Guild Wars 2

Lokheit.7943:

Hvaran.6327:

Lokheit.7943:

Hvaran.6327:

SHOW ME THAT REVOLVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here you go: [&AgGvqQAA]

someone who know how to work with links can fo that?

Copy that text, put it in the game chat and pless enter. It will let you preview the revolver. You wanted someone to show you the revolver, with that code you can see and rotate it as you wish in-game

THANKS U VERRY MUCH!!!!!!!

I’m hoping these will take a fair amount of effort to get, but not entirely held behind an RNG wall (especially paid RNG) like the current BL skins. These are the first set of weapon skins that I am really, really looking forward to so I am going to be putting a lot of effort towards them, it would just be a shame if it’s all for nothing.

Slacker.2679:

I’m hoping these will take a fair amount of effort to get, but not entirely held behind an RNG wall (especially paid RNG) like the current BL skins. These are the first set of weapon skins that I am really, really looking forward to so I am going to be putting a lot of effort towards them, it would just be a shame if it’s all for nothing.

From what it sounds they will be rare direct drops. Still involves RNG (what doesn’t honestly), but it doesn’t sound like they will be costing us monies.

Hopefully they’ll be sellable like the Catcher back items as well.

For now I’m sure I will go for a Revolver (maybe 2) and the compound Shortbow. I need to see if the “skyhook” is just the extreme of the longbow (more likely) or a dagger skin. If it’s a skyhook dagger skin then I will go for it too Probably I will try to pick the Speargun aswell.

SynfulChaot.3169:

Slacker.2679:

I’m hoping these will take a fair amount of effort to get, but not entirely held behind an RNG wall (especially paid RNG) like the current BL skins. These are the first set of weapon skins that I am really, really looking forward to so I am going to be putting a lot of effort towards them, it would just be a shame if it’s all for nothing.

From what it sounds they will be rare direct drops. Still involves RNG (what doesn’t honestly), but it doesn’t sound like they will be costing us monies.

Sounds like its pretty much the Jetpack all over again

panzer.6034:

SynfulChaot.3169:

From what it sounds they will be rare direct drops. Still involves RNG (what doesn’t honestly), but it doesn’t sound like they will be costing us monies.

Sounds like its pretty much the Jetpack all over again

And the monocle. And most things, TBH. So long as the drop rate is just a little bit higher. That’s a lot of different possible weapons, after all.

If its a discrete drop of a particular weapon, that rapier is going to be stupid expensive.

panzer.6034:

If its a discrete drop of a particular weapon, that rapier is going to be stupid expensive.

Time to start grinding for monies now?

kiba.2768:

Candidate Trials Challenge – Begins July 23

Enter into the Candidate Trials alone or with a group in support of your chosen candidate. You’ll test your battle skills by facing off against waves of Aetherblade pirates – hold out for as long as you can to earn Support Tokens and loot! The challenge is great, but so are the rewards – you may even earn a rare chance at an Aetherized weapon!

at this point i don’t really care that it’s locked behind rng; we’ll find out the level of severity when it’s released..but..but….AETHERIZED WEAPONS!!!

that rapier will match perfectly with the radiant gloves…right? RIGHT???

so i can use magic find, 5 bunkers and non-stopable mobs with revolver chance will run on me? ????) I Want it!!! i will be first with revolver!)

Master of Timespace.2548:

Another useless RNGfest. Typical Casino Net.

ikr, plus a sub! it’s just over the top… I have played a few MMO’s in my life time, and a weapon/armor drop has always been on chance to drop from event/boss, not only rare chance but usually would have to roll against a fellow player for the loot.

This game would be better enjoyed when players realize they don’t need everything they want.

I need four rapiers and three revolvers. Based on my lack of skins from previous events due to how unlucky I am, well, I can only hope they are sellable.

I’m hoping that they continue with something like the kite fortune system. A rough but reasonable goal(unlike the jawbreakers or dragon coffers) to buy the skins with a stack of whatever the new consolation prize is.

