Guild Wars 2

ok, i love the whole daily and monthly achievement system, i really do. but the “experience earned without dying” one just seems to shoot the whole system in its own foot.

1: the monthly achievements are something you have to slowly build up to, all month, right? Then why do we have one that essentially has to be accomplished in one sitting?

2: the goal to complete it is ridiculous! 50k exp is only halfway, so i can only assume the final tier is 100k. thats just…unbelievable. Im not a ‘baddy’ that dies constantly, but lets face it, im an engineer…its going to happen occasionally. especially in a mission. i feel bad for cloth-wearers. if youre hell-bent on having this monthly achievement, at least lower the goal. or maybe include the achievement, but dont make it part of the monthly system. Im probably not going to be able to get my chest this month because of this.

3: its to the point where, when im in the “ok, im going to earn the ‘xp without dying’ achievement”, im just scared to try things. i dont want to get involved in events if there arent loads of people that can/will revive me immediately, and i dont want to do story missions because i dont know what im walking into. it actively makes me AVOID playing the game, which is crazy because the whole reason i love GW2 is that it encourages you to explore every facet of the game, unlike most MMOs. So this particular little bit just seems backwards. on top of it all (and i guess this ties into point 2), you can either sit around farming normal creatures and it will take literally ages of going nowhere, and doing nothing. thats not what GW2 is about. OR, you can play normally, explore the world, try new things but then…oh look, the cave youre halfway through just filled with respawns, theres no way youre getting out alive! (<- that exact thing happened to me with a cave full of ettins)

anyways, thanks for your time…hate to be longwinded and all, and i really do love everything about the game but…gah…this monthly achievement is just frustrating me to no end right now.

I have over 120 deaths, work full time and have had not trouble getting the monthly achievement for this month. In fact I didn’t actually notice it much till tier 4 popped up and my chest appeared.

I’d love to know how it actually carries across zones/crafting etc. as it pretty much built up during my normal playing to the point that I barely noticed it.

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I have over 120 deaths, work full time and have had not trouble getting the monthly achievement for this month. In fact I didn’t actually notice it much till tier 4 popped up and my chest appeared.

I’d love to know how it actually carries across zones/crafting etc. as it pretty much built up during my normal playing to the point that I barely noticed it.

By the 10th of this month I had the monthly knocked out. I was not even tracking it, just popped up on my screen. I said cool and went on about with my normal business.

OP I think your problem is that you are low level. I don’t see you stating your level anywhere but by the sound of your post i’m assuming you are probably around level 30.

At level 80 100k xp is about 3 events. It takes all of 30 minutes to complete this part of the monthly. It is the easiest monthly part to complete. Also if you have the mats it is about 10 minutes of crafting using discovery at level 80.

So I believe your problem is your level not the achievement itself.

While we’re on monthly, the reward is complete toss compared to the effort you have to put in.

The survivor bit is fine for me, can bash out 100k xp in an afternoon at 65.

^ what he said it is really hard to get when your a low level but once your 80 easy

yeah, im 35 at the moment…i guess that makes sense but then why would they choose it for the first (official) month that the game is live? and regardless of that, its kind of a kick in the pants to any new players. shrug ok, i suppose ill just wait. still seems like a flawed idea to me

The problem isn’t so much the difficulty depending on the level, the problems are what seem to be bugs (we need confirmations from Anet to know if those are bugs or an intended way to complete this achievement) :

Resetting the achievement not only due to a death but also because of :

• Changing zone.
• Swapping character.
• Getting disconnected.
• And some more…

Basically meaning you have to do it in one sitting, hoping that you won’t get disconnected, be it by the game or your ISP, and in the very same zone, not even risking using some waypoints.

Maybe easy at 80 but very unhealthy (IRL) in the earlier levels. This is why I believe those are bugs and unintended.

You can also get the undying super easy by crafting.

As mentioned, it’s really easy at higher levels.

The thing I’d like to see is a way to see where you’re CURRENTLY at. The way it is now, it will show you the highest amount of experience you’ve gotten towards the goal, but if you’re less than that currently, it doesn’t change as you gain experience. It would be nice to see how much experience you currently have since you last died.

It’s really easy by 1. crafting 2. following a zerg in WvW. I completed it without even really noticing I was doing it.

Yup Archaeneoso has it – crafting is by far the easiest way to achieve it.

I had no issues getting this achievement while playing normally, and I died a lot. The gatherer one took longer but was also doable. I got it without even aiming for it.

And I wasn’t even level 80 for the record.

At level 30ish, you gotta go 6 levels in the same zone, in the same play session.

At level 70-80, it’s not so big.

The obvious solution is to do it on a higher-level character.