Guild Wars 2

So the new trait system seemed like a good idea at first until i started doing the events:
karka – spawning 3 times per day —- ok
grenth – can defend or take temple —- ok
find treasure underwater in straights of devastation — ok
lyssa and arah — skucks
reason being, when the temple is secured the event has to FAIL!!!!
now i was waiting for arah to start and the defend event came up the majority of us wanted it to fail to claim it for the trait where as a few other players wanted to defend. Bottom line they defended it now have to wait a very long time for event to come up again and they will likely be people who will try to defend.
Suggestion- make defend events for all temples give credit that way everyone is happy

Agree. Lyssa and Arah are so aggravating. This really needs to be adjusted. Give me a different way to earn the trait or take away the stupid gold/skill point requirement. I have really started to hate this game since this went live.

And what happens when most people get their traits and nobody does the events again?

You can still buy them though. I mean, thats easier than what you’re currently saying. I guess thats kind of the stupid thing about this system. The tasks you have to do are more troublesome than actually making the gold yourself and then buying the traits.

I like the idea of the system but it could be improved. The one thing they definitely dont need to do though is backpeddle and say ok just complete some dailies or what not. That would be generic and make the traits feel generic.

Ideally for gw2, the tasks you do to obtain the trait would be matched with the trait themselves. I think that would be rather cool. Anet probably can’t do this now since theyd have to redesign the game around so the content fits this. But then again, this is just one of those things Anet should have done from the start.

It did seem a bit weird that the patch only changed Grenth and Melandru when the other temples have the same issue.

SkylightMoon.1980:

Ideally for gw2, the tasks you do to obtain the trait would be matched with the trait themselves. I think that would be rather cool. Anet probably can’t do this now since theyd have to redesign the game around so the content fits this. But then again, this is just one of those things Anet should have done from the start.

If you look at some of the pre-launch information that is how it was going to be for skill acquisition. I guess they realized they just couldn’t create enough varied content for every skill of every class. Not sure if it would be any more manageable for traits.

SkylightMoon.1980:

You can still buy them though. I mean, thats easier than what you’re currently saying. I guess thats kind of the stupid thing about this system. The tasks you have to do are more troublesome than actually making the gold yourself and then buying the traits.

3 gold + 20 skill points per trait x 10 alts is not reasonable for me to buy them. Instead how about anet not putting in a system that feeds trolls?

Nothing in the game that gives a reward should require anything to fail for success.

For example, an achievement for getting killed should give 0 points.

They must either force the events to reset eventually, or count defending like in Melandru’s shrine.

Barry Elite.6139:

So the new trait system seemed like a good idea at first until i started doing the events:
karka – spawning 3 times per day —- ok
grenth – can defend or take temple —- ok
find treasure underwater in straights of devastation — ok
lyssa and arah — skucks
reason being, when the temple is secured the event has to FAIL!!!!
now i was waiting for arah to start and the defend event came up the majority of us wanted it to fail to claim it for the trait where as a few other players wanted to defend. Bottom line they defended it now have to wait a very long time for event to come up again and they will likely be people who will try to defend.
Suggestion- make defend events for all temples give credit that way everyone is happy

You’re fortunate to actually be able to complete any of these events. I’ve been trying to complete Grenth for days. Every time I’m online and in that area, the event is not running. I’ve even camped my character at the Grenth waypoint, logging in every 10-15 minutes to try to kill the priest. That didn’t work either. It looks like my only option is to log on and sit at my computer waiting for 100+ minutes to make sure I don’t miss killing the priest. But that’s not fun. That’s not a game. That’s work.

I like the idea of having to acquire traits out in the world (I had no problem with the chest trait). I do NOT like the idea of that stuff being on a long timer. That was a HORRIBLE design decision.

Hi there,

please make sure to post your feedback about “Game Update : New Traits” in the dedicated main thread:

“https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Game-Updates-Traits”

Thank you!"