A bow firing flying rainbow unicorns
its a poor and condescending way to get girly girls to feel like playing tbh. everytime the gaming industry comes up with ideas to “encourage” more females to play video games they come up with trash like this.
If i was female i’d be insulted that they assume females all go gooey for rainbows and stuff.
even mini pets are junk to me, i,m not playing the sims or farmville I dont need “cuteness” to make me buy into my toon.
What in the bleep are you saying?
Yes, I am a girl gamer, and you just insinuated that because I am a “girly girl” I would automatically get The Dreamer.
Let me straighten you out here, I have the Incinerator, because aesthetically, I prefer “dangerous” looking weapons on my character. Do not pigeon-hole female gamers with this non-sense.
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To be honest this thread is hilarious to me. People getting so angry, throwing tantrums over a unicorn and rainbows? Really?
There’s plenty of things with the game that should require attention over something this trivial yet there’s 7 pages worth of back’n’forth going out of control over a unicorn bow….. What…
Half the posts here love the dreamer, the others hate it. It’s not going to be taken away because a lot of people like the bow (myself included). There’s no point in throwing a tantrum about it because you aren’t forced to get the bow or to pay attention to it. I hardly notice it when people use one and I like it!
If you make an option to turn off the legendary effects it completely destroys the point of having them in the first place.
People need to realize there is a diversity in preference and learn to be more accepting of it. One person might like blue and if you hate it, does that mean they shouldn’t be allowed to use blue because you said so? No… Let us unicorn bow lovers have our bow, Since we let you have your serious business stuff without complaint.
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its a very important subject.
we are trying to discuss to see what level of absurdity is acceptable in this game to keep the majority of people happy.
as it is now, we are getting more and more childish stuff;
mini pets, quaggan backpack, unicorn bow, toy weapon, etc
the balance is upset probably, and thats why we get threads like this.
I was going to casually chase Quip after making dreamer but the amount of dislike for both weapons really fuels my desire to troll these kitteners in WvW and dungeons now heeheehee
its a poor and condescending way to get girly girls to feel like playing tbh. everytime the gaming industry comes up with ideas to “encourage” more females to play video games they come up with trash like this.
If i was female i’d be insulted that they assume females all go gooey for rainbows and stuff.
even mini pets are junk to me, i,m not playing the sims or farmville I dont need “cuteness” to make me buy into my toon.
I being female am actually more offended by your assumption that the only way I could possibly be “enticed” into playing a game is if companies think they have to do this kind of stuff.
I’m a girly girl. I love horses, but I will tell you I played the game before the bow, and I will play the game after the bow. I will also say I know plenty of men who like the idea of the bow. I know this destroys your basis of bias against “us” as women playing the game and your assumption (wrong as it is) that only women/girls would own the bow, but reality bites.
I was actually drawn to play the game for the graphics, the story, the creativity involved. I as a professional artist feel that any form of creativity is good and reassessing creativity brings better creativity. As a CSR I know the customer is right even when they are wrong, and it is about presentation when the information is not what everyone wants. You can’t please all the people all the time. As a mother I know that we all need to learn to be tolerant of other people and their preferences.
Just because you walk past someone wearing lime green, florescent yellow, and ruby red clothes doesn’t mean you have to slap them across the face and tell them they have no fashion sense. They did nothing to you, so just keep walking. Eventually your eyes won’t be blinded anymore and you will forget when someone slaps you across the face for wearing black, grey, and tan.
I want that bow even more now. I had no clue how much it made people rage
Btw, don’t mention bronies, you’ll get some infraction points, I has some =D
But really though, this game really is taking a turn from occasional cute stuff, to pretty much flamboyant and out right weird for me =| Throw in the prostitutes in DR moaning and groaning all the time, it’s almost getting embarrassing.
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Okay, I’m female and I LOVE this skin. It was awesome before and now it’s just pure win. Troll..lololol..
Some of these posts make it seem like it’s a bad thing if you like skin. Geesh.
I agree it looks tacky and people who are wearing it are completely tasteless in my eyes.
I don’t care if you are female and i don’t know why all of you are pointing that out as if it served an argument, there are better games out there for you if that’s what you look for.
Another treat for those self proclaimed girl gamers.
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Guy. Dreamer owner. Awesome unicorns.
Rainbow projectiles are not contextually valid in the GW universe – and certainly not when nothing else in the game looks anything like the effect of the bow’s ammo.
