Guild Wars 2

Will there ever be any weekend events like there were in GW1? Today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the only thing I see is some reduced prices in the Gem Store
What ever happened to special increased drop weekends? Or double XP? or special drops like Birthday cupcakes?
I have to say I find myself logging in less and less these days, because it just seems like reduced prices in the Gem Store is the only special event we are getting. Frankly, it’s getting tiresome and disappointing.

Yes, I always wondered why we never had any of these in GW2!! We need more of the good stuff from GW1 to make an appearance in GW2.
Also would love to see FOW, UW, The Deep and Urgoz Warren!

I remember logging in for things like double alliance battle faction points or some such.

A lot of GW1 stuff Im happy to see stay in GW1, but this is one I wouldn’t object to personally

Ye i miss the AB as well and faction grind in eye of the north they where really good reason to log in and stay up entire day
here we got LS total kitten of kitten ahhahaha so so sad

I’m all for it. They kind of do this already during major holidays. I would argue they could hold more events during the weekends, albeit on a smaller scale. Talk like a pirate day would just be as simple as increasing drop rates of a pirate day-related goody. Saint Patrick’s day could allow for the dropping of sweets and tokens which can be exchanged for other goodies. Nothing too extravagant for weekends, but something that’s unique, fun, and draws out players.

Randulf.7614:

I remember logging in for things like double alliance battle faction points or some such.

A lot of GW1 stuff Im happy to see stay in GW1, but this is one I wouldn’t object to personally

People complain that Anet doesn’t do enough for PvP. What better way to solve that problem by having at least one weekend event a month where participating in sPVP leads to increased rewards? If not PvP, even encouraging more people to come out for WvW!

I would love to see a rotation of about 4 different bonus weekends
I for one would really enjoy double track credit weekends for PvP.
Maybe a bonus champ bag at the end of every dungeon weekend
Something involving world bosses or bonus Karma from PVE stuff weekend.
And lastly, something involving WvW.

Piecekeeper.4361:

I would love to see a rotation of about 4 different bonus weekends
I for one would really enjoy double track credit weekends for PvP.
Maybe a bonus champ bag at the end of every dungeon weekend
Something involving world bosses or bonus Karma from PVE stuff weekend.
And lastly, something involving WvW.

Yup, that would be great!
If I remember correctly, they dedicated one weekend a month to PvP. Special rewards such as the double Faction points in sPvP, etc…
I really enjoyed the double XP’s, double Lockpick drops, Double and Triple rare weapon drops, etc..
They even still have the Wanted quests and Boss Bounties. That would be fun too. Like I said, I log in less and less, but still check and see what, if any, special weekend events they may come up with.
At this point I’m kind of leery about the holidays coming up and if the Gem store will be the main event again.

edit: I actually found a post of mine from one year ago asking the same question. It went unanswered unfortunately. I think we have our answer