Guild Wars 2

So I’m watching the live stream of Heart of Thorns on PoI and there is an event being tracked called “Celebrate the New Year of the Ram”…

Festival confirmation?

Or it’s a secret buff to battering rams in WvW?

Not sure if it’s an ‘event’, but . . .

“Prepare for the Year of the Ram with new ram items and a Red Lantern!”

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/plush-ram-backpack-miniature-ram-box-of-chocolates-and-red-lantern-in-the-gem-store/

Would be nice if there’s a celebration to kill time while waiting for the expansion though.

Well this feed is of a “future” build of the game, so they might as well announce it if it is really a thing since they’re streaming it haha

Naus the Gobbo.5172:

Or it’s a secret buff to battering rams in WvW?

I like your thinking.

I do hope that there is an event that starts Tuesday since Chinese New Year is Feb. 19th.

Guys…..the year of the ram refers to the guild wars 1 canthan festival – canthas new year.
every year theres a new animal asociated just like in chinas new year ( or was it jap? Pardon me if i said it wrong)

But yeah. 31.01.2015 was a festival finale in gw1 cantha. A new celestial being came down from the heavens- the celestial sheep/ram

What dose the ram stand for in China?

Chinese zodiac signs.
we got lions capricorns vigro scorpions, they have rams horses monkeys dragons rats pigs ect

Jski.6180:

What dose the ram stand for in China?

The goat, sheep or ram represents love and happiness in the Chinese zodiac.

Maybe it’s a nod towards their Chinese players, for whom it really is the Year of the Ram. It’s a little strange they should throw that into a live stream for a Western audience but I’m not seeing anything outside that (unfortunately).

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Jski.6180:

What dose the ram stand for in China?

The goat, sheep or ram represents love and happiness in the Chinese zodiac.

O cool so it set up with Western current holy day.

World Festivals are always fun. I wouldn’t mind celebrating a few non-western traditions sometime in-game!