Guild Wars 2

Hello guys,

I want to start WvW soon and was wondering which of the four enrichments makes most sense on a WvW amulet?

I am guessing XP (for the track reward), but Karma also seems to make sense. Which one do you experienced WvW players recommend?

You do not get XP in wvw, therefore it will not work in WvW, nor will it work on reward tracks. Reward tracks are progressed through points awarded by an individuals level of participation. It is separate from wxp and exp.

X T D.6458:

You do not get XP in wvw, therefore it will not work in WvW, nor will it work on reward tracks. Reward tracks are progressed through points awarded by an individuals level of participation. It is separate from wxp and exp.

Ahhhh, okay. So it’s like in PvP. Thanks.

Then only Karma makes sense, no?

I take magic find for that extra chance of a good drop when randomly whacking people in a zerg.

Karma’s just too unwieldy of a currency.

I use magic find.

What could possibly trigger Magic Find in WvW? o.O Apparently, I am missing something. Since when do other players drop loot?

Ashantara.8731:

What could possibly trigger Magic Find in WvW? o.O Apparently, I am missing something. Since when do other players drop loot?

Always, make sure you max out the Provisions Master WxP upgrade to get autoloot.

I wish the XP enrichment would affect WXP. If it did, I would recommend that.

I recommend Karma for a roaming PPT player, otherwise Magic Find.

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Ashantara.8731:

What could possibly trigger Magic Find in WvW? o.O Apparently, I am missing something. Since when do other players drop loot?

Always, make sure you max out the Provisions Master WxP upgrade to get autoloot.

Oh, this sounds exciting! Thanks for the tip, will have much to learn — definitely more complex than PvP.

Ashantara.8731:

X T D.6458:

Ashantara.8731:

What could possibly trigger Magic Find in WvW? o.O Apparently, I am missing something. Since when do other players drop loot?

Always, make sure you max out the Provisions Master WxP upgrade to get autoloot.

Oh, this sounds exciting! Thanks for the tip, will have much to learn — definitely more complex than PvP.

No problem. Yea PvP is entirely different in mechanics, I can understand the confusion, since players in PvP do not drop loot. However in WvW everything, aside from ambient creatures can drop loot. There are also ways to increase your participation rate for reward track progress by using a booster and a guild buff.

I recommend magic find for those who are more fights oriented, especially big fights. And karma would work better for those that are more ppt oriented, players that like to capture objectives since those are events that award karma.

Sarrs.4831:

I wish the XP enrichment would affect WXP. If it did, I would recommend that.

I recommend Karma for a roaming PPT player, otherwise Magic Find.

A WxP enrichment infusion from the laurel vendor in WvW would be interesting.

I use magic find, though I will say I managed to spent 5 million karma during wintersday, mostly on materials. Before wintersday I had no way of spending… any of it, now I am actually kinda low.

Guess I’ll have to go roam and take people’s kitten.

X T D.6458:

Sarrs.4831:

I wish the XP enrichment would affect WXP. If it did, I would recommend that.

I recommend Karma for a roaming PPT player, otherwise Magic Find.

A WxP enrichment infusion from the laurel vendor in WvW would be interesting.

I’d totally buy one.

Or a rewards track boost, I’d prefer that.

I too wish the XP enrichment would affect WvW XP primarily for new players trying to rank up to get their perks like flame ram/catapult mastery things.

So far I only recommend Magic Find because you never know what you might loot off someone’s corpse. Plus there’s plenty of Zerg fights and tag a lot of players. Karma is still up there like someone said if you’re primarily capping objectives, contributing to Ppt.

Ashantara.8731:

What could possibly trigger Magic Find in WvW? o.O Apparently, I am missing something. Since when do other players drop loot?

This is gonna be the best day of your life.

When you’ve tagged enemies (participated in their death) and they die hold the ctrl-key to see al the tasty lootbags.
Then hold ctrl and click F to auto loot.

Unless you already got the WvW autloot available.

Either karma or magic find. I use karma.
I think magic find is completely useless though, on matter how much of it i stack its just never enough to be noticeable.
So karma is pretty much the only infusion that gives you at least anything in wvw.

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

This is gonna be the best day of your life.

I think that might be slightly exaggerated.

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

When you’ve tagged enemies (participated in their death) and they die hold the ctrl-key to see al the tasty lootbags.
Then hold ctrl and click F to auto loot.

