People love to wait until the last minute.
Barely a week before the Halloween event was set to go live, the forums started to see posts about what people hoped would change/return. Not enough time! It may even be too late for Wintersday already for all I know. But better now than mid-December.
My main suggestion: give us several fun Festival of the Four Winds-like events inside LA to draw the people back. Then on Wintersday Eve (December 31st), Tixx and his helpers will descend from their Airship while we sleep, and perform a little seasonal miracle. Wintersday morning we wake up to find New Lion’s Arch underneath a blanket of fresh snow. All of the Breachmaker dismantled or used for new structures. All holes filled and buildings repaired.
A shining start to the new year, and an upbeat beginning for the new gaming season.
Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist
Why change something that is mediocre at best and works pretty well!
Here have gem store items!
54 infractions and counting because a moderator doesn’t understand a joke when he/she sees it.
E.A.D.
Grentch Activity (from the GW1 wiki):
“Prior to the December 15, 2011 update, presents appear randomly at various spawn points scattered throughout decorated towns during Wintersday. Players could pick up a gift and deliver it to a Young Child before it was destroyed by a Grentch. For each gift successfully delivered, the player would receive one Candy Cane Shard. Players could also deliver presents to Scrappy Jhim, who gave one Winter Gift instead.
Unlike most bundles, the player’s movement speed was not reduced by carrying a present. However, the Grentches would hunt the presents, exploding them if they touched them. Grentches move 25% faster than players."
Gate of Madness [MAL] EB
Yarr! I be keeping me pirate runes, Matey. Yarr! You’re welcome. Yarr!
Wintersday will be mainly the same as last year. Now is already too late to change much of that. New things takes time to build.
Krall Bloodsword – Mesmer
Krall Peterson – Warrior
Piken Square
1So, guess what I’m saying is you’re already too late. Anything new they were planning (IF they were planning anything new) is already done.
Wintersday will be mainly the same as last year. Now is already too late to change much of that. New things takes time to build.
Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist
I am not negative. I am realistic. We have been told that seasonal events will mainly be the same year after year, and as such it is quite likely that they will be mainly the same year after year.
Last years Wintersday were more or less identical to the first year, without the spread out schedule.
And the fact remains if they were adding new things they would have done so already seeing as it takes time. Starting adding new things now is probably a rather stupid idea.
Krall Bloodsword – Mesmer
Krall Peterson – Warrior
Piken Square
Even if it’s too late for THIS Wintersday (who’s to say? Depends on the suggestion), we can still make suggestions and hope they’re implemented next Wintersday.
(I enjoyed my GW1 reindeer antlers! 
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Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist