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What are you all buying, or planning to buy with your festival tokens?

I don't care at all about weapon or armor skins. I joined the Vigil and I only equip standard issue Vigil weapons and armor. I'm also not into crafting at all, so I have no interest in buying crafting supplies unless they can be resold in black lion. Should I buy some gathering nodes for my home instance? Which nodes provide items that can be sold at black lion, and which ones have the greatest value? I've been enjoying the festival but really don't know what I should do with my tokens.

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What are you spending your festival tokens on?Spend? No one told me we needed to spend them.

More seriously: I don't see a need to use currency just because it's there. I have nearly all the unlocks and since I largely don't use any of them, I'm not worried about the ones I don't have (skins have been available for cheap on the TP; recipes have had other sources). I'd rather preserve the opportunity to spend rather than buy a few gear bags; I already have plenty of those.

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@"Danger Dave.9046" said:What are you all buying, or planning to buy with your festival tokens?

I don't care at all about weapon or armor skins. I joined the Vigil and I only equip standard issue Vigil weapons and armor. I'm also not into crafting at all, so I have no interest in buying crafting supplies unless they can be resold in black lion. Should I buy some gathering nodes for my home instance? Which nodes provide items that can be sold at black lion, and which ones have the greatest value? I've been enjoying the festival but really don't know what I should do with my tokens.

I'm buying the nodes for my home instance, never really bothered about my home instance in 5 years, but for the sake of getting them cheap for tokens its a no-brainer. Buying the Crystal, Sprocket, and Place of power thingy. But really home instance nodes are NOT away to make money: You can only get 3 Crystals off each node and they are dirt cheap to buy on TP anyway. Home instance nodes should merely seen as a "Game Feature" something nice you can call home and if you are lucky enough to have a full home instance (will cost a fortune), you can invite friends/other players to farm it. You will never profit from home instance nodes, UNLESS you had a full home instance when the server started, you farmed it every single day, and you continue to do so for the next 20 years, then you might break even!

Other than nodes, I will buy the Gas Mask Skin and Dragon Helmet skin merely cos they look quite funky. Other than that rest of stuff I'm really not to bothered about. The weapon skins totally suck: Only worth getting if you bought absolutely everything else, and merely just want to use up your tokens.

Don't just look at tokens or currencies for gold making, as largely in festivals or w/e they are not intended as that: Merely some light-hearted fun at gaining some cool novelties. I love festivals for the very fact its a break from the mundane, routine daily login normality of whatever your daily/weekly routine is: Fractals/Raids/HoT Meta Farm/WvW/PvP. Festivals also a cool way to rank up some Achievement Points, XP, zerging for loot in Crown Pavillion etc.

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My strategy (new to this festival and haven't bought anything from the rewards in previous years):Bundles of Loot: Getting all the stuff for 1600. Then trying to ignore treasure hunt focusin on dailies (for favors) and getting tokens.

Since for Gauntlet I only have Liadri 8 orbs achievement left I won't buy tickets with tokens. (I'm more using the existing tickets from Blitz for daily gauntlet to get more tokens.)

Going for a mix of favor + tokens, tokens-only and favor+gold stuff. The favor + token stuff is the most limited though since it needs both limited (one can farmed the other is hard limited through dailies) resources.

A mix of minis and armor skins or other stuff first and then the weapon skins at the end and some token-only stuff. I don't know yet. The most important stuff I have bought already - which was cheap: 1 home instance noded that I still had been missing.

Also I keep the chests you get after completing 5 dailies. Long term I'm aiming for all the unique weapon skins but I try to get other stuff before that first. Will take a few years and repetitions of the festival. (I'm not really using those skins though. Only for completion.)

Don't care about legendary shards or Tyrian Exchange voucher. For some it might be interesting. (And even for me since I don't play dungeons.) But then again ... should I decide to go for legendaries some time in the future (not in the next 12 months I think) I can farm them then or still start to do dungeons after all. Also there'll be other festivals in the future.

