Wintersday’s Toypocalypse began yesterday, and with it, came a new way for players to instantly join in on the fun. The event activity comes with an automatic grouping feature, similar to the one used during the Bell Choir and Snowball Mayhem PvP holiday activities. This is good news for players who are looking to run the event with random players, but ArenaNet left out one very important ability– the ability to join as a preformed party.
Many players were quite surprised by the lack of such a feature, especially considering the fact that partying with friends is the best way to group for most of the dungeon content in the game. ArenaNet issued a response later in the day on the official forums:
Originally posted by ReginaBuenaobra (Source)
Like Snowball Mayhem and the Bell Choior, the Toypocalypse is an activity. They are using the same systems, and these systems do not permit joining by party. Unfortunately due to technical limitations and time constraints before the holidays, we cannot change it. We understand that this is not ideal for people who wish to play in the same party and who are finding it difficult in random groups. We will be adjusting the “Toypocalypse Cancelled” achievement so that you will need to keep only one gift dolyak alive. We do not have an ETA on when this change will be live. Thank you for your feedback. We have been listening, and we will take your comments on board for future game updates.
