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Posted by: Kerishan.8460

Kerishan.8460

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

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Posted by: Amaris.9135

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we haven’t completed all of the living story yet, we’re on 3/4.

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Posted by: Celtic Lady.3729

Celtic Lady.3729

I doubt completing the story next month will make any difference. Why would they give us these skins as rewards when they are going to make way more money off people buying 500 Black Lion chests for a chance at one?

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Posted by: Amaris.9135

Amaris.9135

they won’t give us this skin, that’s for sure. But they might just give us something extra that’s cool anyway.

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Posted by: Shelledfade.6435

Shelledfade.6435

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

Agreed. There’s no point in adding new content if there is no reward for doing it. 2000 karma and 6 silver is hardly a reward.

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Posted by: KorKor.9452

KorKor.9452

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

Agreed. There’s no point in adding new content if there is no reward for doing it. 2000 karma and 6 silver is hardly a reward.

Ya, it is really just on par with doing a daily until Laurels were added in. Now at least the daily gives you something to build up for over time.

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Posted by: g e o.2589

g e o.2589

actually its 14k karma if you do both stories and dead drop +400 influence also and you get 12 slot bag and that new fire thingy. It seems reward to me

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Posted by: Budg.3064

Budg.3064

Some progress in the story, finally, is enough for me. Even if it did take 7 months.

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Posted by: DiazKincade.2891

DiazKincade.2891

Oh joy, a 12 slot bag…. Looks at the 15 slot bags across all my characters. >.>

Given how horribly unlucky I was during the Halloween event I will not be spending anything to try and get the fused weapons tokens out of the black lion chests. Because I know right now I will get nothing from it but tons of boosters I rarely use and a bunch of temp access things that are clogging up my bank.

Its a shame too because I really wanted to get my hands on several of those fused weapons. If we don’t get something at the end of part 4 to get these weapons I will be very annoyed. It makes me sad to see Anet giving in to the “Gambling” craze that has taken over so many good games and turn them to garbage. Sure it makes them lots of money, but it annoys tons of the player base to not be able to get these nice things. Especially given that the only way to get them now makes them account bound. At least give us another way of obtaining them.

lvl80{Insert Class Here} Current main: Meana Mischeif-Mesmer

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Posted by: zeldara.4127

zeldara.4127

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

Agreed. There’s no point in adding new content if there is no reward for doing it. 2000 karma and 6 silver is hardly a reward.

I would not say there is no point in new content if there is no reward for it. I would turn it around even generally speaking, without content rewards are pretty pointless. If the content is fun/interesting to do it’s it’s own reward (for me atleast), and more then enough reason for me to do it and enjoy it.
That said, having also a reward for it makes it more rewarding and fun and the content stands out more (like the karka bag I got which reminds me of the event when I see it). And in case of none fun content a reward might be the only drive to do it.

I do really like the look of the new skins. And I do find it a shame I won’t get them. I am not willing to farm the gold for keys for the small chance and even less so shell out real life money for it. So I will do without. On the other hand I do feel it fair that the ones who are willing to spend money and take the gamble get these weapons skins. Anet needs money as games (and their upkeep) don’t come for free. And I do think a lot of players (including me) get quite a bit of free content. Even without it I do think the money I payed for the base game is more then it’s money worth. So all I get for free is a gift. So I am happy. I am aware not everyone would agree on this.

I would have liked it if the new skins would have been not RNG but out right buyable in the store. I still would not have gotten them, but people willing to buy gems atleast get a guarantee their money is spend on what they want.(especially for real money, as it supports anet, something I am to cheap to do for mini transactions i don’t need, though i without doubt would buy an expansion).

I do hope we get a reward at the end though. Does not have to be these skins for me at all. Just to remember the event by and have something event unique.

