crashburntoo.7431

Goodbye @"Gaile Gray.6029", you will be missed. I hope your next job is beyond your wildest dreams. Keep on caring.

I still browse and enjoy giving what I can. If the request is well beyond my means (and many others), the person requesting simply risks never seeing that request fulfilled. I've been thanked in some instances and not in others. That's not why I give, so I'm okay.

Let's keep this thread going, certainly at this time of year, though generosity should have no season.

> @"Angelica Dream.7103" said:

> Strange thought. I have been playing Gw since the second month that GW1 launched. How is it that bad guys can get an overwhelming set of codes and I can not get a free shirt?

I read this just before the spelling correction, and my brain pulled the "r" from "shirt" to fix "fee". However, that created a new problem. I must be tired.

I'm glad I gave up early... I guess quitters win sometimes!

Okay, I admit that I gave it a shot with Bluestacks. However, I got spooked by the FB hacks and account lock outs. I logged into FB to check, and my profile and activity log are missing. I'm not sure if it's related, but I'm not taking the chance. I'm not waiting for messages, codes or anything else, it's time to sever the connection to Kung Fu Tea.

I haven't had the shirt for 6 years, I'm sure I can live without it for another X years.

To those that were successful, congrats! I'm glad you were able to stick through it and get the outfit/Heroic upgrades. To those that are going to keep going, all the best. I would certainly recommend using throw away social media accounts or changing your passwords for any real accounts. It's not worth the risk.

> @"Ayrilana.1396" said:

> > @"crashburntoo.7431" said:

> > Wow, glad I checked here first... pencil this one in for mid September attention.

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> Unless they run out of codes. Some people are doing this over and over to amass alt accounts.

Well, I'm only interested in the outfit for my main account. I have one alt account, and it's hard enough to keep up with two accounts. I'm also a northern neighbour with questionable dairy practices, or so I've been told. I don't believe I qualify for any substantial prizes.

It saddens me that there are those that are able to and willing to take advantage of a promotion like this to stockpile alt accounts. The worst part is the potential to deny legitimate users from getting a code. I hope something is done to at least ensure that first time players get the Core Heroic Edition.

Wow, glad I checked here first... pencil this one in for mid September attention.

I agree with everything above me.


Patience friends, the original mount skins will more than likely be available without the RNG. I know it would be nice to have them now and under the same sales structure as the subsequent mount license packages, but Anet has already stated that this won't happen. I can understand their reasoning even if I don't entirely agree.

I believe these will be available via the Statuettes or via a Voucher mechanism per my post above. It doesn't make it better now, nor does it remove any outrage associated with the skins returning to the gemstore in their original sales format. However, Anet would be foolish to offer them via other routes too early, and it wouldn't necessarily serve any of us well to simply have them off the table for months or years. At least we have the option to buy them now with RNG or wait to see what may be offered in the future.

I was vocally against the original RNG-only sales structure, as were many others (not all). Anet responded and gave us options on future mount sets with the understanding that it wouldn't be retroactive. All of that still stands, and I remain hopeful that many here will be able to select what they want in the coming months.

> @"Danikat.8537" said:

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> ...I am surprised they haven't changed it though, and I'm still not convinced they will never offer these skins through another method. Maybe something which still requires an element of RNG (like Black Lion Statuettes) but it looks like it will be a long time before that happens, if it ever does.

>...

This is my expectation. The original mount skins will eventually make it to either the Statuettes or be included in a future Voucher mechanism, similar to the recent one for gliders, outfits and other skins. The caveat is that we'll have to wait quite some time. As a first guess, I'm saying next summer as they head into the celebration of 7 years and theoretically stoke the fires of the hype-train for the next expansion. That feels like an appropriate time to do it.

The current maximum rank is 274, so I assume that you don't have the 8 HoT mastery spent on the Raid track. It sounds like that's the only thing left for you to pursue in-game, if interested.

The relatively easy and somewhat abundant PoF mastery points makes me believe that we'll have some more outlets for them with the next LS chapters. I expect it will be more like the Crystal Champion line, not another mount (until Episode 6?...).

> @"Haishao.6851" said:

> I think they're a good idea for older items that rarely, or never come back. It also make some awesome gifts since the person you gift it to can pick what they want. Hopefully they stay there.

>

It is a nice way to gift from a category, and it ensures that the recipient doesn't get a double, especially for outfits or gliders. Bulk discounts are appreciated for those that are trying to collect/unlock a lot of these skins.

You can preview what's available at the vendor to confirm if newer skins aren't included (quite sure that they aren't). I would expect some rotation over time, similar to the statuette vendor, and that the vendors will be a permanent fixture. The availability of the vouchers may be on a rotation, but it's worth noting that this will effectively make it unnecessary to rotate these skins through the BLTC, since they can rotate at the vendor. This is less storefront work and clutter, so it's entirely possible that these vouchers will be available more frequently and/or for longer periods of time. It's also possible that single vouchers could be added as an uncommon or rare drop from BLC's.

@"Gaile Gray.6029", I look forward to hearing back on the plan for these vouchers/vendors. Many thanks!

> @"Phoebe Ascension.8437" said:

> Have now, in fact I think they send the mail twice. 25 boosters and 45 boxes (per mail).

The double down appears to be an error. My primary account received the reward once, while my secondary account received two copies of the reward message. It was actually nice to get more of the boosters on the secondary account where I can use them.

> @"Ubi.4136" said:

> > @"Trinnitty.8256" said:

> > I can see it now, combine gen1 with gen 2 to create gen 3!

