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Account Bound Mini's?

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(Warning ahead of time, Sorry if its long winded and sounds like a temper tantrum but this is a serious complaint I have and I just cant keep it to myself.)

Please explain to me why the new mini’s are account bound? Why in the world would you do this? I am spending real money, to get minis I cant sell or trade. Not to mention if I get more than one of the same mini, wth am I supposed to do with it? This makes no logical sense. I can understand making the special mini (The Quaggan one) account bound because you have to trade three for it but once you have it, what do you do with the extra mini’s? I can’t sell them! Cant even give them away. I don’t need them for my other character’s.

Also, what if its nearing the end of the event and there is one or more minis I just cant seem to get. Am I supposed to spend my life savings and hope I dont get any more duplicates and just maybe be super lucky to get the ones I need? You wont allow me to buy the missing ones from TP. Is this your new marketing ploy. Making items impossible to get without spending real money or converting my in game money into gems.

I hardly ever have more than 5 gold at anyone time so I get to trade that in for what, 250 gems. I can only get two gifts with that and that is hours of hard work. I can’t earn it like others by doing dungeons and such because I have no friends who want to play the game and guild is hardly ever on. While that is unrelated and mostly my problem, it is just sickening to me that this is how you work with paying customer. I have spent so much real money on gems and it always worked out because I could sell the items I cant use or the mini’s already have. Now, you have taken that away. Its not worth spending my hard earned money for items I cant trade or sell. Its just sickening.

[merged] Mini Mr. Sparkles

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My previous post in Clockwork Chaos is locked now that it is over so I am creating a new post to continue the discussion. Many of us re outraged by the fact that you have created a mini that nobody can get because its account bound and the only way to get it is to have attended PAX, some other convention, or pay lots of insane money on eBay. So far Anet has had no comment on this and I want to know why they have alienated the Mini Collectors.

I have worked very hard to get every mini and up to now, I have been proud of it. You have release a mini that can only be received via a game code. A code that I would have had to fly to another state or country to get. On top of that, the mini is account bound so even if people get the code, there is no way to trade it to someone who actually wants it. Thus, the reason they are on eBay going for absurd amounts of money.

Why are you punishing us Anet? Have we not spent lots of money on gems already getting the other mini’s? Why would you slap us in the face with this. Why will you not give us an explanation or info that will give us some kid of relief that we will have a chance to get it. I would have no problem if there was some way to get it in the game as well but to be forced to travel or turn to eBay, REALLY?

I know there will be others who share my view and as well there will be people who think I’m just whining or will point out other things that makes this seem crazy. A great example is the mini’s in GW1. There were many mini like the Panda that were exclusive and very rare. The major difference is those were trade-able. Mr. Sparkles is account bound so this is no way the same as that example. I am just so saddened to have worked so hard for my mini collection, only to see this forever empty space in it now. I just want some peace of mind knowing that I have not been doing this for nothing. Thank you.

Death of daily rooms

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I am disturbed by many of these comments. Everyone is basically saying:

“to $#@% with people who don’t like pvp but want the chance to get the rewards”.

I cant stand the new change because I used to be able to get the dailies done with a single match in a daily room because I don’t have a huge amount of time during the week to play but I guess its too bad for me because I don’t “have skill” or “don’t like pvp” and good riddens to me and people like me.

That is a really horrible way to treat people and this is the exact toxicity the OP is talking about. Just because I don’t like your style of game play, does not mean I should be excluded completely. I already feel excluded because there is no way for me to get any of the Mini Llamas without playing a part of the game I hate making it impossible for me to ever complete the mini collection.

I fully agree with the OP but I also think the “Daily PvP Matches Played in Unranked or Ranked Arena” should be removed because now that there is a permanent “Daily PvP Rated Game Winner”, so there is no point to having it anymore. Removing it would at least allow us to get 2 of the pvp dailies done in a custom arena (pvp kills, top stats, ect).