Since I played from release until end 2013 - then break until June 2019 - I have some skins already unlocked and someo f the nodes. Saved me a bit time. Also doing most of the achievements seems easier/faster than with Dragon Bash - even though there seem to be a lot more achievements. So I can concentrate on farming tokens the way I want (every now and then ... and then doing some other stufff and not being in the festival all the time anymore).

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I bought most of the stuff last year. Bought the nodes with laurels ages ago. So now I am saving up for the panda mini and there was also some expensive tonic I may as well get.

It's harder to find a use for the Favor of the Festival ribbon thingies. I don't like any of the weapon skins enough to spend the ridiculous amount of gold demanded for them in addition to the favors. (I would unlock them on principle if the price was reasonable.) And the favors actually take up inventory space, so don't want to bother saving them in case of next year having new rewards. I think there is some sort of materials chest you can get for them, but it seems like a lot of effort for probably a very minuscule payback.

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I have most of the rewards either from last year or the first times the festival was around, the only thing I'm missing are the three Grand Catcher backpacks and the Sovereign weapons, I'll pick up the Grand Catcher backpacks but I doubt I'll bother with the Sovereign weapons.

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The vendors are a bit overwhelming and underwhelming at the same point. You do not really know where to start or what would be worth to spend. At the Festival of the Four Winds, you can gain two different pieces of currency.

There are a couple of LS1 items at the vendors, which can be obtained at two different vendors at the moment. You can purchase them for Tokens and 1 Laurel OR for 25 Laurels and 15 gold (each) at a Laurel Merchant. If you compare those two, you quickly realize: If you want any of those items, obtaining them during the Festival of the Four Winds is cheaper. Laurels have a high value in the endgame, so it is good not to waste them early. You cannot really farm them, except for Login-Rewards and Achievement Chests.Laurel: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/LaurelLaurel Merchant: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Laurel_Merchant

Home Instance Nodes

Gift of Quartz - 400 TokensThis results in a personal Quartz Crystal Formation for your home instance (gathering/mining). There are a couple of places in the game where you can mine Quartz Crystal: Glint's Legacy in the Crystal Oasis (PoF), Drytop (Core Tyria) and of course Labyrinthine Cliffs during Bazaar/Festival of the Four Winds. All these nodes have one thing in common, they only loot regular Quartz Crystal (the blue one). Blue ones can also be purchased from TP. The special part about the Gift of Quartz, it has a chance to loot Charged Quartz Crystal. You can obtain 1 Charged Quartz Crystal per day, per Account if you fuse 25 regular Quartz at a "place of power" (= glowing floating orb, Hero Challenge, touch). To fuse them, you just need to have 25 or more in your inventory. Charged Quartz is used for a couple of annoying crafting-products. Most of them are trade-able and quite expensive, because the Charged Quartz is time-gated. Example: Piece of Skyscale FoodQuartz Crystal Formation: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Quartz_Crystal_FormationQuartz Crystal: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Quartz_CrystalCharged Quartz Crystal: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Charged_Quartz_CrystalPiece of Skyscale Food: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Piece_of_Skyscale_Food

Gift of Sprockets - 400 TokensThis results in a personal Sprocket Generator Node for your home instance (gathering/mining). Mining the Generator loots Watchwork Sprockets and Blade Shards. Watchwork Sprockets can be sold on TP, but are also ingredient for a couple of interesting recipes, which gain more money. The Blade Shards are a core-ingredient for the Spinal Blades Backpack. This is a special backpack that was introduced during the Escape from Lion's Arch and Battle for Lion's Arch (Living World Season 1), it has 5 tiers, where you constantly upgrade the current version until you end up with an Ascended Backpiece with selectable stats, that can be dyed (once per item).

