Guild Wars 2

Nope; go in WvW if you want to gank 5v1.

Straight to level 80 with exo to ascended gear if available.
Maybe I will do 2 of them as I have more than 200 tome of knowledge & 1000 scroll of knowledge in bank.

Chaar period.
cos Chaar rocks.

BloodyPanda.6789:

Its a small change that will make a big impact.

Thx but no thanks.

spoj.9672:

Tom Gore.4035:

reapex.8546:

Tom Gore.4035:

The answer is get more alts :p

I have 3 bank tabs full of ascended gear from fractals. There isn’t enough alts allowed to use all of that gear.

You’re wrong. Character slot maximum if 64. That’s 320 ascended trinkets, because with 64 characters gear swapping between alts requires either bookkeeping or a lot of time switching between characters.

The ascended people have bank tabs full of are rings. 64 characters is 128 rings. I have 11 characters all with ascended trinkets fully kitted. And then i have these tabs of ascended (I counted that i have 98 unused rings out of 124). Multiple copies of the same stats and many stat combos i will simply never use.

Yeah the problem is definitely solved by creating more alts. /s

Just like you same problem here.
I have 10 alts fully geared with ascended jewelry and I run a good amount of fractal.
Recently I got a Mule lvl 2 with halloween bag to free the place in my banks tab.

Well, I just messaged the messenger again.

If you recall the ToT farm bag in Rata sum; some people are doing it just to have that mini looted and some still didn’t get it.
If you find that killing candy corn elementary with lvl2 character in a city is fun, rewarding or perfect design, I doesn’t feel that this is the case.

My point didn’t come across probably because I’m quite kittened on that topic.
So I will try to clarify :
Gayle came on that topic 2 month ago at page 7.
The topic reached 13 pages and 34607 views with lot of feedback/dissapointment and asking for a simple change on this mini.
The topic was left to die out which happened quite a while after the end of halloween if I’m right.

If that topic haven’t be brought back again by you and another player, we might never have a reply of Gayle on that matter.

Despite a very active topic with valid arguments, concerns and player quite kittened on the mattter; This was left unanswered.

Now I will talk about 2 friend like me that collect minis:
One stopped buying mini on the TP because of that situation despite having opened around 40K ToT bags during Halloween event.
The other is still buying stacks of ToT bag from time to time and Still didn’t get that mini.

For my part, I finally got one just before the end of the event after farming and burned at least 2500 gold in the process without having any other rare drop (polyluminescent refractor) but I got Zuzu a lot.
I never felt that level of frustation while collecting a mini or in a game for a while.

For all those reason I’m quite on edge on that topic.

Edited: thx ayrilana.

My only hope is when they do jewelry 500; They finally allows to salvage all ascended items with the same rule as exo.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Oh, and AP — that makes no sense, I agree. I’ll ask about that, it just seems so very odd! Unless that’s the Super Rare Extra Sparkly Legendary Unique Candy Corn Cob of Death to All Monsters™, it just seems strange.

I’m gonna make a BIGGGGGGGGGG SIGHHHHHHHHH……….

This is no error, this have been the case since the halloween event.
After all as the mini is account bound if( MAJOR IFFFFFF HERE) get a second one, you must be able to transform into something else, don’t you ?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mini_Gwynefyrdd

Just to be sarcastics, this was reported in this very same thread 2 months ago :
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gwynefyrdd-the-Halloween-miniature/4528935

A topic that stay on the first page of the forum for at least one month.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I read through this thread to get caught up, and there seem to be a few questions that I can address:

• The miniature is extremely rare, it’s true. But the drop is random, which accounts for one person getting a pooch in a few hundred bags and someone else not getting it after opening several thousand.
• One of our statisticians just checked the drop rate, and there is no error in the drop rate — it truly is dropping as designed.
• Diminishing Returns do not apply to ToT Bags. I mean, phew! I read that question and my blood ran cold, but I felt sure — and the designer confirmed — that DR is not a factor with the Trick-or-Treat bags. Open 1, open 100, the drop rate is not impacted by diminishing returns.
• I’ve passed along your suggestions. I believe that changes are not planned or even possible for this year’s event. What happens in future events — whether Gwynefyrdd will return — is not yet on the radar. Again, your thoughts and suggestions have been shared and I know that the devs do listen to your input. But what actually takes place in 2015 and beyond is not yet established.

