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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

Hot Boy.7138

I know this has been discussed already.

I’m a chrono and after last patch it’s expected of me to have a set for raiding.

I want them as much as the next guy.

But I just can’t do a 50 hour grind to get them. It’s too much. This seriously needs to be looked at.

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Posted by: BlaqueFyre.5678

BlaqueFyre.5678

You can always WvW rank farm to get them ….. EotM is great for that

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Posted by: Warcry.1596

Warcry.1596

“Expected of me to have a set in raiding” join parties that don’t care.

“He shall make whole that which was torn asunder.
Restore that which was lost. And all shall be as one.”

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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

Hot Boy.7138

You can always WvW rank farm to get them ….. EotM is great for that

thanks for the tip

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Posted by: nagr.1593

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dude.. srsly calm down. u don’t need those tunes I mean it helps but it’s not like u can’t chrono without it..

just get water runes in meantime and u get 100% boon duration still not that hard..

I still don’t have even one leadership rune. tho ye just trying my mes and got 1st kill with vg as tank recently..

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

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It is a bit of a sticker shock compared to the other HoT-vendor rune sets. The currencies for each of those is fairly easy to obtain by playing the zone naturally, and it’s not long to get a full set. It’s actually kinda nice.

But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

And also fix Dragon Stand so the timer doesn’t start until the meta has enough people to begin. It’d be so much easier to get players on a fresh map that way.

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

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But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

Noxious pods give a minimum of 1 Crystalline Ore so there is no maybe. The maybe is only for a chance to get more from each pod.

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Posted by: Rauderi.8706

Rauderi.8706

But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

Noxious pods give a minimum of 1 Crystalline Ore so there is no maybe. The maybe is only for a chance to get more from each pod.

Unfortunately, that is not consistent with observation. I have opened pods and gotten no ore. And the rate of gain via pods is brutally low, even on a map that’s doing the meta. So needing to open at least 600 pods for one full set is a huge grind. 150 is a much more appropriate number in relation to the effort the other HoT rune sets take.

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Posted by: BlaqueFyre.5678

BlaqueFyre.5678

Again you can easily get them cheaper and faster from running Eotm, you need 75 Proofs each at 5-10 Proofs per rank up chest.

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Posted by: Doctor.1905

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Water is a good alternative but superior sigil of concentration costs way too much. If you already got it, good on you.

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Posted by: Warcry.1596

Warcry.1596

But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

Noxious pods give a minimum of 1 Crystalline Ore so there is no maybe. The maybe is only for a chance to get more from each pod.

Unfortunately, that is not consistent with observation. I have opened pods and gotten no ore. And the rate of gain via pods is brutally low, even on a map that’s doing the meta. So needing to open at least 600 pods for one full set is a huge grind. 150 is a much more appropriate number in relation to the effort the other HoT rune sets take.

The April update, which basically made everything a lootpocalypse, guarantees 1, 3, 10, or 14 Crystalline Ore from every pod. Since that update I have obtained enough Crystalline Ore for my needs before evening finishing Dragon’s Stand itself, which is in increments of 50-150. If you aren’t getting any Ore, file a bug report, but I highly doubt you are getting ZERO Ore. Only Crystallized Supply Caches do not have a guaranteed drop of the map’s currency.

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Restore that which was lost. And all shall be as one.”

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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

Hot Boy.7138

But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

Noxious pods give a minimum of 1 Crystalline Ore so there is no maybe. The maybe is only for a chance to get more from each pod.

Unfortunately, that is not consistent with observation. I have opened pods and gotten no ore. And the rate of gain via pods is brutally low, even on a map that’s doing the meta. So needing to open at least 600 pods for one full set is a huge grind. 150 is a much more appropriate number in relation to the effort the other HoT rune sets take.

The April update, which basically made everything a lootpocalypse, guarantees 1, 3, 10, or 14 Crystalline Ore from every pod. Since that update I have obtained enough Crystalline Ore for my needs before evening finishing Dragon’s Stand itself, which is in increments of 50-150. If you aren’t getting any Ore, file a bug report, but I highly doubt you are getting ZERO Ore. Only Crystallized Supply Caches do not have a guaranteed drop of the map’s currency.

I haven’t been in Dragonstand since last November/December. I didn’t realize it became easier to gain ore. I’ll give it a shot. Thank you for all the info guys. I’d like to be a better asset to whatever group i’m running with.

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

But the Leadership runes costing so many drop-only, maybe-you’ll-get-one items, which require a key item to get… that’s just a groin kick. Especially for a zone that requires special permission to get into the One Sacred Map. I’d really like to see a way to use other zone materials to buy the crystalline ore, even if it’s just a limited per day purchase.

Noxious pods give a minimum of 1 Crystalline Ore so there is no maybe. The maybe is only for a chance to get more from each pod.

Unfortunately, that is not consistent with observation. I have opened pods and gotten no ore. And the rate of gain via pods is brutally low, even on a map that’s doing the meta. So needing to open at least 600 pods for one full set is a huge grind. 150 is a much more appropriate number in relation to the effort the other HoT rune sets take.

