Guild Wars 2

I’ve completed “Plan of Attack” three times on three characters . I’ve talked to everyone. no NPC has offered this item nor is it in my inventory. it appears to be well hidden somewhere. so where is it?

ignore this topic. same problem as previous posters – item appears on first char to complete story but is missing on alts.

It isn’t missing. After finishing Plan of Attack and receiving your reward (or not, depending on if it’s your first time through) speak with Rox, she’ll give you the Residue. I threw it away after getting it from her and actually got a second one; so I’m not sure if you could basically get an infinite amount of Residue with one character. However she’ll happily give you another one in case you throw it away/don’t have one in your inventory.

thanks for reply. but after looking at what is required to craft the backpack, I don’t have 95% of the stuff for steps 2-13 and never will so it doesn’t matter. no reason to pursue this.

RustyShadow.1720:

thanks for reply. but after looking at what is required to craft the backpack, I don’t have 95% of the stuff for steps 2-13 and never will so it doesn’t matter. no reason to pursue this.

Almost all of the items are either cheaply bought on TP or are (somewhat) frequent drops/can be harvested easily.

You obviously have somewhat different ideas about “cheap” and “frequent” than I do. At prices of more than a gold each and reported drop rates varying between 1/50 and 1/35, I find Firefox Clusters neither cheap to buy nor easy to harvest. Since my hole wealth amounts to about 160 Gold, spending 48 for a new backpiece somehow doesn’t appeal. Neither does farming between 1700 and 2400 wood nodes, especially since I rather dislike Orr and tend to avoid the place whenever possible, thus limiting the number of places I could grind for wood, were I inclined to do so.

Gudy.3607:

You obviously have somewhat different ideas about “cheap” and “frequent” than I do. At prices of more than a gold each and reported drop rates varying between 1/50 and 1/35, I find Firefox Clusters neither cheap to buy nor easy to harvest. Since my hole wealth amounts to about 160 Gold, spending 48 for a new backpiece somehow doesn’t appeal. Neither does farming between 1700 and 2400 wood nodes, especially since I rather dislike Orr and tend to avoid the place whenever possible, thus limiting the number of places I could grind for wood, were I inclined to do so.

Foxfire clusters are the only thing that really take up money. There is a spot in Malchor’s Leap (which is well known) where you can harvest 6 (7?) T5-Trees at one spot with every character you have. Best thing is, you don’t even encounter many enemies on your way.
You don’t need to get the backpack ASAP as the content is permanent. I don’t see where the problem is. It takes two or three minutes per character each day to farm those 6 or 7 nodes, you’re in no hurry to do it so you’re off fine.
From how it sounds like you rather want it to be thrown at you, huh?

Reran the episode, skipped to foe fire challenge, talked to rox and did receive the residue. Thank you for the solution.

My story journal looks odd now as I quit the episode replay – I guess I will see if that’s an issue ep4 or if I have to do the chain again…..

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

Gudy.3607:

You obviously have somewhat different ideas about “cheap” and “frequent” than I do. At prices of more than a gold each and reported drop rates varying between 1/50 and 1/35, I find Firefox Clusters neither cheap to buy nor easy to harvest. Since my hole wealth amounts to about 160 Gold, spending 48 for a new backpiece somehow doesn’t appeal. Neither does farming between 1700 and 2400 wood nodes, especially since I rather dislike Orr and tend to avoid the place whenever possible, thus limiting the number of places I could grind for wood, were I inclined to do so.

Foxfire clusters are the only thing that really take up money. There is a spot in Malchor’s Leap (which is well known) where you can harvest 6 (7?) T5-Trees at one spot with every character you have. Best thing is, you don’t even encounter many enemies on your way.
You don’t need to get the backpack ASAP as the content is permanent. I don’t see where the problem is. It takes two or three minutes per character each day to farm those 6 or 7 nodes, you’re in no hurry to do it so you’re off fine.
From how it sounds like you rather want it to be thrown at you, huh?

Or wait – they cost so much because some want day the back piece day 7. If these don’t drop below 25 silver or less over time I would be very surprised.

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

From how it sounds like you rather want it to be thrown at you, huh?

Eh? No.

I’m merely disputing your assertion that they are cheap and easy to harvest by pointing out that, from where I sit, they are neither. I am neither willing to shell out a major part of my wealth for them, nor am I willing to mindlessly grind wood nodes because I play GW2 to have fun, and grinding is not fun for me at all.

What I am, is perfectly willing to take my time to acquire those 48 Firefox Clusters, and however many more are needed for the upgrades to the backpiece, either by continuing to harvest wood at my convenience or by waiting until the price drops to the point where I find them affordable (which shouldn’t take all that long unless ArenaNet provides other sinks for them apart from a single backpiece), or a combination of those two.

Gudy.3607:

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

From how it sounds like you rather want it to be thrown at you, huh?

Eh? No.

I’m merely disputing your assertion that they are cheap and easy to harvest by pointing out that, from where I sit, they are neither. I am neither willing to shell out a major part of my wealth for them, nor am I willing to mindlessly grind wood nodes because I play GW2 to have fun, and grinding is not fun for me at all.

What I am, is perfectly willing to take my time to acquire those 48 Firefox Clusters, and however many more are needed for the upgrades to the backpiece, either by continuing to harvest wood at my convenience or by waiting until the price drops to the point where I find them affordable (which shouldn’t take all that long unless ArenaNet provides other sinks for them apart from a single backpiece), or a combination of those two.

I apologize then. However my point with the 6 nodes at Malchor’s Leap still stands. It takes basically no time, so it’s worth a shot.

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

I apologize then. However my point with the 6 nodes at Malchor’s Leap still stands. It takes basically no time, so it’s worth a shot.

Fair enough. And yes, I think I know the place. In fact I seem to remember that there are several of those cypress circles in the Orr maps, but the one near the eastern entrance to Malchor’s Leap is the most convenient to reach.

Foxfire clusters are not as difficult to get as you might think. I harvested for 2-3 hours last night and got 13. Guild banners are dropped everywhere in Orr, and the zerg is pretty helpful. “1700-2400” nodes is just not true, if you’re looking for 48 clusters. It’s probably a lot closer to 600 nodes, and if you’re smart about using boosters, less.

I honestly think that’s very manageable, and I was rather enjoying running around and with everyone, and hoping for that chance at a cluster.