Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know yet if the holiday achievement “Gift Bringer” is part of the meta achievement in order to get the “Apprentice Toymaker” title?

If it actually is linked with this achievement; I don’t believe this is actually fair to everyone who plays the game. This achievement is ENTIRELY reliant on other players actually letting you pick up the present. You could in fact go every match you play w/out ANY players letting you pick up the present, let alone capture it. This could go on for several years; unless this is nipped in the bud, before it becomes a larger issue from the player base. While I do know that Player vs. Player is an aspect of the game that they do want players to explore; making an achievement in this manner can make players who are after achievements or event wanting to have fun; very hostile and bitter towards a game and or the company that produces it. So in short; while I think the achievement should and could be left in the game, I propose that Arena Net removes it from the prerequisite for the meta achievement.

Presents are like resource nodes. Every player nearby can pick them up.

They are time limited, so grab them before fighting mobs.

You only need 12 out of the 16 total achievements. (The bottom two monthly ones count as well.) You do not have to PVP at all to get the meta achievement.

This achievement is from the Snowball Mayhem Player vs. Player map…

Gilosean.3805:

Presents are like resource nodes. Every player nearby can pick them up.

They are time limited, so grab them before fighting mobs.

He doesn’t mean the presents, that spawn in normal areas, he means the presents you need to carry around in the PvP Minigame.
Well, this can take you a while, but since you only have to carry 5 presents, this isn’t that much of a deal.

Was in Snowball Mayhem for 35 minutes. 5 presents delievered, 5 stops. Seriously easy to do it. Go scout, go stealth at the very beginning to get Swiftness, go directly to the closest swiftness pot, go for packages (8 out of 10 times you should be first), go stealth again right before picking package (it is off cooldown if you used in at the very beginning) and run back through your team and deliever.

For the gift stopper achievement use the edge of the map between the two spawns. There is two routes here, one upper with a swiftness potion and a lower one. This lets you intercept the carriers very often. Again, go scout class and stealth your way close to the carrier and then use your #3 skill and drop the carrier.

I have dropped atleast 20 packages close to score line for others to deliver for achievements. Dropping carriers to close death is a good thing if you are done with the achievement and have teammates around. Its christmas and I want good-boy-points!