Guild Wars 2

I’ll take that scroll happily!

The mini aint bad either…. but, only 1? Im hoping there are other minis in the 1st year set. Since people with multiple chars prob dont want multiple of the same one. Unless they are only doing a single account bound mini for the accounts birthday? And Chars get the scrolls on their individual bdays. Guess we’ll see…

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Poor ignorant forum goers… just wait and see, this update is the first of the more permanent world changing updates. They just aren’t spoiling it yet.

I really hope so. Fingers crossed and really hopeful.

But like I said in my post, I really wish they’d finish up the Group Finder, the game really needs it.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Poor ignorant forum goers… just wait and see, this update is the first of the more permanent world changing updates. They just aren’t spoiling it yet.

Yup,it will be AMAZING.

Jason.5469:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Poor ignorant forum goers… just wait and see, this update is the first of the more permanent world changing updates. They just aren’t spoiling it yet.

Yup,it will be AMAZING.

I wouldn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. I hope it will be amazing, but I’m not expecting it.

Jason.5469:

The surprise will be HUGE.

Maybe, or maybe not.
Sadly, when anet says something like “huge/exciting/big/etc” it doesn’t mean that most players will think the same. Thus those players go on forums complaining about how disappointed they are and/or how anet “lied”.

Looks very disappointing so far. Removing Culling is nice I guess, but the birthday presents are a complete letdown. I guess a bta jenna mini for everyone is tyria’s equivalent for socks for christmas…

The speech is an obvious setup for another “surprise” attack, most likely by sky pirates again. All in all, it seems pretty boring.

You casuals are so spoiled.

Wait a minute, this scenario feels strangely familiar…

Queen Jennah will put on her magical ring > disappear > go live with elves and we’ll never hear from her again…

For Event: Cool, I personally like the bi-monthly updates, allows me to break up my time between WvW, new PvE, some PvP and old content, keeping things fresh for me.

End of culling: Nice, for those who are complaining, I assume the PvE system will be similar to the WvW one that allows you to control character limits and what is rendered. I would guess that was what they were working on in respect to PvE culling.

One year anniversary: As a GW1 player I am disappointed that we are not getting random minis. That was always fun, the trading, collecting etc. But this is a different game and I’ll take the new content over a bunch of minis I guess.

Emmet.2943:

ShadowMaster.5708:

Vol.5241:

ShadowMaster.5708:

I think her surprise will be huge… They wont spoil it, but probably a new zone or something. It says its huge

AFAIK Colin already said we won’t be getting any new dragons/zones in 2013.

And another dev also reiterated to look to the skies.

So it’s pretty obvious that Divinity’s Reach is going to be invaded by Aetherblades and some real nasty kitten is gonna go down.

He never said no new zones. He said it was HIGHLY POSSIBLE that crystal desert would come so.. But yea, he said no new BIG dragons. But what about the small ones

But in all seriousness… 2 things i believe.

1. Shes pregnant with logan
2. She will marry logan…

ALL HAIL KING LOGAN!

Actually in a reddit post colin confirmed that no new regions were coming this year.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1k104u/guild_wars_2_teases_anniversary_plans/

Well that’s about as much as I can take from this developer I think. They think they know it all but all people want is to stop with this living farming story and bring an expansion with new things to do.

The birthday gift is kind of… ehm, whatever, it’s free.

The death of culling however is something to celebrate!

P.s. Don’t feed the troll

Calae.1738:

You casuals are so spoiled.

I was spoiled and I really like it.

Wolfheart.1938:

P.s. Don’t feed the troll

But he lives under the bridge and we all need to cross the bridge… kitten the system!

Whats with all those creepy humanoid minis… they seriously creep me out…
who at Anet thinks that those are a good idea?
No one I know really likes those… lots of em like the small monsters and everyone likes the cute small animal ones.. but the humanoids?
shudder

Was expecting much more. End of culling will be nice so that LA can finally become the community hub it was intended to be. Besides that, I only see the culling change in PvE benefiting zerg farm clusters (pretty close to exploiting, most of the time they are culled), and the dragon fights. Not nearly as big of a change as was the removal of culling in WvW, but at least LA will be a better city now.

As for the other changes…more joke ‘updates’ for WvW. These mastery updates are a complete joke, it seems they only intend to release 1 per month. Start working on actual WvW content (this was supposed to be the GW2 endgame for many people), and quit clowning around.

As for the story, we’ll see. If we really aren’t getting another zone soon (Crystal Desert, Ring of Fire, etc etc), I can’t see it getting much better. A big shocking plot twist would be nice, I just hope it isn’t continuing at the same storytelling rhythm as the previous updates.

