Notes taken from the GW2 Developer Livestream regarding the Wintersday 2013 release.
Clarifications from Arenanet
The following activities cannot be done in a group with your friends.
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Clarifications from Arenanet
The following activities cannot be done in a group with your friends.
- Snowball Mayhem
- Bell Choir
- Winter Wonderland
- Old achievements are locked and cannot be completed. They are not in anyway connected to this year’s achievements.
- New set of achievements, some are repeats of last year, some are new.
- Wintersday ends on Jan 21, 2014.
- 3 different paths to start from, Quaggan one is easier but longer. Gingerbread path is a bit harder.
- Jump pads will disappear and there is a frostbite debuff that ticks your HP away.
- There is a newly added checkpoint before the exploding boxes you can use that will also replenish your health. You can talk to Tixx at the checkpoint to have some options regarding a present he has 1) open that present now 2) deliver the present to the end of the JP for a bigger reward 3) use the present as a checkpoint.
- 3 Giant Wintersday Gifts for completion from the chest.
- Disabled the use of items inside the jumping puzzle this year.
- No need to wait for other players to finish and you can pick your path.
- Hit the notes when they arrive on the white line.
- Rare chance to get the endless bell choir bell.
- You get a bonus chest for every round you finish. Last song give you 3 gifts instead of 1.
- 3 stages, 4 players per stage, 12 players per map.
- No new songs in Bell Choir this year, maybe new ones next year.
- Cannot join in a party with your friends to participate in this activity unfortunately.
- Supporter, Heavy Gunner, or Scout are the possible classes. Can switch class every time you respawn.
- Your #6 skill is profession specific (i.e. mesmers, warriors etc all have their own individual skills)
- New pads added between the two bases to allow you better chance at cutting off runners.
- New Wintersday finisher
- Everytime you get the present, your team gets a present in a bonus chest.
- Ho Ho Tron and Minstrel taking donations to help those affected by Scarlet. They will poke fun at you, each other and have some funny conversations (i.e. Orphans won’t have to burn each other to stay warm)
- You get achievements for donating to them and if you complete the donation event, a dolyak spawns.
- Defend the Dolyaks as it heads to the Divinity’s Reach asura gate, who drops presents along the way. Defend against skritt, snowball rifleman. Further you get near the gate the harder the escort gets.
- Interact with snowpiles to get snowballs to get back at them.
- The longer the dolyak stays alive the more presents you get. Presents are like gathering nodes and everyone can take them.
- Dolyak cannot be healed or give him swiftness.
- Special skritt at end of the escort (not shown).
- The event will not scale due to the number of players in Lion’s Arch. Skritts do get larger in numbers as you continue the event.
- Can now be entered as a group
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