Texas.4861 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Don't get me wrong but I like free stuff, but 12 Queen Jennahs? 12 Bithday blasters? Why not a variety of different things we could really use, and the Queen Jennahs can't even be put in the Magic Fountain so its destroy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seera.5916 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Because birthdays are per character and each year has it's own unique gifts. The better gifts will be at the higher years as incentive to keep characters. Keeping characters means players are more likely to need to buy a new character slot to create a new character at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a flesh wound.3589 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 It’s true they could have handled the Jennahs differently, however it should be remembered that back when the first birthdays were set up before launch there were no wardrobes. You could store it a mini in your bank or carry it around but you couldn’t set it in a wardrobe to pull out on a whim, so maybe they had this in mind when they gave each char its own Jennah to show off as being a one year vet. Same reasoning I guess for the blaster. No where to put one for easy access and they probably thought it would be used more than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddicus.6128 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 My biggest issue is the experience scrolls. It is guaranteed that no account can ever use them all, yet there's nothing else to do with them. Birthday blasters are soulbound, so they're somewhat OK. But, Jennah's are just absurd. Let us at least use them in the mystic forge or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolmos.8395 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Guild Wars 1 birthday presents were a bit cooler for sure. I don’t feel particularly excited to open these, tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 > @"Daddicus.6128" said: > My biggest issue is the experience scrolls. It is guaranteed that no account can ever use them all, yet there's nothing else to do with them. > > Birthday blasters are soulbound, so they're somewhat OK. But, Jennah's are just absurd. Let us at least use them in the mystic forge or something. key farm one time each week and your exp scrolls will be gone in afew months. A good day for me is every sunday then I know I have done it right before reset that happens monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeefa.3915 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I love getting the experience scrolls. Sure previously I just ended up storing them, but now I use them on weekly keyruns so its all good. I'm not super bothered by the first couple of relatively uninteresting birthday gifts. I quite enjoy the more recent ones where you get that exclusive dye set where you can pick which you like/want or just am missing at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlit.6421 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Starting to work on character number 42 soon so I still enjoy the scrolls lol. Wouldn't mind if it was just 20 levels for example instead of just the first 20 levels but I still get use out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddicus.6128 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 > @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Daddicus.6128" said: > > My biggest issue is the experience scrolls. It is guaranteed that no account can ever use them all, yet there's nothing else to do with them. > > > > Birthday blasters are soulbound, so they're somewhat OK. But, Jennah's are just absurd. Let us at least use them in the mystic forge or something. > > key farm one time each week and your exp scrolls will be gone in afew months. A good day for me is every sunday then I know I have done it right before reset that happens monday. When I create a character, I want to keep him or her. But, I suppose I could consider doing keyfarming with an empty slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solvar.7953 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I suppose this is somewhat a compromise - if minis were random (like in GW1), you get the case of some people being lucky and getting a rare mini and other people not getting them. So everyone basically gets the same thing, which means you end up with more than useful. They have about 6 months before they have to worry about year 6 gifts. It would be nice if instead of everyone getting the same mini, maybe you get a special claim ticket which can buy one of many different minis (but all of equal value, so someone can't save up 5 tickets to get a special one). In that way, at least your different characters can get different presents, but anyone else can just as easily get that same mini once they get their birthday gift. I'm in the same case with the experience scrolls. Key farming doesn't interest me, and I'm not going to create 20+ new characters (bunch of level 20s, 30s, etc). I think I might have deleted my lower level ones on the basis I would never use them, which is a good indication that as presents, they are pretty worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeivu.3615 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 The year one and two presents really suck, but they get much better from there on. I promise. You can check the wiki if you want the spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 A "Mini Me" would be nice. :) Part of the tech for doing that already exist for generating mesmer clones and stuff like the doppleganger event in Elon Riverlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybarf Tics.2048 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Because Anet forgot how to make caring and thoughtful birthday presents in the style of GW 1. Year 5 should have been very special, but then again why put any effort into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CytexSeven.9870 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I don't know about the Jennah's, but I think the scrolls could be fine if they could just be turned into Tomes of Knowledge to be used on other characters. And for those who don't want more characters leveled, you just turn the tomes into Spirit Shards. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas.4861 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 > @"Moonlit.6421" said: > Starting to work on character number 42 soon so I still enjoy the scrolls lol. Wouldn't mind if it was just 20 levels for example instead of just the first 20 levels but I still get use out of them. 41 Queens Jennahs? lol 41 Birthday boosters.. Each toon (character) should get different stuff.. we did in GW1 doesn't have to be something expensive .. just different things. A key would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas.4861 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 A voucher system to get various crafting materials / equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexinx.1872 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 > @"CytexSeven.9870" said: > I don't know about the Jennah's, but I think the scrolls could be fine if they could just be turned into Tomes of Knowledge to be used on other characters. And for those who don't want more characters leveled, you just turn the tomes into Spirit Shards. > > Just a thought. This .... I'd love to get rid of the multiple level 20 boosters, and would rather get tomes. Hell I would even take 10 tomes for the 20 shot booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas.4861 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 > @"Hexinx.1872" said: > > @"CytexSeven.9870" said: > > I don't know about the Jennah's, but I think the scrolls could be fine if they could just be turned into Tomes of Knowledge to be used on other characters. And for those who don't want more characters leveled, you just turn the tomes into Spirit Shards. > > > > Just a thought. > > This .... I'd love to get rid of the multiple level 20 boosters, and would rather get tomes. Hell I would even take 10 tomes for the 20 shot booster. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddicus.6128 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 > @"Texas.4861" said: > > @"Moonlit.6421" said: > > Starting to work on character number 42 soon so I still enjoy the scrolls lol. Wouldn't mind if it was just 20 levels for example instead of just the first 20 levels but I still get use out of them. > > 41 Queens Jennahs? lol 41 Birthday boosters.. > Each toon (character) should get different stuff.. we did in GW1 doesn't have to be something expensive .. just different things. A key would be nice. I like the scrolls I can use, too. (I have 27 characters I play more-or-less all the time, most of which have used one.) But, each of those characters can use only one scroll, and each generates several through birthdays. I'm beginning to like the idea of key-farming with one slot I keep just for that purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddicus.6128 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Here's an idea, ANet: Let us "craft" higher level scrolls from lower-level ones. Maybe a doubling to grow two level 20s into one level 30. (And so on, doubling to get the next higher tier.) Similar to how the old snowflakes worked and how luck still works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwolf.9571 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 > @"Daddicus.6128" said: > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > @"Daddicus.6128" said: > > > My biggest issue is the experience scrolls. It is guaranteed that no account can ever use them all, yet there's nothing else to do with them. > > > > > > Birthday blasters are soulbound, so they're somewhat OK. But, Jennah's are just absurd. Let us at least use them in the mystic forge or something. > > > > key farm one time each week and your exp scrolls will be gone in afew months. A good day for me is every sunday then I know I have done it right before reset that happens monday. > > When I create a character, I want to keep him or her. But, I suppose I could consider doing keyfarming with an empty slot. I farm about 100 keys a year through scrolls/tomes. Farm 2 keys via lvl 10 and lvl 40 story under 40 minutes once a week. Using 35 tomes of knowledge. lvl 10 key farm takes about 10 minutes (with experience scrolls or tomes) once you are good / get use to the paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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