In the .dat fail its already alot information. A guy on reddit is giving out info if you ask him. he sent me some and IF ITS TRUE, i got a bit dissapointed, but the surprise is… not expected

TooBz.3065:

I just hope the speech is instanced and not like the Quaggan magic show. I hate wasting time standing around.

On the other hand, it would be the right time to do a non instanced speech to coincide with the removal of the culling in PvE.

Sounds interesting. But wish the birthday mini worked like it did in Guild Wars 1. Each character would get a birthday gift with a mini pet inside (except year 6 I think) and their were quite a few different ones you could get each year.

darkace.8925:

I’m going to guess what’s going to happen, and I’m going to bet I wind up being fairly accurate in my predictions.

Content Predictions
– In an instance, the queen will give begin her speech.
– The Aetherblade will arrive in their airships to disrupt the ceremony.
– Logan will jump to his queen’s aid, but will be overwhelmed.
– Rytlock, in attendance with the rest of the charr delegation, will come to his aid.
– They’ll fight off the pirates for a while, then we’ll jump in.
– We’ll save the day, but the queen will be kidnapped.
– We’ll have to find clues to determine the location of the kidnappers’ hideout while Logan “regretfully stays behind to see to the city’s defenses.”
– Upon finding the hideout we’ll have a short Canach-type instance wherein we (the player and Logan) save the queen.
– We’ll stand around while Logan and the queen embrace before she tanks us for helping Logan save her.

Achievement Predictions
– Attend the queen’s speech.
– Defeat 1/10/25/50 Aetherblade Sky Pirates in Kryta.
– Defeat 1/10/25/50 Aetherblade Sky Pirates in Maguuma Jungle.
– Defeat 1/10/25/50 Aetherblade Sky Pirates in Shiverpeak Mountains.
– Defeat 1/10/25/50 Aetherblade Sky Pirates in Ascalon.
– Examine 10/25/50/100 clues to determine the Aetherblade’s new hideout.
– Rescue the queen.

You forgot the most important part. In gratitude she opens the gate to crystal desert :o

ShadowMaster.5708:

In the .dat fail its already alot information. A guy on reddit is giving out info if you ask him. he sent me some and IF ITS TRUE, i got a bit dissapointed, but the surprise is… not expected

Well then he must not have shown all of it. Ive also seen it cuz I looked for myself. Lets agree not to spoil it. But also remember that there is always more that isnt in the .dat file than is in the .dat file.
I didnt think it sounded dissapointing, so don’t look towards the next patch in dismay if you are reading this comment.

Since the update isn’t called ‘’1th Anniversary of Guild Wars 2’’ or something I doubt this is it. There will be something big, I’m sure of it!

I can actually tell you what’s going to happen. The Queen isn’t the real queen, but a Mesmer controlling everyone. The Clock Knights or whatever start attacking people, they’re gotten rid of. We find the real queen, the end.

It’ll be stupid, lame, and have no real effect on the real world along with the rest of this boring update making no real interesting changes aside from culling. You won’t get interesting gear for having participated in the living world events up until now, you won’t feel a good sense of satisfaction with the story, and you’ll be done playing after a day.

Seriously Arenanet, seriously? You hype up this release and go “Yeah we get it, you want permanent content, we’re going to start showing you we get it this patch!” and then go “wooo one time event!”!? All this Culling change can do is make it so you can do some one time events easier. WOOOO!! That’s not permanent, that doesn’t solve anything. That doesn’t make the game more interesting.

The birthday gift is more of an insult than it is a present.

“Here’s a mini you won’t ever use, a booster what works on everything you do not do, and an experience scroll because we want you to buy more character slots.”

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

The birthday gift is more of an insult than it is a present.

“Here’s a mini you won’t ever use, a booster what works on everything you do not do, and an experience scroll because we want you to buy more character slots.”

You’re absolutely right, everyone deserves a free precursor of their choosing and 100 g

After reading the mined .dat, I can safely say that NOBODY in this thread is even close to correct.

You’re in for a treat.

I’ve seen the mined .dat and I’m actually looking forward to the stuff mentioned there. I just hope they aren’t too expensive as I desperately need them.

That said, I hope we don’t get TOO many new stuff this patch actually. I’d like to take a breather from all the new content being showered on us every 2 weeks.

wintermute.4096:

I guess a bta jenna mini for everyone is tyria’s equivalent for socks for christmas…

ROFL – you owe me a new keyboard and a replacement can of coke

A caution about the data-mined .dat. Some of that stuff might not be in the next update.

