Guild Wars 2

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Meanma.5623:

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Let me get this straight. Because you cannot get ToK from chests anymore, you stopped buying keys? Implying they are the main reason you buy keys. You think it was good to pay 35g and get two level ups at best? So, for your 20 levels, it cost you 350g at least to do it with ToK? You can level from 60-80 in a couple of hours.

Edit: Out of interest I checked how many ToK are on accounts; The mean is 193 per account, the median is 59, the maximum is 9144.

Meanma.5623:

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Same. They were one of the few common rewards that I actually used. Very disappointing and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Well not that last part but wanted to include it since everyone seems to when complaining about something they don’t like.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Meanma.5623:

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Let me get this straight. Because you cannot get ToK from chests anymore, you stopped buying keys? Implying they are the main reason you buy keys. You think it was good to pay 35g and get two level ups at best? So, for your 20 levels, it cost you 350g at least to do it with ToK? You can level from 60-80 in a couple of hours.

Edit: Out of interest I checked how many ToK are on accounts; The mean is 193 per account, the median is 59, the maximum is 9144.

They stopped buying keys because the common rewards they would often get was no longer worth it. Same reason that you were complaining about not wanting to pay for the keys because they contained the tomes.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Edit: Out of interest I checked how many ToK are on accounts; The mean is 193 per account, the median is 59, the maximum is 9144.

I’m not sure how the stats from GW2 efficiency’s registered users affect the point to which you were replying. For people who don’t PvE or WvW, it’s hard to level up instantly. It might be worth gold for them. (Arguably, it might be faster to ask friends to let you leech dungeons or fractals and pay them.)

Ayrilana.1396:

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Meanma.5623:

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Let me get this straight. Because you cannot get ToK from chests anymore, you stopped buying keys? Implying they are the main reason you buy keys. You think it was good to pay 35g and get two level ups at best? So, for your 20 levels, it cost you 350g at least to do it with ToK? You can level from 60-80 in a couple of hours.

Edit: Out of interest I checked how many ToK are on accounts; The mean is 193 per account, the median is 59, the maximum is 9144.

They stopped buying keys because the common rewards they would often get was no longer worth it. Same reason that you were complaining about not wanting to pay for the keys because they contained the tomes.

Exactly this. On average I got a tome on every third chest opening and that increased the value of keys for me immensely. Sure, it wasn’t cost-effective but keys in general are not cost-effective. If I cared about getting the most virtual bang for my buck then I’d just convert those gems to gold.

Meanma.5623:

Ayrilana.1396:

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

Meanma.5623:

I’m actually disappointed with the removal of tomes from the chests and stopped purchasing keys as a result.

I loved using tomes to crank out those last 10 to 20 levels and get to fully customizing a character but outside of black lion chests I’ve barely ever got any. My server does very poorly in WvWvW (despite its population shifting between high and very high) so there’s no progress to be had on the reward track and whenever I tried to play Edge of the Mists in the past months it has been empty so nothing to be gained there either.

This leaves me with the daily login rewards and, well, that’s it.

Let me get this straight. Because you cannot get ToK from chests anymore, you stopped buying keys? Implying they are the main reason you buy keys. You think it was good to pay 35g and get two level ups at best? So, for your 20 levels, it cost you 350g at least to do it with ToK? You can level from 60-80 in a couple of hours.

Edit: Out of interest I checked how many ToK are on accounts; The mean is 193 per account, the median is 59, the maximum is 9144.

They stopped buying keys because the common rewards they would often get was no longer worth it. Same reason that you were complaining about not wanting to pay for the keys because they contained the tomes.

Exactly this. On average I got a tome on every third chest opening and that increased the value of keys for me immensely. Sure, it wasn’t cost-effective but keys in general are not cost-effective. If I cared about getting the most virtual bang for my buck then I’d just convert those gems to gold.

If you were buying keys to get tomes to level your char the last 10 levels or so it probably would have been cheaper to level that char by crafting.

Get some fireworks that give 10 % XP from everything (there’s two types so that’s plus 20%) and do the cheap low level crafting of each of the crafting professions. You can use a crafting guide to get the cheapest route and sell refined mats to recoup the cost.

Edit: do sPvP dailies. That will give you tomes on a regular basis from the reward tracks.

I’d rather get a Level+1 from a BLC than many other boosters or merchant summoners. I at least use the tombs for weekly key runs, most of the other stuff just gets tucked in a corner of storage.

I’m extremely happy to see that they finally yanked out the ToKs. Those were worthless drops for me. I’m ok with them removing the unid dyes as well, considering I don’t need any of those, and the items they’ve replaced these with are more useful to me. Each Mystic Forge Stone is effectively a free exotic weapon/armor for purpose of a mystic forge attempt. Meanwhile, the new Black Lion Booster is really nice since it stacks with both the celebration booster and exp booster, making it incredibly helpful for speeding up wvw ranks, and wvw/pvp reward tracks.

Kalendraf.9521:

I’m extremely happy to see that they finally yanked out the ToKs. Those were worthless drops for me. I’m ok with them removing the unid dyes as well, considering I don’t need any of those, and the items they’ve replaced these with are more useful to me. Each Mystic Forge Stone is effectively a free exotic weapon/armor for purpose of a mystic forge attempt. Meanwhile, the new Black Lion Booster is really nice since it stacks with both the celebration booster and exp booster, making it incredibly helpful for speeding up wvw ranks, and wvw/pvp reward tracks.

My thoughts exactly, especially since you can obtain hundreds of ToK multiple other ways just by playing the game.