View Full Version : Guild Wars Halloween Update
agentgray
10-29-2005, 02:15 PM
Anet is giving GW players a little bit of trick or treating fun by changing a couple of areas to reflect halloween and adding some useless themed items (i.e. different ways to get drunk). The best addition is the Mad King henchmen in Lion's Arch. Hope you like candy corn! ;)
Apparently, he's supposed to show up on Halloween and slay our souls our something like that.
The GW Wiki has an informal writeup and a couple of screenies (http://www.guildwiki.org/wiki/Game_updates/20051027).
http://www.guildwiki.org/images/thumb/6/6a/Halloween_LionsArch_Cauldron.JPG/200px-Halloween_LionsArch_Cauldron.JPG
agentgray
10-29-2005, 03:37 PM
I could of swore I posted this to the GW forum...
Otherwise, I would have made the text a little more "newsworthy" :)
Anyway, I've got all four new items. Does anyone know what the ghost-in-a-box does? All the others have varying degrees of drunkeness.
Paltry
10-29-2005, 05:01 PM
how cute...
carneconcarne
10-29-2005, 05:04 PM
pretty amazing how much they did to the environment for halloween, i can't think of any other mmo's that went to this level of effort
Bushido
10-29-2005, 05:18 PM
When I see the sheer amount of work these guys put into their game, I feel proud to be a loyal customer. Constantly updating, tweaking graphix, adding tons of models and skins. WoW demands hundreds of dollars a year in subscriptions and doesnt add half the content this game does. A-Net wtf-qwns.
p.s. I'm using a screenshot of the moon from Draknors Forge as my desktop wallpaper.
http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/8599/gw015wa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
bapenguin
10-29-2005, 05:23 PM
I could of swore I posted this to the GW forum...
Otherwise, I would have made the text a little more "newsworthy" :)
Anyway, I've got all four new items. Does anyone know what the ghost-in-a-box does? All the others have varying degrees of drunkeness.
you did...I moved it. Slow news weekend...the text was fine. :)
Genital Eclipse
10-29-2005, 05:23 PM
word to this my brotha.
DrDocker
10-29-2005, 05:50 PM
Looks like its time to hop into Lions Arch, take my pants off and soak it all in. Bravo Bravo ArenaNet.
agentgray
10-29-2005, 06:33 PM
Awesome shot Bushido.
I love the quote above the crotch... :D
I think if you do Shift-print screen it does the characters without the GUI. Kind of funny, I've been snapping screens as well. There's all these carved pumpkins all over the place.
The wiki doesn't mention it but there is a "halloween collector" in Ascalon City for those of you who have not reached Lion's Arch or Droknor's Forge yet.
KarmaGhost
10-29-2005, 06:36 PM
Two things:
First, where do you get the new items?
Second, that's a nice screenie, Bushido, but if you want an unobstructed view of the moon, head to Lion's Arch.
agentgray
10-29-2005, 07:43 PM
There are these new collectors in Ascalon City, Lion's and Droks that are sitting on undead horses. They're easy trades.
Also, look out for Bruce in Lion's. He's moving.
Could mounts be in the future?
Bushido
10-29-2005, 11:04 PM
http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/8131/gw046po.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lions Arch, no Gui. I collected 3 of the 4 Halloween items. Absinthe, Ghost box, Witches brew. I cant wait for halloween.
Captain Awesome
10-29-2005, 11:40 PM
I love the Candy Corn skin replacement :D
DeadlyDonkey
10-30-2005, 12:46 AM
When I see the sheer amount of work these guys put into their game, I feel proud to be a loyal customer. Constantly updating, tweaking graphix, adding tons of models and skins. WoW demands hundreds of dollars a year in subscriptions and doesnt add half the content this game does. A-Net wtf-qwns.
I'm sorry, but you did ask for it. You obviously don't play WoW. I own both games, and love them both, but that statement is just not true. WoW does patches on a scale of the Sorrow's Furnace update, but it does them every 1-2 months.