Gwynefyrdd, the Halloween miniature

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Well, with the event coming to an end, and me having no more money, I am left with having opened 280,000+ ToT bags. These last two weeks have made me feel sick to my stomach.

The ONLY bright side is I got:
4,000+ Shiny Foil Candy Wrappers turned in
Maxed my magic find(With an extra 17% that does not count)
2 x Oontz’s Necklace of the Cat
1 x Oontz’s Necklace of the Ghoul
1 x Oontz’s Necklace of the Pumpkin
34 x Mini Zuzu, Cat of Darkness

…and lets not forget:
NO MINI GWYNEFYRDD……….

I would trade EVERYTHING for the mini (I basically have) but noooooo, it has to be account bound and have a .0000001% chance of dropping. Thanks again for fun event Anet! Cant wait till Christmas when I have to give a kidney for slim chance in hell for another rare mini.

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Connection Issues: July 11 and 12

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I find it funny that so many people are trying to find a work-around for what seems to be a DDOS attack (which generally hits many of the servers) and complaining when it still goes down or does not work. I would just give up for the time being and let ANET resolve the problem. Go outside, get some fresh air, watch some movies, go to bed…something.

Slamming the login servers constantly, watching “connection error” on the loader, or complaining “IT STILL DOES NOT WORK!” over and over, wont get them to resolve the issue any faster lol. Go enjoy life, lord knows we don’t need to be logged on every nanosecond.

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Gwynefyrdd, the Halloween miniature

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Whelp thanks Anet, you have officially broken me. I give up on getting the mini. I have lost count but I think I have opened 150k ToT Bags and got no mini. I was lucky to get the Black and Orange ammy’s but id gladly trade them for the mini. Guess I wont bother collecting minis anymore. Too bad I bound all of my minis to my account so I can’t sell them. Thanks for taking the one thing I enjoyed in the game and turning it into a joke.

Skritt and Halloween Weapons

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Yup, opened 280,000 ToT bags in a hope I could get the Mini Ghost Wolf. That was a impossible dream but with at least the 4k wrappers I put in was my last hope to get the Greatsaw Skin (or any skin for that matter) at least… Guess that was another failed dream.. GREAT HALLOWEEN!

Gwynefyrdd, the Halloween miniature

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I am over 50k bags and still nothing. Its REALLY making me mad. I am a mini collector and I have every single mini (except the Mystical Dragon of course and the Llama since its impossible to get unless I watch the twitch special events and so on which I can’t because I am at work.) and it bothers me that a mini that has such a low drop rate is account bound. It makes the collectors like me solely rely on pure luck and having lots of gold. At least make it something that can be sold in the TP! I have used over 1k gold trying to get it and I could have purchased a precursor at this point.

[merged] Mini Mr. Sparkles

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People on the forums have really messed up priorities.

Why is it you are the one to say what our priorities are. I don’t play the game to do PVP, WvW, or run dungeons till I’m blue in the face. I play play the game to enjoy the PvE content and collect the mini’s. That is my PRIORITY. Just because its not your priority does not mean we have to conform to what you think we should focus on. Our focus has been the mini’s since the beta and to basically say they will have it again at other events does nothing for us. So what if they release more codes at another game convention. That does me little good. I am not going to fly to China or what ever just so I can get this mini. I would happily work hard in the game to buy it off the TP but I cant because someone in their infinite wisdom decided to make it impossible to obtain unless I go to these said events or pay absurd monies on eBay. That’s just not acceptable.

The T-shirt code is a great example of the problem but it has a different story. While it was exclusive, it was not something that is programmed in the game as a common collectable. I may never get that t-shirt but its not something I have been trying to collect since the beta. Mini pets were originally put in GW1 to be traded amongst other players. By making it account bound, they have completely defeated their entire purpose in the game. We collect the mini’s because we could. There was always a way to get them in the game, whether it was hard work or paying gems for it. To make us fly to another place in the real world, to enter some community contest and wish on dumb luck we get it, or go to eBay and pay absurd amounts of money for this mini is just giving the finger to the entire point of mini’s.

