winter festival: 'snowflake' sprite vanity pet

grrowler · December 2019

how do you get the 'snowflake' sprite vanity pet? it is not mentioned in the winter festival guide. it is showing up as one of the collection items for the winter festival.

was it a limited time vanity pet from last year's winter festival as a random drop from opening simril gifts? I do not remember seeing it before.

kreatyve · December 2019

It is one per account. It's under the Items category of the Zen store.

plasticbat · December 2019

stoniar said:
how do you get the 'snowflake' sprite vanity pet? it is not mentioned in the winter festival guide. it is showing up as one of the collection items for the winter festival.

was it a limited time vanity pet from last year's winter festival as a random drop from opening simril gifts? I do not remember seeing it before.

I believe you can buy it from a vendor whom you buy scarf from (using winter festival currency which you could have 10s of thousand).

ecrana · December 2019

stoniar said:
how do you get the 'snowflake' sprite vanity pet? it is not mentioned in the winter festival guide. it is showing up as one of the collection items for the winter festival.

was it a limited time vanity pet from last year's winter festival as a random drop from opening simril gifts? I do not remember seeing it before.

Are you referring to the Ice Sprite companion? I don't believe there has ever been a winter festival pet but the companion has been around for years. If that's what your looking for, it's in the vendor under Herman I think.

derdrakon · December 2019

I also would like to know how to get "snowflake".

It is not the Ice Sprite, and it does not seem to come from the vendor. "Krystal", the other yeti vanity pet comes from the gifts.

grrowler · December 2019

ok apparently the Snowflake vanity pet is a free winter giveaway:

In addition, Tymora has left two free Simril gifts for adventurers, new and old, to enjoy! The Winter Wolf mount is back for those who missed it previously along with a new Vanity pet, Snowflake the Sprite!

I do not see it available under the FREE category in the Zen store. I am assuming that this is a one p/account redemption, or is it for every character?

grrowler · December 2019

wow, thank you for your quick reply - yes, I do see it now.

I see both of the free items:

Snowflake is under ITEMS
Winter Wolf is under MOUNTS

but ugh - why are they not showing up under the Store Front / FREE category ??

thank you though!

vixazarahv · December 2019

kreatyve said:
It is one per account. It's under the Items category of the Zen store.

It would have been nice to know this *before* collecting the pet.

But I still appreciate the free gift.

plasticbat · December 2019

vixazarahv said:

kreatyve said:
It is one per account. It's under the Items category of the Zen store.
It would have been nice to know this *before* collecting the pet.

But I still appreciate the free gift.

It is in the description of the pet in the Zen store.
I read that before I collect it.

dionchi · December 2019

Why aren't the Winter festival free items listed like they have been previous years?

Winter 2018 Free Gifts and Events!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/11019323-winter-2018-free-gifts-and-events!

This year we get this.

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/11322863-20%-off-all-&-free-gifts!

thefiresidecat · December 2019

dionchi said:
Why aren't the Winter festival free items listed like they have been previous years?

Winter 2018 Free Gifts and Events!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/11019323-winter-2018-free-gifts-and-events!

This year we get this.

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/11322863-20%-off-all-&-free-gifts!

I am reading it like this is it. a dumb one per account vanity pet that can only be equipped from your regular inventory (which makes it a waste of space) and nothing else.

a subpar blackfriday sale.. no winter gifts so to speak.. they are really trying hard to win our love huh?

greywynd · December 2019

Maybe leave your expectations at the load screen and be appreciative of what you do get? Just a thought.

dionchi · December 2019

thefiresidecat said:
I am reading it like this is it. a dumb one per account vanity pet that can only be equipped from your regular inventory (which makes it a waste of space) and nothing else.

a subpar blackfriday sale.. no winter gifts so to speak.. they are really trying hard to win our love huh?

Actually the snowflake vanity pet appears in regular inventory when claimed, but with the clickable option to transfer it to the vanity pet tab.

greywynd · December 2019

In my opinion, something of zero consequence, like a vanity pet, should be claimable by all characters. Not just once per account.

thefiresidecat · December 2019

greywynd said:
Maybe leave your expectations at the load screen and be appreciative of what you do get? Just a thought.

if there was something to be grateful for I'd be grateful. there isn't though. they should be grateful I'm still here. (and that goes for everyone that is still here) they've given us a rough year. My expectations is some bribery to keep us at least a little happy. I've seen none. I find it baffling. as not only is there no bribery.. but there isn't even the usual class of things we normally get. they've given us coal.. like literally imo. Honestly.. bafflement is the emotion i'm feeling over this.

brandrik · December 2019

plasticbat said:

vixazarahv said:

kreatyve said:
It is one per account. It's under the Items category of the Zen store.
It would have been nice to know this *before* collecting the pet.

