WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: Vegito.3048

Vegito.3048

Escorting dolyaks is quite difficult and fairly unrewarding to the player(s) doing the escorting. You could have a party of 5 escorting a dolyak and a single warrior on a mission could still annihilate it. With the upcoming importance of dolyaks in the upgrading of towers and such, dolyak [escort] mastery should become a thing.

Random ideas:
->Have dolyak hp scale with players around it up to a certain point.

->Dolyak mastery gives dolyak iron hide.

->Dolyaks give wvw xp every few seconds to people who remain within a radius around it. The radius should probably be big in case attackers need to be chased off or some sort of tagging system should be in place.

Rantev [Warrior]

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: BrickFurious.7169

BrickFurious.7169

They actually said in a previous blog post that in the expansion, yaks will gain a defensive ability (and be extremely hard to kill) whenever they are guarded by an allied player:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/essential-elements-of-the-new-borderlands/

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: misterdevious.6482

misterdevious.6482

…and there will be temporary med kits available at sentry posts to cure/heal/swiftness yaks. Dolyak Mastery could improve the caravan buff you give the yak, or give you extra skills with the med-kit.

They will probably not grant bigger rewards just for walking a yak. I could imagine if they added a yak-defense event when it actually gets attacked and you actually kill enemies (like defending a camp). Or the yak-walking could contribute to the 20-40 minute long “Tower Defense” upgrade event. We don’t know if that “event” will have rewards.

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: Vegito.3048

Vegito.3048

Oh sweet, thanks for letting me know that. Didn’t see those. That’ll solve most of that issue then.

Rantev [Warrior]

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: Spurnshadow.3678

Spurnshadow.3678

That’s a nice idea.

Blackgate Native. It takes tremendous strength and skill to pull a lever.

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: Oolune.4357

Oolune.4357

…and there will be temporary med kits available at sentry posts to cure/heal/swiftness yaks. Dolyak Mastery could improve the caravan buff you give the yak, or give you extra skills with the med-kit.

They will probably not grant bigger rewards just for walking a yak. I could imagine if they added a yak-defense event when it actually gets attacked and you actually kill enemies (like defending a camp). Or the yak-walking could contribute to the 20-40 minute long “Tower Defense” upgrade event. We don’t know if that “event” will have rewards.

It would be great if escorting somehow rewarded you better, but I think most people who were playing early in the game’s life cycle know exactly why ANet should be hesitant about increasing escort rewards. =(

Tarnished Coast
Oolune :: Engineer — Arrow Of Oolune :: Human Ranger -- Shadow Of Oolune :: Human Thief
Box The Turtle :: Human Warrior — Bolobuns Of Steel :: Human Guardian

WvW dolyak mastery + escort xp

in WvW

Posted by: Joshhh.2076

Joshhh.2076

With the upcoming importance of dolyaks in the upgrading of towers and such, dolyak [escort] mastery should become a thing.

Aren’t Dolyaks becoming less important with the upcoming changes? Structures will still upgrade with no Dolyaks, it’ll just be a lot slower.

I agree that they should be harder to kill though, right now it can be nearly impossible to save a yak even with a significant numbers advantage.

Gandaran.