal when the shoe is on the other foot.

I like many other could care less about the loot, i am just sad to miss out on a major event since i am supposed to plan my life around a game if i want to experience the content it seems.