Guild Wars 2

Please Anet, hear what players have been claiming since the first achievments patches you did. Don’t put Achievments that are embased on luck, or the ones that can just bug too easy.

-6 Minutes to knightfall : This is definitely NOT a “Achievment”. I mean.. don’t depend on me, depend on my luck to be on a server with 100 good ppl with decent dps. I didn’t come even close until now (And I ave really little time to play also).

-Holo (2nd fight) achievments – In tune, and no more tricks had just made me burn out. I’m running the battle chat to make sure that I am not got hit By the laser, and Be even more sure that I didn’t hit any holo without attunement.

All fight did, escaping and running, and killing and all of these. What did I get? NO achiev. I hear its because you can’t get downed, SO PLEASE : Don’t make those final lasers knock you down with 1-hit (And you can’t dodge, or block it). As a ele, the only effective skill I got is Mist form.

so, should I just make as the lazy players do? Stack on a safe spot and let the rest of players do the work?

I’ve did every achievment since start of game, but RNG achievments, or non-player dependent achievs are bunrning me since ever.

yeah just stack in the corner

also you’re losing the laser one b/c you’re spawning ontop of a laser since the fight has already started, rush in as soon as the 3rd dies

NO, I’ve not be hit or step ontop of laser at start of fight. Completely sure about. Running Battle chat also to confirm.

or you know, you could just not do the achieve, you don’t need to do EVERY one of the LS achieves, as there are/will be dailies to help you get the 15/15.

Did you read my post? I’ve done Every achiev since start of game. This means, that achievs mean a lot for me. And also, means a lot for a lot of players.

Also pet classes should be carefully considered when crafting achievements. pretty unbelievable that apparently no-one tested these at anet on a ranger or mesmer or necro.

MauricioCezar.2673:

All fight did, escaping and running, and killing and all of these. What did I get? NO achiev. I hear its because you can’t get downed, SO PLEASE : Don’t make those final lasers knock you down with 1-hit (And you can’t dodge, or block it). As a ele, the only effective skill I got is Mist form.

so, should I just make as the lazy players do? Stack on a safe spot and let the rest of players do the work?

I’ve did every achievment since start of game, but RNG achievments, or non-player dependent achievs are bunrning me since ever.

I do agree that the achieves have severe issues. I just want you to know that you can block the final lasers. I did the achieves on my zerker ele. Arcane shield will mitigate the attack. (As will mist form).

Achieves based on other players are bad.

Ones that encourage players to get a few hits in then idle the entire battle to avoid messing up their achieve are even worse. Encouraging players to be dead weight and make it harder for other people to just complete the battle in general is a terrible idea. Granted, you could technically argue that stuff like the laser / attune achieves aren’t actually meant to encourage that sort of behavior but rather just skilled play, but the fact is that its an extremely long battle where ONE mistake will cost you the achieve. So I can’t really blame people for wanting to take the safe route and let everyone else fight rather than scurrying around for 30 frantic minutes hoping and praying you are absolutely perfect.

Charak.9761:

yeah just stack in the corner

also you’re losing the laser one b/c you’re spawning ontop of a laser since the fight has already started, rush in as soon as the 3rd dies

Stacking in corner is only good for the laser one, right?
for In Tune, you need to do some damage to at least one colored holo, correct? Or can you do damage to the prime holo and skip the second one and still get In Tune?

What is totally blame . I did what Achiev Requires to do. Don’t got hit by any laser, and don’t hist any holo without the right attunement. Then, I get one-shotted by a non-blockable laser and lost all my chances. lol

I did the first phase on my guard and stopped dpsing when the buff had 10s left

I did the 2nd phase but only did one colour until it split

then just hide and turn off AA

I’m not sure if the final laser from the sky affects it but I block it with my focus everytime

morrolan.9608:

Also pet classes should be carefully considered when crafting achievements. pretty unbelievable that apparently no-one tested these at anet on a ranger or mesmer or necro.

I have to say that if my pet is whatever percentage of my damage and my damage matters and I really should not use it in a battle like this – the pet needs to be able to be turned off and I be given that damage ratio back!

MauricioCezar.2673:

Did you read my post? I’ve done Every achiev since start of game. This means, that achievs mean a lot for me. And also, means a lot for a lot of players.

Okay, so put some effort in it

Electro.4173:

…the fact is that its an extremely long battle where ONE mistake will cost you the achieve. So I can’t really blame people for wanting to take the safe route and let everyone else fight rather than scurrying around for 30 frantic minutes hoping and praying you are absolutely perfect.

This is my biggest gripe with it. Coupled with the unskippable cutscene when attempting Nowhere To Hide, it’s very frustrating. It’s not even like getting to the Prime Holo is guaranteed… no, you need to log in during NA prime time because otherwise, it’s impossible to get all three knights down, and even then it’s a crapshoot. So it’s not like the achievements require too much skill. They require too much patience and too much luck. At this point, you could seriously log in every day for the rest of the LS and not be able to even attempt the two Holo achievements, just because your schedule has you logging in when the servers are bare or the playerbase doesn’t want to cooperate. And as the weeks progress, it’s going to be harder and harder for people to get those achievements, as less and less people are wanting to do the events.

I agree with the OP. Please, no more achievements like this. The fact that there’s such a hassle to even get to the Holo fight, coupled with the extremely unforgiving nature of the achievements, means when folks even make the effort to get there, you’re encouraging them to not participate in the fight and just stand in the back to ensure they get the credit.

ceol.9175:

no, you need to log in during NA prime time because

Did it multiple times at 10am on an overflow, not sure if you are exaggerate or not.