Guild Wars 2

Whelp, Halloween is drawing near once again and we can all feel the presence of The Mad King as he presses against the barrier between worlds. Sadly it seems he comes with the same toys and trinkets as his last visit, only one or two new items added with this new year.

True, we’re getting a new story, but the only item that could be possibly considered unique from the last is the back-book you gain from completing the last one. I imagine the mask for this year will be following suit when NEXT year comes around, this time being the mask. It’s saddening that the seasonal items i worked my bumb off to get last year will become nearly common-place this year, not to mention not giving me a reason to go out of my way to gather materials for a new kind of shield/sword/what have you.

Their’s just not that many actually special things in GW2 it seems :/

We get new minis!!

One group complains that items are temporary and that it’s not fair they’ll never have a chance to get them.

Another group complains that recurring items take away the novelty and make it feel like their efforts to gain them are worthless.

Who should Arena.net listen to?

chemiclord.3978:

One group complains that items are temporary and that it’s not fair they’ll never have a chance to get them.

Another group complains that recurring items take away the novelty and make it feel like their efforts to gain them are worthless.

Who should Arena.net listen to?

their heart

xephire.8324:

their heart

We see where that’s lead us so far.

On topic:

Novelty items are usually just cosmetics that are just there to show. It’s like saying “Hey! I was here when these were handed out!” If you miss it, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Just like how people are complaining about the TA back item. It’s gone. Oh well. It might be a big deal to some, but, really, how long until you override that back skin? The next LS for most people.

But I understand that they should be different year to year. Giving the same thing over and over is kind of lame and really depressing for those who actually do the stuff required to get it.

Skan.5301:

xephire.8324:

their heart

We see where that’s lead us so far.

On topic:

Novelty items are usually just cosmetics that are just there to show. It’s like saying “Hey! I was here when these were handed out!” If you miss it, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Just like how people are complaining about the TA back item. It’s gone. Oh well. It might be a big deal to some, but, really, how long until you override that back skin? The next LS for most people.

I agree, though i’ve used the same Ghastly Grinning Skull shield skin since i’ve gotten it. Now things like Mad Moon, The Crossing, Arachniphobia and the others are going to almost be common place.

It’s completely fair to have the same resources and runes each year, those of us that were there can make the items from the past and sell them to folks coming in later on. I know it’s just ascetic, but isn’t that about 90% of what the “End Game” for GW2 is? Not to mention it’s kind of sheer laziness that Anet is essentially recycling everything from last year and just adding a few extra pages of text and a mask.

xephire.8324:

We get new minis!!

And that was it. A whole year and no pistols or rifles. sigh.

Who knows what that strange, black, fog-column in Kessex Hills will bring?