Guild Wars 2 Wintersday event begins next week

ArenaNet does so enjoy its seasonal festivities, and is once again ringing in the winter solstice (and other December-y things, I suppose) with Wintersday celebrations. The snowy event will return to >Guild Wars 2 next Tuesday, December 10, the developer confirmed today, with plenty of challenges, games, and gifts.

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ArenaNet does so enjoy its seasonal festivities, and is once again ringing in the winter solstice (and other December-y things, I suppose) with Wintersday celebrations. The snowy event will return to Guild Wars 2 next Tuesday, December 10, the developer confirmed today, with plenty of challenges, games, and gifts.

Toymaker Tixx shall be touring Tyria again, bringing the Toypocalypse tower defense minigame, snowball fights, a festive jumping puzzle, the Bell Choir rhythm minigame, and toy pets to win. Wintersday 2013 will run for six weeks.

More conventionally, the December 10 update will also bring a new healing skill for each class, the ability to craft Ascended armour, balance tweaks, and more quests following the Toxic Alliance.

The announcement has more details, and ArenaNet will share a peek at it all in a Twitch stream at noon Pacific today. For now, here's a brief trailer accompanying the news:

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    December 4, 2013 4:00 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Guild Wars 2 Wintersday event begins next week.

    ArenaNet does so enjoy its seasonal festivities, and is once again ringing in the winter solstice (and other December-y things, I suppose) with Wintersday celebrations. The snowy event will return to >Guild Wars 2 next Tuesday, December 10, the developer confirmed today, with plenty of challenges, games, and gifts.

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      December 5, 2013 2:31 AM

      Can't wait for the Ascended Armor whining. Yay.

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      December 5, 2013 6:24 AM

      this is one of those games i bought but never played..... /shame much shame

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      December 5, 2013 6:43 AM

      GW2 may have the whiniest community of any game anywhere. The game is incredibly fun but no one playing it seems to agree -- yet they keep playing.

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        December 5, 2013 8:38 AM

        Every MMO is like this. When WoW was new, I'd look at their forums occasionally. I think at times fully half the posts there were "I QUIT BLIZZ!" posts, and I bet 99% of those people are still playing today.

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          December 5, 2013 8:45 AM

          was it a WoW expansion that had a huge boycott movement, but then the day it came out, like 95% of the people ended up playing it anyways. I remember seeing a screenshot where all these users belonged to a BOYCOTT group and then the day of the release, they were all playing the very game they wanted to boycott.

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            December 5, 2013 8:48 AM

            I think that was Modern Warfare 2.

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            December 5, 2013 1:42 PM

            I know people did this against Valve when they were releasing Left 4 Dead 2.

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          December 5, 2013 1:48 PM

          Yeah, I totally think it falls along the lines of, "If you get good service you tell one person, if you get bad service you tell 10 people" business ideas.

          I think if you really hate the changes they have made, then stop playing whatever had the changes made to it. For instance, when I played WoW, I disliked when they changed up the druid feral tree and added all the cool downs. So what did i do? Stopped playing a druid and played a shaman.

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      December 5, 2013 1:50 PM

      Is this game as fun as it seems? I wanted to buy it on release and just never did. Every time I see they release one of the themed content expansion, the style and look just make it all seem so much fun.

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        December 5, 2013 9:30 PM

        Yes the game is fun. It's different from the first Guild Wars though. It's good for short stints or long sessions which is nice. The game is more fun when playing with others. I can't remember if there was a trial.

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