I also want to say that I’d love nothing more than to have Gwynefyrdd for myself. One comment here — “he swims!” and I was gone. I truly wish all of you great good luck with this goal!

First you came on this topic saying that the abysmal drop rate of the mini was correct and dismissed any possible modification on the mini.

Just now, you discovered that the forge recipe exist and you find it strange.

I’m really disappointed.

Sylent.3165:

So let’s say an expansion comes out. The version I want. 1 or 2 new races a new heavy armor class, level cap increased to 100 with new armors. New weapons. Options for more then the same 5 skills, a huge new map size of gw2 at release with a great story again.

Or…..a brand new huge map, great story, more cosmeticts.

Now option one will for the most part really upset player a quite a bit. Option two will be pretty much pointless to player b as they see no point doing it.

I don’t want your first option too much gear grindmill & the second is lacking.

From my point of view :
Player A just want to continue “normal” MMO way; I play GW2 because I’m sick of it.
Player B enjoy playing but after 3 years of no major new contents (Stretching it a bit but by that I mean what you described in your second option).This would be amazing.

To my opinion this will renew the game experience;
For the example of the new map, in living story; we got:
- Southsun Island : not a great success in my opinion, empty/boring mob/etc.
- Drytop: better map from the events &activities but too much story driven by my taste.
- Silverwaste: A map with an unique event that I find refreshing to do & encourage map play.

Now I want full map like in the vanilla with event similar to SW & in abondance (10 to 15 of them)

I want new dungeons/ new game mode PVP/ RAID/new gameplay mechanics(a lot of new enemy where introduced in LS2 that are quite refreshing).

Plus you forgot a point; the expansion purpose isn’t to solely release more of the exact same but to use the good base with flaws that is GW2 & to expand on it to become a better game.
I least that is what I hope.

AnotherAgnostic.9468:

The legendary longbow “Kudzu” (bow that shoots flowers) is lame. I was really excited about crafting a legendary weapon until I saw what it looks like and what it does. A bow that looks like a plant with flowers, that shoots flowers? Maybe fine for some but definitely not all. You offer 3 greatswords but only one lame longbow. This is a real bummer.

In all respect “you” find that Kudzu is lame. That being said I also find it lame.
The real problem is that there is only one legendary of each kind.

I don’t want a level increase.
This means gear grindmill and that I dissaprove: Ascended gear for example.
After I’m more open to new traits/new weapons/etc…

I have 10 lvl 80 & 190 ToK; So no to me they are really not usefull.

Tengu. period………………..

GZ to OP but i will pass on this winsterday meta.
people seems to miss quite a few thing.
- The BELL grind is mandatory for the eleven achiev in this wintersday.
- the infinite achiev doesn’t count toward the meta.
- the wintersday daily doesn’t count toward the meta.
- Some people like me SUCKS AT BELLS.

I never played it before and always completed my meta.
Now I can’t bypass it anymore so no meta for me.
My point; you like BELL but not everyone do.
So do not shove a minigame in our throat like that.

Vieux P.1238:

maddoctor.2738:

If you like having better gear then others, then maybe you should craft Ascended gear… problem solved

Everybody has Asc gear. :s
I got to admit, some interesting points & answers from all of you.

Nope, nope and nope again.

As this post perfectly resume everything wrong with Annoy-ho-tron backpack:

khani.4786:

Vanive.3804:

Monk Tank.5897:

Add something in options to disable the voice over. Just because you paid 500 gems for it, does not mean i should have to listen to it if i don’t want to. This is past annoying now.

smh
I really don’t understand this. A game with lots of annoying sounds and you target one that annoys you because people paid money for it? I’m sure you are OK with Birthday blaster though. I’m calling shenanigans…

The difference between this backpack and the regular noises a character makes is this:

1- When jumping or getting a status effect the player character either doesn’t make noises or does so at a much lower volume than the backpack.

2- The volume of the backpack is much louder than weapon skills, player character sayings and other ambient sounds.

3- The fact that the sayings from the backpack have speech bubbles makes this item not only AUDIBLY intrusive but also VISUALLY intrusive.