But I still appreciate the free gift.
It is in the description of the pet in the Zen store.
I read that before I collect it.

Actually it does NOT mention 1 per account, it just mentions it binds to character.

empalas · December 2019

thefiresidecat said:

greywynd said:
Maybe leave your expectations at the load screen and be appreciative of what you do get? Just a thought.
if there was something to be grateful for I'd be grateful. there isn't though. they should be grateful I'm still here. (and that goes for everyone that is still here) they've given us a rough year. My expectations is some bribery to keep us at least a little happy. I've seen none. I find it baffling. as not only is there no bribery.. but there isn't even the usual class of things we normally get. they've given us coal.. like literally imo. Honestly.. bafflement is the emotion i'm feeling over this.

Total agreement on the bafflement here. We also had in the past more incentives to buy zen...they have no incentives at all this year. And the thing is the incentives cost them a few man hours at most. More shaking my head what he heck are they thinking. They weren't very inventive with the new mount either...another snail variant.

plasticbat · December 2019

brandrik said:

plasticbat said:

vixazarahv said:

kreatyve said:
It is one per account. It's under the Items category of the Zen store.
It would have been nice to know this *before* collecting the pet.

But I still appreciate the free gift.
It is in the description of the pet in the Zen store.
I read that before I collect it.
Actually it does NOT mention 1 per account, it just mentions it binds to character.

"Free item, claimable once, binds to character".

"claimable once" is my interpretation of one per account (based on wording used in the pack in the past).

virulentix1 · December 2019

One gift this year? I guess they've just given up and have decided to lower the amount of life support this dying game gets. It's bad enough it has a grind so long and grueling most high end players have to farm multiple characters to get one up to par. Time to move on to other games I suppose...? I feel we should get more incentives rather than less especially when queue times are becoming ridiculous. I expect a reply along the lines of "leave" or "play something else" but that kind of attitude is why many players have left and the game is where it is now. It seems most that still play are the whales that simply have too much time and money invested to quit.

vixazarahv · December 2019

A company in danger should not be conserving and cutting costs, they should be promoting.
Conserving and cutting costs are what you do when your company is doing great.

dionchi · December 2019

empalas said:

thefiresidecat said:

greywynd said:
Maybe leave your expectations at the load screen and be appreciative of what you do get? Just a thought.
if there was something to be grateful for I'd be grateful. there isn't though. they should be grateful I'm still here. (and that goes for everyone that is still here) they've given us a rough year. My expectations is some bribery to keep us at least a little happy. I've seen none. I find it baffling. as not only is there no bribery.. but there isn't even the usual class of things we normally get. they've given us coal.. like literally imo. Honestly.. bafflement is the emotion i'm feeling over this.
Total agreement on the bafflement here. We also had in the past more incentives to buy zen...they have no incentives at all this year. And the thing is the incentives cost them a few man hours at most. More shaking my head what he heck are they thinking. They weren't very inventive with the new mount either...another snail variant.

There is the "bonus zen" incentive, but the amount seems to be identical to every other "zen sale" they have throughout the year, so while I may disagree that there is "no incentives" to buy zen during their Winter sale, I will say I don't feel particularly 'incentivized' to make a Zen purchase during this sale...

Oh and a repeat of the Black Friday 20% off zen market sale prices...

I kind of find it difficult to believe it was so wildly popular they decided to bring it back, but It is what it is.

empalas · December 2019

dionchi said:

empalas said:

thefiresidecat said:

greywynd said:
Maybe leave your expectations at the load screen and be appreciative of what you do get? Just a thought.
if there was something to be grateful for I'd be grateful. there isn't though. they should be grateful I'm still here. (and that goes for everyone that is still here) they've given us a rough year. My expectations is some bribery to keep us at least a little happy. I've seen none. I find it baffling. as not only is there no bribery.. but there isn't even the usual class of things we normally get. they've given us coal.. like literally imo. Honestly.. bafflement is the emotion i'm feeling over this.
Total agreement on the bafflement here. We also had in the past more incentives to buy zen...they have no incentives at all this year. And the thing is the incentives cost them a few man hours at most. More shaking my head what he heck are they thinking. They weren't very inventive with the new mount either...another snail variant.
There is the "bonus zen" incentive, but the amount seems to be identical to every other "zen sale" they have throughout the year, so while I may disagree that there is "no incentives" to buy zen during their Winter sale, I will say I don't feel particularly 'incentivized' to make a Zen purchase during this sale...

Oh and a repeat of the Black Friday 20% off zen market sale prices...

I kind of find it difficult to believe it was so wildly popular they decided to bring it back, but It is what it is.

