Guild Wars 2

So me and my buddy ran COF all three paths in order last night around 8-10pm EST. It’s now almost 8:30pm the next day. We ran two paths “1 and 2” and got 20 tokens each. So why did it drop from 60 to 20? I was under the impression that if you run all three paths it resets so you can get the tokens you need for the gear you want without the painfully slow grind. Is this a mistake or on purpose?

If it was on purpose then come on… why punish players for playing the game? Honestly this is a prime example of the “cobra effect”.

If it was a mistake then thank God. Please get it fixed ASAP because it is a real game breaker to have to work for something then be punished for actually trying to work for it.

No comment? So no one knows if this was a glitch or not?

It only resets to 60 for that character at server reset. If you got 20 tokens it’s because you ran it that same day (server reset to server reset) on that character. Your recollection of the times is probably off. Not that I’m calling you a liar, it’s just that’s what it always ends up being when people have this issue.

I thought about that. Though if that were the case it wouldn’t be 20 it would be like 35 or something right?

Taking DR out of the equation, you get 60 tokens as an initial clear reward for the day, and you get 20 tokens as a repeat clear reward for the day. These are the base rewards before DR kicks in. Assuming there was no DR, completing the same path on the same character repeatedly would yield tokens like this: 60 (initial clear reward), 20 (repeat reward), 20 (repeat reward), 20 (repeat reward), 20 (repeat reward), and so on…

The amounts of 60 and 20 are the maximum amount of tokens you can get depending on whether your clear of a particular path on a single character is the initial clear for the day (60 token reward) or a repeat clear for the day (20 token reward). If you clear dungeon paths in quick succession (account-based), your maximum reward will be reduced.

This DR system was introduced as a safety net until they figure out a better system for rewards. This was put in place to discourage the exploiters (who are STILL finding more ways to exploit the game today) who find unintended uses of the dungeon to gain tokens significantly faster than clearing the dungeon normally. Some people have found ways to jump over walls or do multiple paths simultaneously in the past to cheat their way to the tokens.

If you have alts, you can legitimately avoid being hit too hard by DR and getting full token rewards by alternating paths. For example, I do CoF p1 and p2 on one character, then do p1 and p2 again on a different character, netting a minimum of 240 (60 per run) tokens.