Guild Wars 2

In GW1 we got one of a set of miniatures upon reaching the one-year anniversary of our charas, so when an alt hit that landmark we had the possibility of getting something new. Here, in GW2, we get a mini Jennah regardless of whether or not we already have her.

So the question is … what do you do with 7 extra (for now, I’ll get more later as my other alts hit one year) account-bound minis? Or I suppose the question is does ANet plan to give us any use for them? Perhaps the ability to exchange them for a random mini à la GW1?

What do all of you think? Anyone else swimming in useless Jennah minis?

Deposit collectibles and forget about it?

ENJOY YOUR EXTRA QUEEN JENNA’S BECAUSE ANET IS RESENDING THEM.

I was expecting a different tradeable mini per character, to sell immediately. I was even thinking if this maybe is a bug? getting the human queen mini even on non human characters? 100% no sense.

This is another one of that things that are better in GW1.

Welp, I have 10 Mini Jennahs now. I guess they can go keep my Risen Priests of Balthazar company. XD

Strange, I read ‘In GW1’ and stop reading posts now.

Yargesh.4965:

Strange, I read ‘In GW1’ and stop reading posts now.

Shame. Not all threads that say that are bashing. Some are honestly curious on why things moved away from how they were in GW1. Not that they were necessarily better in GW1, mind you.

But you can’t learn anything or have any decent discussion if you just plug your ears when people bring up GW1. Same as we can’t when people bring up things in any other MMO or game in which could improve GW2.

SynfulChaot.3169:

Yargesh.4965:

Strange, I read ‘In GW1’ and stop reading posts now.

Shame. Not all threads that say that are bashing. Some are honestly curious on why things moved away from how they were in GW1. Not that they were necessarily better in GW1, mind you.

But you can’t learn anything or have any decent discussion if you just plug your ears when people bring up GW1. Same as we can’t when people bring up things in any other MMO or game in which could improve GW2.

Not really a shame, just the ‘GW1 was the best game ever, and GW2 sucks’ crowd have really turned me off anyone who writes ‘in GW1’ now. Interesting they always write was since GW1 is still a playable game. I also did not see anything that lead to creative discussion in your OP.

Not to be cynical or anything… well I guess it is, but I think it’s obvious why queen Jennah is the only pet you can get from the birthday present.

So you have to buy minis if you want them. Anet is a business after all, and the game store is the income model they chose for this game.

Yargesh.4965:

Not really a shame, just the ‘GW1 was the best game ever, and GW2 sucks’ crowd have really turned me off anyone who writes ‘in GW1’ now. Interesting they always write was since GW1 is still a playable game. I also did not see anything that lead to creative discussion in your OP.

Nah. It hasn’t. Not yet anyways.

And I’m not a part of that crowd. GW1 had it’s strengths and GW2 has it’s. I, personally, find combat to be a lot more dynamic in GW2, and I’ve already almost spent more time in 2 than I ever did in 1. It’s also a lot friendlier for RPers. A lot friendlier.

And one thing that that crowd always seems to forget is that GW1 isn’t an MMO. It wasn’t even advertised as one.

Esquilax.3491:

Not to be cynical or anything… well I guess it is, but I think it’s obvious why queen Jennah is the only pet you can get from the birthday present.

So you have to buy minis if you want them. Anet is a business after all, and the game store is the income model they chose for this game.

I can understand that. But it’s the only component of the gifts that is completely 100% useless when you have alts. Which honestly doesn’t really surprise me as many changes as of late have been quite hostile to altaholics. I’m just wondering on the why of that.

SynfulChaot.3169:

I can understand that. But it’s the only component of the gifts that is completely 100% useless when you have alts. Which honestly doesn’t really surprise me as many changes as of late have been quite hostile to altaholics. I’m just wondering on the why of that.

I don’t really think that it is hostility to people with multiple alts, I have 6 80s and it is just that I am not thrilled with warrior and engineer that I don’t have 8, nothing to do with feeling excluded. It is easier to plan for 1 character per player than 30 (with some players having more than 30). It is probably tied in with the difficulty of planing for multi alts with conflicts between what is fair to the majority (that is seen from the numbers ANET has not we posting on the forums), vs what is fair for everyone else.

Build a queenish army I guess. But speaking in earnest, I personally do not care about minis nor am I of the GW1 forever crowd (though I enjoyed the game for quite a while). What baffles me though are the really weird design choices anet sometimes makes. Just like the level to 20 scrolls for anniversary. The pitfalls of these presents are so obvious… maybe all that LS update business every two weeks has the game designers in too much of a constant rush.

I’d wait until the third anniversary. At that point, having a mini-3rdbirthdaything will be more unique.

On the long term, this route is superior, because account bound minis like this really allow you to prove your age. Short term it’s disappointing, I agree. However, I invite you to look at the big picture.