Hvaran.6327:

kiba.2768:

Candidate Trials Challenge – Begins July 23

Enter into the Candidate Trials alone or with a group in support of your chosen candidate. You’ll test your battle skills by facing off against waves of Aetherblade pirates – hold out for as long as you can to earn Support Tokens and loot! The challenge is great, but so are the rewards – you may even earn a rare chance at an Aetherized weapon!

at this point i don’t really care that it’s locked behind rng; we’ll find out the level of severity when it’s released..but..but….AETHERIZED WEAPONS!!!

that rapier will match perfectly with the radiant gloves…right? RIGHT???

so i can use magic find, 5 bunkers and non-stopable mobs with revolver chance will run on me? ????) I Want it!!! i will be first with revolver!)

You don’t need to tank damage if the mobs die before they can deal it. I don’t know what the meta build for this will be (likely some combination of warriors, guardians and feedback… err I mean mesmers) but I doubt it will be bunkers.

The Aetherized Greatsword they shown on the livestream was cool (the blades are hiden while stowed), but I think we won’t get the rapier if all weapons follow that style as the greatsword was vastly differet in style and if we get the mined icons it seems like the handle of the possible sword fits more with this new style.

Has any datamined found something? It would be cool to have the preview codes of the weapons now that they’re in the game (in the livestream they had many of them)

Lokheit.7943:

The Aetherized Greatsword they shown on the livestream was cool (the blades are hiden while stowed), but I think we won’t get the rapier if all weapons follow that style as the greatsword was vastly differet in style and if we get the mined icons it seems like the handle of the possible sword fits more with this new style.

Has any datamined found something? It would be cool to have the preview codes of the weapons now that they’re in the game (in the livestream they had many of them)

I don’t think the stuff in the livestream is necessarily live in the core game. They’ve probably got a separate test server. The Zenith weapons never showed up before the patch, these ones probably won’t either.

Its odd that the aetherized weapons are going to be new ones and not the old ones already made. I mean, granted their were only a few of the old ones, so they’d have to make more to flesh out the whole set (unless it was just going to be a limited set like SAB skins) but why not at least use the ones already made?

Electro.4173:

Its odd that the aetherized weapons are going to be new ones and not the old ones already made. I mean, granted their were only a few of the old ones, so they’d have to make more to flesh out the whole set (unless it was just going to be a limited set like SAB skins) but why not at least use the ones already made?

According to the icons, the pistol, shield, scepter and mace are returning, while sword and hammer are different.

Wetpaw.3487:

Master of Timespace.2548:

Another useless RNGfest. Typical Casino Net.

ikr, plus a sub! it’s just over the top… I have played a few MMO’s in my life time, and a weapon/armor drop has always been on chance to drop from event/boss, not only rare chance but usually would have to roll against a fellow player for the loot.

This game would be better enjoyed when players realize they don’t need everything they want.

Or if the devs would stop gating everything behind mindless grind and RNG. You know, I didn’t buy this game because I thought it was “just another MMO”. But, it seems the rapier isn’t part of this release so I don’t really mind.

ps. I don’t understand why some people complain about substriction fees. I mean, they spend hundreds of hours of their life on the game and then aren’t ready to pay 40minutes worth of working once a month?

Master of Timespace.2548:

Or if the devs would stop gating everything behind mindless grind and RNG. You know, I didn’t buy this game because I thought it was “just another MMO”. But, it seems the rapier isn’t part of this release so I don’t really mind.

Indeed, grind for cosmetics have existed in GW1 and will continue to exist in GW2. If you somehow thought otherwise, I have to inform you thought wrong, good sir.

Ursan.7846:

Master of Timespace.2548:

Or if the devs would stop gating everything behind mindless grind and RNG. You know, I didn’t buy this game because I thought it was “just another MMO”. But, it seems the rapier isn’t part of this release so I don’t really mind.

Indeed, grind for cosmetics have existed in GW1 and will continue to exist in GW2. If you somehow thought otherwise, I have to inform you thought wrong, good sir.

In gw1 you could grind whatever activity though, and then BUY the weapon you desired . It’s all fine if these weapons will be sellable, but making it so that the weapon is only avaible through RNG grind in a small period of time is fairly questionable.
Of course, for the people who sit in guild wars 24/7 it doesn’t really matter.

Master of Timespace.2548:

In gw1 you could grind whatever activity though, and then BUY the weapon you desired . It’s all fine if these weapons will be sellable, but making it so that the weapon is only avaible through RNG grind in a small period of time is fairly questionable.

Completely agreed with you on that. Pure RNG weapons like the Fused/Sclerite/Jade were pretty silly methods. Hopefully they do more things like Jetpack/Monocle which can be sold on the TP.

