Guild Wars 2

There has been a rumours travelling around in SPvP/TPvP that WvW season 1 Participants/Winners Will be receiving a permanent Dolyak Finisher. This finisher is only gained by legitimately reaching rank 20 in SPvP, unlike PvE/WvW ranks/levels, this Can take awhile, and knowing the next finisher is only available at rank 30 which is approx 2x the requirement of rank 20 is kinda depressing.

Does anyone know if this rumour is true or false?

I suspect this is just a false rumor. Here’s why. The first, second, and third place servers in each league will get a trophy finisher. It is a trophy that looks like it has a dolyak on it:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-vs-world-midseasonreport/

I believe people have been referring to it as a dolyak finisher, when it is not the same as the sPvP dolyak finisher.

Yep. The finisher is quite different. Looks like a trophy and not the normal PvP dolyak finisher.

I believe they also said the trophy finisher isn’t permanent. It will last untill the start of season 2.

I can understand why there’s some confusion.

Here is the first statement regarding dolyak finishers when Season 1 was announced.

The winning world in each league will unlock a stack of supply dolyak finishers for their use in WvW and PvP. 1st place in the gold league will get a gold dolyak, 1st place in the silver league a silver dolyak, and 1st place in the bronze league a bronze dolyak.

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/welcome-to-world-vs-world-season-1/

Then, from the mid-season report:

On top of that, participating players on the top three worlds in every league will be receiving a special finisher that represents their success. Remind your enemies of your battlefield prowess with a first, second, or third-place finisher!

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-vs-world-midseasonreport/

Regarding the duration of the finisher, on September 1st, Devon Carter said this …

Winners will have access to the finisher until there are new winners. At that point those people will gain access and the winners from the previous season will no longer have access to the stomp.

Think of it like this, the finisher is intended to show off who won the last season. If you don’t continue to win each and every season, you will not retain the bragging rights.

Source: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Once-In-a-Lifetime-Finisher-or-Not/first#post2747630

So we’ve gone from a “stack” of dolyak finishers, for the winners of each league receiving gold, silver and bronze finishers, to the top three servers in each league getting a temporary but semi-permament finisher? Will it be Gold, Silver and Bronze in each league, or will it be 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes (bronzes sounds funny … bronzezess my precious!) somehow separated by 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes?

I’ll admit I’m pretty confused too. Maybe Devon can clarify if it’s just inconsistent wording or if something changed.

Quick update to this if anyone cares, but it looks like Devon changed the wording in the mid-season update regarding the Dolyak finisher. Instead of what is quoted above, it now reads …

On top of that, participating players on the top world in every league will be receiving a special finisher that represents their success. Remind your enemies of your battlefield prowess with a gold, silver, or bronze finisher!

Liquid.9672:

I can understand why there’s some confusion.

Here is the first statement regarding dolyak finishers when Season 1 was announced.

The winning world in each league will unlock a stack of supply dolyak finishers for their use in WvW and PvP. 1st place in the gold league will get a gold dolyak, 1st place in the silver league a silver dolyak, and 1st place in the bronze league a bronze dolyak.

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/welcome-to-world-vs-world-season-1/

Then, from the mid-season report:

On top of that, participating players on the top three worlds in every league will be receiving a special finisher that represents their success. Remind your enemies of your battlefield prowess with a first, second, or third-place finisher!

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/world-vs-world-midseasonreport/

Regarding the duration of the finisher, on September 1st, Devon Carter said this …

Winners will have access to the finisher until there are new winners. At that point those people will gain access and the winners from the previous season will no longer have access to the stomp.

Think of it like this, the finisher is intended to show off who won the last season. If you don’t continue to win each and every season, you will not retain the bragging rights.

Source: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Once-In-a-Lifetime-Finisher-or-Not/first#post2747630

So we’ve gone from a “stack” of dolyak finishers, for the winners of each league receiving gold, silver and bronze finishers, to the top three servers in each league getting a temporary but semi-permament finisher? Will it be Gold, Silver and Bronze in each league, or will it be 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes (bronzes sounds funny … bronzezess my precious!) somehow separated by 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes?

I’ll admit I’m pretty confused too. Maybe Devon can clarify if it’s just inconsistent wording or if something changed.

Well.. I did not see the part about us not getting to keep it. I hope they change that.