Guild Wars 2

A lot of people have asked about how long does it take if I am getting x amount of pips per tick, therefore I have attached the below as a guide:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kFCBNmDwBcNInGJFXSRB731hccwHn28traRxevdcGN4/edit#gid=0

The left column shows the number of pips per tick (min 1, max 17 every 5 mins) – this based on (Rank, Commander, Loyalty, Skirmish Position and Outnumbered Buff)

The top row is the chest and how many pips are required to complete each one.

The middle values represent the time taken for each stage.

The total time on the right side gives and estimate for how long the whole rewards will take to complete.

I hope this helps :-)

The total time add-up is incorrect because it doesn’t factor the number of chests per reward tier. So, for example, while the Wood tier does take 25 pips per chest, there are 4 chests for a total of 100 pips before you can move on to Bronze. Because of that, it takes significantly more time than what you’ve got listed.

Rising Dusk.2408:

The total time add-up is incorrect because it doesn’t factor the number of chests per reward tier. So, for example, while the Wood tier does take 25 pips per chest, there are 4 chests for a total of 100 pips before you can move on to Bronze. Because of that, it takes significantly more time than what you’ve got listed.

Yeah my cut and paste job didnt update, check now :-)

This is very helpful. Unfortunatately, despite having played in WvW on an off since release, I never focused on trying to rank up and I’m a mere rank 300’ish bronzer atm. I’ve spent about 6 hours so far in WvW since the update, but most of the time I’m only getting 2 ticks (1 for lowest server + 1 for bronze level) and as a result after all those hours of WvW, I am currently working toward just the 2nd bronze level skirmish chest. It seems that the rate of gain for bronze level or below is exceedingly slow, and it really punishes newer players or ones that haven’t previously focused on earning WvW ranks, yet may have been active or semi-active in WvW.

Can this please be stickied?

Just divide 120.8333 by how many pips that you’re getting.

Edit: Dividing 121 by that also works without a large difference and it’s easier to remember.

To put those numbers into perspective, if someone below bronze level (rank 150) happens to be on the last place server earning just 1 pip per tick, they will need to spend roughly 121 hours during the week to max out the weekly skirmish rewards. That’s over 17 hours per day just playing WvW, leaving less than 7 hours per day for that other stuff like eating, sleeping, showering, work, school, chores, etc.

find a zerg busting guild, find the enemy karma train, zerg bust with outmanned buff. beat the game, praise anet.