Why aren’t they?
Where in the lore of the world does it say ‘rainbow projectiles don’t exist’?
Having roamed around the entirety of GW over more than five years, I can safely say that I have never seen anyone – enemy or ally, player or NPC – use a weapon that shoots rainbows. I have never seen any reference in any of the lore to rainbow-shooting weapons. I have never seen anything anywhere in the GW universe that says they DO exist.
Does that mean that they absolutely can’t? No. Does it mean just because they CAN, we need something so Carebear? No.
I have no trouble at all with the bow. It’s simply a bow with some whimsy attached to it. Arrows shot from bows in this game leave a visual trail. I’m even okay with that. I’d even be okay if arrows shot from The Dreamer had their visual trail be a rainbow.
But, as I said before, a fantasy MMO already relies heavily on a suspension of disbelief. There is only so much suspension you can do (and that point is different for each person). For me, a bow that shoots ridiculous unicorn-trailing rainbows is far beyond that point and dives right into the realm of immature stupidity.
That’s especially the case when I came from Guild Wars with the expectation of GW2 being even remotely like the game I’ve been willingly tied to for over half a decade, and that expectation was completely blown out of the water by GW2, which is Guild Wars in name only and doesn’t feel a thing like Guild Wars.
Then add silly things like that unicorn/rainbow effect, and it just pushes things too far for me to say, “Yeah, okay. I can see that fitting into this world.”
As others have said, there’s already a ton of silliness in GW2. To me, that makes GW2 feel like it’s a kiddie game.
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Really, what will come next ? Rainbow shooting laser rifles and pistols ?
Weapons, that shoot out flying pigs ?
Great suggestions.
I use the slingshot skin for my shortbow for fun but I absolutely do not want the rainbow unicorn for my ranger. I’m ok with other people using them but my ranger ..no.
If my ranger was an asura, it would be ok. But my ranger is a sylvari and it just doesn’t fit her.
What I hope is that they have an array of legendary skins to use and we all have a choice. So far I like the Krytan skin and the flame skins the best and I can get those as drops in low levels and transmute my max level bows. I look at the looks of the legendary bows and their effects and I’m not attracted to them. I hope in the future there will be some that appeal to my taste in bows.
I must admit I had no interest in getting a legendary but after the amount of rage going on here for what is basically aesthetics makes me want to get this bow for my Ranger alt.
People who are complaining regarding the recent items being added need to take a look at the bigger picture. I have seen more people with the quaggan backpack these past days than any other backpack which tells me that this was a good addition and the population on my server at least thinks this too with the amount of people who have it.
I don’t have the backpack and it doesn’t take away my gameplay as im of the opinion who am I or you or anyone else to dictate to anyone how they should play the game or how they should look. If people want to jump around with bright pink armour then fair play to them I wouldn’t do it. If they want a bow that shoots unicorns then again go right ahead it is no big deal to me. There is lots of other legendary weapons to select, if you dont like the bow then dont buy it, im sure in the future there will be more variety, maybe one that shoot big balls of fire that suits your taste requirements. Until now I see no problem in having the unicorns flying everywhere, I find it quite amusing as long as im not the one at the opposite end of the stampede of unicorns coming flying at me. As that means im getting arrows fired at me big style in WvW, if anything its a big Neon sign where the person that is shooting you is at.
It is pathetic and childish to throw tantrums or leave groups due to aesthetics, it makes me wonder how people deal with real life issue’s if this is how they react in a pixel environment. There is enough variety in items currently in game to keep everyone happy so having a little bit of fluff items really shouldn’t matter, it is a game with a diverse user base and you cant just cater to certain individuals taste.
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I agree it looks tacky and people who are wearing it are completely tasteless in my eyes.
I don’t care if you are female and i don’t know why all of you are pointing that out as if it served an argument, there are better games out there for you if that’s what you look for.
Another treat for those self proclaimed girl gamers.
Again with asinine assumptions. Just because there are some girl gamers that like it, doesn’t mean all of us want it or that because we are females, we absolutely have to have it. I don’t want it, not have I ever wanted it. But I do not fault anyone, be it male or female, from acquiring it, because they choose to.
You think because I am a female, that I should go play Hello Kitty Island Adventures? Your argument is moot, and invalid on so many levels, and makes you look moronic.
