ArenaNet Staff Gaile Gray.6029 Posted December 12, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted December 12, 2017 A message from Alexander Youngblood:Three years ago I made it my mission to make Wintersday rewards much more simple, straightforward, and fun. The objective was to remove the excessive number of items that were hard to get rid of in favor of items that were either fun to use or were actually useful in some way. I'm proud of the improvements we’ve made in the past, but snowflakes continued to bother me. As you’re probably aware, we started improving snowflakes by making them upgradeable through a double-click. That simplified a few things, but it also created some inventory annoyance. This year we have made even more improvements that will help you spend much less time managing your inventory and more time having fun: There now will be just two types of snowflakes which will mirror the way candy corn works. All snowflakes acquired previously now convert into the common Snowflake, and you can convert 1000 Snowflakes into the new Snow Diamond.Thank you all for your support and I hope you have a wonderful Wintersday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrimm.5624 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oglaf.1074 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 @Gaile Gray.6029 said:A message from Alexander Youngblood:All snowflakes acquired previously now convert into the common Snowflake, and you can convert 1000 Snowflakes into the new Snow Diamond.Good show, Anet. Good show. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rauderi.8706 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Appreciated!Though.. what about our material collection in the bank? That's 5 slots that are going to need some fussing over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Good change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight In Shining Armor.17 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Question about high tier old snowflakes: at what rate do they down convert? Do we get more new snowflakes per higher tier old snowflakes? Or is it 1:1 conversion for any old snowflake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Gaile Gray.6029 Posted December 12, 2017 Author ArenaNet Staff Share Posted December 12, 2017 @"Knight In Shining Armor.1708" said:Question about high tier old snowflakes: at what rate do they down convert? Do we get more new snowflakes per higher tier old snowflakes? Or is it 1:1 conversion for any old snowflake?I sent a note to Alexander. Either he or I should be able to answer that pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Alexander Youngblood II.93 Posted December 12, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted December 12, 2017 @"Knight In Shining Armor.1708" said:Question about high tier old snowflakes: at what rate do they down convert? Do we get more new snowflakes per higher tier old snowflakes? Or is it 1:1 conversion for any old snowflake?The old high tiers give you more of the new currency. One Flawless Snowflake, for example, converts into 10 of the new Snowflake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menadena.7482 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Thanks, but what about all the ones we have in our material storage of the various types (I have close to the full limit of material storage of each one). Do the ones above common get broken down and go .... where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaverKane.7598 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 What about all the runes, insignias and foods that use all the different snowflakes? I mean snowflakes are more closely related to trophies than candy corn. How are you going to handle the different tiers of Givers gear?I'd rather see this go the Unidentified Gear route (as in an item you can open for random stuff or salvage for snowflakes). Sounds like a safer bet. Because after seeing Aether fractal stand in for Volcanic at T2 yesterday, i'm suddenly not comfortable with sweeping changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menadena.7482 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Ah, see you are on it, good. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight In Shining Armor.17 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 TY! I'm so happy! I have 500 of each tier! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redenaz.8631 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 It's a Wintersday miracle! Thank you! (And everyone else on the team who made this happen.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoewhoew.4619 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Oh dear ... Just when I got 200 000 Flawless Snowflakes for my guild decorations. This will take a while ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Alexander Youngblood II.93 Posted December 12, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted December 12, 2017 @ReaverKane.7598 said:What about all the runes, insignias and foods that use all the different snowflakes? I mean snowflakes are more closely related to trophies than candy corn. How are you going to handle the different tiers of Givers gear?Everything has been converted to use the new Snowflake in different amounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirlias.8104 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Youngblood II you have the best avatar so far.Happy wintersday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carighan.6758 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Praise Gaile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugabuga.9721 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Nice. Thank you for helping to clean up inventory shuffle :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtpelion.4562 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 @"Alexander Youngblood II.9341" said:@"Knight In Shining Armor.1708" said:Question about high tier old snowflakes: at what rate do they down convert? Do we get more new snowflakes per higher tier old snowflakes? Or is it 1:1 conversion for any old snowflake?The old high tiers give you more of the new currency. One Flawless Snowflake, for example, converts into 10 of the new Snowflake. A Flawless Snowflake was equal to 32 Tiny Snowflakes. Does this mean it takes 3 Tiny Snowflakes to make one of the new Snowflakes, or will I be losing snowflakes by trading in the higher tier ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner.4621 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 @"Alexander Youngblood II.9341" said:@ReaverKane.7598 said:What about all the runes, insignias and foods that use all the different snowflakes? I mean snowflakes are more closely related to trophies than candy corn. How are you going to handle the different tiers of Givers gear?Everything has been converted to use the new Snowflake in different amounts. I have a super important question for you that totally involves snowflakes.Is that your real name? Because that's fantastic if so. Also, Snowflakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illconceived Was Na.9781 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 @mtpelion.4562 said:@"Alexander Youngblood II.9341" said:@"Knight In Shining Armor.1708" said:Question about high tier old snowflakes: at what rate do they down convert? Do we get more new snowflakes per higher tier old snowflakes? Or is it 1:1 conversion for any old snowflake?The old high tiers give you more of the new currency. One Flawless Snowflake, for example, converts into 10 of the new Snowflake. A Flawless Snowflake was equal to 32 Tiny Snowflakes. Does this mean it takes 3 Tiny Snowflakes to make one of the new Snowflakes, or will I be losing snowflakes by trading in the higher tier ones?You can no longer trade in tiny to pristine, so it's moot. Whatever you have now converts at the the new rates, which means those of us who saved space by converting tinies to pristines lost out on 60% of our potential ordinary snowflakes. :((Could have been worse.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massmagic.3640 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hi all,there are some recipes in mystic forge that use different snowflakes for crafting Winter Presence:https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Winter%27s_PresenceThere is a new recipe for those elements that are needed to be crafted in Mystic Forge?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch of Doom.5739 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 From the patch notes: "Significant revisions have been made to the regular Black Lion Chest items with updates to the Glacial Wintersday Chest. Highlights include the following updates: ............Previously rare weapon skins are now uncommon drops.Previously super rare weapon skins are now rare drops."THANK YOU SO MUCH!! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Alexander Youngblood II.93 Posted December 12, 2017 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted December 12, 2017 @mtpelion.4562 said:A Flawless Snowflake was equal to 32 Tiny Snowflakes. Does this mean it takes 3 Tiny Snowflakes to make one of the new Snowflakes, or will I be losing snowflakes by trading in the higher tier ones?Tiny Snowflakes convert into the new Snowflake 1 to 1. @Sojourner.4621 said:Is that your real name? Because that's fantastic if so. Also, Snowflakes?Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesacon.8735 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Can we get ascended giver's gear yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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