It also had a halloween event, which was active quite a few days before the Guild Wars one. They've added halloween quests, changed the environment of the towns, you can trick or treat various npcs, which does things from give you candy and chocolate, up to turning you into various skins and giving you strange abilities. There's also a halloween festival outside the undead area every evening.
I know not many people play WoW on these boards, but seriously, actually know what you are talking about before you start making statements out of your arse.
The GW events are pretty nice though. Not to mention you can make a lot of money farming the items required for the halloween stuff, then sell them at extortionate prices :D
Bushido
10-30-2005, 01:03 AM
Ya I played WOW...and I wasnt talking about the halloween events.
I know not many people play WoW on these boards, but seriously, actually know what you are talking about before you start making statements out of your arse.
WOW better do more. What do you think you are paying, what is it, $150-$200?, more per year for? Bushido's point remains correct, how many gaming companies not getting paid after the initial purchase put this kind of effort into their games.
Draft
10-30-2005, 06:26 AM
omfg, you guild wars people are so sad. Can't you love on your game without hating on another one?
Who's hating on another one? I don't see it. Usually I'm hating on Guild Wars and how it's not a MMRPG. Thanks for trying to create something out of nothing though, try a little harder next time.
What is sad, and conversely what is true, is how over protective WOW fans are that they rabidly defend their game when it's not under attack.
Draft
10-30-2005, 12:19 PM
Who's hating on another one? I don't see it. Usually I'm hating on Guild Wars and how it's not a MMRPG. Thanks for trying to create something out of nothing though, try a little harder next time.
What is sad, and conversely what is true, is how over protective WOW fans are that they rabidly defend their game when it's not under attack.oh man youre right, ill try extra hard like the guild wars guys and not the lazy blizzard people.
What the hell are you talking about? Who said that? Is your world empty without being able to defend your love for WOW? I don't get it.
Pluvious
10-30-2005, 01:03 PM
I know a cool key combo that will hide the display so you can walk around and take screenshots without having the text and GUI.
CTRL+SHIFT+H together.. its a toggle. Not many know about it.
Bushido
10-30-2005, 03:31 PM
hey thx Pluvious.
Oblivion
10-30-2005, 04:54 PM
is there a goddamn free trial for GW yet? I played the first and second E3 event, I wanna see how the game evolved.
Expugnare
10-30-2005, 05:14 PM
HOLY CRAP! They had to do this while I was out of town, of course. Anyone know if any of the Mad King rumors are true?
A. S. Houdini
10-31-2005, 05:20 PM
HOLY CRAP! They had to do this while I was out of town, of course. Anyone know if any of the Mad King rumors are true?
I'm not familiar with the rumors you speak of, but what is happening with the Mad King is that he visits Lion's Arch (presumably in the green mushroom circle) every three hours. He'll be visiting again next at 18:00 PST, then 21:00 PST, and finally - I presume - at 24:00 PST tonight. He gives out pumpkin helms you can wear.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/A_S_Houdini/PumpkinHead.jpg
At the moment, I am depressingly pumpkinhead-less, but I plan to remedy the situation very soon.
agentgray
10-31-2005, 07:40 PM
I'm not familiar with the rumors you speak of, but what is happening with the Mad King is that he visits Lion's Arch (presumably in the green mushroom circle) every three hours. He'll be visiting again next at 18:00 PST, then 21:00 PST, and finally - I presume - at 24:00 PST tonight. He gives out pumpkin helms you can wear.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/A_S_Houdini/PumpkinHead.jpg
At the moment, I am depressingly pumpkinhead-less, but I plan to remedy the situation very soon.
Ok. He shows up and makes you do all sorts of stuff. He does slay your soul (hehe). If you do this stuff successfully, he rewards you witha boatload of halloween items. Smart of anet to have collectors do this before he shows (nice money sink). I'm seeing pumpkin heads go for 15k. Don't know why they have no benefit other than replace your helm.
After about 20 minutes, he leaves and gives you a pumpkin head as a parting gift. You have to be in the circle. You don't have to participate in anything to get it. You just miss out on all the "drunk" items.
I had more fun waiting than playing. We had a 20+ thriller dance going on...in sync.
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