Feedback:User/V13 Savage/Keep the "Waiting Game" available year-round!

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MAKE "The Waiting Game" AVAILABLE ALL-YEAR =[edit]

  • Problem = This & ALL Festival quests removed from Log!; why different than 2009?
  • Background - While most quest are expected to be done during a single event, The Waiting Game was introduced last year and was available since then to complete & redeem as the NPC who is required ( King Frozenwind ) is available all-year round since existing NPC for other Underworld quest. There is nothing special about him like the Mad king who is only available during special seasonal events. So like previously, I worked hard to get several secondary characters advanced to Lion's Arch & Temple of Age and then through the Halloween quests chain in series to that point just so could save its completion (which is long/difficult doing all the Elite area quests) later with guildees as had done on my primary character before. However I was SHOCKED (& from Forum posts, others where too!) when ALL the Festival quests were removed on Nov 2nd. This new behavior was not announced or explained in any of the update notes.
  • Support's reply : So I opened a ticket with them not sure if accident/bug only to get the following response form GM Lemoncorba "I looked in to the issue and have determined that it is not a bug, and that the game is working as designed. Former years' Halloween quests are now designed to be repeatable each year. This means that, by design, they will be removed from the individual player's quest log as soon as the festival ends making them like the other event quests." Then when I tried to explain that The Waiting Game was different and anyway to investigate at least a restore of it, I got "There are no plans to revert any of the Halloween quests to their past status." & "the support system is not an official venue to share your thoughts and ideas with the Development Team. Due to legal reasons, we are only able to officially accept suggestions about these changes through the Guild Wars Wiki"
  • Now what?

I am posting this suggestion to the community and hoping that not only will get support but maybe someone from the Development team will see & have pity (as well as fix). I believe that this specific quest was a victim of broad sweeping actions and perhaps not fulling understood impact. Further many people in the forums have told me helped them and allies have a reason to get together and attempt the Elite area of Underworld but folks that might not normally. This was a community builder... Please bring back & don;t make us wait until 2011! Thanks!!!