My point is that it's not an incentive to buy now versus the other times they have had the bonus zen. Yes you will get more zen for your $. But the other incentives were nice touches. And actually their black friday sale this year was 30%. So 20% is worse. Maybe the new XP can right the ship.

milehighxr · December 2019

I've not seen any bonus zen incentive this year on xbox. Also only the one free item this year? The calendar says log in everyday for free stuff, but only vanity pet is new this year, I already have the winter wolf.

kreatyve · December 2019

milehighxr#1299 said:
I've not seen any bonus zen incentive this year on xbox. Also only the one free item this year? The calendar says log in everyday for free stuff, but only vanity pet is new this year, I already have the winter wolf.

That is all there is this year, unfortunately.

dionchi · December 2019

milehighxr#1299 said:
I've not seen any bonus zen incentive this year on xbox. Also only the one free item this year? The calendar says log in everyday for free stuff, but only vanity pet is new this year, I already have the winter wolf.

Since this is the Neverwinter Discussion forum for PC, I can't comment on what does or doesn't appear on XBox since I don't even have one, but there is bonus Zen for purchases of Zen on PC.

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/11331983-2019-winter-holiday-sale

And as disappointing as "one free gift this year" (two counting the Winter Wolf Mount) may seem compared to previous years to many of us, perhaps we should count our blessings that there is even one free gift... all things considered.

Last year there were eight straight days of gifts from Neverwinter and two extra rewards events during the same time period but still there was a whole lot of griping and complaining going on so it isn't really surprising to me that Neverwinter has made even less of an effort to toss out freebies this year.

I suspect from their point of view little has changed. Last year we had eight free gifts and two (actually five) special events and some people are going to complain - one new and one old gift this year and many of the same people are still complaining.

I'm not surprised, disappointed yes, but not surprised at the present lack of effort.

vixazarahv · December 2019

"We're reducing your allowance be thankful we haven't cut it altogether."

vixazarahv · December 2019

greenwirez#3409 said:
Got to love the instant gratification crowd. Something for nothing, and still they want more, with zero to no effort on their part to earning it. Me Me Me....More More More....Now Now Now! Give it a rest. Don't like it? Don't accept it. Better yet.....go elsewhere. I have spoken!

greenwirez, I'm always thankful for the free gifts, but it hurts that the content is waning and the gifts are declining.

It hurts that they promote a free gift each day and don't even acknowledge that the promise was broken.
It hurts that the new mod is a recolored Stronghold zone with demons, rather than an actual story.
It hurts that we're going to have to wait some months for the new Executive Producer to make his presence felt and maybe start bringing back HIGH quality content.
I like the new minisprite, but didn't expect to have to read the fine print on a prize that went from 18 days of fun to "Take one only, Thank you, Next!"
I'm thankful for new content, but content that takes less time to finish than previous mods is very disappointing.
I'm still playing the game, but the playing of content that's little more than reskinned content holds my attention for far less time than actual new maps and new dungeons and new monsters do.

dionchi · December 2019

vixazarahv said:
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I like the new minisprite, but didn't expect to have to read the fine print on a prize that went from 18 days of fun to "Take one only, Thank you, Next!"

I think it's already been mentioned but the snowflake sprite, which is totally cosmetic seems more than just a bit miserly to me especially since it adds nothing to a player's stats or abilities and is offered as one per account... I'm guessing that this allows (whoever) to rightfully claim they did give something away for the holiday festivities.

Of course what disturbs me the most is the Zen Sale incentives, or possibly the lack there-of depending on the perspective.

Neverwinter/PWE offers sales on Zen several times a year and each sale seems to offer identical bonus awards

Neverwinter 2019 Spring Zen Sale bonus

$10 - 150 bonus zen
$20 - 400 bonus zen
$50 - 1,300 bonus zen
$100 - 3,500 bonus zen
$200 - 8,000 bonus zen

Neverwinter 2019 Summer Zen Sale bonus

$10 - 150 bonus zen
$20 - 400 bonus zen
$50 - 1,300 bonus zen
$100 - 3,500 bonus zen
$200 - 8,000 bonus zen

Neverwinter 2019 Winter Zen Sale bonus

$10 - 150 bonus zen
$20 - 400 bonus zen
$50 - 1,300 bonus zen
$100 - 3,500 bonus zen
$200 - 8,000 bonus zen

And those of course are along with additional Zen Sales during the year like the 2019 "May Maddness" Zen Sale, the 2019 "End of Summer" Zen Sale...

This along with decreased discounts for holiday sales, I'm seriously wondering if this is some kind of plan that will permit the powers that be to claim Neverwinter is financially failing, which will be used to justify some radical game changes (other than the ones already implemented) - like trying to do away with their FTP status.

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