4- I do not need to hear when another player:

• On kill
  “Commencing—search—for—loose—change.”
  “Congratulations. You—killed—something.”
  “I—will—notify—the—next—of—kin.”
  “Kill—count—plus—one.”
  “Threat—exterminated.”

• On weapon swap
  “Always—keep—the—enemy—guessing.”
  “Where—were—you—hiding—that?”

• Knocked down
  “Error: Positional—orientation—is—horizontal. Recommend—vertical.”

• Jumping and leap
  “Boing.”
  “You—jumped”.
  “Your—grawl—impression—is—really—coming—along.”

• Dodge
  “Begin—evasive—maneuvers.”
  “Whee!”

• Falling damage
  “Gravity—test: complete.
  Gravity: confirmed.”
  “I—expected—a—larger—impact—crater.”
  “Score—update: gravity—1, you—0.”
  “Thank—you—for—breaking—my—fall.”

• Low health and low health while downed.
  “Further—damage—to—user—could—be—catastrophic.”
  “Termination—imminent.”

• Rally
  “Commence—second—wind—protocol.”

• Reviving allies
  “Gratitude—leads—to—gratuities.”
  “Ground-rubbing—complete.”
  “It—was—all—me.”
  “No—thanks—necessary. Some—coins—would—be—nice, though..”
  “Replica—Job-o-Tron—to—the—rescue”.
  “Welcome—back—to—life.”

• When fearing enemies
  “Run, coward”
  “Be—afraid”

The rest for the conditions a player takes…okay that’s fine because our characters DO say audible things for that. But I do not need to hear when a character changes weapons, jumps, kills something, revives someone, etc. Those sayings should only be audible to the character wearing the backpack.

Edited for formatting and to add this…I used to love Job-o-Tron. This backpack has made me hate him.

Ctrl active on switch would be a great change for sure.
100% seconded.

Gw2 have a great system of skill/weapon/set but past some point it’s become hard to jump between weapon, armor and jewelry set once you play various build or type of content( mainly WvW, dungeon,fractals & PvE).
Currently for my main character(sidenote I have 10 alts lvl80), I must use 60 slots of bags between weapon , armor & jewelry.

My proposition is to add the template functionnality as follow:
A character starts with 2 (just for idea) template slot.
In each template slot;
– you can store a different set of armor/weapon & jewelry.
– A slot also have the aptitude & skill selection.(to facilitate switch between various build).
- It’s possible to link; various item slot in different template.
Example:
The amulet & first set of weapon in template 1 will be shared in template 2. But all the other slot will be exclusive to these 2 templates.
This will prevent duplicating items between template when one is enough.

Anet could also decide to sell additionnal template for one character or the account on the trading post just like they actually do for bag slots.

What do you think about it ?

Ankushp.7245:

Characters of every race keep saying repetitive dialogues in the game………Stop fussing over small things…..Learn to focus. Anyway the novelty will wear off soon and few people will use it

No just no.
First; Ho Ho tron have this kind of annoying disonnant voice when he talk making him very easily pickable among other thing. This voice is fun from time to time but to have constantly is just annoying

Second; THESE kitten BUBBLES each times it speaks, no NPC or player character have this function & this just add over the first point.

If you enjoy it fine but I don’t want this annoyance.
Set an option to disable it on client side.
Players enjoying it shouldn’t be able to annoy people that doesn’t like it just like instrument.

CMM.6712:

Definitely annoying, but not over the top annoying. Purposefully getting it to annoy people I don’t agree with.

When someone think of acquiring an item to annoy people, there is something seriously wrong with this item.

Fact : this thread is in first page since halloween.

Mounts : nope….
Thank you.

When i saw many player with a mini Gwynefyrdd in the new trailer for Tangled path.
That was a real slap in the face.

Aerdwen.3069:

Did anyone else notice that all the players in one scene of the new trailer have Gwynefyrdd following them?

Seems like a slap in the face to me.

Malediktus.9250:

Thats Anet for you. They obviously spawned them with their dev tools to make us angry.

Pretty much my thinking.
When i saw the trailer; I was like “WTF what *****************************************!!”

