Guild Wars 2

I know we have Halloween & Christmas/New Year special Holidays events. But what about Thanksgiving?

tbf im pretty sure Anet is an american company though.

GrimHero.5140:

tbf im pretty sure Anet is an american company though.

In addition, they have in the past with GW1 done small Thanksgiving additions. They are often in the guise of a small food or drink drop or even in NPC dialog. I’m hoping for something similar, but agree it should be small. If it isn’t there at all, no biggie.

In gw1 they had pumpkin pie slices or something like that drop from foes. I dont remember anything last year tho in gw2

There’s not been any thanksgiving in GW2, as there are no weekend events like in GW1. It would have to be incorporated into a 2 week living story update.

FlamingFoxx is right, even if it does come across as slightly rude.

You can’t cater to only one culture. Like was said, Thanksgiving is an American holiday. If you make a whole holiday in game for it, then you’d have to do the same for other cultures as well to be fair. It’s like saying why don’t we make an event for the Qingming Festival (my apologizes if I spelt that wrong)? Because it isn’t a shared holiday amongst all cultures.

GW2 is a worldwide game. As much as other cultures would like to have their special holidays in game, Anet has to limit it to shared holidays or Krytan holidays to be fair. Otherwise, there would be events going off almost every day for everyone’s holidays and it would be chaos.

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GW1 had small weekend event for the slightly more obscure holidays (Thanksgiving, Valentines Day, Saint Patricks Day -also Easter-). Which was fine because they literally just made some new items drop from enemies, but to do something on the scale of GW2’s holiday events for something specific to America would be odd.

Yes Arenanet is an American company but they are extremely aware of how massive their Europe player base is, hence why during GW2’s development they were continuously going off to European events to promote. Thanksgiving just doesn’t fit.

I wouldnt care(as an european gamer) if they did a small update with some npc’s there, some dialogue here, 1-3 new consumables, and maybe a skin.

Ofcourse it doesnt have to be the size of winterdays and stuff. (seing as the same goes in rl to)

Setting aside cultural issues, I can’t say I’d really want a Thanksgiving holiday in the game, and certainly not in November. We’re coming right out of Halloween, and about to go into Wintersday, so I’d much rather have some normal Living Story updates than make it a three-month-block of holiday content, especially when the holiday is as one-dimensional as Thanksgiving. I wouldn’t mind mobs occasionally dropping, I don’t know, turkey legs and cranberries as a joke, but it’s just a weak foundation for a game holiday, at a time of the year that’s already packed with better holidays.

That would be weird for us non-americans

I think I’d rather have a core content addition to the game or something cultural to Tyria than celebrate yet another real-world holiday.

SpyderArachnid.5619:

FlamingFoxx is right, even if it does come across as slightly rude.

You can’t cater to only one culture. Like was said, Thanksgiving is an American holiday. If you make a whole holiday in game for it, then you’d have to do the same for other cultures as well to be fair. It’s like saying why don’t we make an event for the Qingming Festival (my apologizes if I spelt that wrong)? Because it isn’t a shared holiday amongst all cultures..

Yeah, they can. They can do whatever they want… like Catering to the Chinese for the Chinese New Years…

I actually hope that it’s like nothing or gw1 style

People are already complaining because there are so many festivals and parties… even I’m worn out of it too.

A nice little nod like pumpkin pie drops would be good though; who doesn’t want free food from mobs/WvW loot bags?

thefantasticg.3984:

SpyderArachnid.5619:

FlamingFoxx is right, even if it does come across as slightly rude.

You can’t cater to only one culture. Like was said, Thanksgiving is an American holiday. If you make a whole holiday in game for it, then you’d have to do the same for other cultures as well to be fair. It’s like saying why don’t we make an event for the Qingming Festival (my apologizes if I spelt that wrong)? Because it isn’t a shared holiday amongst all cultures..

Yeah, they can. They can do whatever they want… like Catering to the Chinese for the Chinese New Years…

In GW1…. when we had Cantha…. and it was the only location the holiday took place. It was called Canthan New Year, also the Lunar Festival. It was a celebration of the celestial animals that watched over the Canthans. And it only lasted for a weekend.

