Guild Wars 2

Laurels were introduced on January 28. From 01-28 to 01-31 is 4 days, equaling 4 laurels (and no monthly laurels).

Total: 4 Laurels

From 02-01 to 02-28 is 28 days, equaling 28 laurels + 10 monthly laurels = 38 laurels.

Total = 4 + 38
Total: 42 Laurels

From 03-01 to 03-31 is 31 days, equaling 31 laurels + 10 monthly laurels (+ 10 monthly pvp laurels due to the patch glitch) = 51 laurels.

Total = 42 + 51
Total: 93 Laurels

And one day this month so far equaling 1 laurel.

Total = 93 + 1
Total: 94 Laurels

I currently have 94 Laurels and have not done todays daily since it has not reset yet. I did not get the very first laurel due to the combo kills with an ally achievement we had about a half hour to get. So technically I should have 92 laurels. Where did the other two come from?

And now for the question that inspired this topic…

There are people on reddit who already have their endless cat tonic (that’s what I’m saving for.) How is this possible?

I hate to start making accusations against anyone, but considering the way you get laurels I don’t see that it’s possible at all for them to have accumulated 100 yet, so are they hacking or cheating in some way? Or are the wiki, gw2 forums, and gw2 news and announcements completely wrong about how these things are acquired?

It kind of irks me because since the day laurels were introduced I’ve been planning on acquiring that endless cat tonic on the very first day its possible for anyone to get it (well, second since I missed that first laurel.) Now people have it a week ahead of when it’s supposed to be possible to get it. I’m very confused. Can anyone explain what’s going on here?

Some very dedicated players might have done April’s monthly already?

Didn’t even consider that, that must be what they’ve done. I just looked and hadn’t realized they’ve given us different monthlys this month that are attainable within a day, unlike the previous ones that required getting a daily several times. My original calculations took the several days it took to get the monthly into account.

However, there’s still the issue of how I have 94 laurels when I should have 92 (maybe 93 if the laurels were technically introduced on 01-27 and the 01-28 daily reset happened on 01-27.) Where did the extra 1 or 2 come from? My best guess is it’s glitched and given me an extra laurel at some point.

You missed 1. On the 03.26 patch, it bugged both PVP monthly and daily. So for march you could get 31 for each day, 10 for monthly, 10 for PVP monthly, and 1 for PVP daily on patch day. 52 total for March.

I know guildies that have 2 more laurels than they should. They said something was glitched when the system first rolled out and for a couple days you could double up

bcd.4352:

You missed 1. On the 03.26 patch, it bugged both PVP monthly and daily. So for march you could get 31 for each day, 10 for monthly, 10 for PVP monthly, and 1 for PVP daily on patch day. 52 total for March.

That explains the extra 1 I have then. Thanks for the clarification on where that one came from, it was baffling me.

bcd.4352:

You missed 1. On the 03.26 patch, it bugged both PVP monthly and daily. So for march you could get 31 for each day, 10 for monthly, 10 for PVP monthly, and 1 for PVP daily on patch day. 52 total for March.

^ This is how. Confirmed that you could get 10 for monthly PvE and PvP after the March patch.

The first day of the Laurel patch, the server was crashing over and over again. There were a few lucky people who had 4/5 of their dailies done, and during their few mins they could stay connected in the game, completed the 5th and got the laurel. After the server booted them, they’d log back in to find their daily reset back to 4/5, but they still had their laurel. They just kept logging in and completing the daily over and over until the new build was released.

Not sure if that’s what happened with you, but that’s how a lot of people got more than they should have.