There also exists a recipe that helps creating Blade Shards with Watchwork Sprockets, to speed the crafting-process up. The skins are nice, as you can see in the links below.Sprocket Generator Node: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sprocket_GeneratorWatchwork Sprockets: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Watchwork_SprocketBlade Shard: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Blade_ShardSpinal Blades Backpack: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spinal_BladesEscape from Lion's Arch: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Escape_from_Lion%27s_ArchBattle for Lion's Arch: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Battle_for_Lion%27s_Arch

Krait Obelisk Shard - 400 TokensThis results in a personal Krait Obelisk Shard (hero challenge), which grants every character 1 Hero Point (touch). It counts as one of the above mentioned "places of power," which means you can also fuse 25 Quratz Crystals into 1 Charged Quartz Crystal there. That is all. Of all the three nodes, this one is really just optional. Can be unlocked once you have unlocked everything you really wanted. The access for the place of power is quite convenient though. A lot of players just grab 25 Quartz Crystals before they farm their home-instance and charge the Crystal on the go.Krait Obelisk Shard (hero challenge): https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Krait_Obelisk_Shard_(hero_challenge)Hero Point: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hero_point

 

Skins

Fervid Censer - 400 TokensThe Fervid Censer is a yellow rose back-piece (rare) with a Settler's stats. It spawns particles around the flower and is the counter-part of the Desert Rose Skin you can buy on TP. It suits to a lot of different armor- and dye-combinations, especially those where no other backpiece really fits (imho).Fervid Censer: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fervid_CenserSettler's stats: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Attribute_combinations#Three_attributesDesert Rose Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Desert_Rose_Skin

Fused Gauntlet Ticket - 1,600 Tokens & 1 LaurelThis is a 3in1 unlock, that means you unlock the Fused Gauntlet Skin on all three weights (heavy, medium & light). The tooltip appears to be a little strange, but it is pretty much exactly what you get. Upon using the Fused Gauntlet Ticket, you spawn a Vigil Requisitioner, who will exchange your Fused Gauntlet Ticket for any of the three weights, exotic item (Sentinel's stats). In addition the purchase unlocks the skins for the two remaining weights.Fused Gauntlet Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/a/aa/Medium_Fused_Gauntlets.jpg/220px-Medium_Fused_Gauntlets.jpgFused Gauntlet Ticket: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fused_Gauntlet_TicketVigil Requisitioner: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Vigil_RequisitionerSentinel's stats: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Attribute_combinations#Three_attributes

Gas Mask Skin - 1,600 Tokens & 1 LaurelOnce again a 3in1 unlock, depending on how you dye the Gas Mask Skin, it can look rather scary or scientific. Sadly there is no skin for an Aqua Breather.Gas Mask Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gas_Mask_Skin

Mask of the Night Skin - 400 TokensAlthough this is also a 3in1 unlock, the Maks of the Night Skin is rather cheap. It does not look very spectacular. Still, it fits to almost every Mesmer and a couple of other magic designs.Mask of the Night Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mask_of_the_Night_Skin

Twisted Watchwork Shoulder Scrap - 10 = 64 Tokens (1,600 Tokens in total)Long story short, you need 250 Twisted Watchwork Shoulder Scraps to unlock the Twisted Watchwork Shoulder Skin. The Scraps and the Fused Gauntlet Ticket are the result of what happens if you turn a meta-achievement/collection reward into a purchasable item. The old Living World was a bit weird in general. Sadly it is only one shoulder-piece and there is not much variety throughout the races and genders. Look at the link, if you don't like the skin, skip it till "later."Twisted Watchwork Shoulder Scrap: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Twisted_Watchwork_Shoulder_ScrapTwisted Watchwork Shoulder Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Twisted_Watchwork_Shoulders

Horns of the Dragon Helm Set - 400 TokensThe Horns of the Dragon Helm Set was introduced during the first Dragon Bash we had in GW2. It is another 3in1 unlock, for the Horns of the Dragon skin. You have seen it in the Loading Screen of the recent Dragon Bash in Hoelbrak, worn by a choya. Although it looks quite impressive, it only has 1 dye-channel.Horns of the Dragon Helm Set: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Horns_of_the_Dragon_Helm_SetHorns of the Dragon skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Horns_of_the_DragonLoading Screen: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/3/30/Dragon_Bash_loading.jpg/800px-Dragon_Bash_loading.jpg