ZilentNight.5089:

This thread has more views than the Guild Raiding CDI, many players are looking forward to this change, they may not post here but they share similar views.

Incredible no ?
They keep giving us the cold shoulder.

Gaile Gray.6029:

• One of our statisticians just checked the drop rate, and there is no error in the drop rate — it truly is dropping as designed.

XD

Enjoy or curse Anet; I choose the later.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gwynefyrdd-the-Halloween-miniature/page/7#post4521983

mtpelion.4562:

papry.8096:

You know what ? Acquiring a precursor cost me less than this mini, yet for some it has no acquisition value.
I value fairness not randomness.

Random is the single most fair way to do anything.

I think you mean that you value merit over fairness.

You right.

You know what ? Acquiring a precursor cost me less than this mini, yet for some it has no acquisition value.
I value fairness not randomness.

mtpelion.4562:

My original statement was that real collectors are aware that there are some items that are very, very rare and thus time consuming to acquire.

Take, for example, the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel.
Only 5 were minted.
Five.

You cannot trade for one, as they are all a part of a complete collection that will most likely never be broken up.

They are still collectible though, as proven by the fact that they are part of collections.

Is there only 5 gwynefyrdd ?

mtpelion.4562:

I’m not sure why you are having such a difficult time understanding the difference between scarcity and acquisition.

Your irrelevant question was about acquisition. My point was about scarcity.

Since Acquisition IS NOT EQUAL to Scarcity, your question was not on topic and thus deserved no response.

When the only way of acquisition becomes RNG.
Guess what else is RNG ?
The scarcity, which means that some will have this mini in 10 bags and others will have in 1 millions.
Does this seems fair to you ?
Stop with your hard work mini, that’s just a lottery.

Nannabie.6943:

Hey Boys and Girls.
Anet. You should be ashamed of yourselves for making this pet almost as rare and random as a precursor. That’s how I see it. It’s a pet, it should not be this hard to get. Can’t you guys see that the players are fighting a fight to get this. This have for me made this event a living hell. I log the game, at at this point I’m not sure anymore why I do. This “fun” event are far from fun anymore and it’s making your players “mad” at the game and it’s randomness – as I see it from what I read.

They doesn’t care. How can they be this blind baffles me.
The “we do no mistakes” have been their phylosophy for quite a while and they keep hurting their playerbase again and again….

Vladimer.7051:

Well It is a real shame, I purchased the deluxe edition for the mini, I spent 50$ for mini Mr. Sparkles, I have spent well over 300$ more on gems to collect all the minis. I have account bound every mini ( Worth Thousands Of Gold ).

Not sure how they expect any true collector to continue collecting minis this way.

I guess my Gem purchase decisions will also now be RNG. There is a 0.0000000000000000000001% chance I will spend any more money on this game.

Same as you but now my gems purchase will be none.

Bear Bait.1239:

ok so I thought I would let people know that drops do happen for casual players like myself.I dont keep track of how many bags I get or all of the things I get out of them but I do remember the rara drops I get. I got a “Gift of Spider” after opening about 500 ToT bags & then I got "Howl " & I dont think I have opened 1000 bags yet. so be like my wife & be mad or just enjoy the game & what you do get.I didnt buy any bags either worked for them all in the labyrinth & had fun doing it.

I opened 50K ToT bag & I got nothing except zuzu & endless halloween tonic.
Gotta love RNG is it ?

Still doesn’t change that the mini have a atrocious droprate and is not tradable.

skullmount.1758:

First and foremost, thank you Gail for replying.
BUT
All is see in that response is basically a “kitten you” mini collectors. I’m not sure I can ever believe that drop rates are as intended. I highly doubt they would say it if it were the case. Too many other times have they said nothing was wrong with it and yet there were (final rest, globs (at one point), and several others come to mind).
If drop rate is correct, at least make them tradeable. As you can see in the thread, several people have gotten multiples, of which they can only bind one to their account. The others become useless, whereas other would love to buy them from them.

Just this but i will add a kitten you Anet Mini are over for me.

We are talking about that mini :
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mini_Gwynefyrdd

Not the collection one :
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mini_Candy_Corn_Ghoulemental

You opened 1 million bag dude, get in touch with reality please.

