Guild Wars 2

I was expecting to turn in 250 Found Heirlooms today after my last Holo fight, as it rewarded me with the last 5 needed to my 245 rest. I couldn’t collect more from piles. It was all planned more or less well. New patches used to went online 1 or 1 and a half hour later in the past. So I assumed I had more than enough time.

But the patch happened during the Assault Knight fight so I couldn’t do anything but cry over the spilled milk.

I think it was a very inconsistent move from the developers. I’d like to ask you to please consider re-adding the reward vendor.

Thank you very much.

With the exception of 1 recently, most patches seem to hit between Noon and 2ish Eastern time (9 and 11am pacific). I’m always aware that I need to have anything I want ‘done’ done the night before the patch, because it’s always too late by the time I get home from work. Perhaps I could recommend the same? Try making sure you have all the things turned in or w/e the night before.

Edit: Although, I agree with having them leave the collector for a day or 2 after. I mean, it really couldn’t hurt.

But you had a full month to collect five hundred. At ~40 per day, it’s possible to do it in about two weeks, which is what people originally thought they had to do it in.

Further, the Devs stated on the seventh and the eleventh that the vendor would be removed at the end of the cycle.

Calys Teneb.7015:

Further, the Devs stated on the seventh and the eleventh that the vendor would be removed at the end of the cycle.

Where do they announce these news? Because it didn’t get to me, but I would have been important.

Forums.

15 chars go down the west side, down the west side, down the west side

In the News and Announcements forum.

in this post here.
CC Danicia
Community Coordinator
Greetings all,
As of March 18th, Alliance Supplies will stop dropping and you will not be able to receive any new Found Belongings or Found Heirlooms. Related to this, you will no longer be able to turn in Found Belongings and Found Heirlooms for items.

However there still may be a use for some of the items.

From the game update notes:
Trading
Rumors tell of a merchant interested in items from major events in Tyria’s recent history, including Blade Shards. Players are encouraged to hold on to these items if they are interested in trading with her when she appears.

Well, in this exact case I made a minor mistake too, by relying on my deduction based on trusting recurrent experiences.

On the other hand, the main problem here is Anet’s inconsistency. In Guild Wars, the token reward vendors stayed for at least half of their duration after the event too, some remained permanently. Also, we had fewer tokens that could be used repeatedly next year or during other events. Here we have tons of different tokens and all of them are just temporary.

Regarding release dates and proper communication with player base. In Guild Wars (and almost all other games) we got exact times by hour and minute when the next content will be published, so we could expect and prepare for them. Here, we have no information, sometimes the patch is late by a day or a half, other times it’s early by hours.

I’m a programmer and sort of developer myself, and what I’ve learned about any development process in overall is that the most important thing is consistency. It applies to games, teaching, training, any aspect of life.

I’d strongly recommend to any dev who reads this post (probably none :] ) to consider this problem and apply the solution to their developing habit.

Guild Wars.What an epic game.And so true,vendors would be around after an event finished.They still do.Still log on occasionally.Its something that GW2 has failed to live up to.I cant imagine it keeping my interest in the same way or for as long.Shame.