Guild Wars 2

I have noticed that some of these new achievements are not quite on par with Anet’s “normal” achievement schemes. A few story instanced achievements are not labeled as such and not given the proper instance title to achieve them in. I.e “New in Box” and “Stay Unfrosty”

However, my biggest concern is Koda’s Blessing! Oh man.

Where do I start? Well, acquiring the basket(s). As in 19 of them. Almost 10,000 unbound magics, which, is not too much, but still grindy. Filling said 19 baskets…welp, there goes the average player’s chance at getting this achievement. Filling all 19 baskets with the offering (50 ecto, 5 winterberries, 10 icy runestones, and 25 elder wood) is going to cost the average player 950 ecto and 190 icy runestones or in liquid gold: ~500 gold

I have no issue with the scavenger hunt, but I am in no way seeing any player wanting to try this achievement where the gold sink is so large to fill and the reward so underwhelming.

My suggestion is to put either the initial cost to acquire/fill the basket at a higher cost or to have limited use on the baskets, such as 3 or 5 uses and not single use. Because a 500 gold sink for a karmic infusion is rough. Especially when the only difference between the normal karmic infusion and Koda’s Warmth Infusion is that you get permanent warmth in Bitterfrost.

The infusion gives you an aura (not sure about the permanent warmth, I doubt that’s true), and at 500 gold and 10,000 unbound magic its actually one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, infusion items in the game right now. I don’t personally agree with having more and more achievements gated behind large gold sinks, but I do understand why this one is so expensive.

Koda’s Warmth gives you an aura. Compared to some of the other auras prices on the TP (phospholuminescent between 1,500 and 5,000g, preserved queen bee 2,000g) you’re getting a good deal

Video on Dulfy on what the aura looks like: https://youtu.be/qa2oPoU-VhU

well its kinda in the middle with the price.
ghostly is like 300g last i saw, and the 4 poly are 40g on avage i think (tho they still dont work, as u will lose dps if u use them).

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Also, it should be worth about 50-100 points.

Heibi.4251:

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Koda’s Blessing doesn’t count in the 21 achievements for the meta.

Heibi.4251:

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Also, it should be worth about 50-100 points.

You don’t need to do it for glove skin. Totally optional for aura item.

It’s there because it have something to do with new map . That’s tied with this chapter.

And nah. It’s not worth that many ap.

maddoctor.2738:

Heibi.4251:

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Koda’s Blessing doesn’t count in the 21 achievements for the meta.

Um, it sure does. It is listed in the 22 possible achievements for the meta. You don’t have to do it, but you can do it for one of the 21 required to get the gloves.

Heibi.4251:

maddoctor.2738:

Heibi.4251:

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Koda’s Blessing doesn’t count in the 21 achievements for the meta.

Um, it sure does. It is listed in the 22 possible achievements for the meta. You don’t have to do it, but you can do it for one of the 21 required to get the gloves.

I think you may be mistaken. Try clicking on the Meta Achievement box that awards the Gloves. There you will find a list of achievement tasks necessary.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Heibi.4251:

maddoctor.2738:

Heibi.4251:

They should have put this in rare or specialized collections and not as a possible achievement to get 21 achievements for the gloves. Koda’s Blessing is a gold sink and really has nothing to do with the story, which most achievements usually do have something to do with the story in general.

Koda’s Blessing doesn’t count in the 21 achievements for the meta.

Um, it sure does. It is listed in the 22 possible achievements for the meta. You don’t have to do it, but you can do it for one of the 21 required to get the gloves.

I think you may be mistaken. Try clicking on the Meta Achievement box that awards the Gloves. There you will find a list of achievement tasks necessary.

Ah, I see what you mean. All the more reason it shouldn’t even be in the “A Crack in the Ice” achievements tab. It should be listed under Rare Collections instead, even though it has to do with the zone. An example is machined weapons. It has everything to do with the HOT release, but they chose to put it in collections instead since it doesn’t count for overall zone or story completion.