Slickpack - 1,600 Tokens & 1 LaurelThe Slick Pack was introduced in the Twilight Assault, Twilight Arbor Aetherpath release. Since the Engineer profession has lost the backpacks of the kits, this is a good looking alternative for both Flamethrower and Elixir Gun users. It also fits to other classes.Slick Pack: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/SlickpackTwilight Assault: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Twilight_Assaultbackpack: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Elixir_Pack_render.jpg

Sclerite Karka Shell - 1,600 Tokens & 1 LaurelThe Sclerite Karka Shell is a weird backpiece with 8 tentacles coming from The Secret of Southsun. It is an exotic item with Settler's stats again. There are not many looks this piece suits to, at least it is unique.Sclerite Karka Shell: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sclerite_Karka_ShellThe Secret of Southsun: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Secret_of_Southsun

Zephyrite Sun Helm Skin - 800 TokensZephyrite Wind Helm Skin - 800 TokensZephyrite Lightning Helm Skin - 800 TokensThose also count as 3in1 unlocks, so you only have to purchase one of each type (Sun, Wind & Lightning) to unlock the skins for all three weights. The wind skin fits quite well to the radiant armor set from achievement-chests.Zephyrite Sun Helm Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/b/be/Zephyrite_Sun_Helm.jpg/241px-Zephyrite_Sun_Helm.jpgZephyrite Wind Helm Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/images/thumb/e/ef/Zephyrite_Wind_Helm.jpg/256px-Zephyrite_Wind_Helm.jpgZephyrite Lightning Helm Skin: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Zephyrite_Lightning_Helm.jpg

 

Novelties

Zephyr Sanctum ModelThis is probably the most entertaining Gizmo in the game. It is a small model of the old Zephyr Sanctum. It can be placed on the ground. People who interact with it can see the cutscene of the Sanctum. The real sanctum does no longer exist in Tyria. Its old location was, where Ellen Kiel's Phoenix Dawn is currently docked at the Labyrinthine Cliffs (south of the Skydock Waypoint).Zephyr Sanctum Model: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Zephyr_Sanctum_Modelcutscene:

 

The other Novelties and Minis are also interesting. But if you are looking for worthy investments, I would start with those listed above. I explained what they are and how they can be useful. Again, you can also purchase each of them for 25 Laurels + 15 gold. In my opinion, the Festival Tokens are cheaper. It is just a personal recommendation.

I am still busy with unlocking those. Once I am done with them, I'll go for the other vendors and skins. Since the Festival Tokens are a currency now, you are also not forced to spend them right now. Especially the Sovereign Weapons and Divine Sovereign Weapons cost a lot of gold in addition to the Favors of the Festival. I simply store the Favors in my bank and purchase the weapon-skins when I have enough gold.Sovereign Weapons: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sovereign_weapon_skinsDivine Sovereign Weapons: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Divine_Sovereign_weapons


As our forum still breaks links, I used another format. Every blue object is listed below the paragraph with the suitable link. Just copy/paste it into your URL bar. Sorry for the inconvenience. @ forum-team: This-Is-Tedious-And-Takes-Ages!


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@"Danger Dave.9046" said:What are you all buying, or planning to buy with your festival tokens?

I don't care at all about weapon or armor skins. I joined the Vigil and I only equip standard issue Vigil weapons and armor. I'm also not into crafting at all, so I have no interest in buying crafting supplies unless they can be resold in black lion. Should I buy some gathering nodes for my home instance? Which nodes provide items that can be sold at black lion, and which ones have the greatest value? I've been enjoying the festival but really don't know what I should do with my tokens.

I'm buying the nodes for my home instance, never really bothered about my home instance in 5 years, but for the sake of getting them cheap for tokens its a no-brainer. Buying the Crystal, Sprocket, and Place of power thingy. But really home instance nodes are NOT away to make money: You can only get 3 Crystals off each node and they are dirt cheap to buy on TP anyway. Home instance nodes should merely seen as a "Game Feature" something nice you can call home and if you are lucky enough to have a full home instance (will cost a fortune), you can invite friends/other players to farm it. You will never profit from home instance nodes, UNLESS you had a full home instance when the server started, you farmed it every single day, and you continue to do so for the next 20 years, then you might break even!

