Guild Wars 2

so ive been doing fractals for a very long time….been doing it since the release of them, before and after the dungeon drop rate changes….ALL to attempt to get a fractal 1h sword.

i maxed out my fractal frequenter ages ago. i unlocked the rest of the achievements naturally. but seeing as i finally got the last achievement without trying (out of cluck., was a thief that went around killing them while we took on the vets -_- )

after telling myself that i would get my fractal sword “this time,THIS FRACTAL, NEXT FRACTAL, maybe the next one, ITS right around the corner!”. i cant help but come to the realization that because fractal rewards are so screwed up when it comes to the “fractal” weapons. (you know those rewards for RUNNING fractals all the time?)
mainly because they are ONLY available threw rng. that there is no confirmation that you will get a just reward no matter how many or how little you run…..

earlier today i looked at my achievements…and then back at my wardrobe…and i could not HELP but think . “geee this does not look right…..”

i think that there should be another way for LEGIT fractal runners to get their “FRACTAL” weapons.

i dont mind having rare random drop chances for those non familiar/hardcore about fractals. it keeps them playing it. and hay they just might get something. however there NEEDS to be a way to make sure persistence IS rewarded.

i understand anet intends to put in a “fractal box” when they release scale 51+. but really. THIS DOES NOT solve the issue. its still rng.

[SUGGESTION!] V

my suggestion? put in a vendor in the fractal hub that sells “fractal weapons” WHICH you cannot access UNLESS you are reward level 50, have maxed all of the fractal achievements INCLUDING fractal frequenter, AND have all the fractal capacitor skins)
price set to whatever. 250 normal relics is a perfect price looking at the first requirements.

thoughts? do you think fractal rewards are fair to hardcore fractal runnerS? what do you THINK we should do!

My advice to you is to stop running fractals now until(if) they change something. Best decision i made on this game cause now i have a legendary weap and i redesigned my char from my previous idea with fractal weapons and he still looks awesome. I also gave all my fractal weaps that i wasnt going for, to use for another char and made him look pretty kool as well. Fractal rewards by themselves(no ascended or fractal weaps) are also still crap for the time put in. So when you come out of a run with the basic reward you have icky time wasted feeling. At least tequatl rng lock you get rewarded properly imo.

And heads up, someone named lordbyron is gunna pop in this thread and say rng like this is perfectly fine. He has his fractal weapons alrdy so he wants them to stay ridiculous rng XD. But doesn’t realize some people still hate gambling and want another way to earn them(not handouts either).

This is what should be done.

Take the odds for getting a fractal weapon of your choice. I don’t know what they are at this point, but let’s say 1% on a level 50.

Do a statistical calculation such that after X runs at 1% chance your average player would have a 95% chance of getting the weapon.

After THAT MANY runs, if you haven’t gotten the weapon, you should be able to buy it.

So, I haven’t done the math, but say that an average player will need to complete 200 runs to have a 95% chance of getting the fractal sword.

The sword should be sold for 200 pristine relics.

That way RNG is still in place, but the outcome is deterministic and FAIR.

Note: This should appease lordbyron too, because your average person should have gotten the weapon by that point. Rarity wouldn’t decrease.

Edit: Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if the game gave you LESS of a chance the MORE runs you completed. John Smith likes Paul Krugman and all the progressive ideals Paul represents. Besides, if the game can tell how willing you are to go after that carrot, why not milk you as long as possible?

OMNIBUS.2913:

My advice to you is to stop running fractals now until(if) they change something. Best decision i made on this game cause now i have a legendary weap and i redesigned my char from my previous idea with fractal weapons and he still looks awesome. I also gave all my fractal weaps that i wasnt going for, to use for another char and made him look pretty kool as well. Fractal rewards by themselves(no ascended or fractal weaps) are also still crap for the time put in. So when you come out of a run with the basic reward you have icky time wasted feeling. At least tequatl rng lock you get rewarded properly imo.

And heads up, someone named lordbyron is gunna pop in this thread and say rng like this is perfectly fine. He has his fractal weapons alrdy so he wants them to stay ridiculous rng XD. But doesn’t realize some people still hate gambling and want another way to earn them(not handouts either).

i made a legendary….“twilight” ( in a screenshot above .)
also. ya it would be cool to give your alts your other fractal weapons you got…buuuut sadly I did not get ANY myself even though i maxed out everything fractal…

i dont really have much i want to go for other than the fractal sword. funny enough i thought i was gonna get the fractal sword before i finished my twilight. my friends jest saying that i should just go for bolt instead of the fractal sword because of the drop rate….BUT i dont like bolt….i find it very ugly.

and besides the fractal sword fits my style perfectly, i love the shap, the effects, the color, the size….its just…perfect…sigh…

i just want the ability for me and other hardcore fractal runners that have maxed everything fractal aside from the weapons to get their just reward WITHOUT reducing the rarity of seeing such weapons.(aka increasing the drop rate is baaaad.because that would also increase how often you see such weapons in non harcore fractal runner hands

fractal weapons should only really be weilded by hardcore fractal runners and anyone insanly lucky enough to get one from rng.

which is why i think the idea of a vendor that you must reach fractal reward level 50, and have maxed all fractal related achievements (including fractal frequenter) in order to have the privileged to even talk to in order to buy fractal weapons is perfect.

hell you could make it so you need the fractal capacitor in order to buy said weapons also!

the price does not even need to be huge as the rarity of people with fractal weapons would not increase so long as the requirements i said are met. it would just be the number of fractal weapons that hardcore dungeon runners would have that would increase. which would make sense as anyone that has maxed fratal frequenter,reached reward level 50, AND completed all the other achievements should deserve to be able to purchase all the skins for a reasonable price

sigh…RIP dreams Q_Q V

As said:
Get RNG to pre fractured
Add a 4skinsX1Box recipe in forge
Optional: Add a skin with black particle effect instead of the White for collection completion. (should not require much work).

Et voila you have an average 1 box per 20 runs at max level.
Obviously it would take way more on a level 20……
(30 if you are extrenely unlucky)

But i just have to tell you currently you have better chances at 3X than 4X, despite was already found a bug and already “fixed”.
If something easy as that doesn t get fixed why should something more difficult?

LordByron.8369:

As said:
Get RNG to pre fractured
Add a 4skinsX1Box recipe in forge
Optional: Add a skin with black particle effect instead of the White for collection completion. (should not require much work).

Et voila you have an average 1 box per 20 runs at max level.
Obviously it would take way more on a level 20……
(30 if you are extrenely unlucky)

But i just have to tell you currently you have better chances at 3X than 4X, despite was already found a bug and already “fixed”.
If something easy as that doesn t get fixed why should something more difficult?

fractal weapons drop rates should not be buffed. they should be fixed so that the fractal drop rates scale correctly with the fractal scale.

what NEEDS to happen is the implementation of a way for LEGIT fractal runners. that is to say people that have run fractals for a very long time/ put alot of their time in it and unlocked all of the fractal achievements, got to reward level 50, and perhaps also gotten the fractal capacitor infused maxed.

a random drop chance is nice for those that dont do alot of fractals. but for a fractal veteran there needs to be a way to make sure their fractal persistence is rewarded

a simple vendor that sells fractal weapons for a decent amount of relics (300+ normal relics) in the fractal hub that has fractal achievement,reward level,fractal compositor requirements to even talk to is perfect