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Posted by: PerfectVictory.9827

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This RNG with black lion is just crap.

i would write “lets not forget” but you have already.

you have forgotten that GW2 has you scampering through a (tangibly small) timesink of debatable payoff atm, logging hundreds of hours for what?

skins.

not stats, no. nothing that a concious plyer might use to speed the tempo of their pve/pvp (which as of this writing is still not an open-world option and corpses are not accessable in any realm) or make their gametime more efficient otherwise.

no. just skins.

like we are all paying them so we can play w dollies.

some of us notice, Anet. some of us remember what it was like before.

we notice that you expect us to first pay you and then invest hundreds of hours in your lategame. which, barring fractals in all their halfthought gauze of repetitive glory, is almost exclusively aesthetic. some of us are not as easily placated as others. give us progress, not the “sensation” of it. progress, you know, the same flaw the previous iteration of this game carried. that means stats. there is no “please” forthcoming for the rectification of a glaring impass.

we deserve and demand the capacity to police our own playerbase through open pvp. trolls would become endangered, as would bots to a less rewarding degree.

the gw2 playerbase at large can continue slapfighting with the Claw and emoting their reddit breakfast until their fingers break for all i care- i represent a smaller percentage with their finger in your collective faces until you fix your old mistakes and endow us with the capacity to survive your oncoming ones with our fun intact.

i have spoken, you may continue neighing now.

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Posted by: Tinni.4351

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Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

I would not despair of it yet. I am hopeful that we will get at least one voucher for the skin per account for completing all the living story elements. But we will see.

we notice that you expect us to first pay you and then invest hundreds of hours in your lategame. which, barring fractals in all their halfthought gauze of repetitive glory, is almost exclusively aesthetic. some of us are not as easily placated as others. give us progress, not the “sensation” of it. progress, you know, the same flaw the previous iteration of this game carried. that means stats. there is no “please” forthcoming for the rectification of a glaring impass.

facepalm Dude this is GUILD WARS! Most of us left World of Warcraft back in the day because we didn’t want to do the gear-stat based progression bullcrap! Guild Wars 1 had 8 years of no gear-stat progression but did haave new look for their gears and of course new skills. That’s that’s pretty much what most of us expected from Guild Wars 2. But Guild Wars 2 already has “ascended” weapons and now you want more gear-stat power creep? NO THANK YOU!

My brain is shagging under the weight of changes… having six characters was not a good idea!

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Posted by: KorKor.9452

KorKor.9452

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

I would not despair of it yet. I am hopeful that we will get at least one voucher for the skin per account for completing all the living story elements. But we will see.

So it caters to people who use two handed weapons then that only need one voucher? Screw those people that use two one handed weapons! Also screw all those people that use the swap weapon option as well! Wouldn’t want a matching set in a game all about cosmetics at all!

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Posted by: Tinni.4351

Tinni.4351

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

I would not despair of it yet. I am hopeful that we will get at least one voucher for the skin per account for completing all the living story elements. But we will see.

So it caters to people who use two handed weapons then that only need one voucher? Screw those people that use two one handed weapons! Also screw all those people that use the swap weapon option as well! Wouldn’t want a matching set in a game all about cosmetics at all!

Then don’t get the new skin and just destroy the voucher? No one is forcing you to breaking your set if you don’t want to.

Agreed. There’s no point in adding new content if there is no reward for doing it. 2000 karma and 6 silver is hardly a reward.

This is wrong. So, so wrong and really, if the only reason you are playing the new content is because of the loot at the end of it, then you probably shouldn’t waste your time on Guild Wars and instead go spend your time playing something where you derive enjoyment from just doing the content.

For myself, I am genuinely enjoying doing the living story. Especially this latest instalment. So even if I get 1 copper at the end, I would still do it. You should not waste time doing new content if you don’t enjoy it and are just looking for the shiny at the end. New content should be done because you want to do the content, regardless of the reward. That’s what I think anyway.

My brain is shagging under the weight of changes… having six characters was not a good idea!

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Posted by: Zeivu.3615

Zeivu.3615

Hopefully, we’ll get one for completing the story, but I fail to see how we are entitled to stuff.

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Posted by: KorKor.9452

KorKor.9452

Yes, Tinni…. in a game purely about cosmetics. I should overlook all the bad options provided to get that gear for the limited time like the Karka gear when it is around. That sounds like a great way to keep your customer base happy. By telling them to beep off for wanting to use the skins across multiple characters.

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Posted by: Tinni.4351

Tinni.4351

Yes, Tinni…. in a game purely about cosmetics. I should overlook all the bad options provided to get that gear for the limited time like the Karka gear when it is around. That sounds like a great way to keep your customer base happy. By telling them to beep off for wanting to use the skins across multiple characters.