Other than nodes, I will buy the Gas Mask Skin and Dragon Helmet skin merely cos they look quite funky. Other than that rest of stuff I'm really not to bothered about. The weapon skins totally suck: Only worth getting if you bought absolutely everything else, and merely just want to use up your tokens.

Don't just look at tokens or currencies for gold making, as largely in festivals or w/e they are not intended as that: Merely some light-hearted fun at gaining some cool novelties. I love festivals for the very fact its a break from the mundane, routine daily login normality of whatever your daily/weekly routine is: Fractals/Raids/HoT Meta Farm/WvW/PvP. Festivals also a cool way to rank up some Achievement Points, XP, zerging for loot in Crown Pavillion etc.

The Nodes, though your right they aren't really a source of mega income, do in fact reward more than three dependant on your gathering success.The crystal Node can award anything from 3 - 15 crystals and you also get three strikes at getting Charged Crystals as well.The Sprocket generator can reward bonus Blade Shards, which have a few uses including Mawdrey of course.The Krait Crystal is unfortunately a one per day thing, but as Charged Crystals are useful, its a nice extra as getting them outside of Wintersday is a little frustrating when you need numbers :)

As for what I have spent them on.. well the only thing I seem to of missed from previous incarnations was the Infinite Dolyak Calf, so now I can turn my home instance Cattery into Ole McDonalds Farmyard... oink oink, mooooooo

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I agree that the home instance nodes aren't a great way of making money (although the prices do vary over time) but it's better than nothing and if you have a character to park in a city it only takes a minute or two to harvest them. And occasionally they can come in very useful - when the skyscale was released I made about 200g using charged quartz I'd saved from the home instance node and Wintersday Gifts to make Grow Lamps (in addition to making all the skyscale food etc. I needed).

If you're looking for something practical to buy with festival tokens those are definitely the best choice. Everything else is skins, mini pets and novelties.

As for what I've been buying? I had a lot of stuff from previous years, including all my priority items (aka the mini pets) so I've been working through the rest of the list. This year I've actually gotten a few of the tonics which I never bothered with in previous years because until they were added to the wardrobe they seemed like a waste of bank space - something I'd never have with me when I wanted them.

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Got everything I wanted last year and really nothing this year interests me. I had 3000 bundles of loot sitting in my bank hoping the vendor would have something new, that didn't happen. Not interested in the weapons at all so most all my tokens will get converted to lanterns for GH decorations. I'll stash a couple of stacks each just to have a jump on next year in the hopes something new comes out.

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I have a bunch of tokens and a few 'favors'. So far I have seen nothing to buy. Bummer. Maybe next year there will be something fun to buy. I have too many minis already, they were my main festival focus before. I could not care less about skins. But the boss bashing is fun, so there is that :)

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Thanks for this thread, I'd forgotten about guild decorations and the only things left on the vendors I could buy I don't want because I know I will never use them (the catcher backs. Also avoiding Gourdon mini for bundles in the hope that next year the bundles will go to something I do like). Now my guild hall has a sailboat and a second tavern window pane for symmetry! And I have over a thousand tokens left so I can donate lanterns to my other, newer guild.

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Not sure at this point. Normally I would unlock weapon skins but I do not like the idea that a reward is permission to spend money.

The basic idea that the rewards for this festival are bought with gold is ridiculous to me.

Anet: "Hey you completed these festival events, here is your reward."Me: "what is it?"Anet: "Permission to spend your money in our store."Me: "You consider 'allowing' me to shop in your store to be a reward....?"Anet: "yes."Me: "me giving you MY money is a reward for me?"Anet: "Kinda sounds bad when you put it that way."Me: "What way?"Anet: "You know, the way you put it..."Me: "You mean accurately and honestly..."Anet: "Uhh, yeah."

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I bought the Kraft obelisk and the gift of quartz and gift of sprockets! I also got a longbow skin. :) I had SO much fun completeing the kookoochoo achievement and I just love love festivals so much! They’re so fun! I got tons of cool stuff at dragon bash too. I hope everyone else is having as much fun as I am haha ?

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