Guild Wars 2

“Not the ones everyone already has tons of”

Bloodstone Brick, Dragonite Ingot, Empyreal Star

These are the ones everyone already has tons of. People who play a lot already have more than they’ll ever need. Lots of us are deleting these rewards as we get them. So essentially, there is a reward for people who don’t play much, but no reward for people who play a lot.

I know it’s last minute, but I hope there’s more to it than that. :/

Pretty much. It’s not going to be a real meta so don’t expect any story progression. There very well be an item for completing it and most likely a back item. It seems this is just a preparation for players to stock up for ascended armor.

Wait.. the Meta Achievement will be giving us Ascended Crafting mats?

that cannot be true.

Clark Skinner.4902:

“Not the ones everyone already has tons of”

Bloodstone Brick, Dragonite Ingot, Empyreal Star

These are the ones everyone already has tons of. People who play a lot already have more than they’ll ever need. Lots of us are deleting these rewards as we get them. So essentially, there is a reward for people who don’t play much, but no reward for people who play a lot.

I know it’s last minute, but I hope there’s more to it than that. :/

I think this update as a whole shows how Anet rewards people that play less than those that put hours into the game everyday. “You’re hardcore? We don’t care. You’re casual? How can we make this easier for you?”

Romo.3709:

Clark Skinner.4902:

“Not the ones everyone already has tons of”

Bloodstone Brick, Dragonite Ingot, Empyreal Star

These are the ones everyone already has tons of. People who play a lot already have more than they’ll ever need. Lots of us are deleting these rewards as we get them. So essentially, there is a reward for people who don’t play much, but no reward for people who play a lot.

I know it’s last minute, but I hope there’s more to it than that. :/

I think this update as a whole shows how Anet rewards people that play less than those that put hours into the game everyday. “You’re hardcore? We don’t care. You’re casual? How can we make this easier for you?”

Isn’t that a good thing?

Rezz.8019:

Romo.3709:

Clark Skinner.4902:

“Not the ones everyone already has tons of”

Bloodstone Brick, Dragonite Ingot, Empyreal Star

These are the ones everyone already has tons of. People who play a lot already have more than they’ll ever need. Lots of us are deleting these rewards as we get them. So essentially, there is a reward for people who don’t play much, but no reward for people who play a lot.

I know it’s last minute, but I hope there’s more to it than that. :/

I think this update as a whole shows how Anet rewards people that play less than those that put hours into the game everyday. “You’re hardcore? We don’t care. You’re casual? How can we make this easier for you?”

Isn’t that a good thing?

From perspective of a casual player? Yes it is.
From perspective of a hardcore player? What’s the point in reaching anything in this game, when it’ll eventually be handed to you?

Romo.3709:

Rezz.8019:

Romo.3709:

Clark Skinner.4902:

“Not the ones everyone already has tons of”

Bloodstone Brick, Dragonite Ingot, Empyreal Star

These are the ones everyone already has tons of. People who play a lot already have more than they’ll ever need. Lots of us are deleting these rewards as we get them. So essentially, there is a reward for people who don’t play much, but no reward for people who play a lot.

I know it’s last minute, but I hope there’s more to it than that. :/

I think this update as a whole shows how Anet rewards people that play less than those that put hours into the game everyday. “You’re hardcore? We don’t care. You’re casual? How can we make this easier for you?”

Isn’t that a good thing?

From perspective of a casual player? Yes it is.
From perspective of a hardcore player? What’s the point in reaching anything in this game, when it’ll eventually be handed to you?

I’m sure there are a lot more casuals than hardcore players.

Rezz.8019:

I’m sure there are a lot more casuals than hardcore players.

That is a fact. Hence hardcore players are constantly punished and tossed aside. As in “For the good of many”.

I am happy for possibility to get more empyreal stars, surely it’s better than some crap one-time-use-skin that everybody has.

Spiky.8403:

I am happy for possibility to get more empyreal stars, surely it’s better than some crap one-time-use-skin that everybody has.

You know you can actually park your alt at any puzzle chest and just open it daily?

Romo.3709:

Spiky.8403:

I am happy for possibility to get more empyreal stars, surely it’s better than some crap one-time-use-skin that everybody has.

You know you can actually park your alt at any puzzle chest and just open it daily?

You know your alt has to be level 80, right? I am not altoholic.

Romo.3709:

Spiky.8403:

I am happy for possibility to get more empyreal stars, surely it’s better than some crap one-time-use-skin that everybody has.

You know you can actually park your alt at any puzzle chest and just open it daily?