Impale.2503:

That is why i set myself to get the pet no matter how many bags it took, to show that:
1 – it exists
2 – the drop rate is as bad as fractal tonic
3 – when people see the numbers they will QQ like they did for Chaos & Mini Monkey.
4 – make the link between both contents on one they will actually fix.
5 – show that we put and are willing to put WAY more effort than most of the people they fix stuff for like yourself in a more consistent way too, and that yet, they ignore our requests but concede to yours.

#PointProven.com #ThanksForQQingAndNotPuttingInThe3Days.org

So you just highjacked this topic to complain about the fractal drop…..

Impale.2503:

Point is: If they fix this issue, they better fix the other issues that relate to the same exact problem – including fractals – because this will be the 3rd time that they will have complied to a very small % of the overall population QQ’ing on a forum thread while ignoring the fractal issue.
#PointMade.com

@Impale:
So to be clear your current argument is "if they don’t fix this for fractal? Why fixin it for mini ?

Painbow.6059:

At the end of the day it’s only a mini, the people who REALLY care for collecting it will put the effort in it get it. You also have an entire year to get it. Also the point about the fractal tonic is VERY valid. Fractals is more difficult content and is a lot more un-rewarding than farming then opening the bags. The fractal tonic has a stupid drop rate but we all live with it and work towards it with a determined and positive attitude. All i’m trying to say is look at other areas of the game such as Fractals where achieving the tonic is a lot more difficult than achieving the mini. Arena-net don’t seem to want to do anything about that in terms of making pristine relics useful to fractal runners so why should they improve the drop rate of an item where you already get a lot from the bags anyway, for which I might add is easy content compared to high level fractals where players still can’t get a tonic?

Fractal is permanent content: that festival loot table is not.
Btw stop the act with fractal being hard.

Punkcat.4031:

And in the end I just have to say: it’s a mini! Ok,its cute and ofc I want it too,but it is just a mini. Not an OP uber gear or weapon.

We are mini collectors; for you it doesn’t matter, for us it does.

Mini collector rarely outcries:
We brought all the mini on trading post.
Farm Ap or meta for every mini.
Become more skilled for event like liadri.
Even mini sparkle; we just ask for a way to get it and gladly pay 2000 gems for it.
ETC…….

This mini method of acquisition is just irrealistic in everyway possible.

Impale.2503:

I am glad to see your answer, as it reassures me over the mentality of people posting here

Glad we understand.

Manasa Devi.7958:

And you still have time to create and post useless pictures that are neither funny nor constructive all over this thread. Well done!

Let’s put the fire out.

“I need it and i want it now!” isn’t the mentality of mini collector.

I was fine with the monkey king at 2000 gold and low drop rate at dry top.
Because I could play the game and expect a lucky drop or just buy it on the tp.

I was fine with the liadri mini being behind the hardest event in the game.

This mini have all the drawback:
– In a bag so you doesn’t actually play the game.
– account bound so no buying it on the tp.
– link to a limited event.
– abysmal drop rate.

That mini ask playing time fine but just not like that.

Well you play in fractal, you doesn’t open thousand of bag.

Impale; how would you react if all precursors where account bound at drop and still have ridiculous droprate ?

An expansion is coming …… My little finger told me so.

Impale.2503:

TPenny.5071:

Guild leader opened 1.12 million bags and finally got it :P

Opened 1.12m bags, and got:

1 Gwynefrydd
1 Black Necklace
2 Green Necklaces
3 Endless Batwing Tonics
2 Gift of Spiders
71 Zuzus
13,5k Wrappers (approx)
3 Legendary Luck

so assuming the necklaces, bat tonics, legendary luck, gifts and Gwynefrydd are on the same loot table, it was probably just bad luck on my side.

But hey, finally got it

Okay that’s no mini/gem/etc stop for me until this is fixed.
Thank you and congrat.

Malediktus.9250:

TPenny.5071:

Guild leader opened 1.12 million bags and finally got it :P

he must have used a macro to open all of those

I hope he did.

RNG at his finest.

The account bound is out of place :
Either :
Low drop rate & tradable.
Account bound & buyable with special event money.
Account bound & high drop rate.

But not the account bound & absurd low drop rate.
Plus this mini is a reskin of goedulf with ghost effect.