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Title: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: murdoc on December 11, 2012, 08:30:46 AM
Official link https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-2012/

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* New Wintersday Items in the Gem Store: With festive town clothes, wintery weapon skins, and chests full of holiday treasures, The Black Lion Trading Company has everything you need to celebrate Wintersday! Check out the new items and much more in the Gem Store today!
* Winter Wonderland: It’ll take more than a good pair of snow boots to get you through this Wintersday’s jumping puzzle. Speak to the Festive Youth near the snow globe in Lion’s Arch to test your luck—and your balance.
* Snowball Mayhem: If you’ve got holiday spirit and a good throwing arm, visit the Festive Lionguard near the Lion’s Arch snow globe to try out the new snowball fight PvP activity!
* Bell Choir: Ring in the season with this new musical activity inside the Lion’s Arch snow globe, accessed through the Bell Maestro. It doesn’t matter if you have rhythm—Wintersday is all about harmony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYJYssUoxI8#!

Looks like the jumping puzzle at the 0:43 mark and that's what I'm most interested in. I loved the Clock Tower and I'm curious what they have next.

I have a few Black Lion Chests and keys banked just in case they do the same thing they did with the Halloween event, but it looks like they're going to skip the RNG and just put everything up for sale.



Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Ingmar on December 11, 2012, 11:39:07 AM
So it's a SERIES of one day only events? FFS, ANet.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: murdoc on December 11, 2012, 11:56:44 AM
So it's a SERIES of one day only events? FFS, ANet.

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If you miss any of the days in a specific city, you can re-play that days event all over again once Tixx arrives in Lion’s Arch. He will let you do this the entire time he is in Lion’s Arch, from his arrival there until the Wintersday event comes to an end.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Ingmar on December 11, 2012, 11:58:21 AM
Ah, nice. They're learning.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Threash on December 14, 2012, 03:14:49 PM
So far nada.  Wasn't this happening today?


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Modern Angel on December 14, 2012, 03:43:37 PM
Someone said the snowball fights were starting today but that the big kickoff was tomorrow?


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Venkman on December 14, 2012, 03:55:17 PM
Help. I can't seem to be arsed to log in. For like two weeks. Thanksgiving and then Dishonored musta done me in for good. Man I was so into this until then too.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Threash on December 14, 2012, 04:09:07 PM
I was very happy with the halloween event, but the karka crap and extra gear tier completely killed my desire to play too.  Even the wvwvw just feels like one of those pointless weeklong AV matches from WoW.  I wanted to do the jump puzzle though.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Cheddar on December 14, 2012, 06:49:04 PM
Serves getting hammered and its taking awhile to patch.

Why would they launch an update on Friday night?  I was online, doing my thing, when I got the 3 minute warning.  Was like "Wut, it FRIDAY, must be a hot fix!"

Nope, major patch and millions trying to get in. 

Amazing.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Zetor on December 15, 2012, 12:01:33 AM
Snowball Mayhem is amazing.

e: also, apparently I'm effing terrible at GuitarBell Hero  :awesome_for_real:


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Modern Angel on December 15, 2012, 06:00:46 AM
Help. I can't seem to be arsed to log in. For like two weeks. Thanksgiving and then Dishonored musta done me in for good. Man I was so into this until then too.

Nope, that's about right. I am going to check out the Xmas event, but yeah. I have this thing I'm going to write up about it, but not now. Need to get my daughter to swimming practice.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: murdoc on December 15, 2012, 07:53:08 AM
The jumping puzzle was neat, but extremely simple compared to the Mad King Clock tower.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Maledict on December 15, 2012, 02:52:45 PM
Absolutely loved the jumping puzzle, and have done it a few times now. Vastly prefer it over the normal puzzles because its timed, which allows you to get into a real rhythm jumping rather than rely on pixel perfect jumps and agonising inching forward.

All in all best holiday content I've seen in an MMO.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: sachiel on December 15, 2012, 03:02:28 PM
I fucking rock some Bell Hero.  >570 typically.  The jumping puzzle took me forever because I get spazzy, but finally got it.  I love the dungeon as well and some nice rewards:

OMFG BABY QUAGGAN MINI YES.

Also, I now have a sparkly princess wand.  My wife will be jealous her warrior cannot use wands. 


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Threash on December 15, 2012, 03:41:26 PM
I got as far as the rolling snowballs in the jumping puzzle, once i got to where they spawn i didn't know where to go.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: rk47 on December 15, 2012, 03:50:09 PM
there's a huge arrow telling u where to go sir.
opening cinematic shows a gaping open box as your goal.
if you look at the side of the path, there's a candy platform to take cover from the boulders.
watch out for frozen aoes and you'll be fine.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Zetor on December 20, 2012, 10:58:43 PM
Objection! (https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/wintersday/ROE-Jane-a-minor-v-TIXX-INFINIRARIUM-Inc) aka the trial of Tixx vs. the world. Brought to you by Tarnished Coast, of course.  :why_so_serious:


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Lantyssa on December 21, 2012, 06:19:04 AM
Hah!

Those Princess Dolls really are little brats.


Title: Re: Wintersday - Dec 14th to Jan 3rd
Post by: Kitsune on December 21, 2012, 08:10:02 AM
Well it took them a few months, but they're finally doing an event without any big flaws.  This one is unreservedly good and offers opportunities for lots of peoples' playstyles.