Guild Wars 2

Any servers out there that are consistently getting these achievements? I was unable to play GW2 for the first three days of the event because of connection issues (which weren’t my fault, a lot of other people complained of the same symptoms I was getting). Every time the miasma events pop up, everyone wastes their time with other events, or zergs one or two of them and the third never gets touched. I really want to get 100% completion for this LS, and it already seems like people are ignoring those events because they’re doing nothing but bag-farming. Please let me know if there’s a server or group that generally is able to complete the requirements for those achievements, because I’m worried it’s already too late for me.

I got Triple Play last night on an overflow. Seems people are starting to understand how the events are to be done. Really, it’s a crapshoot as to the type of people in your overflow. Do you have selfish bag farmers or those who understand that the greater rewards come from succeeding in the events?

What greater rewards?

The “greater rewards” means the fact that succeeding at all 3 miasma events adds significantly to the “citizens saved” counter, if I heard correctly. That would make it easier to get the 1500-citizen bags, which can hold really, really rare items from previous LS events.

As for the overflows, when I so much as ask people if they want to do the miasma events for the achievement, they immediately tell me “too bad, so sad, we don’t care that you don’t have the achievement yet” and keep farming bags. I ask politely, but nobody bats an eye. Even when we do get enough people (usually 5 or 6 and most at one event), we don’t have the recommended 8 to 10, and that’s only one of three events that we’re marginally succeeding at.

Hence my question: are there servers where people are dedicated to doing achievements and not just bag farming?

The only reward that may be worth doing is for the 1500 citizen saved due to loot from previous living stories. You get more bags from farming so I don’t see any value in going for 1500 unless you want the previous living story loot (assuming it drops for you) or bragging rights.

Seras.5702:

I got Triple Play last night on an overflow. Seems people are starting to understand how the events are to be done. Really, it’s a crapshoot as to the type of people in your overflow. Do you have selfish bag farmers or those who understand that the greater rewards come from succeeding in the events?

I got it last night in overflow also…same overflow??

I got mine last night in an overflow, too, and I’m done with achievements. I head back in to help out others (PC or NPC) and get some shards in the process. I’ve not seen anything but overflows, however, and I suspect a lot of others are in a similar boat. Overflow doesn’t necessarily mean it’s all bad, but varying rates of success.

Moshari.8570:

Seras.5702:

I got Triple Play last night on an overflow. Seems people are starting to understand how the events are to be done. Really, it’s a crapshoot as to the type of people in your overflow. Do you have selfish bag farmers or those who understand that the greater rewards come from succeeding in the events?

I got it last night in overflow also…same overflow??

Your name looks familiar. Were you the commander showing people rubble piles?

As far as i know, for triple play you don’t need the server to complete all the events, you just need to do all 3 by yourself in the same hour. So… you complete 1, move to next one, move to next one.

Yesterday in a random overflow i completed triple play, defense of fort marriner, defense of the postern warn and more achievements in same run.

Triple Threat:
When all three miasma events succeed during the same 10-minute interval, and you participated in at least one of them.
(The reward for completing each of the three is +5 Citizens Saved. The additional reward for completing all three at the same time is an additional +35 Citizens Saved. So it can be +50 Citizens every time this set of events pops up.)

Triple Play:
When all “Defend the Rally Point” events for all three rally points succeed during the entire cycle, and you particpated in at least one of them.

Ayrilana.1396:

The only reward that may be worth doing is for the 1500 citizen saved due to loot from previous living stories. You get more bags from farming so I don’t see any value in going for 1500 unless you want the previous living story loot (assuming it drops for you) or bragging rights.

I hear from people that the Jetpack or Precursors can be loot for getting 1500+.

Yeah but what is the drop rate for those? You can give up loot bags for a chance at those items or you can farm for guaranteed loot. That’s a choice that players have to make as you can’t do both.