Oooooh, can I? I can get a whole 2-4 fragments doing that. It takes 100 fragments to make a star. Plus it takes 2 obsidian shards. I think people vastly under rate this reward. If they’re giving out stars and bricks, count me in as I’m running out of shards.

I have almost no dragonite, so I’m fine with it. I guess that’s what I get for living inside dungeons.

Why get upset about getting Ascended crafting mats?

So as of a few days ago we know that we should hold on to our excess bloodstone dust (etc.) because (as dev said) we will definitely be needed more, or a lot more, in the near future (my guess is when ascended armor is released in 2 weeks).

Meanwhile, lots of players have foolishly destroyed any ascended materials they didn’t feel they needed.

The thought occurs that the devs are trying to do those people a favor who prematurely decided to chuck out their bloodstone dust.

I already have plenty of dragonite ingots, empyreal stars, and bloodstone bricks. What I’m more interested in getting as a meta reward are the deldrimor ingots, spiritwood planks, electrum ingots, elonian leather squares and bolts of damask. Now that in my opinion, are some rewards worth going for.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

So as of a few days ago we know that we should hold on to our excess bloodstone dust (etc.) because (as dev said) we will definitely be needed more, or a lot more, in the near future (my guess is when ascended armor is released in 2 weeks).

Meanwhile, lots of players have foolishly destroyed any ascended materials they didn’t feel they needed.

The thought occurs that the devs are trying to do those people a favor who prematurely decided to chuck out their bloodstone dust.

The favor would be to make it tradeable or give it some lesser uses at least. I really have no desire to craft up to 500 for ascended gear. Since I have no desire to do so, but have 12 stacks of dust that I can’t use for anything else and can’t trade, it ends up just taking up too much space.

DarcShriek.5829:

Romo.3709:

Spiky.8403:

I am happy for possibility to get more empyreal stars, surely it’s better than some crap one-time-use-skin that everybody has.

You know you can actually park your alt at any puzzle chest and just open it daily?

Oooooh, can I? I can get a whole 2-4 fragments doing that. It takes 100 fragments to make a star. Plus it takes 2 obsidian shards. I think people vastly under rate this reward. If they’re giving out stars and bricks, count me in as I’m running out of shards.

I’m just saying it’s better than nothing. Aside from that, fractals and dungeons gives tons of these ever since the release of ascended mats. So fractals been giving empyreal stars since they first showed. So that’s nothing new. The only valuable resource would be Dragonite Ore

Iason Evan.3806:

Why get upset about getting Ascended crafting mats?

Because they’re easy to come by. Up till now we been getting some meaningful rewards like skins and minis. I can get crafting materials anytime I want.

DanteZero.9736:

I already have plenty of dragonite ingots, empyreal stars, and bloodstone bricks. What I’m more interested in getting as a meta reward are the deldrimor ingots, spiritwood planks, electrum ingots, elonian leather squares and bolts of damask. Now that in my opinion, are some rewards worth going for.

Yeah that would be neat, but those items are sellable on the TP, they’re basically giving 20g out of a meta reward

Romo.3709:

Iason Evan.3806:

Why get upset about getting Ascended crafting mats?

Because they’re easy to come by. Up till now we been getting some meaningful rewards like skins and minis. I can get crafting materials anytime I want.

The mini’s I spend a week working for and never use? The skins I store in my bank until I feel comfortable using it? I’ve wanted to use my shatterer wings for awhile now, except I don’t have my ascended back item yet and I want to use it on that (and I can wait a while to save myself the, what, 8 gold to get the gems?)

It just seemed liek they were offering the Spiritwood or Deldrimor mats, since they are not the ones we already have a ton of.

We knew from Sept how much bloodstone, empyreal, and dragonite we’d need for ascended weapons + armor. I got enough bloodstone dust in Sept. I got enough Dragonite about a month ago, and have about enough empyreal now. So these are really the equivalent of no reward to me. Hopefully the fractals will be fun enough that we get the meta without noticing, so it’s not a grind for a rewardless meta.

Morsus.5106:

Romo.3709:

Iason Evan.3806:

Why get upset about getting Ascended crafting mats?

Because they’re easy to come by. Up till now we been getting some meaningful rewards like skins and minis. I can get crafting materials anytime I want.

The mini’s I spend a week working for and never use? The skins I store in my bank until I feel comfortable using it? I’ve wanted to use my shatterer wings for awhile now, except I don’t have my ascended back item yet and I want to use it on that (and I can wait a while to save myself the, what, 8 gold to get the gems?)

No, you’re right. It’s better to get something that you can get at any time in the game. Hopefully they’ll give us Oricalcum Ingot and Ancient Wood Plank with next LS release. Can’t wait!

At least make these awful materials tradeable. The economy in this game is such a tremendous joke.