I don’t mind the loot. Got two greens the first run with the silver and exp. Dont mind 10 slot bag reward. Now if it was a 5 slot bag, then there would be reason for complaining. In my opinion, the fight is fun, I get to jump around epically from platform to platform to kill him, and you can do this run more than once in a day and get multiple chest openings instead of getting it once a day like the labrynth chests. Those who are complaining are just used to getting the good things on a silver platter easily and whine after one run instead of trying it more than once for chances to get better things. Plus you can sell the stuff you get meaning you are actually making some money out of this as well. So this Act is all win and Anet did a great job on it.
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Tizzle Mindwrack – Crazy Asura Lore Keeper of [AARM]
In GW1 there’s always some things that are impossibly rare during events; like Celestial Mini pets. There’s always guaranteed exclusive stuff though, such as festival hats. Same thing for GW2 they just have more items and content. The Gambling BL chest were a bit overdoing it though, but I avoided participating in that.
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Please Remove/Fix Thief Trait: “Last Refuge.”
“Hard to Catch” is a Horrible and Useless Trait. Fixed 6/23/15. Praise Dwayna.
What’s funny is the topic of this thread after seeing that this is the most profitable and rewarding thing to do since the game was released….by a huge margin.
If you actually have any luck at all because honestly, I’ve done 6 runs (I know hardly A-lot but enough to turn me away from “farming” it) and the BEST thing I got was the silver at the end of the first run.. YAY!
HoD – Ranger, Ele, Guard, Engie.
“The best defense is a strong offense.”
Ran the dungeon 8 times, only masterwork items and some tonics from the chest for me, none of the people I was with got any exotic.
I was hoping for some unique skin that other players won’t have access to if they didn’t do the dungeon or don’t pay some large amount of gem. I wouldn’t care even if was not exotic and was just a normal untransmutable accountbound item with worse stat then level 1 starter item. Just something, that I could have shown to people in the future to say I was here in GW2 2012 Halloween and slayed the mad-king.
I can’t show off the 10 slot bag. I can craft bags with more slots so what reason do I have for using an item that can’t be used as a trophy for a memorable victory? It will just take up a bank slot, mocking me for not spending money on gem items.
Oh well, I am happy with the act 2 reward, Mad Memories: Complete Edition. Thank you Arena Net.
Is it possible that people are lying about the exotic drop and are just linking their already owned exotic?
Someone please confirm that the chests actually drops Halloween skinned items.
Gonna run AtM again with my alts. Wish me luck.
Necromancer: Unfinished, Not Broken.
The chest gives a shot at the craft halloween weapons … i can ask for nothing else.
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I’ve yet to receive anything even remotely useful. I’m inclined to believe that for whatever reason, A-Net is afraid to have any kind of decent odds on quality rewards. I don’t mind playing for loot but I do mind working for it. I paid $60 for a game, not a job.
“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring!”
Not sure what in the hell Anet’s been thinking, letting the loot system stay like this. It’s kitten, and from what I’ve seen has only succeeded in turning people away from the game.
That’s a good thing. Players who believe a game can only be fun if they are continually given shiny items, as opposed to having enjoyable experiences, are more suited to other MMORPGs than to GW2. Those who want to have fun, and enjoy the experience instead of just a reward, are very happy with how GW2 is.
I would rather have a fun event in which the experience is its own reward, than a crappy event which gives a lot of shiny stuff in the end.
“I think that players are starting to mature past the point of wanting to be on that
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
Not sure what in the hell Anet’s been thinking, letting the loot system stay like this. It’s kitten, and from what I’ve seen has only succeeded in turning people away from the game.
That’s a good thing. Players who believe a game can only be fun if they are continually given shiny items, as opposed to having enjoyable experiences, are more suited to other MMORPGs than to GW2. Those who want to have fun, and enjoy the experience instead of just a reward, are very happy with how GW2 is.
I would rather have a fun event in which the experience is its own reward, than a crappy event which gives a lot of shiny stuff in the end.
Who says it’s just about rewards. I’m not looking for a constant influx of loot. But what I would like and would sort of expect is that when you actually accomplish something of substance, that you are rewarded appropriately for it. This idea that a quality experience cannot coexist with quality rewards should not be such an outrageous concept.
“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring!”
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