# A couple of quick Holiday Announcements **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222 "2017-12-21T03:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PGSundling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pgsundling/32/39480_2.png) [@PGSundling](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PGSundling)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/102 "2017-12-29T00:51:58Z")
its not an exaggeration it’s an example of the worst draw. There was one this week that was 1 gem key 1 event key 6 arcanes. Sometimes 100 glory is the last pull. I’m remembering the worst but 4 event keys does seem more common than 1 event key for example. ---
**Author:** ![MadOrange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/madorange/32/23351_2.png) [@MadOrange](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MadOrange)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/103 "2017-12-29T00:53:00Z")
@Saltypatra So who is working on the Dawnbringer fix then? ---
**Author:** ![vanyel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vanyel/32/32071_2.png) [@vanyel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/104 "2017-12-29T01:38:09Z")
Give it a freaking rest already. They’ll get to dealing with it when they get to it. Your opinion has been painfully noted time and time and time again in multiple threads. @Saltypatra the 12 days give a ways were fun and appreciated, even by this endgamer. Thanks for it! ---
**Author:** ![Griswald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/griswald/32/27385_2.png) [@Griswald](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Griswald)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/105 "2017-12-29T01:58:23Z")
Loved it, especially the arcanes. Thank you, and thanks for extending the opening date!! ---
**Author:** ![Lardy-Porker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lardy-porker/32/25588_2.png) [@Lardy-Porker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lardy-Porker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/106 "2017-12-29T02:40:50Z")
I thought it was great. True, I didn’t have much use for the Troops, but the traitstones were much appreciated. And it was fun! 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Sheba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sheba/32/45190_2.png) [@Sheba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheba)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/107 "2017-12-29T03:26:11Z")
I loved it! Especially awesome things: 1. I had a reason to log in despite not playing much thanks to the particles. 2. Free stuff is awesome! 3. The VIP keys were really, really generous, given that three of them cost five bucks! 😃 4. I also really liked the colored forgestones and the Arcanes. Of course, the biggest present for me was Pharos-Ra in the forge. 😉 The troops in the giveaway - with the exception of maybe Mongo - might be pretty easy to get by normal means, but I know that I, for example, didn’t have stuff like Dwarven Gates for quite some time. So I think those were really nice for new players and I got some troops ascended to mythic thanks to the giveaway, too. I for one thought that this kind of event fit really well. Especially during the holiday season, not many people had a lot of time to play, so a low-activity event was really good! Especially after the Moa one. Events like the Moa one might be more interactive, but I feel such low-activity ones like the giveaway should have their place as well. After all, we already have the snotgem collecting every week which might or might not be horrible (depending on individual playstyle and task required) which requires playing, so not adding more to that “workload” in the holiday weeks and still let us have stuff was really nice! Of course double so because so many people have problems with the particles and extreme grinding right now. So I really loved the event and hope events like this one will take turns with activity-events like the Moa one so there’s always something for everyone! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/108 "2017-12-29T03:42:13Z")
Thank you @Sheba! ---
**Author:** ![Maxx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/maxx/32/50891_2.png) [@Maxx](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/109 "2017-12-29T03:49:16Z")
I loved it especially the traitstones and event keys. I’m saving the gem and vip keys for the next mythic hopefully I can get lucky with them. Thank you for doing that. ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/110 "2017-12-29T07:20:33Z")
Mixed feelings: - always good to have free stuffs, thanks - but the previous giveaway came with 2 new classes + new troops, so I was expecting something similar… ---
**Author:** ![Nephilim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nephilim/32/29092_2.png) [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/111 "2017-12-29T10:58:09Z")
I thought it was a lovely gesture and thee was something for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Nephilim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nephilim/32/29092_2.png) [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/112 "2017-12-29T10:59:55Z")
They have to balance it out Ricky. They can’t just try and please end game players. ---
**Author:** ![Dorgath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dorgath](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dorgath)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/113 "2017-12-29T14:25:07Z")
I appreciated the holiday giveaways. Thanks Saltypatra and the rest of the devs! ---
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/114 "2017-12-29T18:39:15Z")
From the perspective of a lvl 1000+ who already has most troops (save for a couple mythics), the giveaways were nothing to get excited over. They weren’t bad, but the way they were advertised, I was expecting more, which meant that what I actually got was underwhelming. Would have been less disappointing if my expectations weren’t raised. Though you redeemed yourselves by the end 😃 I appreciate you guys upping the gifts. The arcanes and the soulforge mats especially were greatly appreciated, those are hard to come by! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BRchell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brchell/32/30489_2.png) [@BRchell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BRchell)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/115 "2017-12-29T19:21:16Z")
The giveaways were nice but the best part was finally crafting Ra. Thanks everyone. Don’t need the souls but missing the troop lol. ---
**Author:** ![mld-81](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mld-81/32/63170_2.png) [@mld-81](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mld-81)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/116 "2017-12-29T19:40:09Z")
No dawnbringer for everyone, massive disappointment 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Lardy-Porker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lardy-porker/32/25588_2.png) [@Lardy-Porker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lardy-Porker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/117 "2017-12-29T19:53:15Z")
Yeah I was hoping every player would get a full set of Mythics, then we could all stop playing and find something else to do. In retrospect, I guess that wasn’t very realistic. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![mld-81](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mld-81/32/63170_2.png) [@mld-81](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mld-81)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/118 "2017-12-29T20:01:27Z")
Maybe we were all bad this year and therefore Santa did not fulfill our wishes. That or rng favours Mr Claus. ---
**Author:** ![MadOrange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/madorange/32/23351_2.png) [@MadOrange](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MadOrange)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/119 "2017-12-29T20:18:15Z")
I am more than entitled to ask a simple question! So you can give it a rest. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Draprion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draprion/32/8238_2.png) [@Draprion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draprion)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/120 "2017-12-30T03:10:39Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if Santa and RNGesus were mates! ---
**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222/121 "2018-01-03T23:20:42Z")
I try! I pester them for you! [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-couple-of-quick-holiday-announcements/34222.md?page=5)