The fact that Anet is stringing us along like this is just absurd. All we want to know is if there is ever going to be a way to get them IN GAME. As long as we know that, then I am willing to wait and have a hole in the collection. That is what my priority is.

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Change to the Clocktower; no parties allowed.

in Blood and Madness

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I think the primary reason they made it PVP was to make all PVE speed boosts and such not work.

The 4 new special Exotic Mini's?

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I have been looking high and low on how to get the new special exotic mini’s (Mini Steamrider, Steam Hulk, Mechataur, and the account bound Mr. Sparkles) that were released with recent living story. So far I have had zero luck. I know they must be available in some way because they are appearing on the TP but nobody seems to know how or is just speculating. The two most recent things I heard is you need to combine the Twisted Mini’s in the Year 2 mini pack to make them however I have yet to see a single person confirm this or a recipe on what is needed. Also you supposedly can get them in the Mystic Forge randomly combining the mini’s like normal. I am assuming that is where the ones on the TP came from.

If anyone can confirm or provide the correct details on how to get these, i would be grateful. I collect the mini’s and want to make sure I have a chance to get them before the event ends. I don’t want to find out 2 days before it ends and then have no time to get them.

It would be even better if someone from Anet can confirm how to come by these or when they are available. I know it may sound weird but to me this is the most important thing I do in the game and have worked real hard to get them all. Any help would be great. Thanks

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New use for Luck Request for Expansion

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I do know that asking for details about the expansion is taboo since you can’t release it so this is just a suggestion for something to add to HoT. Can there be new use for Luck?

Once we max out our luck, there really is no use for it. You have provided some recipes that use them, but those are really one time only things that we would never need again. As you can see from my screenshot, I have been saving for a long time since maxing out (more on another toon too) with the slim hope there would be a use later. Thanks

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Personal Guild Boost Suggestions

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I have two suggestions for this. While I love the changes to the guild boosts by allowing us to choose our boost, I feel at least these two things remain to be done.

1. (This is my biggest concern) Please allow everyone to use them, not just HoT owners. I don’t understand why you HAVE to own HoT to use these. Its a bonus that is being provided by being part of a guild, not by owning a game. I understand other things needing HoT since they would have no use without it or are exclusive to it, but these are buffs that are used everywhere. I would like my alt account to be able to befit from the buffs provided by my guild once again.

2. Allow us to have like 10 or more of each in inventory so we can swap on the go. It can be a little troublesome to have to go there every time I need to change it when I move from PvP, to gathering, gaining karma, or needing magic find.

While I am sure these suggestion will fall on deaf ears, and I expect to get flamed for “complaining”, all I can hope is something good comes out of this. Thanks.

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Account Bound Mini's?

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Wow, I really thought I would get a lot of opposition (even flaming) from the community. I am very happy to see that I am not the only one that thinks this was just a vile act on Anet parts to get more money out of us. I have been supporting Anet since the start of GW1. Buying all the expansions, paying for in game upgrades and costumes.

This just really chaps my hide and to see it effects others just the same and it makes me even more angry. GW2 Team, you really need to take this under advisement and revise the account bound minis. Thanks

Disappointed on Crafting Booster Sale.

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Come on Anet, we wait every day patiently hoping for something we really want to go on sale, and you put A CRAFTING BOOSTER? Its the most useless booster if you already have all your crafting done which many people do. I know some people could use it but why just A crafting booster that most people don’t need.

Why not put all boosters on sale at the same time? I have over 400 crafting boosters doing me no good. I’d love to be able to get some Karma boosters. Especially since you removed them from the black lion chests.

Maybe even put in a booster exchange merchant so we can get the boosters we want and at the same time get rid of the boosters that we no longer need/want. Make it have a cost like 2 boosters to get 1 or cost like 10 silver each exchange…something??