The April update, which basically made everything a lootpocalypse, guarantees 1, 3, 10, or 14 Crystalline Ore from every pod. Since that update I have obtained enough Crystalline Ore for my needs before evening finishing Dragon’s Stand itself, which is in increments of 50-150. If you aren’t getting any Ore, file a bug report, but I highly doubt you are getting ZERO Ore. Only Crystallized Supply Caches do not have a guaranteed drop of the map’s currency.

The 1 minimum was like that even before the April patch. I noticed that when was making Astralaria. Initially I thought the crystalline ores were going to be the most annoying to obtain but it turned out to be ley line sparks because back then the ley line sparks had a much lower drop rate and was random but the ore was always at least 1.

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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

Hot Boy.7138

I did one run of dragon stand just now. I got about 100 crystalline ore. The grind isn’t bad. I was wrong for complaining about it without checking the updates.

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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

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i finished the set. I got about 100 on average each run. So took me 6 runs to buy 6 runes. Not too bad I guess. if you do it once a day it’s not too bad.

But you need a ton of machete. So you have to do the other map’s events for enough currency to buy machetes. I probably went through about 60 to 80 machetes each run.

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Posted by: zoomborg.9462

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Same here, 100 ores per run. Still, leadership runes are there for the luxury of that extra boon duration, they aren’t mandatory.

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Posted by: Aveigel.2601

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Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

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Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

They clearly do this was taken 2 minutes before this post……… dont say things that are false.

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Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

They clearly do this was taken 2 minutes before this post……… dont say things that are false.

It might be true for the person who said it (the notary vendor’s offerings vary depending on account/character). Or they might have mis-remembered.

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Posted by: BlaqueFyre.5678

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Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

They clearly do this was taken 2 minutes before this post……… dont say things that are false.

It might be true for the person who said it (the notary vendor’s offerings vary depending on account/character). Or they might have mis-remembered.

The only time it varies is if the character doesn’t have the Provisioner unlocked the runes are always there:

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Posted by: Aveigel.2601

Aveigel.2601

Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

They clearly do this was taken 2 minutes before this post……… dont say things that are false.

A little harsh for a response.

Yes I seen that they are unlocked only when you complete the provision Master Trait line or they simply don’t show up.

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Posted by: BlaqueFyre.5678

BlaqueFyre.5678

Notary Vendors no longer offer the runes

They clearly do this was taken 2 minutes before this post……… dont say things that are false.

A little harsh for a response.

Yes I seen that they are unlocked only when you complete the provision Master Trait line or they simply don’t show up.

Wasn’t trying to harsh but the amount of misinformation or people not reading ingame items/services have increased significantly that I have lost patience with em.

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Posted by: Aveigel.2601

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Well, that simply means some info could be more openly clear to all.

For example they could have shown all items in the HoT recipe tab, greyed out with a lof on them with a mouse over indicating what is needed to unlock that content.

Like the collector items for the gliders in the other HoT maps.

Digging for info takes all kind of forms.. I Wiki’d before, went to WvW maps and it wasn’t explicitly clear that there was that requirement. So maybe we should update the wiki to mention it at least.

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Posted by: BlaqueFyre.5678

BlaqueFyre.5678

Well, that simply means some info could be more openly clear to all.

For example they could have shown all items in the HoT recipe tab, greyed out with a lof on them with a mouse over indicating what is needed to unlock that content.

Like the collector items for the gliders in the other HoT maps.

Digging for info takes all kind of forms.. I Wiki’d before, went to WvW maps and it wasn’t explicitly clear that there was that requirement. So maybe we should update the wiki to mention it at least.

No like an item in game like the Total make over kit States in the description it does not include a name change and people upset that it wasn’t more clear before buying two..

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

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people not reading ingame items/services have increased significantly that I have lost patience with em.

When I lose patience with people, I simply don’t respond to their questions or misstatements. Otherwise, I’m liable to derail the post by expressing that impatience.

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Posted by: Hanth.2978

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So I just did the Dragon Stand meta start to finish 200%, opened every pod and ended up with 61. I was reading in earlier post that some people were getting up to 14 per pod? That cannot be right as most of mine were just 1 while others were 3. Looks like I will have to do this 10-11 times to get a full set and compared to other HoT maps that seems a bit much. I think i’ll take other people’s advise and just use water runes on my Mes.

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Posted by: Hot Boy.7138

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So I just did the Dragon Stand meta start to finish 200%, opened every pod and ended up with 61. I was reading in earlier post that some people were getting up to 14 per pod? That cannot be right as most of mine were just 1 while others were 3. Looks like I will have to do this 10-11 times to get a full set and compared to other HoT maps that seems a bit much. I think i’ll take other people’s advise and just use water runes on my Mes.

i was getting about 80 to 120 each run. It’s RNG of course, but that was my range. i never got as low as 60. are you sure you’re getting all the pods. There are a lot.