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> Would that make the gen 3 staff Neverfrost or BiMore?

BiMore... every time you get a kill with it, it opens up the BLTC window. It won't close until you purchase something with gems.

Congrats on the super rare drop @"Ashantara.8731" , that's awesome.

I picked up 25 keys for my main account and 5 keys for my secondary account. I was fortunate enough to get the storm dagger for both accounts!

At first, I thought this was a request to have the Tengu added as heroes through a Mastery line. Enabled for dungeon and story instance content only. I could see that, possibly with fees per use as a mercenary for hire type of approach. The Mastery line could even be added to Core Tyria along with several more Mastery points attached to associated achievements and geographical commune points.

It would be an interesting way to introduce heroes, mechanically and thematically, but the background work would still be substantial.

Guild Wars 2 is my "main" game, and while I play other things occasionally, this is where I spend most of my recreational time/money. I like to explore, collect and experiment with weapons/skills. GW2 is perfect for that. This is an incredible community, and I truly enjoy helping others out in game and via the Gifting thread on this forum.

> @"Gaile Gray.6029" said:

> ...XXXXXX dies in Little Woman... <---edited this to remove my spoiler -- you're right, Crash!

At the risk of appearing uncultured, which is entirely accurate,... SPOILER ALERT!

On topic and in actual response, I become more attached to characters than the story line in most games, books, comics, etc. The popular show that was eluded to is one that I've left behind as well. I have no hate for Taimi. In fact, I tend to back fill her narrative to create more empathy in my own mind. Brahm on the other hand, is harder for me to like... his animosity and rudeness grates on me at times. I'm glad that it's faded, and I hope he can forge a better relationship with the Commander again.

PS: I've been travelling all week, so I haven't played any of the latest episode... just in case anything that I've written here doesn't make sense relative to the latest content. :)

> @"Biff.5312" said:

> The chests are never a good bet, but I'd rather get a lame 'prize' like mats worth less than the key than to get something of no value at all like a 30 minute cosmetic. Really what they should do is to allow you to turn in prizes for tokens that you can spend on a prize you'd rather have. Even if they priced it so you'd lose half the value it would be better than the existing method. They've made some steps in this direction, but it should go further and allow you to essentially reject any unwanted prize in favor of some kind of trade.

The statuettes were put in place to provide this type of "back-up" prize. You just need to "win enough tokens". That said, it would be nice if some of the other, account bound items could be traded for statuettes at the same vendor (I'm looking at you, self-style hair kit...). At least if you opened up a chest and got one of those, you could cash it out for a statuette or maybe a few... a single statuette will always get you the 1g junk token.

If you're going to be on the forums with some frequency, I'd highly recommend that you bookmark @"Astral Projections.7320" 's thread for Gem store updates.

[Gem Store - New & Returned Items](https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/458/news-gemstore-items-new-returned-sales "https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/458/news-gemstore-items-new-returned-sales")

Seasonal items are more easily predictable, but there is a pattern to a lot of their releases. From the thread history, we can see that the Sentinel Outfit was last available May 23-29th of this year. It's likely going to be a month or two, if not longer, before it's available again. It may be posted with a lot of other items and sales in August (6th anniversary).

The best we can do is look at the release history and extrapolate. Dulfy's release archive gives us a good idea of the frequency of release: [Dulfy Weapon Skin Release Archive](http://dulfy.net/category/gw2/weapon-skins/ "dulfy.net/category/gw2/weapon-skins/").

From this history, it looks like they release something about every 6-8 weeks, which means that they're overdue at the moment. This would stand to reason with the delay of LS4 Ep3 and the associated delay to any supporting content. I'm betting that there will be a new set rotated in for the single ticket price with Inquest moving to 2 tickets, etc. The statuettes and BLC's will likely see changes tomorrow as well.

There's a new mount pack, which sometimes correlates with changes to the statuette and/or BLC offerings. Can anyone confirm if it's changed today? If it hasn't, I'd bet that it will shift with "Long Live the Lich".

Edit: From mount pack announcement: "It’s the last week to pick up the Devoted Weapon Collection from Black Lion Weapons Specialists in the Vaults, and to purchase Season 1 Memory Box items or receive them as drops from Black Lion Chests." Looks like they have some planned changes for the weapons specialists and chests for next Tuesday. I'm thinking any changes to the statuette offerings will be there too.

Play with the Devs event there this Friday: [GW2 News - Play with Devs June 22/18](https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/lets-play-sandswept-isles-open-world/ "https://guildwars2.com/en/news/lets-play-sandswept-isles-open-world/").

My computer shut down twice yesterday, and both times it was during "zoning". This has happened very infrequently before (like several builds ago), and temperatures don't appear to be a problem. I've got some due diligence to carry out (per some of the previous messages above), but I'm going to test with a new (new to me, anyway) video card. I'll try to report back.

For those that have been waiting for it and may not check the Gemstore thread regularly, the Aetherblade Armor is available for 7 days (until end of May, essentially) at full list price (800 Gems per armor class). If you want to wait for a sale, I would guess that the 6th anniversary (late August) is the most likely place for them to return, possibly with a discount.

Title Edit per @"Steve The Cynic.3217" , good call, thanks

I just saw this myself. While I didn't view many of his videos and reviews, I can appreciate his passion for games and critiquing them. It's the same cancer that my mother and her mother died of, and it can be particularly aggressive. I hope he was able to get some measure of peace and comfort before he passed, and I hope his wife, friends and family can find some peace as they grieve their loss.