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6/1/2026 9:14:51   
Telcontar Arvedui I
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^ To continue the subtopic, I would like to point out that the decision to subvert expectations (after the release of the artwork and the name) by reskinning the mechanics of Classic Werepyre Form instead of Typhon Shard armours will likely stir some strong-worded feedback, even as I am personally happy about it (a Wind/Light compression FO armour with +Init fills a particular niche in my aesthetics-themed build oh so well).

While these are a) raffle prizes, and b) tied to the donation drive event, after all, may I suggest to avoid such subversions in the future?
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6/1/2026 13:28:40   
Aura Knight
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When faced with complaints about the blandness of item sameness it's no surprise they chose to do a switch up. The best thing would have been a reveal of all items with effects on day 1 because like others I made assumptions based on art.
AQ DF AQW  Post #: 27
6/1/2026 13:52:44   
1stClassGenesis
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^ and/or names.

If we had known that the shield would be a tuned Dragonlord that scales on main stat instead of just Strength early, we likely would have donated for the shield on shield day. Now those who didn't donate then just lost an opportunity that should've been open to them. I used the shield as an example here. It applies to every item category.
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6/5/2026 21:54:07   
Lee
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 Throwing another message into the proverbial void once again.

I have to ask, do the Top 25 really need more of an incentive to donate or is this AQ/AE's response to the (understandably) slow pace we've been going? I have to stress the point again that Kam will be coding these sets by himself, while juggling the weekly releases on top of it. Respectfully, I have to ask if the team and AE making this decision have taken this into consideration.

As for the daily raffle, genuinely, if an item is cloned visually (and mechanically for last year), it's safe to assume it'd carry over to the next year. A trend. So the armor being something else was.... certainly a choice. I wouldn't have as much of a complaint if it was visually different. I suppose having it swappable in the Account Manager is an somewhat okay band aid fix.
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6/5/2026 23:33:50   
Singularity
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 Some of the token gifters are pretty far ahead. IDK if yall do this already, but you might as well lessen the load of doing it all at once, to just start working on it now. No ones catching up to Gwen for instance. Gone head and release that warcaster staff in every element. If anyone has a problem with the donor creations, tell them to post a video of another player beating their character with it to show how unfair it is to play against. If they cant show any type of proof that the people who have it constantly dominate the people who dont, then its just tears and white noise. Lets make some magic happen. Time to let the majority have fun with cool things
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6/7/2026 9:52:33   
GwenMay
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I'm a big fan of the changes this year myself. I'd thought for years that AQ should have a tier where the donors are guaranteed to receive the giftmaster rewards like in AQW, so I'm excited to see how that turns out this year. I also like how top 25 receive a CC elemental variant, as it preserves an incentive for players to compete for top 25. Staff would know better than me how much additional work the elemental variant would require, but since they're already doing a CC version, having that CC version be another element is probably a simple change in the code.

Also, the set looks really cool this year. It somewhat reminds me of the Frostwyrm set, which I thought to be one of the cooler looking giftmaster sets. I hope at least one of the variants is Dark element, as that's the only Giftmaster element we haven't had yet, and that both versions have the traditional 39/42/42 elemental resistance spreads.

@Singularity - While I will almost certainly be top 5 again this year, I don't think it'd be fair or proper for staff to assume I'd win and get started on my custom item before the contest ends. You never know after all. While I have a few interesting ideas already (subject to staff's approval, of course), I haven't settled on anything yet, so I'm not ready myself anyway.

For the record, I'm also a fan of the daily raffle items, especially the spell and armor. I always love having more compression burst spells in new elemental combinations, and I was excited to see a classic werepyre reskin. Although I agree with the concern that people would think the armor would be a galefang reskin based on past years, having the choice to switch between those two versions in the account manager is the best of both worlds.

< Message edited by GwenMay -- 6/7/2026 9:56:14 >
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6/7/2026 9:55:27   
CH4OT1C!
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I now feel even worse for Kam having to code all of this by himself.
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6/8/2026 8:32:40   
KhalJJ
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 Huge move from staff to guarantee rewards above a threshold. Really appreciate this as something to assuage some of the previous issues with the system. Thanks!
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