Guild Wars 2

In other topics this has come up and I fully agree it would be nice that the game change during holidays or events like birthdays (not sure if it won’t come back but hope it stays GW always made a fun experience of the holidays/dragon festivals etc..). Seeing the game change during holidays is always nice to see imo. Taking a step back from the usual killing and fighting to celebrate the holidays is a nice way to spend the time with the community. I completely understand the fact that not everyone celebrates the same holidays but I feel that a middle ground can be found for the sake of community camaraderie. Understandable with the new launch in Asia focus has been shifted and WE as a community ask a lot of you guys/gals but it would be nice if we can keep this GW tradition alive! (GW1 player <3 the holidays!)

I am 100% sure not everyone will agree with me so please fell free to give your opinions!

P.S lets be respectful just because we don’t think alike doesn’t mean we can’t show each other respect.

What I would like to see are racial “mini-holidays” that only take place in/around the appropriate racial capitals and are not linked to real-world holidays, but instead have new lore attached to them.

The Asura holiday, for instance, could be the “Graduation Day” for the colleges, when each college’s best and brightest showcase their new inventions for the edification of their peers (and to earn a spot on the choicest krewe).

The Charr holiday could be a remembrance of Pyre Fierceshot leading the rebellion against the Flame Legion – typically the date of some key battle or the accord between the three Legions – and would probably involve mock combat recreating the battles.

The Human holiday could be something as simple as Jenna’s birthday, or it could be the date of Kormir’s ascension, celebrating the renewal of the “Six Gods” as opposed to the “Five.”

Given that the Norn spend much of their time in moots, a Norn holiday might seem redundant, but the “celebration” of Hoelbrak’s founding might show an entirely different side of the Norn – as such a date would be, rather than a festival, a memorial for Owl and the other Lost Spirits of the Wild, that gave their lives so the Norn could flee Jormag.

For the Sylvari, the most obvious is either the “birthday” of the Pale Tree herself (though this would probably have been a suggestion of one of her children, after having seen other races attach such significance to such events), or of the first of the Firstborn (wherein it is more the Pale Tree celebrating the birth and lives of her children).

Keeping these new holidays separate from actual holidays helps reinforce the immersion of Tyria being another world (as does the fact that these “minor” holidays aren’t celebrated across the land). Also, as “minor holidays,” they needn’t start as elaborate as most of the update-sized holidays (especially as recurring content they can expand organically with each year). With a flexible schedule (it happens when it’s ready, instead of “it needs to be done by Suchmonth 15th!”) and a limited scope, these could be slipped in alongside “normal” content with ease, or could be used as “filler” when the Living World is on hiatus for development.