I know this post will go unanswered by Anet and will probably be flamed but I cant be the only one that feels like this.

Making Dye Account Unlocks

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I am sure this may have been suggested at some point and time but since I can’t search the suggestions, I can’t tell. As much as I love the ability to dye my items, it kills me that every dye I unlock only does it for that character. While spending 13 gold on a Celestial Dye or being able to randomly find it is OK once, needing to do it 6 more times is just insane. I have purchased many Dye Kits in the Gem Store trying to get the better of the dye’s and unlocked many on my main character. I then use a newer character and have nothing unlocked so they are plain and boring. I just don’t think its a good way to implement this.

I know it follows the original Guild wars in a way, and in some ways is better because you don’t need the dye for each piece you want to dye. I just cant stand that I have to choose who I want to be able to use the dye. Especially on the very rare ones like Flame and Frost dye’s. If you can get your hands on one now, its like 68 Gold and that is just too much to spend so that one character is able to benefit from it.

I am sure that none of this will change but I had to hope that if enough people put their two cents in, maybe it can. Thanks

HoT Price Feedback + Base game included [merged]

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Also, to add on to your math, it’s a more economically sound decision to simply NOT upgrade my account, and get a second one for HoT, giving us FIVE more character slots and keeping our old account as alts for playing base content.

While I agree with everything, this part is sort of flawed. If you do this, you loose everything you worked for on the main account. (Achievement points, legendaries, skins, so on.)

I do agree this is a big middle finger to existing players. I expect to pay for the expansions, but not at the same cost as a new player since I already purchased the game. ($150 for the CE when it came out). The ultimate version is kind of a joke too. Basically a $25 increase for just gems and the ability to say you have the ultimate edition. Really? At least with the CE, I have special (and awesome) real world items that nobody else can have unless you got the CE. I am basically just giving you another $25 for an extra that you did not have to put any effort into. Its like saying, here buy this game and we will include this paper with the game code. It just makes no sense to get the ultimate version except to give you more money.

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Multiple Promo Emails in Different Languages

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Well not sure why but my post got deleted from the bugs forum with no explanation so I guess I was trying to be silenced for some reason. I wanted to make sure it was not just me who had this issue so I guess I’ll try again here:

Did someone at Anet fall asleep at the wheel? I just received 5 emails about your recent content patch and the 50% off sale in different languages Lol?

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[Suggestion] Minis and the "Home Instance"

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I really like this idea. Since I have every mini (except the mystical dragon which STILL seems to be a mystery mini since being added months ago, and the Mini Llama which requires me to watch events I don’t like and pray I get it. Oh and I wont bother mentioning the most recent impossible mini to get…) my home instance would be a zoo. It would be AWESOME!

This is as good as my idea for a Anniversary mini. (or something) My hope is they make a Mini Doppelganger as a call back to GW1. When the mini is taken out, it would take on the look of the person who summoned it (Armor and all). We could all have a mini-me running around with us. WOULD BE AWESOME!. Got some good feedback a long time ago when I posted that idea but that is as far as it went.

Idea for GW2 2nd Anniversary/Birthday Item

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I have had this idea rolling around my head for a long time now and I think it would be a great idea for when GW2 turns 2. Since the first birthday gave us a “Mini Queen Jennah”, the second birthday should do the same by giving a mini but with a little twist.

I would like a new Mini Doppelganger. Basically it would be a call back to GW1. It matched the person who was fighting it. In this case though it would be so awesome if when it was summoned/taken out, it takes the appearance of the person who summoned it. Think of it like a Mini of yourself that can change based on who summons it and what they are wearing/wielding at the time it was summoned. A mini of myself with a mini Bifrost running around with little rainbow footfalls…OMG!

I think this is a great idea and I doubt I am the only person who would love a Mini Clone of themselves running around with them. Anyone else think this would be great! I am sure I will never get a reply from a dev about this idea but I really hope it gets up the ladder somehow. Thanks!!!