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I’m confused why they don’t let us town clothes in combat because it will break immersion but they do make a rainbow unicorn firing bow…
I’m confused why they don’t let us town clothes in combat because it will break immersion but they do make a rainbow unicorn firing bow…
Ha! I forgot about them saying that!
Funny, I was skimming through this thread (it’s been raining here), and I just looked up and there’s a crazy-bright rainbow outside.
I honestly fail to see why this is such a big deal to people. If you don’t like the idea of getting shot to death by rainbow unicorns then kill the wielder.
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:
as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
The Dreamer is awesome!
best wishes : Pink asura shooting rainbow unicorns at you in WvW
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Well since I am a graphic designer and coder, I have no issues with putting “troll” weapons into games. There is a game (I will not name the game) that has a rainbow level where you kill teddy bears, unicorns, and flowers. Another game has a unicorn gun, that has the unicorn screech when you shoot rainbows that come out of it’s butt, and goes googley eyed when it is out of ammo.
There are a lot of games, with “troll” weapons such as this. It is meant to be humorous. If you can’t find the humor in it, then you are sorely lacking a funny bone.
Let me give you an example:
Let’s say, I hate the color red. Well because aesthetically, I hate this color, then I shouldn’t put it in the game, because I hate it. That is the logic, you are trying to enforce.
Ele/Nanumee – Mez/Boba Bunny – Thief/Star Shadowfang
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I agree it looks tacky and people who are wearing it are completely tasteless in my eyes.
I don’t care if you are female and i don’t know why all of you are pointing that out as if it served an argument, there are better games out there for you if that’s what you look for.
Another treat for those self proclaimed girl gamers.Again with asinine assumptions. Just because there are some girl gamers that like it, doesn’t mean all of us want it or that because we are females, we absolutely have to have it. I don’t want it, not have I ever wanted it. But I do not fault anyone, be it male or female, from acquiring it, because they choose to.
You think because I am a female, that I should go play Hello Kitty Island Adventures? Your argument is moot, and invalid on so many levels, and makes you look moronic.
What is a self proclaimed girl gamer? I have a picture in my head of some in game player running around announcing to the world “I hereby proclaim myself to be a girl gamer! I have the support of the realm! Bow down before my rainbow unicorn!” (I’m laughing)
Anyhow, I don’t want one, I’m female, your assumption is proven false by the (at least) two of us who have stated that this.
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Your statement is invalid because we can’t buy the bow on the cash shop.
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Well since I am a graphic designer and coder, I have no issues with putting “troll” weapons into games. There is a game (I will not name the game) that has a rainbow level where you kill teddy bears, unicorns, and flowers. Another game has a unicorn gun, that has the unicorn screech when you shoot rainbows that come out of it’s butt, and goes googley eyed when it is out of ammo.
There are a lot of games, with “troll” weapons such as this. It is meant to be humorous. If you can’t find the humor in it, then you are sorely lacking a funny bone.
Let me give you an example:
Let’s say, I hate the color red. Well because aesthetically, I hate this color, then I shouldn’t put it in the game, because I hate it.
im a fashion/graphic designer.
and i laughed the first time i saw it.
but that kind of “funny stuff” will get old really fast, and it’s a “legendary” item, not some throwaway wooden toy skin.
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Well since I am a graphic designer and coder, I have no issues with putting “troll” weapons into games. There is a game (I will not name the game) that has a rainbow level where you kill teddy bears, unicorns, and flowers. Another game has a unicorn gun, that has the unicorn screech when you shoot rainbows that come out of it’s butt, and goes googley eyed when it is out of ammo.
There are a lot of games, with “troll” weapons such as this. It is meant to be humorous. If you can’t find the humor in it, then you are sorely lacking a funny bone.
Let me give you an example:
Let’s say, I hate the color red. Well because aesthetically, I hate this color, then I shouldn’t put it in the game, because I hate it.im a fashion/graphic designer.
and i laughed the first time i saw it.
but that kind of “funny stuff” will get old really fast, and it’s a “legendary” item, not some throwaway wooden toy skin.
So now you are deigning to tell me how long I would enjoy having said weapon?
The audacity!
What is a self proclaimed girl gamer? I have a picture in my head of some in game player running around announcing to the world “I hereby proclaim myself to be a girl gamer! I have the support of the realm! Bow down before my rainbow unicorn!” (I’m laughing)
You know, I was wondering the same thing myself. And I actually laughed reading this.
