Guild Wars 2

I have to admit, I’m really disappointed this Wintersday.

To me, this should be a time of the year when we’re all just relaxing and having fun. Wintersday events in turn, should be about having fun and simply enjoying the holiday season. Rewards are nice, yes, but we should also have fun getting them.

But this year, ANet has decided to turn Wintersday into a huge grind fest, with a lot of players trying to get Winter’s Presence shoulders. Normally that wouldn’t bother me in the case where I can just opt to ignore the grind and go do what I enjoy, but unfortunately, that is not really possible.

I’ve been trying to do Winter Wonderland for a while now, but because of all the players trying to farm drinks for Winter’s Presence, the instance is always full and I always get kicked out or get an error code. Obviously ANet have not catered for the huge influx of people trying to do the JP now to farm for the ludicrous amount of drinks needed for the shoulders, and this in turn has created a very unpleasant situation for players who are simply trying to get in to do it for fun or for achievements. I’ve literally spent more time trying to get into the JP, than I have been able to actually do it.

Is this really what we’ve come to? We’re eliminating the “fun” aspect of a game in order to accommodate massive grinds? Is this what the holiday season should be about? Hell, nevermind that, games as a whole are meant to be fun, not frustrating. But this Wintersday, all I’ve been met with is a lot of frustration.

Sigh

Just don’t do it, it’s just a collection with a silly effect, why do people whine about it so much.

Yes, the requirements are absolutely arbitrary and ridiculous for a small effect like some snowflakes around your body wtf? The intention that they gate it behind those ridiculous numbers (same with precursor crafting btw) is they want you to pay with real cash.

Just play, do your daily, don’t grind and sell the drinks you get for gold and call it a day. Just don’t bother.

ProtoGunner.4953:

Just don’t do it, it’s just a collection with a silly effect, why do people whine about it so much.

Yes, the requirements are absolutely arbitrary and ridiculous for a small effect like some snowflakes around your body wtf? The intention that they gate it behind those ridiculous numbers (same with precursor crafting btw) is they want you to pay with real cash.

Just play, do your daily, don’t grind and sell the drinks you get for gold and call it a day. Just don’t bother.

You didn’t even read my post, did you? Because if you did you’d know that getting the skin was not what my issue was at all. X___x

The instance isn’t always full. That’s not really what’s happening. What’s happening is a bug.

The servers like the JP servers, as far as we know, spawn more copies as they’re needed. This doesn’t have anything to do with how many people are doing it. I’m in Australia and in the middle of the US night, the servers are still always full and then they start?

It’s just a bug. That’s all.

Vayne.8563:

The instance isn’t always full. That’s not really what’s happening. What’s happening is a bug.

The servers like the JP servers, as far as we know, spawn more copies as they’re needed. This doesn’t have anything to do with how many people are doing it. I’m in Australia and in the middle of the US night, the servers are still always full and then they start?

It’s just a bug. That’s all.

If it’s a bug then it would be nice if they fixed it, rather than me getting world full messages or having it simply send me back to DR every time. I’ve been trying to do the JP for a while now and join at different times and it still doesn’t work.

Tenrai Senshi.2017:

Vayne.8563:

The instance isn’t always full. That’s not really what’s happening. What’s happening is a bug.

The servers like the JP servers, as far as we know, spawn more copies as they’re needed. This doesn’t have anything to do with how many people are doing it. I’m in Australia and in the middle of the US night, the servers are still always full and then they start?

It’s just a bug. That’s all.

If it’s a bug then it would be nice if they fixed it, rather than me getting world full messages or having it simply send me back to DR every time. I’ve been trying to do the JP for a while now and join at different times and it still doesn’t work.

No argument here. It’s a crappy bug. The problem is, by the time they fix it, considering they’re probably closed for the holidays, it’ll be over.

Tenrai Senshi.2017:

Is this really what we’ve come to? We’re eliminating the “fun” aspect of a game in order to accommodate massive grinds? Is this what the holiday season should be about? Hell, nevermind that, games as a whole are meant to be fun, not frustrating. But this Wintersday, all I’ve been met with is a lot of frustration.

Sigh

I think the thing I’m most disappointed about was them removing the points towards the meta achievement doing the holiday dailies gave you. What was the reasoning for that? Not everyone has more free time during the holidays, some of us actually has less, and that was one of the few ways that helped us complete holiday metas we simply don’t have time to finish.

Never have an issue getting into the JP so I can’t relate, sorry.

Samnang.1879:

Never have an issue getting into the JP so I can’t relate, sorry.

Maybe it’s more prominent on different servers.

Vayne.8563:

The instance isn’t always full. That’s not really what’s happening. What’s happening is a bug.

The servers like the JP servers, as far as we know, spawn more copies as they’re needed. This doesn’t have anything to do with how many people are doing it. I’m in Australia and in the middle of the US night, the servers are still always full and then they start?

It’s just a bug. That’s all.

I agree with vayne.

I have a technique for going in quickly ( for what it’s worth, and it’s not worth a lot…).

go near the pnj to access winter wonderland : press ‘f’, put your mouse on the accept message then don’t move it anymore it.
then you do ‘f’ + mouse click + enter (to confirm the message error ) in circle until you go in….

I agree, It’s terrible go to that extend to go in a map….

Wargameur.6950:

I have a technique for going in quickly ( for what it’s worth, and it’s not worth a lot…).

go near the pnj to access winter wonderland : press ‘f’, put your mouse on the accept message then don’t move it anymore it.
then you do ‘f’ + mouse click + enter (to confirm the message error ) in circle until you go in….

I agree, It’s terrible go to that extend to go in a map….

I could have fun with this quote, but we have to think about youtful eyes especially around the holidays lol

Winterstday is Grenth’s way of putting fun in FrUstratioN.