Updates about Wintersday

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Posted by: Gaile Gray

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Gaile Gray

ArenaNet Communications Manager

Here are answers to questions about the Wintersday Festival:

  • Is the entire Wintersday Presence Collection accessible all year, or only the Festive Imbiber?
    • The Winter’s Presence collection will be available all year. Anything in the Collections category will always be available, but certain parts of it may no longer be collectible.
  • Will the candy cane achievement be given similar treatment to Festive Imbiber? It’s not required for the shoulders, but it’s still one that is on a similar progression scale as Festive Imbiber.
    • Candy cane achievement will not stay available. It is not needed for anything else (except the meta). Progress will be saved and will be able to be finished next Wintersday.
  • Will FI and the candy cane achievement progress the Wintersday meta after Jan 12? This is mainly a curiosity thing, am interested to know if the meta achieve will be locked after Jan 12 is over, even though anyone that really wants the meta won’t need it.
    • No, the meta will not be able to be completed after the end of this Wintersday. The purpose of the meta is to reward a title for active participation in the event.
  • Will FI and the candy cane achievement’s progress carry to next Wintersday, similar to the Grawnk ones did from last year?
    • Yes!

I hope that’s helpful info, and here’s a PSA:

Wintersday ends on Tuesday, January 12th.

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations; In-Game Events
ArenaNet

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Posted by: Felahr.9830

Felahr.9830

that doesnt answer my question at all. Will the Forge recipe for the shoulder components still work even after wintersday?

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Posted by: ronpierce.2760

ronpierce.2760

that doesnt answer my question at all. Will the Forge recipe for the shoulder components still work even after wintersday?

Logic tells me, if they’re willing to make a single achievement work through the whole year “because it’s part of the shoulders”, that you could still make it later. Obviously assuming here, but I would be puzzled if not. Otherwise they’d just say “collect drinks and slam them back next year!”

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Posted by: jarieleledan.8249

jarieleledan.8249

@Felahr I’m still hoping we get an answer to this If we can do that there’s hope for me!

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Posted by: FrizzFreston.5290

FrizzFreston.5290

Thanks Gaile, that’s all I wanted to know! ^^

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Posted by: Sandpit.3467

Sandpit.3467

In the absence of any useful information I would advise crafting these items now. Drinks achievement is the only thing that will carry on it seems. They only made that concession because of the outcry over the grind.

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Posted by: TPMN.1483

TPMN.1483

So why Is the achievement disabled?

From first post: We will be leaving the Festive Imbiber achievement active throughout the year.

When will it be fixed to allow this to happen – I have some questions:
1) I have drunk drinks that are wintersday drinks – will they be counted whilst the achievement is disabled?

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Posted by: Charrbeque.8729

Charrbeque.8729

So why Is the achievement disabled?

From first post: We will be leaving the Festive Imbiber achievement active throughout the year.

When will it be fixed to allow this to happen – I have some questions:
1) I have drunk drinks that are wintersday drinks – will they be counted whilst the achievement is disabled?

Cup of Spiced Apple Cider
Glass of Buttered Spirits
Mug of Eggnog
Snowman Tonic
Reindeer Tonic
Festive Golem Tonic

These are the only items that count for the Festive Imbiber achievement. If they aren’t progressing your achievement then file a bug report, and point out to them the first post in this thread clearly stated this achievement would remain active all year.

If the achievement is disabled and you’re not getting credit for the drinks you consume, you probably won’t get automatic credit for what you consumed if they ever fix it. You could contact customer support and ask if it’s possibl for them to see how many of the qualifying drinks you consumed that didn’t progress the achieve and if they can manually give you credit. That’s about the best advice I can give.

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