I want me some of that pvp tommorrow
And hopefully I’ll find one of those weapons. So I can be all gleaming running around.

Wait a minute it’s going to be a Twilightfest….
NM

Do you guys know if there have been any updates on the live stream? Will it be ticket based, a 0.00000001% chance like in Fractals, BL Chests?

Noviere.7309:

I need the rapier.

I. Neeeeeeeeeed. It.

funnily enough I had just expressed my sadness about there not being a rapier skin a couple days ago on map chat. But seeing this, I am quite happy! going to sex change my thief, get the t1 human medium set minus the mask, and get that sword!

I just saw the shortbow on the gemstore items announcement they made on their page….

[img]http://www.guildwars2-spain.com/images/stories/96dd0Gem-Store-01.jpg[/img]

I LOVE IT!!

I’ve been waiting ages for a great Compund Bow and here it is!! I oficially need the Revolver, the Compound Shortbow and probably the Speargun

And another set of them for PvP skins!

Forget about them: they are in black lion chests. Clearly Anet doesn’tT give a flying crap about our feedback.

Kitta.3657:

Forget about them: they are in black lion chests. Clearly Anet doesn’tT give a flying crap about our feedback.

They can also be obtained through the minigame.

You can get it through chests and as drops in the game (and probably the dropped ones will be available from players to sell).

Lokheit.7943:

Kitta.3657:

Forget about them: they are in black lion chests. Clearly Anet doesn’tT give a flying crap about our feedback.

They can also be obtained through the minigame.

You can get it through chests and as drops in the game (and probably the dropped ones will be available from players to sell).

I am crossing my fingers that this droprate is not as ridiculous as previous ones. I don’t want everything to be handed to me freely but when they say there might not ever be an expansion and instead are bringing the content through living story well.. A rare chance at a chance of getting this rare item for a limited time is not what I describe as new game content worthy of dismissing expansions =/

But hey, thanks for reminding me.

So they will be found in BLCs as well as the dungeon and the chests now drop “tokens” that can be traded in addition to the old school rare chance lottery win. On top of that, scraps are a universal token for all coming weapon skins, so you can save them up over time (voting Evon in and stockpiling keys is actually tempting now, it’s barely RNG if you commonly get a token). The cherry on top of this is the weapons are available from PvE activities specific to new content so you can earn them in the game (unfortunately no token system is used for this so you are still relying on RNG for what is still limited time content, so they lose points on this one despite the good they’ve done) and the tokens are tradable, so you can buy them from the TP. They’ve advanced leaps and bounds from Dragon Bash/Sky Pirates and thank god they did it in time for the rapier. Obtaining one shouldn’t be a nightmare like the jade weapons or anything that came before that.

The system isn’t perfect (no PvE token system, still reliant on RNG) but tradable, tokens from BLCs in addition to rare chance and a shared token system are all leaps forward from the old system. On top of that, there is now something very valuable to be obtained by getting cheaper BLKs from Evon. Those chests are less RNG now. Still some bad here, but a whole lot of good (at least on the surface level).

Kitta.3657:

Forget about them: they are in black lion chests. Clearly Anet doesn’tT give a flying crap about our feedback.

Tickets can be made with scraps from the chests such that 10 scraps = 1 ticket (scraps drop at about the same rate as Black Lion Keys so fairly frequently).

Can also get the weapons as a rare drop from the horde mode mini game

Can also buy them on the TP

IMO this months way of delivering the RNG boxes has been by far the best, and even if you can’t buy them directly from the gem store this method may make getting the items even easier than a straight up purchases.

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

People don’t just want weapons outright. They want the rarity associated with them. You don’t see many Wintersday weapon skins on players (I’m referring to the ones sold on the cash shop during Wintersday). You don’t see Rox’s stuff on many players either. ArenaNet is doing this stuff better now too. We can get these new skins many ways:

1.) Do the Aetherblade Horde Mode thing and hope you get one like everyone else and have fun with the NEW content

2.) Get the ticket scraps after buying a lot of BL Keys.

