Guild Wars 2

Can we have one?

Or maybe, since its gw2… Wintersday in August?

1/10

For what reason?

Zalladi.4652:

For what reason?

Because obviously, the player base demands it and should get whatever they want.

The Grentch summer adventure bonanza!!! Due to centuries of repeated failures, the Grentch hatch a plan to steal Tikk’s airship, and use it make toys that will cause kids to hate Wintersday forever.

Zalladi.4652:

For what reason?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wintersday_in_July

Is this a good enough one?

aspirine.5839:

Zalladi.4652:

For what reason?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wintersday_in_July

Is this a good enough one?

Actually, that’s not that bad. (Makes me want to finish my play through of GW1).

It’s sad that I kind of considered this to be a good idea just to end the content drought.

I really hate that so many people clamored for an expansion. I was perfectly happy with free content every 2-4 weeks.

No. That sounds ridiculous. Why would I want to celebrate Wintersday in July? That’s like celebrating Halloween in August, or Easter in September. Leave the holiday events in their proper order. It makes them special and something to look forward to. If anything they should have a Summer Festival.

Suziana.3759:

No. That sounds ridiculous. Why would I want to celebrate Wintersday in July? That’s like celebrating Halloween in August, or Easter in September. Leave the holiday events in their proper order. It makes them special and something to look forward to. If anything they should have a Summer Festival.

Because it is winter in the southern hemisphere.

The seasonal events are based on northern hemisphere seasons, cannot see this changing in the future.

I want wintersday now to trade my ugly socks

Suziana.3759:

No. That sounds ridiculous. Why would I want to celebrate Wintersday in July? That’s like celebrating Halloween in August, or Easter in September. Leave the holiday events in their proper order. It makes them special and something to look forward to. If anything they should have a Summer Festival.

It was a legit festival in GW1. I dont know the origins of it but it was a true event.

Zalladi.4652:

For what reason?

Because:
a) gw2 could use more annual special events
b) waiting for hot for over one year gets boring, got boring a few months after announcement
c) wintersday is already designed, so I imagine starting it now wouldnt tax anet’s ressources too much
d) I could use some cooling here, with over 30°C outside

Yasi.9065:

Zalladi.4652:

For what reason?

Because:
a) gw2 could use more annual special events
b) waiting for hot for over one year gets boring, got boring a few months after announcement
c) wintersday is already designed, so I imagine starting it now wouldnt tax anet’s ressources too much
d) I could use some cooling here, with over 30°C outside

a) True, but why not something summer-themed (or Dragon Bash which was closer to now than Wintersday) as opposed to winter-themed?

b) An inevitable wait with any expansion for any MMO, although I am inclined to agree that there should be some form of small content update to keep players satisfied until its release. The content drought period is typical of almost every other MMO preceding an expansion, but Anet have built an expectation in their playerbase that there will be new content regularly, making this drought even more punishing.

c) Debatable; they have already stated that they couldn’t simply push a button to bring back SAB as that particular content was built with with different GW2 physics in mind that have changed since. I expect it is similar with Wintersday, albeit not as difficult to alter.

d) See attachment.