We’ve already seen LFG tool stuff in the .dat and that’s not in the game at all. I wouldn’t necessarily assume everything in the .dat is coming in this update.

None of you actually thought they were going to offer several 1st-year minis like in GW1, right? Not with a cash shop to offer them up in!

Just going to leave this here….

http://gw2.junkiesnation.com/2013/08/12/colin-johanson-teases-anniversary-plans/

and this

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1jswc4/data_mining_upcoming_features_and_changes_from/

Saldonus Darkholme.5680:

None of you actually thought they were going to offer several 1st-year minis like in GW1, right? Not with a cash shop to offer them up in!

I don’t think that’s entirely fair, but whoa boy is there going to be a backlash if there are any new minis added to the cash shop when this new update goes live.

All these MAJOR changes for free? Sounds awesome! Arena could sell it as an addon for 59.99!

Can someone pm me and spoil all the data mined goodness?

Grateful that the birthday present is a mini that’s the same for everyone. Now I can just keep my one character I created close to launch and continue to delete and create characters without worrying too much about maximizing birthday swag. Hope this policy doesn’t change.

Looking forward to the surprises people have found in the .dat file.

She will annouce she was born a man.

And Logan is Sir Loras.

As characters created right at the launch of Guild Wars 2 hit their first birthdays, it’s time to introduce our first Birthday Gift! Characters that are one year old will receive a Mini Queen Jennah, a 24-hour Birthday Booster, and a Scroll of Experience.

Oh well, I will not be seeing any of those for awhile yet as I started a little after launch as I was in the midst of a move and settling in for retirement when the game launched so at that point in time none of my characters were created.

However they do not state if your characters will get the reward when they hit one year old after the event is over. The scroll of experience is useless to me as all my characters (8 of them) are level 80 and since I have one of each class and race I doubt if I will be buying another slot.

Looks like it should be fun this should be a very meaningful speech and more then likely play into the next part of the events.

wintermute.4096:

I guess a bta jenna mini for everyone is tyria’s equivalent for socks for christmas…

You can’t use socks like you can use a…

…nvm.

Saldonus Darkholme.5680:

None of you actually thought they were going to offer several 1st-year minis like in GW1, right? Not with a cash shop to offer them up in!

You have a point, but I don’t see why there can’t be both. Why can’t they sell a certain line of minis in the gem store AND release a separate line of bday minis?

Vol.5241:

GW2 gamers seem to be the most entitled of all.

We get new content and QOL patches every 2 weeks. Yet it seems you guys want a free expansion.

There is more content in the patch than meets the eye. It’s meant to be a surprise

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1k9wjp/the_queens_speech/

I don’t want a free expansion. Especially if it’s more living story/world content. I want a full kitten campaign like Factions or Nightfall, and I’d be more than happy to fork over the cold hard cash for it.

Bukkebruse.2810:

With the exception of the culling update it’s absolutely NOTHING.
And what a joke for the birthday presents, oh wow.

I guess it’s slightly disappointing that it’s only a Queen Jenna mini instead of one random mini from a large list but as a GW1 player we got mini pets for 1 year character birthdays for 6 years or so. So it’s not disappointing as far as though.

I’m sure some people expected to get a legendary in the mail when their character turned 1 though.

darkace.8925:

she tanks us

Ushering in the long-awaited Return of the Trinity!

Tachenon.5270:

darkace.8925:

she tanks us

Ushering in the long-awaited Return of the Trinity!

lol, oops.

>Complains about RNG in general
>Complains that we don’t have some more totally RNG minis

I give up. I don’t even. I don’t even so hard.

I have to say, that i’m really disappointed, if that’s all the content for the 1 yeah anniversary….

Really hoped for a huge patch like they suggested here…..
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/09/guild-wars-2-teases-anniversary-plans

The queen’s big surprise: “Actually, I’m in love with Traherne”

Neural.1824:

The queen’s big surprise: “Actually, I’m in love with Traherne”

Oh this leaves so much to be said but …..

(keeps his expression wooden)

Neural.1824:

The queen’s big surprise: “Actually, I’m in love with Traherne”

Introducing the first ever Guild Wars 2 sitcom: Woody and the Queen.

Well Trahearne is the most eligible bachelor in Tyria, after saving the world with his incomparable heroism.

What a horrible update. Boring is the only thing i can think of this patch. I was expecting something great for the 1 year mark since launch but, yet again Anet lets us true gw2 fans down. Im tired of defending his game against trolls and my friends who list the facts about gw2. Its simply boring and this living story is a bad idea. I’ve read that because of the living world we weren’t going to ever get an expansion…….