Guild Wars 2

Hello dear Gw2 community!

I just wanted to drop by and ask if there is any way to get the gas mask after the nightmare within living story? I heard there’s a chance that items from previous living story events might drop when a treshold of citizens is reached during the evacuation of lion’s arch, does it include the mask? If yes I would SO spam this event and join an organised ts zerg.
If no, then I feel that this is just a shame. I have missed that entire living story part because my family suddenly decided to go on a camping trip and we got back 3 days after the new patch got introduced. I even had 8/10 achievements. Just needed to open the chest with the tri-color key and something else that I don’t remember and I woulfd have have gotten it. Is that the disadvantage of the living world? That we can NEVER EVER get those items in the future? I’m so sad about this because it would really fit my main engi (yes, I have 2 of them; one asura, one charr).
Is there any hope?

Unfortunately the gas mask skin was the Meta-Achievement reward for that particular story if i recall, so i don’t think it’s possible to get it at this time :p perhaps in the future anet will release something that does let you get it though.

this sucks I don’t know if I’ll even be playing gw2 anymore by the time they add it again…

If you play the current “Escape From Lion’s Arch” event and your server reaches a score of 1200+, you will receive a reward chest that has a (very small) chance of containing unique items from previous updates.

This is not guaranteed, and the chance for consumables or crafting materials is far greater than anything else, but in theory you could find a gas mask skin this way.

While this may not be reassuring, there is a distinct possibility that future events may also have such a chance. As well as new unique skins that may be as interesting or better than the gas mask.

But I’m a huge fan of Samus, if anyone knows her. This helmet just looks almost exactly like her helmet. And with the zodiac armor I can actually pull off a nice futuristic armor combo. And I just looked at the wiki after a friend of mine recommended it and there it says, that it won’t be available. It’s just that breathing mask for underwster battles. I have like two of those, which I think are cool but still not as cool as that gas mask.
So basically, new players get punished for not being at that living story part even before they are able to notice it. I think it’s really a shame but also the charm of the living story concept. Like: the minority who has been there and did the achievements gets rewarded greatly, and everyone else pvp-ers, wvw-ers, even the ones that are actually interested in the lore of the game but didn’t find THAT certain part as interesting and of course don’t forget the role players of which we have plenty on my server.
My problem is that I was always present at living stories and was always enthusiastically participating in them, but not being there ONCE meant for me to lose an item that I consider one of the coolest ones in-game.
It trully is a shame…

Well, I hope they will add all the stuff some people missed from the living world achievements, or want to have another time in the store someday.
There is no reason not to put it in the store. I’ve also missed 3 or more living world achievement rewards due to inactivity.

Skydown.6139:

Well, I hope they will add all the stuff some people missed from the living world achievements, or want to have another time in the store someday.
There is no reason not to put it in the store. I’ve also missed 3 or more living world achievement rewards due to inactivity.

anet, please do this..

MrKahwk.9524:

this sucks I don’t know if I’ll even be playing gw2 anymore by the time they add it again…

In that case, it shouldn’t even matter to you! …Unless you having that gas mask skin now would get you laid now, with a girl (or guy) who is moving away to another city sometime in the future…

Hmmm, I want that gas mask as well….

Skydown.6139:

There is no reason not to put it in the store. I’ve also missed 3 or more living world achievement rewards due to inactivity.

Yes there is, exclusivity. There are people who played all the LS parts and earned all the achievements and they were rewarded for that with exclusive skins.

I actually threw mine out. Got it in the achievement and since it’s unlocked in my wardrobe, I don’t need to keep one. Doesn’t suit any of my chars anyway

I hate when people say, “I can’t get this now. Anet is punishing me.”
They are not punishing you. You should have been actively participating at the time when exclusive skins were available.
They’re called “exclusive” for a reason,

viralthefrog.6130:

I hate when people say, “I can’t get this now. Anet is punishing me.”
They are not punishing you. You should have been actively participating at the time when exclusive skins were available.
They’re called “exclusive” for a reason,

Yet sooner or later they get avaliable again, being less exclusive – often tends to happen at least . Personally what annoys me the most is not the skins but rather the achievs i missed. They shoulda make an Asura create a time machine so we could experience old LS events once more lol.

Pokecenter.3548:

viralthefrog.6130:

I hate when people say, “I can’t get this now. Anet is punishing me.”
They are not punishing you. You should have been actively participating at the time when exclusive skins were available.
They’re called “exclusive” for a reason,

Yet sooner or later they get avaliable again, being less exclusive – often tends to happen at least . Personally what annoys me the most is not the skins but rather the achievs i missed. They shoulda make an Asura create a time machine so we could experience old LS events once more lol.

I wasn’t around for the first LS, so I missed every single achievement and other exclusive items.
My only frustration is that they left no content behind. They could have permabarred the skins and achievements and left behind some content, and I would be happy. :P

viralthefrog.6130:

Pokecenter.3548:

viralthefrog.6130:

I hate when people say, “I can’t get this now. Anet is punishing me.”
They are not punishing you. You should have been actively participating at the time when exclusive skins were available.
They’re called “exclusive” for a reason,

Yet sooner or later they get avaliable again, being less exclusive – often tends to happen at least . Personally what annoys me the most is not the skins but rather the achievs i missed. They shoulda make an Asura create a time machine so we could experience old LS events once more lol.

I wasn’t around for the first LS, so I missed every single achievement and other exclusive items.
My only frustration is that they left no content behind. They could have permabarred the skins and achievements and left behind some content, and I would be happy. :P

Same here, i wasn’t around during that time. I wouldn’t ask for the skins (i believe that those that were actually around since the beggining should be rewarded somehow, and a unique title/skin seems a good way to do so), but indeed if only I could play that old content again i would be happy. Fortunately looks like a couple of old events will be back within a week