Guild Wars 2

With the Megaserver change, it is reasonable to expect it to be much more difficult to run contestable dungeons. Namely COE & COF, which drop Charged & Molten cores/lodestones.

Charged lodestones are needed in great numbers for:

• Bolt
• Sunrise
• Meteorologicus
• Mjolnir
• Infinite Light
  And to a lesser degree (7), Light of Dwayna.

Molten lodestones are needed in great numbers for:

• Juggernaut
• Incinerator
• Rodgort
• Volcanus

With the addition of the wardrobe system too, it is also reasonable to expect the demand of the above items to increase. Am I overestimating the reduction in supply and the increase in demand too much, or am I correct in saying lodestones are going to rise?

Why would it be more difficult to run contestable dungeons? People from more servers will be sharing the same map, so it should actually be more likely that a group will work to un-contest it now. I think it’ll actually be easier since you won’t have to bother guesting to other servers or finding a party member in a server with the entry uncontested.

In regards to demand for specific skins: the demand for all expensive skins should rise due to their re-usability. Fully agree there.

Matter of opinion atm though, we can’t really know until we see the masses react after patch day. Could be that player laziness in uncontesting dungeons outweighs the fact more people are in the map waiting to get into the dungeon. No way to know for sure.

ExTribble.7108:

Could be that player laziness in uncontesting dungeons outweighs the fact more people are in the map waiting to get into the dungeon. No way to know for sure.

That is my thought. I know I wouldn’t bother doing the event, and there’s no way to “guest” to an open server using API sites. The real question is will it be enough of an offput if it is a problem to have a large effect on supply.

The demand for these will rise for a bit but they will drop back to normal or even lower. Since with the Wardrobe system, owning two Bolts is redundant unless you want the stats. Skinwise, having one is enough. Because of that, fewer will be likely to be bought once more and more people own it besides the BiS attributes.