I envision someone going around saying things like “Kekekekekekeek ^_~” when I think of “self proclaimed” gamer girls. And I have YET, to see one girl act in this fashion on GW2.
Ele/Nanumee – Mez/Boba Bunny – Thief/Star Shadowfang
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Your statement is invalid because we can’t buy the bow on the cash shop.
you totally can use gems to get one, or part of one.
items that are not available on cash shop are dungeon skins and scended stuff for exemple.
my statement was smart.
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nikkistar;
the
question
is:as a designer, would you have put such bow in gw2 ?
my answer; ill put anything in that kitten game as long as it sell on the cash shop. so put out a survey and do it!
Your statement is invalid because we can’t buy the bow on the cash shop.
you totally can use gems to get one, or part of one.
items that are not available on cash shop are dungeon skins and scended stuff for exemple.my statement was smart.
So, your assumption is that anyone who has it is using the cash shop because you know, they couldn’t do the farming, forging, etc. on their own.
So just a question once this gets “old” would that make it even more frustrating to you as a player seeing me shoot this until the game dies? If so you just made me a happy man
im a fashion/graphic designer.
and i laughed the first time i saw it.
but that kind of “funny stuff” will get old really fast, and it’s a “legendary” item, not some throwaway wooden toy skin.
Your point? This is what you are failing to understand, it is that person’s choice to put the work into said legendary. You are not forced to acquire only THAT legendary. Are you telling me that thiefs and rangers have no other alternative to a legendary that is more “kitten”? I think not.
If you are a graphic designer, then you should KNOW that clients will many times want something that goes against your own personal aesthetics, but you still do what is required because it is not about what you want.
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You missing the “A” in ascended really isn’t however /facepalm
Since it seems to kitten everyone off so much looks like I’m going for the dreamer as my legendary. Your welcome.
it’s not that annoying, I found it really funny when I first saw it…
BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT!
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I quit how I want
i would like to shoot ‘’rainbow dash’’ but is bow’s copyright, they should add ‘’pinkie pie’’ to the staff, so we all happy.
you totally can use gems to get one, or part of one.
items that are not available on cash shop are dungeon skins and scended stuff for exemple.my statement was smart.
Your statement was not accurate. And I am having a difficult time taking you seriously, when you can not even spell example correctly.
You can not buy this item using the gem store primarily. With the current conversion rate, you will only receive 6 gold per 800 gem. Making it a whole 30 gold, for 4000 gems. At the current price of 2000 gold, you are looking to spend over $3000 dollars on gems. Yea, totally doable by everyone in this game right?
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i would like to shoot ‘’rainbow dash’’…
You monster!
Just kidding. I want the Dreamer to create rainbow explosions every time I get a boon.
Time is a river.
The door is ajar.
you totally can use gems to get one, or part of one.
items that are not available on cash shop are dungeon skins and scended stuff for exemple.my statement was smart.
Your statement was not accurate. And I am having a difficult time taking you seriously, when you can not even spell example correctly.
You can not buy this item using the gem store primarily. With the current conversion rate, you will only receive 6 gold per 800 gem. Making it a whole 30 gold, for 4000 gems. At the current price of 2000 gold, you are looking to spend over $3000 dollars on gems. Yea, totally doable by everyone in this game right?
My point exactly, just didn’t have the numbers to prove it. Thank you.
I think it is more of a reference to Robot Unicorn attack
dont need to pay the whole amount.
you could pay “how much you want to” between 1$ and 3000$, and grind the rest.
its not all or nothing, this is even smarter.
and, yeah, i design mostly jeans and in the south of USA they like to have skulls and cross and eagles on their back pockets. fugly.
but i make a living with it.
ok, im changing my mindset.
let those dreamers shoot at jormag. so beautiful.
Ok, let’s explain that more in detail.
We have world where specific conflict is explained and narrated. The world and conflict is not pretty (innocents are being killed and so on). Of course we have some save places like big town but they are still struggled by conspiracy and fights among nobles. The narrative is quite clear.
Anet is trying to explain the world, the relationship and any other connections to provide the best feeling from the game. I’m hardcore RPG player and story and overall feeling from the world and LORE is quite important for me. GW2 is not definitely the best but if I would be creative director in Anet, I would never ever release something which breaks immersion. Of course, I understand that they need to make money and such items like quaggan backpacks are simply demanded by specific group of people.
