Guild Wars 2

I am working toward my Bifrost staff and in order to obtain the Arah currencies, I would like to also do the dungeon reward tracks in pvp that are available.

However, because I ran the story mode before the changes to the pvp dungeon reward tracks, I am required to rerun the story mode in order to open up the track.

Rather difficult to do that if I can’t activate it. It seems to me that this detail might have been overlooked when the pvp dungeon reward tracks were developed. Even the the wiki states this.

“If you want to complete a specific dungeon Reward Track at your leisure, simply complete the story mode of that dungeon to unlock the PvP Reward Track permanently.”

I really would like a dev to pop in and see if this was an oversight. I would like to rerun the story mode, but the game does not allow it if I have already done it.

But currently, the pvp reward track does not recognize that I’ve done the story mode.

What happens if you do story mode that someone else opens up? Do you get credit and PvP track unlock for that? Or maybe if you have another level 80 that you run through the story to that dungeon’s story mode.

Why can’t you open the story mode dungeon? I’ve always been able to. What happens when you try?

I’m guessing you’re trying Arah story mode? It was converted to a personal story step. You have to complete either the personal story or the explorable mode to unlock it.

I’ve already completed the Arach story mode way back before Anet change it. But yesterday I attempted to redo it.

Because the pvp rewards track indicated I had to do it since it was locked for me, I went back to do it, but was not offered the story mode when I tried to enter.

Practically everyone in our guild already has done this mode so there is no one around who hasn’t. It just is odd that the earlier unlocking of the dungeon story did not carry over when Anet changed this.

I am hoping it was just an oversight on their part because if the pvp reward track requires you to do it (and does not recognize earlier story run), I am out of luck.

Suggestion to the devs:
1. Make sure the new pvp reward track actually counts the story mode you already completed, or
2. Allow someone to be able to repeat the story mode since this pvp reward track is currently locked to it.

Also, I am not interested in running this Arah on explorable mode. I rarely run dungeons as I am not really interested in that.

A quick quote from the wiki:
“Dungeon tracks are on a two week rotating cycle. Players can complete the story mode of the associated dungeon—or in the case of Arah, completion of Victory or Death or explorable mode—to unlock its reward track permanently.”

So I’d suggest going through an explorable path. It’s not all that much gold if you buy a run and only 30-45 minutes with a PUG. If I’m remembering right, most explorable runs are faster than story mode runs anyway (fewer cutscenes and roadblocks).

I can appreciate the annoyance of doing content you don’t care for but this is no more than one play session to get it unlocked. If you want to start unlocking Arah skins, you might not have a choice.

If it doesn’t unlock from explorable, file a bug report.

Chrury, does that mean only one of the explorable lines? Or all of them? That question is not answered.

lynspottery.6529:

Chrury, does that mean only one of the explorable lines? Or all of them? That question is not answered.

Just the one. As an alternative, you can post in the Arah lfg ‘story run, need opener plz’. The opener can even leave the group once you’re inside the instance. Hit me up ingame for help if you’d like.

*also, HoT forums is a bad place to post this for anyone that would be inclined to help you…generally speaking

Tman.6349:

lynspottery.6529:

Chrury, does that mean only one of the explorable lines? Or all of them? That question is not answered.

Just the one. As an alternative, you can post in the Arah lfg ‘story run, need opener plz’. The opener can even leave the group once you’re inside the instance. Hit me up ingame for help if you’d like.

*also, HoT forums is a bad place to post this for anyone that would be inclined to help you…generally speaking

Thank you

i guess this was their answer to story mode giving more gold than exploration xD

Zetsumei.4975:

i guess this was their answer to story mode giving more gold than exploration xD

It’s only Arah story mode that’s been changed.

It was part of the fixes to the personal story over the summer. A lot of people complained that the entire storyline was soloable and then you needed a group for the last step, so they converted it into a soloable story step.

At the same time they changed the PvP track to unlock through explorable mode.

Danikat.8537:

Zetsumei.4975:

i guess this was their answer to story mode giving more gold than exploration xD

It’s only Arah story mode that’s been changed.

It was part of the fixes to the personal story over the summer. A lot of people complained that the entire storyline was soloable and then you needed a group for the last step, so they converted it into a soloable story step.

At the same time they changed the PvP track to unlock through explorable mode.

Well, this certainly makes more sense to me now. But I did not see any explanation like it anywhere I researched. So I appreciate the clarification.

Just a thought though: when they made the story mode soloable, they could also have adjusted it so that you could replay it but the second time around without all the rewards, just the recognition of doing it. I would have been satisfied with this option.

PvP reward tracks are not retroactive. If you want them unlocked then you will have to do the dungeon stories again.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Reward_Track#Dungeon_tracks

Players can complete the story mode of the associated dungeon—or in the case of Arah, completion of Victory or Death or explorable mode—to unlock its reward track permanently. Any story mode completion prior to the introduction of PvP reward tracks in 15 April, 2014 will not count.

The wiki also states the following:

Completing the personal story mission Victory or Death or The Ruined City of Arah explorable mode will unlock this track.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Ruined_City_of_Arah_Dungeon_Track

And the update notes:

Revised the Ruined City of Arah Dungeon Track to be unlocked by story mode or explorable mode completion. The Master of Arah achievement has been revised to only require explorable mode completion. Modified completion reward.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-June-23-2015/first#post5217689