3.) Get lucky and get a ticket outright

4.) Buy one off the BL Market that players post their because they aren’t soulbound til use

IDK what the issue is here. We are getting new skins almost 2 times a month now if not 2 times a month now forever. At what point is it good enough? If you could outright buy the skins you wouldn’t want them because people would all be running around with them except that nobody wants that really. We secretly want them to be rare so that others gawk at them when we run by and that doesn’t happen to skins that can outright be purchased.

If this was just RNG from gems i’d be kitten ed off aswell.

Yet, here’s the things. The weapons also drop from mobs, so its available through non-commercial means. And the weapons are Bind on Equip, thats a big deal. You can just not do either and spend your gold on it and buy a skin from another player, or get one gifted.

So im in two minds, i still think the gemstore route is highly overpriced. Indeed, 100% dropchance still means 900 gems for 1 skin. And thats only a limited time thing, it’ll end up being 4500(!) gems when the ticketcost is upped.
For that kind of money i kitten well want this skin to be an acoundbound deal like the achievement chests. Where i can have unlimited access to this particular skin on all my characters.

Iason Evan.3806:

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

People don’t just want weapons outright. They want the rarity associated with them. You don’t see many Wintersday weapon skins on players (I’m referring to the ones sold on the cash shop during Wintersday). You don’t see Rox’s stuff on many players either. ArenaNet is doing this stuff better now too. We can get these new skins many ways:

1.) Do the Aetherblade Horde Mode thing and hope you get one like everyone else and have fun with the NEW content

2.) Get the ticket scraps after buying a lot of BL Keys.

3.) Get lucky and get a ticket outright

4.) Buy one off the BL Market that players post their because they aren’t soulbound til use

IDK what the issue is here. We are getting new skins almost 2 times a month now if not 2 times a month now forever. At what point is it good enough? If you could outright buy the skins you wouldn’t want them because people would all be running around with them except that nobody wants that really. We secretly want them to be rare so that others gawk at them when we run by and that doesn’t happen to skins that can outright be purchased.

Not everyone has the same point of view. I want a cool “normal” sword skin that looks good. By normal I mean not flaming, or with a weird fantasy blade, etc, etc.

The rapier fits that bill nicely. I don’t care if every other player in the game has the rapier, its the sort of sword I want. If you want rare “prestige” skins then shouldn’t they be for actual effort? Not random chance drops.

You want prestige skins that mean nothing more than “I was lucky” or “I had a ton of gold to waste”

Me, I’d plunk down some gems in the store to just outright buy the rapier. Not sure if I’m going to waste an open-ended amount of cash for one though.

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

Thats just for the two weeks they are 1 ticket per weapon, after thakittens 5 tickets needed per weapon, so you’ll need at least 4500 (900 X 5) gems to get one weapon.

Iason Evan.3806:

People don’t just want weapons outright. They want the rarity associated with them. You don’t see many Wintersday weapon skins on players (I’m referring to the ones sold on the cash shop during Wintersday). You don’t see Rox’s stuff on many players either. ArenaNet is doing this stuff better now too. We can get these new skins many ways:

1.) Do the Aetherblade Horde Mode thing and hope you get one like everyone else and have fun with the NEW content

2.) Get the ticket scraps after buying a lot of BL Keys.

3.) Get lucky and get a ticket outright

4.) Buy one off the BL Market that players post their because they aren’t soulbound til use

IDK what the issue is here. We are getting new skins almost 2 times a month now if not 2 times a month now forever. At what point is it good enough? If you could outright buy the skins you wouldn’t want them because people would all be running around with them except that nobody wants that really. We secretly want them to be rare so that others gawk at them when we run by and that doesn’t happen to skins that can outright be purchased.

1. Its a rare chance to get one, and we know what they mean by rare, just look at the drop rate of jetpack/mini/monocle.
2. After the two weeks you’ll need at least 50 keys just to get a single weapon. Thats if it was a guaranteed drop from the chest. How can that even be justified.
3. We know how often those tickets dropped before…
4. Yeah, cause they’ll be pretty cheap on the TP…
They haven’t made it any better. They just added more ways to get it, all just as bad as it was originally.

Iason Evan.3806:

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

People don’t just want weapons outright. They want the rarity associated with them. You don’t see many Wintersday weapon skins on players (I’m referring to the ones sold on the cash shop during Wintersday). You don’t see Rox’s stuff on many players either. ArenaNet is doing this stuff better now too. We can get these new skins many ways:

1.) Do the Aetherblade Horde Mode thing and hope you get one like everyone else and have fun with the NEW content

2.) Get the ticket scraps after buying a lot of BL Keys.