However, creating such items with circus like effects really do not help me in identifying with the world and conflict there. Some legendary weapons do have decent effects, even the Juggernaut is acceptable but it is already on the edge. I’m not talking about having everything in grey (homogeneous) but some rules should be given and created.
Box of Fun, Costume Brawl etc is way to go but the world itself should not be affected by permanent immersion breaking stuff. Anet presented adult world and conflict and I thought that they will stick with that. How can I identify with the new content when army of quaggan backpacks followed by army of unicorns cover my screen? (I’m exaggerating here. )
Btw. I’m not saying it’s not nice visual but it simply does not fit to this game according to my explanation above.
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dont need to pay the whole amount.
you could pay “how much you want to” between 1$ and 3000$, and grind the rest.
its not all or nothing, this is even smarter.and, yeah, i design mostly jeans and in the south of USA they like to have skulls and cross and eagles on their back pockets. fugly.
but i make a living with it.ok, im changing my mindset.
let those dreamers shoot at jormag. so beautiful.
Your arguments falter so much, and lack any substance.
You basically claim that The Dreamer’s affects was a means for Anet to have a “cash shop”, then when proven invalid, you change your argument. If you really want to call something a “cash shop”, then you should be complaining about The Quip, since one of the requirements you need is actually ONLY purchasable via the gem store.
You basically validated my own argument. Anyone selling The Dreamer, grinding for it, and then decided to sale it. Either way, SOMEONE did grind.
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Anet is trying to explain the world, the relationship and any other connections to provide the best feeling from the game. I’m hardcore RPG player and story and overall feeling from the world and LORE is quite important for me. GW2 is not definitely the best but if I would be creative director in Anet, I would never ever release something which breaks immersion. Of course, I understand that they need to make money and such items like quaggan backpacks are simply demanded by specific group of people.
Please tell show me any LORE that any of the legendaries actually have, outside of the shield. Since it is LORE you require.
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im just saying that it is in fact purchasable to various degree from the cashshop via gems.
but really, that doesnt change nothing at all.
all legendaries are.
lets get back on the subject of why the dreamer’s effect should be deleted, or at worst, be the last circus effect weapon anet releases.
Anet trolling, and giving infractions out about it. I’m just getting more and more confused!!
Ironically, those who are whining that unicorns and rainbows are "childish" sound down right childish to me.
Btw, I’m male and a proud owner of the Dreamer. I look forward to breaking your immersion in the near future.
The Dreamer is supposed to be a funny weapon; not everything should be all serious. I’m sure Anet will make alternative legendary weapons for the ones people aren’t a fan of; bifrost not fitting with a necro is a good example. There is now a mixed view on this weapon; some like the old effects, some like the new; who is either side to declare what is right? From a neutral standpoint (not mine), the bow did indeed get a graphical update; its just whether or not people like it.
If I had to give a perfect idea for this, I’d say make it a special infusion, so to speak. A charm of Unicorn could give it the ponies, and a Charm of Rainbows for the old effect. No stat increases, just effect purposes; that could make everyone happy. If they don’t consider that, I’ll stock by keeping the new effect.
Still my goal to get this legendary, the effect has just driven my desire further.
We are sworn together by our blood…
What I’ve learned from reading this thread is that all it would take for me to be able to instantly tell if someone is the type of person I wouldn’t want to interact with or group with ingame is to get this bow and see how they react when I use it. I wish Guardians had access to something so useful
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i dont even need to prove my point.
looking forward to your dreamer pride day and parade.
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i dont even need to prove my point.
looking forward to your dreamer pride day and parade.
Seriously? I am pretty sure I am reading an undertone of something I am not too keen on.
Ele/Nanumee – Mez/Boba Bunny – Thief/Star Shadowfang
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i dont even need to prove my point.
looking forward to your dreamer pride day and parade.
You must be trying to kitten people off!
I also am shocked at how upset some people are about a bows graphic, I think it looks cool/funny and doesn’t bother me, the effect IS a bit too big though if something had to be changed… so nice to see all these interesting legendary weapons being made by ANet keep up the good work.
Some of you over the top macho dudes really love your video game immersion wow… come on just get your Dusk and stomp those colorful rainbow noobs down in your black bleeding fiery armor and get over it.
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