Unless you already got the WvW autloot available.

Why do I need to hold don’t the Ctrl key in order to loot? Usually, just the “Use” key (which is not F in my keyboard settings, btw) is enough, no?

I did a little WvW today and was a bit disappointed. The Commander was constantly yelling commands on TS (what to do) and we ran as a zerg. No real tactics that I could think of, I’ve had a lot more fun in PvP. I think, once I have a full grasp on the core mechanics and leveled a few things, I will seek out a roamers’ group for more tactical fun.

P.S. With all the AoEs and players (zergs) clashing in one spot, I found it impossible to make out single enemy targets and attack them. Any tips for handling this better?

Ashantara.8731:

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

This is gonna be the best day of your life.

I think that might be slightly exaggerated.

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

When you’ve tagged enemies (participated in their death) and they die hold the ctrl-key to see al the tasty lootbags.
Then hold ctrl and click F to auto loot.

Unless you already got the WvW autloot available.

Why do I need to hold don’t the Ctrl key in order to loot? Usually, just the “Use” key (which is not F in my keyboard settings, btw) is enough, no?

I did a little WvW today and was a bit disappointed. The Commander was constantly yelling commands on TS (what to do) and we ran as a zerg. No real tactics that I could think of, I’ve had a lot more fun in PvP. I think, once I have a full grasp on the core mechanics and leveled a few things, I will seek out a roamers’ group for more tactical fun.

P.S. With all the AoEs and players (zergs) clashing in one spot, I found it impossible to make out single enemy targets and attack them. Any tips for handling this better?

You don’t need to hold down the ctrl key in order to loot, in the past we would have to hold it down to see loot bags, chests etc. But you can turn that on in options, just look for “Show All Usable Object Names” and make sure its checked and you will always see chests, bags, etc. You will definately want autoloot though, so make sure to max the Provisions master WxP track.

You also might want to start a separate thread about learning wvw mechanics, strategy and different types of gameplay.

I already have everything set on auto-display so I wouldn’t have to hold down any keys. I thought they were talking about some special WvW feature, my bad.

To get back on topic: I’ve heard different opinions on TS today about which amulet enrichment to use. I guess I’ll have to figure that one out for myself. ^^ Thank you, everyone.

Still haven’t found a use for any of them. Kinda sadens me, would have preferred they didn’t extract my +5 power one in the change -_-’

Give me a wxp or reward track, or something useful. Heck +10% badges of honor, I’d take it.

PvP Loot Boxes, are a special kind of container awarded by PvP Reward Tracks. In some tracks they are called “cache” instead “loot box”.

Currently, they’re among the few containers in the game affected by Magic Find.
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WvW reward tracks give the same boxes.

So Magic find is the most optimal

joneirikb.7506:

Still haven’t found a use for any of them. Kinda sadens me, would have preferred they didn’t extract my +5 power one in the change -_-’

Give me a wxp or reward track, or something useful. Heck +10% badges of honor, I’d take it.

5th pip in Provision Mastery grants you increased badge drops on kills.

Offair.2563:

joneirikb.7506:

Still haven’t found a use for any of them. Kinda sadens me, would have preferred they didn’t extract my +5 power one in the change -_-’

Give me a wxp or reward track, or something useful. Heck +10% badges of honor, I’d take it.

5th pip in Provision Mastery grants you increased badge drops on kills.

Yup, but talking about something of any use to put into the ascended amulet slot. So far found nothing I think is worth the cost. I’d be happy if I could just put my old +5 power and bonus vs wvw guards back in there again. Since the new amulet only ones are so underwhelming.

Yeah enrichment gems quite useless, unless you spend thousands of karma oin a daily base and need some back.

+x%wxp would be pretty cool. Or just fold it into the existing xp infusion would be better.

Reward track would lead to people wanting the same for pve map bonus’ and pvp tracks. Not that i’m against it for wvw/pve ( pvp i’m not sure how it would apply, since gear does not typically apply in the same way).

Artemis Thuras.8795:

+x%wxp would be pretty cool. Or just fold it into the existing xp infusion would be better.

Reward track would lead to people wanting the same for pve map bonus’ and pvp tracks. Not that i’m against it for wvw/pve ( pvp i’m not sure how it would apply, since gear does not typically apply in the same way).

They already do that with guild bonuses, so it’s not unreasonable to think it might be done here too. OTOH, they already do that with guild bonuses, so….