Changes to events

[Konig Des Todes]

The changes to Wintersday this year has caused me to think of how the main events can be changed.

First, the things I've noted that events have aside from decorations (not all have these):

-Quest Chains
-Masks
-Special NPCs
-Random Event Drops
-Summoning Stones
-Tonics
-Mini Games
-Miniature Pets

I think these should be spread to all of them. Those that don't have these, can get them. I also have individual suggestions for events:

Canthan New Year

What this event has:
-Quests
-Random Event Drops
-Miniature Pets (Celestial Pets, new every year) and Greased Lightning
-Hats
-Mini Games

What this event needs:
-Special Tonics (Become a <enter animal here>) - this can be done, as the finale turns us into said animal.
-Summoning Stones (Summon a Celestial <enter animal here>)
-Last longer (One weekend to One Week)

This event is nearly without need for improvements. It only is missing a Tonic, and is a little too short. Summoning Stones - only in the Wintersday event at this time *the only event after widespread Summoning Stones in GW*has these, so not sure if they will become a multi-event item like Tonics, Hats, and Minipets.

Birthday Celebration/Day of the Tengu

These two events, one discontinued, the other minute. The Birthday Celebration, what we currently have, only has:
-Special NPCs
-Special Event Drops
-Mini Games

The Day of the Tengu had quests and masks *therefore an actual finale*. These are things the Birthday Celebreation lacks.

What I suggest for this event is to bring back the Day of the Tengu, merging the Birthday Celebration into it.

This leaves the following missing:
-Tonics
-Summoning Stones
-Miniature Pets

All of those can be Tengu items. A Tengu Tonic, a Tengu Summoning Stone, and a Tengu Mini. The Angchu Tengu would probably be the best to use.

Merging the two events would also allow those who didn't get the Tengu Mask to get a new version of said mask. There is also very little need for merging them, since the info from the Day of the Tengu should still be in the .dat file.

There is only one change needed from the Day of the Tengu: Change the Naga Fangs to Victory Tokens.

Dragon Festival

This event, like the Canthan New Year, is a really fun event and needs little to improve it. But it does lack some things.

What is present:
-Special NPCs
-Special Event Drops
-Mini Games
-Hats

What is missing:
-Tonics
-Summoning Stones
-Miniature Pets

Aside from adding those three things, I suggest one thing:

Being able to choose between Demons winning and Demons losing. In other words, if the "demons" win, you get the new Demon/Grasp Mask. If the "demons" lose, you get the new Dragon Mask.

Mind you, not the old Dragon Mask. And it doesn't have to be a Dragon Mask, just more Canthan based, not demon based.

Also, the minipet would be rewarded to the top x teams (let Anet decide the number) who win a DA ATS (it's needed) along with a PvE reward system.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Yes, I know this is not a "real" event, but since prior to my suggestions, Cantha gets 2 events, and Tyria/Elona gets 2 events, and after my suggestions, Cantha will have 3 events, I figured Tyria and Elona deserved a third event.

As such, I suggest adding NPCs, quests, a tonic and whatnot based on Corsairs. This is also lore supported - as there are in fact Corsairs in the southern parts of Tyria (around Orr). The finale could be a Corsair invasion.

Another thing, making this an holiday would make the perfect excuse to bring back the "Party Time!" affect from the Farewell to Gaile event.

Things in specification to add:
-2 Quest Chains (one in Tyria, one in Elona)

Tyrian: Idea - stop a Corsair threat
Elonian: Idea - help Margrid/Shahai out or stop a Corsair threat (if latter, go with the idea of a "full out war" brewing *aka a Third Great Corsair War*)

-Corsair Tonics: Turns you into a Corsair (just take the mechanic from the Blacktide Den mission)
-Corsair Summoning Stone: Summons a Corsair
-Mask: Corsair Garb

After the first year - if GW1 continues after GW2's release (or GW2 isn't out still) just give the same idea as the Dragon Festival, a reenactment.

Halloween

A truly wonderful event. But also a truly lacking event. Especially in comparison to Wintersday.

Halloween doesn't have a quest chain, all others that currently exist (taking Day of the Tengu instead of the Birthday Celebration) have quests. This is truly sad.

Linsey said that she would work on getting the Teller of Tales in for Halloween 2009. If so, we can get quests given by this Teller of Tales.

But Halloween is also missing:
-Miniature Pet (Mad King Thorn Guard mini pet anyone?)
-Summoning Stones (same as above for what)
-Costume Brawl ATS

Wintersday

The only change needed is to make the MPB a reward for the Snowball ATS, and to increase the MPB drop from the Rift Warden quests.

Adding a chest at the end of the two UW quests would also be good.

[sorudo]

no more mini's except for birthday mini's, summoning stones are close to useless the way they are currently and the transformation tonics are IMO useless.
also, the birthday event is because the game is x years, and a lot of ppl already get a mini.

[Simply Kedde]

What's really missing.
-Less lag from lil pretty events.
-The sAT's concept for DA as well as regular 8v8 DA and snowball, meaning you enter like a regular gvg so it doesn't always have to be at AT timings that usually end off hitting some annyoingly stupid times.

[Karn the Betrayer]

What i would like to have is a CUSTOMISED eternal tonic: player turns into <Demon>

I wouldn't mind a Margonite tonic (yes I'm kinda obessed with the Margs.. what if this dragon festival the mask is a marg mask that turns you into a marg depending on your profession XD

[Simply Kedde]

Now do margonites turn you more or less on than Gwen?