3.) Get lucky and get a ticket outright

4.) Buy one off the BL Market that players post their because they aren’t soulbound til use

IDK what the issue is here. We are getting new skins almost 2 times a month now if not 2 times a month now forever. At what point is it good enough? If you could outright buy the skins you wouldn’t want them because people would all be running around with them except that nobody wants that really. We secretly want them to be rare so that others gawk at them when we run by and that doesn’t happen to skins that can outright be purchased.

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

Except just allowing people to directly buy them.

Btw, there are only 2 ways to get them, you magically tried to make it seem like 4. There are only 2 source of the skins:

BL Ticket (whether it is a 10 scraps or a lucky draw)
random drop in event (and random which one you get)

TP – this isn’t a “source”, its a place to sell the skin once you have it from the above 2 methods.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Iason Evan.3806:

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

People don’t just want weapons outright. They want the rarity associated with them. You don’t see many Wintersday weapon skins on players (I’m referring to the ones sold on the cash shop during Wintersday). You don’t see Rox’s stuff on many players either. ArenaNet is doing this stuff better now too. We can get these new skins many ways:

1.) Do the Aetherblade Horde Mode thing and hope you get one like everyone else and have fun with the NEW content

2.) Get the ticket scraps after buying a lot of BL Keys.

3.) Get lucky and get a ticket outright

4.) Buy one off the BL Market that players post their because they aren’t soulbound til use

IDK what the issue is here. We are getting new skins almost 2 times a month now if not 2 times a month now forever. At what point is it good enough? If you could outright buy the skins you wouldn’t want them because people would all be running around with them except that nobody wants that really. We secretly want them to be rare so that others gawk at them when we run by and that doesn’t happen to skins that can outright be purchased.

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

I could pay you $20 to permanently maim yourself in any way you choose. Then you’d have thousands of options to choose from for that reward! Doesn’t mean any of them are good.

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

So how is it 900 gems for a single weapon skin? It says it can cost 1 Black Lion Weapon Ticket or 10 Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scraps. Both come from Black lion chests.

Issues.5789:

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

So how is it 900 gems for a single weapon skin? It says it can cost 1 Black Lion Weapon Ticket or 10 Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scraps. Both come from Black lion chests.

I said that, from scraps, it would be at BEST 900, assuming you got a ticket scrap from every single chest.
900 is a terrible value, and in reality it will be far more expensive still.

err
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/12222AB-Sword-and-Dagger.jpg
the sword= no rapier?

Joiry.2504:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

Except just allowing people to directly buy them.

Btw, there are only 2 ways to get them, you magically tried to make it seem like 4. There are only 2 source of the skins:

BL Ticket (whether it is a 10 scraps or a lucky draw)
random drop in event (and random which one you get)

TP – this isn’t a “source”, its a place to sell the skin once you have it from the above 2 methods.

So you are saying that I have to buy BLK’s in order to purchase the skins off the TP?

No? Didn’t think so… Guess that is a separate way of getting them then.

Garuna.1593:

err
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/12222AB-Sword-and-Dagger.jpg
the sword= no rapier?

And it looks terrible… not cool.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Joiry.2504:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

Except just allowing people to directly buy them.

Btw, there are only 2 ways to get them, you magically tried to make it seem like 4. There are only 2 source of the skins:

BL Ticket (whether it is a 10 scraps or a lucky draw)
random drop in event (and random which one you get)

TP – this isn’t a “source”, its a place to sell the skin once you have it from the above 2 methods.

So you are saying that I have to buy BLK’s in order to purchase the skins off the TP?

No? Didn’t think so… Guess that is a separate way of getting them then.

No, it isn’t. Your grasp of logic is tenuous.

There are 2 ways these skins enter the world. One is by the claim ticket, the other is by random drop in the candidate even. In terms of market supply, these are the “generators” of the items. That defines the supply.

That you can sell them on the TP doesn’t make it a source. The amount and pricing of the skins on the TP is entirely determined by the two sources. The TP is only where you can buy skins from someone who got them from the 2 sources and wishes to sell.

We don’t know you can only get one scrap per box, though likely that’s so.