Awesome

I don’t understand what you are getting at. Do you really, really want every single look to be as common as crafted armour/weapon look? Sure that would increase the customisation options but it would also take away from the “prestige” of some skins (Fractals skins for example) and the uniqueness of others (Halloween skins, Flame and Frost skins, hell even the Winter’s day skins). Thus making those skins worthless as collectables. You cannot have it both ways. Skins cannot be both collectable and available unrestricted. Something has to be sacrificed. Given that the only thing that Guild Wars (both 1 and 2) has ever restricted is skins, I am totally cool with that. If you are not… well, complain away! It’s a free forum after all.

My brain is shagging under the weight of changes… having six characters was not a good idea!

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Posted by: Darkonus.5196

Darkonus.5196

The number one thing I care about in an MMO is character customization, ranging from cosmetic to combative. (I could go on about that until the cows come home, but that’s not what this thread is for.)
I enjoy having a weapon for every occasion on every character and heck, I consider the justification of distastefully obtained weapons being rare for the sake of collectors to be shallow to an incredibly rude extent. People like that literally want to have a nice thing just for the sake of making sure they’re the only ones that do.
Heck, I have twilight! And I honestly don’t even slightly care that just about every other warrior/guardian/mesmer in the game since launch with enough free time on their hands has one too. I’d rather everyone have twilight rather than watch people miss out on some of the better designed aspects of the endgame in GW2, which is outfitting your character as you please.
And in regards to the living story, no, it shouldn’t reward you for all of the minute amounts of time you put into it’s incredibly short additions. I think it’s rather that people would consider participating in it a reasonable way to get the new skins and are disappointed that you can’t get them by playing through those small tidbits of story about things that are taking a painstakingly long time to develop.

That’s a sleepy man’s two cents.

EDIT: The above said? I’m fairly confident that in the 4th and final phase of the event, that they’ll either release another similarly themed line of weapons and/or armor that will be obtained through the game rather than through wealth, or at least throw us a bone and let us get one or two of the vouchers as an endex chest reward.

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Posted by: WatchTheShow.7203

WatchTheShow.7203

Why, if we complete all of this living story we can’t have token to exchange for new fused weapons?

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

Agreed. There’s no point in adding new content if there is no reward for doing it. 2000 karma and 6 silver is hardly a reward.

I did it because it was fun, new, exciting, and I enjoyed it. I would have done it for no reward.

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Posted by: WatchTheShow.7203

WatchTheShow.7203

This RNG with black lion is just crap.

i would write “lets not forget” but you have already.

you have forgotten that GW2 has you scampering through a (tangibly small) timesink of debatable payoff atm, logging hundreds of hours for what?

skins.

not stats, no. nothing that a concious plyer might use to speed the tempo of their pve/pvp (which as of this writing is still not an open-world option and corpses are not accessable in any realm) or make their gametime more efficient otherwise.

no. just skins.

like we are all paying them so we can play w dollies.

some of us notice, Anet. some of us remember what it was like before.

we notice that you expect us to first pay you and then invest hundreds of hours in your lategame. which, barring fractals in all their halfthought gauze of repetitive glory, is almost exclusively aesthetic. some of us are not as easily placated as others. give us progress, not the “sensation” of it. progress, you know, the same flaw the previous iteration of this game carried. that means stats. there is no “please” forthcoming for the rectification of a glaring impass.

we deserve and demand the capacity to police our own playerbase through open pvp. trolls would become endangered, as would bots to a less rewarding degree.

the gw2 playerbase at large can continue slapfighting with the Claw and emoting their reddit breakfast until their fingers break for all i care- i represent a smaller percentage with their finger in your collective faces until you fix your old mistakes and endow us with the capacity to survive your oncoming ones with our fun intact.

i have spoken, you may continue neighing now.

Your logic makes no sense. Let’s get the best gear, so we can do 1,000 damage on mobs our level. Then, let’s grind for newer, better gear so that we can do 1,000 damage on mobs that have been padded to withstand these “better stats” you have just obtained. What’s the point besides the fact grinding wastes your time? PvP has vertical progression made just for you. The rest of the game was catered more towards a “horizontal progression” (aka cosmetic), to attract those who are sick and tired of doing what you just posted.

And to add on to that, my horse Twister would like to say NEIGHHHHH to you.

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