[Konig Des Todes]

Originally Posted by sorudo

no more mini's except for birthday mini's,

While I believe there are plenty of miniatures out and about, Canthan New Year already has a mini pet, which changes every year. Greased Lightning could be made the Dragon Festival Mini pet as well, in order to keep the amount of minipets lower by one.

However, to prevent anymore minipets aside from the birthday minipets, would be a counter part of the purpose of these suggestions: To make all events equal. So unless the MPB, Greased Lightning, and the 3 past CNY mini pets get removed, from inventories and everything, I disagree with preventing anymore new mini pets. But I do not agree with a super rare mini pet like the MPB.

summoning stones are close to useless the way they are currently

In HM, summoning stones, especially with multiple people, are very useful. I have found a good use for the golem summoning stone for various vanquishes.

and the transformation tonics are IMO useless.

Many people enjoy tonics, as long as they are not the huge kind like Golems and Yetis. Besides fun, there isn't much point to them though, yes.

also, the birthday event is because the game is x years, and a lot of ppl already get a mini.

I have yet to see a person go "do not bring back the Day of the Tengu" (closest was "bring it back but no masks at all, not even new masks" - which was one person). The Birthday Celebration and the Day of the Tengu are both on April 28th. I see absolutely no reason to not combine the two.

Originally Posted by Simply Kedde

What's really missing.
-Less lag from lil pretty events.
-The sAT's concept for DA as well as regular 8v8 DA and snowball, meaning you enter like a regular gvg so it doesn't always have to be at AT timings that usually end off hitting some annyoingly stupid times.

SAT for DA and CB is definably needed, I forgot about that for the OP. Also, as suggested over on Guru, to make both a PvP and a PvE way to get the event minipet - so SAT matches would be the PvP ways (top x teams get them).

Originally Posted by Karn the Betrayer

What i would like to have is a CUSTOMISED eternal tonic: player turns into <Demon>

I wouldn't mind a Margonite tonic (yes I'm kinda obessed with the Margs.. what if this dragon festival the mask is a marg mask that turns you into a marg depending on your profession XD

Ok Karn, enough of your "masks turn you into a marg" that is NOT how masks work. You want TONIC not MASK. And your obsession with Margonites is getting annoying.

Also, "eternal tonic"=Everlasting. customized=pointless. turns players into a demon would just be a "Demonic Tonic" or something.

Originally Posted by Simply Kedde

Now do margonites turn you more or less on than Gwen?

It's actually "Margonite Gwen" which will be put in his fan-fiction that will never get written that turns him on the most.

[sorudo]

Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes

While I believe there are plenty of miniatures out and about, Canthan New Year already has a mini pet, which changes every year. Greased Lightning could be made the Dragon Festival Mini pet as well, in order to keep the amount of minipets lower by one.

cantha has one for the year it self, it has a meaning behind it.

In HM, summoning stones, especially with multiple people, are very useful. I have found a good use for the golem summoning stone for various vanquishes.

they are useless the way they are currently, one time use stones last for 30 minutes but the penalty stays with 60 minutes, no use.

Many people enjoy tonics, as long as they are not the huge kind like Golems and Yetis. Besides fun, there isn't much point to them though, yes.

as long as you can't use them outside a town, i see no use.

I have yet to see a person go "do not bring back the Day of the Tengu" (closest was "bring it back but no masks at all, not even new masks" - which was one person). The Birthday Celebration and the Day of the Tengu are both on April 28th. I see absolutely no reason to not combine the two.

the search function is your friend, there is an entire thread filled with it.

[Konig Des Todes]

Originally Posted by sorudo

they are useless the way they are currently, one time use stones last for 30 minutes but the penalty stays with 60 minutes, no use.

as long as you can't use them outside a town, i see no use.

Suggestions that are needed but meant for another thread.

Originally Posted by sorudo

the search function is your friend, there is an entire thread filled with it.

There is a thread for all the events? All six (or at least five)? If so, I didn't see it. If you mean a thread just on the Day of the Tengu, well that's fine but this is a slightly different topic, a wider topic. As such, I thought this deserved a thread. If a mod wants to go and merge this thread with an existing one, then may that mod do so. Until then, unless you find a thread with the exact same topic (not really same suggestions of course), you can leave those comments out. As they do not add to improving the suggestions.

[Karn the Betrayer]

Originally Posted by Simply Kedde

Now do margonites turn you more or less on than Gwen?

your so one tracked... plus i wasn't even thinking that

those summoning stones are usless imo your better off killing said monsters yourself, and i reckon most of us don't even use them even the ones we got from the MOX/Wintersday quests

would be great to get a *festival name here* potion which is eternal-customised like the masks (with the exception that there could be a festival potion maker) I think most of us are sick and tired of getting badly made/designed hats/masks

ok konig I'll stop going on about margs outsisde of my GW story, and I shouldn't opened my big fat mouth on the Thackery/Gwen thread... nuff said

[Gorani]

TBH, I don't want more mini pets (except the birthdays & the canthan, if we get one this year --- Ox in pre as a model comes to mind...with shiney dots) and no more summoning stones, which kind of pile up in my inventory.

Your ideas are OK König, but I'd rather see new NPCs that let us transfer monstrous drops (like the Jotun pelts in EotN) to party, sweet or booze items. And not just those we already use...Charr Carvings again... but other drops.
Festivals are farnming days most of the time ... poor raptors etc. ... I want to focus more on event stuff, like games, then being out on the hunt.