Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know how long the DR system lasts after you stop killing specific mobs? Also, is the system focused on enemy type or any area specifically? Like in Orr you can farm elementals for a while but then switch back to risen but if you don’t wait for the proper amount of time between kills can you experience DR for two different enemy types?

Hope this makes sense.

i would also like to know the answer

When i seem to be getting nothing but porus bones as loot, then it is time to move on… Sometimes can be as little as 30 minutes :-(

I would love to know this as well.

me too

more importantly tho I would love to know when they plan on removing DR entirely now that they have control over the bots.

Sorry, but you probably wouldn’t get a clear answer from an official response. All you’d probably get are speculations made by players based on their experiences :P

penatbater.4710:

Sorry, but you probably wouldn’t get a clear answer from an official response. All you’d probably get are speculations made by players based on their experiences :P

Sadly that’s what I’m thinking is going to happen, but hopefully we can get some sort of clarity on the matter.

tigirius.9014:

me too

more importantly tho I would love to know when they plan on removing DR entirely now that they have control over the bots.

Seriously, DR now that the bots are mostly handled just seems to serve as a hindrance.

LiberAzerate.4827:

Seriously, DR now that the bots are mostly handled just seems to serve as a hindrance.

The massive bot influx shortly after release was necessary to warrant the apparently heavy-handed DR introduction, which after their much-lauded successful first-round of bot clean-ups, has seemingly been amalgamated into the early November loot reductions, to provide the huge boost in gem sales and the materials-starved, inflated value market that we now enjoy.
Oh for apparent randomness.
My gods, how Nexon have tipped the scales of cynicism in a short time.
Well played, Crystin.

LiberAzerate.4827:

tigirius.9014:

me too

more importantly tho I would love to know when they plan on removing DR entirely now that they have control over the bots.

Seriously, DR now that the bots are mostly handled just seems to serve as a hindrance.

do you really think the bots are gone for good?

as long as people are willing to pay for gold, there will always be bots in game.

I think the exact formulas used for DR are kept secret for a reason, I believe at one time they said that talking about the specifics would open up further abuse to the system.

I’d still like to know as well, but I can understand why it is a secret.

I know this is not a direct answer to your question but might be just as helpful. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns

Diminishing returns resets at approximately 17:00 (PDT) / 0:00 (UCT).

wildcode.5403:

I know this is not a direct answer to your question but might be just as helpful. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns

Diminishing returns resets at approximately 17:00 (PDT) / 0:00 (UCT).

From the way that post is talking, I’m assuming that is for the dungeon DR system. I hope to god that is what they’re referring to at least.

Miflett.3472:

I think the exact formulas used for DR are kept secret for a reason, I believe at one time they said that talking about the specifics would open up further abuse to the system.

I’d still like to know as well, but I can understand why it is a secret.

Yeah, I do too. But yeah, I can see how it would lead to some sort of “abuse” but it’s hard to see the logic at present. For myself at least.

LiberAzerate.4827:

wildcode.5403:

I know this is not a direct answer to your question but might be just as helpful. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Diminishing_returns

Diminishing returns resets at approximately 17:00 (PDT) / 0:00 (UCT).

From the way that post is talking, I’m assuming that is for the dungeon DR system. I hope to god that is what they’re referring to at least.

That is for dungeons.

As for open world, I think it’s by area and not mob type. All vague responses have been about farming “an area”. As for time, I go for a hour and it seems consistent enough.