[GW2] Bah humbug

[nkuvu]

Wintersday is neat and all, but I really wish that the Tixx stuff wasn't a dungeon. I really can't stand the whole LFG spam (sending it out or seeing it all over map chat, both annoy me). I miss being in a large alliance

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[nkuvu]

I did the dungeon in Divinity's Reach today too, and that was also fine. Still didn't really enjoy the process of looking for a group, but once the party was formed it was pretty easy.

I am highly amused by the slingshot skin for the shortbow, and I was not looking forward to trying to buy that as well as the crafting recipes through ugly socks/hats/sweaters.

I spent a bit of gold today buying Wintersday gifts. Opened up a bunch, and got the slingshot skin and even a few of the recipes. I also found that unlike Halloween, the skins on the trading post are very cheap. The most expensive skin I saw was the princess wand, and that was 40 silver. Price dropping as the event continues.

For holiday achievements, I did do the bell choir one. But that was mostly fumbling around until I hit 500 correct notes (finished the number of songs long before I got the right number of notes). Even just mashing the keys randomly will eventually give the achievement. Still can't do the jumping puzzle, but that's no surprise.

I'm pretty much the same in terms of minis for GW2. I liked them a lot for GW1, but somehow for GW2 they're not as interesting. I think it's the fact that my bags are so frequently full of random other crud that carting around a minipet just feels like a burden. Not to mention the fact that they don't stay out when you zone.

[raegun]

I haven't even tried the bell choir. I don't know where it is.

As for minis, I hate that they vanish if you don't carry an invisible bag with you. Having to remember where to put them, so they don't get auto sent to my bank is my real problem. That, and I hate the fact that they're not found IN THE WORLD. You have to purchase them from the gem shop. Fail. I liked WoW's system of them being in the game world.

[nkuvu]

You get to the bells by talking to the NPC near the center of Lion's Arch. There are three holiday NPCs near the mystic forge, one for the bell choir, one for the jumping puzzle, one for the PvP-ish snowball fight thingum area. Though I haven't tried that last one so don't know all the details of that.