Guild Wars 2

Not sure where to put this little post, but I’d like to point out a frustration on the moot collection. I’ve been sitting in Timberlands, with several other people, for quite a while hoping to get two consecutive failures to get the Giant Shark Meta event in order to get a piece of the collection. A couple of issues with this. The first being you have to fail this event. I’m not mad people have such a passion to save the quaggans, but the block here is people. It’s one thing to be able to get a few people to kill a champ for a collection piece but keeping an entire map of people from completing TWO events is a bit annoying. I don’t blame the completors it just seems kittenty to require two consecutive failed events. And the second it’s in a low population map which makes it difficult to spawn a new server or get in a new server with the shark. idk This whole en-devour to HOPE some soulless being doesn’t save the quaggan is a bit of a troll on Anet’s part. /endrant

That sounds suspiciously like a bug/oversight, in the fact that they overlooked it requires failed events to spawn a requirement for a collection. They have stated many times failing events should not be rewarded.

I’d report it via the bug tools, although if they do make a change, it wont be something they alter for a while I’d suspect.

I don’t think it’s a bug but VERY poor design. I am not doing this collection yet but I was in the map the other day completing it on my Rev and over the course of that 2-3 hours the map chat was constantly filled with people asking to fail the event or moaning they have been trying for days.

Very poor design Anet. You need to not only fix this and any other collection/achievement or any other type of requirement for anything to not rely on failing events. Further more ALL current events that offer more rewards of any kind for failing need a good hard look at and fixed.

Starts angry stare

Randulf.7614:

That sounds suspiciously like a bug/oversight, in the fact that they overlooked it requires failed events to spawn a requirement for a collection. They have stated many times failing events should not be rewarded.

I’d report it via the bug tools, although if they do make a change, it wont be something they alter for a while I’d suspect.

There is another item that requires failing the Dwayna temple defense event.

I have same problem with this collection. Some people are aware of the difficulty and kind enough to lend a hand. Which is sadly not true for everybody… Many players are just not aware that someone is trying to fail an event, because they are new and struggle too much with their fight to read the chat The people that really get under my skin are those who reply “Why should I care” and though it is sad to admit it, but there seems always to be a griefer within reach if you need one.