We don’t have Cantha here. And they don’t do two day events here either. Dedicating a two week event to one culture’s holiday is much different than having a two day event in a location that is based off a specific culture. It makes sense that Cantha would celebrate a similar holiday because it is based off the same theme.

Kryta is not based off American culture, it is based off a mix of cultures, thus it would be out of place to base their holidays on American culture. Especially dedicating a two week holiday to it. Wintersday and Shadow of the Mad King/Blood and Madness are based off holidays that many cultures celebrate in their own ways.

I was born on Thanksgiving, and I still think it’s a pretty dumb holiday.

We can celebrate when humans came to Tyria and the charr happily shared their food and land with them!
Wait…
(I am aware that this is not what happened between natives and pioneers either, I am just pointing out that this holiday doesn’t make sense historically, no offense)

Two weeks of humanity streaming from Kryta into a neighbouring zone that has no humans. Then have the Krytans engage in a couple centuries of genocide, followed by neglect. It’d be more interesting than any of the other LS updates so far.

stale.9785:

Two weeks of humanity streaming from Kryta into a neighbouring zone that has no humans. Then have the Krytans engage in a couple centuries of genocide, followed by neglect. It’d be more interesting than any of the other LS updates so far.

Then, after centuries of Genocide, we get another LS update where that other race becomes dependent on humans because they are unable to take care of themselves, or don’t want to. Then, human representatives offer that race some funding to set up a casino because its illegal on human lands. Then every couple of weeks, we can have that race threaten to secede from Kryta, even though they wont, they just want more money!

You’re right stale, that would be an interesting LS update!
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Thanksgiving really isn’t an American holiday if you consider that it is just America’s version of the celebration of the harvest. Lots of cultures, particularly those with large agricultural economies, have a harvest celebration.

EU is actually a bit odd in that regard from a global perspective.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

4 other countries that celebrate it as well, so I guess that shoots down the “it’s an AMERICAN holiday” argument.

Personally, I don’t see the need for it in GW2. They do not do Saint Pats, Easter or any of so many more, so why should they do Thanksgiving?

November 15th is the GW2 thanksgiving holiday

The greatest day in the history of GW2 was November 15th, 2012.

Let’s hope they top 11/15/2012 this year!

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

4 other countries that celebrate it as well, so I guess that shoots down the “it’s an AMERICAN holiday” argument.

Personally, I don’t see the need for it in GW2. They do not do Saint Pats, Easter or any of so many more, so why should they do Thanksgiving?

i kinda agree… WoW had a thanksgiving holiday that was pretty fun first time but the Halloween and Christmas holidays are good enough i think… oh and Dragon Bash

GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE

I was wondering when somebody was going to bring up that picture. XD

But going back to the OP’s question, I highly doubt it. There wasn’t any Thanksgiving-related event last year, and with the frantic pace of the Living Story this year, it’s 100% certain there won’t be anything for Thanksgiving again.

In light of new evidence brought to us by KOPPER, I can only conclude that the spread of the Mad King’s influence to November has had greater consequences than we knew, and that the world is now ending.

Boost if you’ve got ‘em, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Thanksgiving was on October the 14th. Bit late to ask for something now is it not?

I don’t care about thanksgiving but reading all this hate is just funny. You guys are aware that most of you are playing on an American server right? So just for the sake of it, yes I do want thanksgiving events on the NA servers. Now continue with your hate

SpyderArachnid.5619:

FlamingFoxx is right, even if it does come across as slightly rude.

You can’t cater to only one culture. Like was said, Thanksgiving is an American holiday. If you make a whole holiday in game for it, then you’d have to do the same for other cultures as well to be fair. It’s like saying why don’t we make an event for the Qingming Festival (my apologizes if I spelt that wrong)? Because it isn’t a shared holiday amongst all cultures.