Others have posted that Aetherblade and Aetherized are two different types of weapons. The sword in that image is likely the Aetherized one, judging by the greatsword seen in the live stream preview of the minigames. Aetherblade will hopefully include the rapier and the steam pistol.

I know I just spent a pittance of silver on a stack of 250 BLC chests because I want several rapiers and pistols. I may not open all of them — there is a limit to my willingness to spend money in the gem store without reward — but if the tokens drop enough, I’ll get the keys to get more. With tradeable skins I can help my more indigent guildies get theirs as well, assuming that in fact we can get the steam weapons thusly.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Joiry.2504:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

Except just allowing people to directly buy them.

Btw, there are only 2 ways to get them, you magically tried to make it seem like 4. There are only 2 source of the skins:

BL Ticket (whether it is a 10 scraps or a lucky draw)
random drop in event (and random which one you get)

TP – this isn’t a “source”, its a place to sell the skin once you have it from the above 2 methods.

So you are saying that I have to buy BLK’s in order to purchase the skins off the TP?

No? Didn’t think so… Guess that is a separate way of getting them then.

In a roundabout way, you are buying them from the BLKs. Someone had to get them that way, at least after the candidate trials is over.

Grimwolf.7163:

Issues.5789:

Grimwolf.7163:

Even if ticket scraps were a 100% drop chance, that would still be 900 gems for a single weapon skin. This is disgusting.
And what is it really, 30%? 20%? Do the math.

So how is it 900 gems for a single weapon skin? It says it can cost 1 Black Lion Weapon Ticket or 10 Black Lion Weapon Ticket Scraps. Both come from Black lion chests.

I said that, from scraps, it would be at BEST 900, assuming you got a ticket scrap from every single chest.
900 is a terrible value, and in reality it will be far more expensive still.

I agree but if you got a Black Lion Weapon Ticket you’d only be paying 450 tickets. But it’s all if’s and buts. So ya 900 gems for a skin at the cheapest. kittening stupid.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Joiry.2504:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Pretty much this… They’ve added 4 ways to get them. This is better than we could of ever hoped for. Anyone complaining now is just complaining for the sake of wanting to hear their own voice.

We got RNG boxes + TP + Build up to buy + Loot Drop

They pretty much listened to every suggestion on the forums yet people still complain.

Except just allowing people to directly buy them.

Btw, there are only 2 ways to get them, you magically tried to make it seem like 4. There are only 2 source of the skins:

BL Ticket (whether it is a 10 scraps or a lucky draw)
random drop in event (and random which one you get)

TP – this isn’t a “source”, its a place to sell the skin once you have it from the above 2 methods.

So you are saying that I have to buy BLK’s in order to purchase the skins off the TP?

No? Didn’t think so… Guess that is a separate way of getting them then.

Pay money, or grind.

Pay money for gems and hope you get lucky.

Or grind for a direct drop, or the means to indirectly buy them.

Doesnt matter if you spend the grind for gold last year, you still spend time acquiring the gold and that gold can only be spend once.
Great if you happen to be one of the few that has a lot of gold and could afford a skin from the TP.
But lets be fair, most players (and i do mean the vast majority) dont have that kind of gold around and will have to either grind the Aetherblades directly, or something else to get the gold to pay for it.

Thats basicly what it comes down to. Either you buy it with money, or with time. And that still doesnt excuse the fact the money route is pretty overpriced. This sure is leagues better then the Jade crap or the Molten Alliance stuff. But unless you get very lucky you are going to be spending atleast ~11$ worth of gems to get 1 skin, and even that would take quite some luck.

For that much money i want to get an acount-bound, permanent skin, that i can use for all my characters.

Also, why the hell is the sword so ugly and not the cool and awesome Rapier?

Donari.5237:

judging by the greatsword seen in the live stream preview of the minigames. Aetherblade will hopefully include the rapier and the steam pistol

Wait, what stream? I want to see this greatsword. Someone said the hammer is different from the Aetherblade one as well.

Grimwolf.7163:

Donari.5237:

judging by the greatsword seen in the live stream preview of the minigames. Aetherblade will hopefully include the rapier and the steam pistol

Wait, what stream? I want to see this greatsword. Someone said the hammer is different from the Aetherblade one as well.

It was a livestream posted yesterday showing up the new stuff. Here a screencap (small through) I took of the GS. And judging from the icons leaked yeah the hammer does look different.