kiranslee.4829 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 “Modeled on traditional local weaponry, the Shining Aureate set can be obtained by completing the Best Wishes for the New Year achievement.”I am not even sure what to say. I feel so disappointed and even insulted by this.How did anyone in ncsof....net actually thought this is even idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batel.9206 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I don't get it. What's the problem? Do the weapons look hideous or something...? (I have no idea what they look like; can't check in-game until later.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 @Batel.9206 said:I don't get it. What's the problem? Do the weapons look hideous or something...? (I have no idea what they look like; can't check in-game until later.)They're reskins, essentially just the Aureate weapons with a bit of color added. Then again, we already had the same thing with the Seraph/Golden Wing weapons, and the Mystic/Inquest weapons, so its not suprising.That said I do like the staff, but Aureate staff was already one of the best in the game.I find it amusing they decided to eliminate the water weapons for a mere reskin, that's just glorious.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiranslee.4829 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 This is from reddit.https://i.redd.it/hgopma584sa41.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Looking for a positive here, maybe this is a response to players complaining about everything they add being shiny and glittering and characters ending up looking like a light show? When I saw the name I just assumed they'd all be glowy weapons so it was a bit of a surprise to find there's no effects at all except for the ones the original weapons had.The gold texture does look a bit weird on some of them though, especially the sword, axe and mace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hayes.6890 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Since we can't dye weapons I'm okay with reskins. I hope they change the color scheme each year but I doubt that will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zexanima.7851 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Maximum effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blockhead Magee.3092 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 @Zexanima.7851 said:Maximum effortThank you Mr. Pool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambent.6375 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I meanYeahThat's pretty minimal. Could use some sparkles. I'm kind of disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 @Zexanima.7851 said:Maximum effort:lol: Indeed. Well, even less reason to waste time on this. :+1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Considering all the effort went into the new Black Lion Set as usual, I'm surprised we even got as much as a recolour of a core game set to earn ingame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddoctor.2738 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 The community was asking for ways to dye weapons. Anet is giving it to us. In a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Curze.5130 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 @Zexanima.7851 said:Maximum effortBut remember, according to some people we are not in maintenance mode!This shining aureate set is the most insulting thing I have ever seen from ANet. I knew things were bad, but little did I know they were this bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Well, thanks, that saves me from doing the dailies for this event. :) I hate doing dailies anyway, been playing for 6+ years, still over 12000 AP left to earn from dailies. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocki.4931 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Better than nothing. We can't dye weapons and this is an easy and effective way of making use of some older skins and adding rewards to festivals that have absolutely no reason to be as long as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 From now on, GW2 will be a long string of festivals that last for too long each, only to be broken up when they manage to squeeze out another underwhelming LW episode. Do not forget we also have the new World Boss Rush and the Destabilized Magic event to fill up any gaps that may fall in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzysztof.5973 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Why did you even make a thread on forum after leddit post? What response do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragi.7291 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Whether or not it's bright or not is not the problem.(Everybody should want them to come out with brightt weapons because a bright version and just a normal model + an aura and a shader. They can still release both versions, that's twice as much skin with little development.)For me the big problem with these weapons is that it's 2020 and guild wars 2 is what it is, it's skinwars and if there's no rewards that make you want to play the game, which are pretty skins.People won't play. Here we have sloppy work, halloween and winter weapons, they are what they are, we like or dislike them but they are portable and well reworked.Here they're coming out of 15 year old models, filthy textures. Even phone games have prettier assets.And next to that they make mythical weapons that are sublime and hidden that can't be bought individually, that are not even visible in the skin bank.The communication again is disastrous to focus on the ugliest thing while behind a cupboard there are beautiful things hidden.I'm sorry I logged in, I saw those weapons, the shoulder pads, the back, I logged out. When you've done all the content of the game several times, there's more than just the hits or the skins and if they're not up to the task, you stop.(I don't understand why they always put statues on the back, it's ugly, nobody uses them, put out different bags with different designs, Pokemon does it, why not you).At one point you have to look at the competition when you see Monster hunter, the quality oki it's not a mmorpg, but the fucking quality is light years away.If anet can't release something that makes you want to, it's not worth it, it's bad for the image of the game and for the studio.When you look at it as a reward image in 2020, and next to the conference that has nothing to do with pokemon, pokemon is 1000 times more desirable than GW2.It's really sad for this game, I loveit, but they've been making mistakes for years and years, getting deeper and deeper.Less and less people are talking about GW2, whether it's good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamont.5973 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Since the new wintersday weapons were redye/reskins of warden weapons this kind of fits the pattern of using old skins for festivals. i don't really mind it although I am not a fan of this particular color scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummuss.6850 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I didn't like this festival (Lunar New Year). I was recovering from the disappointments of the Wintersday Festival and boom! another festival arrives (worse, empty and disappointing). I recreated the strength to then make the daily conquests, but apparently I will not have the trouble of wasting time, since it is about such simple weapon skins. I prefer to use the normal Aureate Weapons anyway, thanks.(We wait for the annual festivals and when we arrive, we only receive disappointment).Coming soon Super Adventura Box !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 @Tyncale.1629 said:Well, thanks, that saves me from doing the dailies for this event. :) I hate doing dailies anyway, been playing for 6+ years, still over 12000 AP left to earn from dailies. :o I felt the same way. I need a break from Dailies anyway. I want to play how I want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambent.6375 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 @Lamont.5973 said:Since the new wintersday weapons were redye/reskins of warden weapons this kind of fits the pattern of using old skins for festivals. i don't really mind it although I am not a fan of this particular color schemeI don't think them being reskins is the problem. I like them, they don't look bad. I just feel like there could have been more done to them, with the name shining, I think a lot of people were expecting some actual shine. In this case it's clear that the shine was referring to the gold coloring they added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeivu.3615 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The blades, bows, focus and hammer look god-awful and half-assed. But then again, the Aureate set was mostly trash to begin with. The guns, staff, wand, and other off-hands do work, imo, though. I can see why people are unhappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Curze.5130 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Reddit is having a field day with this sethttps://i.imgur.com/m1UO6qM.pnghttps://i.redd.it/bb5qelkjy2b41.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraai.7265 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 @Blocki.4931 said:Better than nothing. We can't dye weapons and this is an easy and effective way of making use of some older skins and adding rewards to festivals that have absolutely no reason to be as long as they are.Oh god that blind positivity makes me sick, like if anybody uses those weapons anyway... wouldn't you prefer if they actually do some real work on the game instead?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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