GW2 is a worldwide game. As much as other cultures would like to have their special holidays in game, Anet has to limit it to shared holidays or Krytan holidays to be fair. Otherwise, there would be events going off almost every day for everyone’s holidays and it would be chaos.

Hmm i thought Halloween was purely an American holiday, yet we’ve had 1 month worth of it. I know some places have taken up the idea as well but as far as i know it’s an American thing.

Tiger Ashante.1792:

SpyderArachnid.5619:

FlamingFoxx is right, even if it does come across as slightly rude.

You can’t cater to only one culture. Like was said, Thanksgiving is an American holiday. If you make a whole holiday in game for it, then you’d have to do the same for other cultures as well to be fair. It’s like saying why don’t we make an event for the Qingming Festival (my apologizes if I spelt that wrong)? Because it isn’t a shared holiday amongst all cultures.

GW2 is a worldwide game. As much as other cultures would like to have their special holidays in game, Anet has to limit it to shared holidays or Krytan holidays to be fair. Otherwise, there would be events going off almost every day for everyone’s holidays and it would be chaos.

Hmm i thought Halloween was purely an American holiday, yet we’ve had 1 month worth of it. I know some places have taken up the idea as well but as far as i know it’s an American thing.

Well, yes and no. It’s mostly American only in this form that we see in games and movies etc, but it is a holiday pretty much everywhere. It just varies a lot how it is celebrated, if at all. After all it is originally ancient Celtic festival so it has been around here in Europe in a form or another long before it spread to America

Thanksgiving is just pregaming for Christmas nowadays anyway. The most accurate thing they could do is start Wintersday activities irritatingly earlier and earlier every year.

Can’t get much more authentic than that.

“Wintersday activities irritatingly earlier and earlier every year.”

lol sounds like blackfriday sales.

Tiger Ashante.1792:

Hmm i thought Halloween was purely an American holiday, yet we’ve had 1 month worth of it. I know some places have taken up the idea as well but as far as i know it’s an American thing.

Very much incorrect.
Halloween is not an American Holiday to start with.
It might have been popularized in the US, but it does not originate from the US.

KOPPER.1458:

“Wintersday activities irritatingly earlier and earlier every year.”

lol sounds like blackfriday sales.

and that Sir, is absolute American even tho other countries have once again copied it. Do not post your American Favorites or others might get angry again

In GW1 they did have pumpkin pie and apple cider drop around the Thanksgiving Holiday. Just as they had 4 leaf clovers drop and Shamrock Ale around St Patty’s day, and they had an actual celebration for Chinese New Year (Canthan New Year). And chocolate bunnies and golden eggs around Easter.

It’s completely their choice which they do and don’t do.

“and that Sir, is absolute American even tho other countries have once again copied it. Do not post your American Favorites or others might get angry again”

perhaps, but if you like to shop and get good deals or just watch others go complete nuts over such sales and do the strangest craziest things then it’s a good time. :P

I know several Korean MMOs cater to American holidays such as this, although generally those are localized instances specifically for America.

Just call it a freakin Harvest Event just like we have moved Christmas in most games to a Winter holiday. Pretty much takes care of it being an American thing.

Bombsaway.7198:

Just call it a freakin Harvest Event just like we have moved Christmas in most games to a Winter holiday. Pretty much takes care of it being an American thing.

This would be nice. The only problem I see is that it would be wat too close to Halloween and Wintersday, so we would have too many festivals consecutively (I am assuming that the Wintersday even will start in two or four weeks, but it is just a guess).

WoW does a Thanksgiving holiday… gives you extra stuff for leveling your cooking skill. Pretty sure WoW is a worldwide game….

Do you really want to farm Pumpkin Pie nodes and get a turkey backpack and mini?

Teege.4623:

Do you really want to farm Pumpkin Pie nodes and get a turkey backpack and mini?

Yes, I do. What about the Pecan Pie nodes and sweet potato costume?

If they called it a “harvest festival” or something I wouldn’t mind, but since we already have Halloween during fall I feel that it’s getting a bit cluttered.