In regards to obtaining the new converted items needed in the crafting: upgraded versions of the nougat, skulls and fangs. Currently, Sonders the Seller will be available to upgrade your materials until Nov 12th and then the items are set to be removed once Halloween ends. The Candy Corn cobs will still be available for trade.
Wonderful. So not only are the requirements to make these items now completely insane, costing double that of a legendary weapon, but its also only available until November so it can’t even be a long-term goal.
Wonderful. So not only are the requirements to make these items now completely insane, costing double that of a legendary weapon, but its also only available until November so it can’t even be a long-term goal.
Yup, at this rate they might as well just remove the items, ’cuz noone will be able to amass that much needed materials without spending an obscene amount of gold.
Wonderful. So not only are the requirements to make these items now completely insane, costing double that of a legendary weapon, but its also only available until November so it can’t even be a long-term goal.
Wonderful. So not only are the requirements to make these items now completely insane, costing double that of a legendary weapon, but its also only available until November so it can’t even be a long-term goal.
Double the leg? seriously? lmao.
Well the costs are actually double that of eternity. It is 3-4x the cost of a “standard” legendary at this point in time.
So in theory if you dont want to spend gold to get the corns then in order to obtain this and/or another skin and providing 100,000 is a correct number of candy corn (not in game to be able to check). That means you need around 3703 candy corn per day before the event expires in order to get your skin.
That is 27 days of gathering and the last day we will say you have the stuff to get it, otherwise its 3571 over 28 days. Who on earth is doing the calculations? And who on earth thinks that number is a viable amount over a 28 day period?
I would love to sit all day and night gathering with matchsticks to keep my eyes open and have the magical fairy pay all my bills and provide me a wage. But in the real world there is little to no chance of me ever coming close to that amount and id struggle to find someone who could without spending a ton of money on it.
I hope not,, seeing as it will take 100,000 candy corn and 400 inventory spaces just to get the cobs.
The patch notes say 10 cobs at 1000 each for 10,000 candy corn? I could see it being 100,000 given that it is 25,000 plastic fangs/nougat/skulls stands though but not according to the patch notes?
Zhaitaffy vendor never left. Hes standing by the Laurel vendor in LA.
Not anymore, as of today
The Merchant who traded items for Zhaitaffy is now named Sonders the Seller, next to the Laurel vendor in Fort Marriner. During Halloween, he will exchange the Halloween crafting items. Once Blood and Madness is over, which runs until November 11th, he will resume trading items for Zhaitaffy.
So wait if you have the old recipe for the gift of souls I can still use that? Since it’s still showing the old requirements at this point from what I can see (I do have it).
So wait if you have the old recipe for the gift of souls I can still use that? Since it’s still showing the old requirements at this point from what I can see (I do have it).
The only items that changed were the materials needed to combine in the mystic forge to discover the recipes for the Gift of Spiders, Souls and Moon.
The materials needed to craft the gifts from the recipe itself and the items needed to craft the resulting weapons has not changed.
So wait if you have the old recipe for the gift of souls I can still use that? Since it’s still showing the old requirements at this point from what I can see (I do have it).
The only items that changed were the materials needed to combine in the mystic forge to discover the recipes for the Gift of Spiders, Souls and Moon.
The materials needed to craft the gifts from the recipe itself and the items needed to craft the resulting weapons has not changed.
I would love to see the old blc skins return as a gem item like rox quiver and not RNG based trash that makes you spend more money then actually intended.
So wait if you have the old recipe for the gift of souls I can still use that? Since it’s still showing the old requirements at this point from what I can see (I do have it).
The only items that changed were the materials needed to combine in the mystic forge to discover the recipes for the Gift of Spiders, Souls and Moon.
The materials needed to craft the gifts from the recipe itself and the items needed to craft the resulting weapons has not changed.
Why such an increase in the materials requirements to make the recipe, though?
Currently, Sonders the Seller will be available to upgrade your materials until Nov 12th and then the items are set to be removed once Halloween ends.
Why? Are you seriously going to tell us with a straight face you expect people to collect 100,000 of these in a month? The recipe was increased 1000 fold with respect to these mats. I am absolutely blown away. ONE THOUSAND FOLD. I don’t even know how to express how ridiculous this is without my post being half kittens. Whatever.
Why 1000? That’s alot. While 250 candy corns for one cob would have been just fine. Or perhaps even making full cobs drop from enemies as well could have worked, could it not?
The numbers required now are pretty crazy, considering Candy Corn nodes have been removed from open world too.
Whether something is either wrong or right, someone will always complain about it.
The requirements for the crafting of any of this stuff is just absurd, it really does kind of feel like Anet’s trolling us with this. Instead of just removing things they give it the ole’ smiter’s boon treatment to ensure nobody uses it anyways.
ANet has officially gone crazy. Time to jump ship.
I’m starting to feel like this is the only option anymore… CLEARLY they don’t play their own game, and if they do all they do is gain like 1 level a month in queensdale or something. I’m actually really glad I don’t really like any of these skins, since the Mad Moon shield is too small imo.
Pinnacle of Responsibility[Mom]-Yaks Bend
Unstable Shield, Unstable Light
I feel like this patch was a giant middle finger to the player base.
Make obtaining these skins reasonable!
…and the thing that kills me is you didnt even put the old Halloween BLC skins up on the weapon skin vendor while the new ones are day one. The Ghastly Shield is 1000g+
So in theory if you dont want to spend gold to get the corns then in order to obtain this and/or another skin and providing 100,000 is a correct number of candy corn (not in game to be able to check). That means you need around 3703 candy corn per day before the event expires in order to get your skin.
That is 27 days of gathering and the last day we will say you have the stuff to get it, otherwise its 3571 over 28 days. Who on earth is doing the calculations? And who on earth thinks that number is a viable amount over a 28 day period?
I would love to sit all day and night gathering with matchsticks to keep my eyes open and have the magical fairy pay all my bills and provide me a wage. But in the real world there is little to no chance of me ever coming close to that amount and id struggle to find someone who could without spending a ton of money on it.
They should force whoever thought these numbers were appropriate to go and farm it up themselves. I think that would be an appropriate punishment/lesson.
Yeah the problem with these ridiculous amounts of mats required is that I usually decide early on to give up. No way I am farming for thousands of those, it’s just impossible when you have 1-2 hour a day at your disposal to play some game.
The way you are making your game now, you are giving the rewards away to the addicts playing 24/7 and manipulating the market instead of normal people with jobs and other duties.
What about black lion chests? Are they going to be updated with new Halloween items content?
The description said it was updated with Halloween items:
Black Lion Chest Addition!
In honor of the holiday, I’ve updated all of our Black Lion Chests: Now, every chest you open is guaranteed to include a Trick-or-Treat bag in addition to all of the other prizes it awards!
However, I haven’t opened on for confirmation, and considering the way ArenaNet has been going with the track record I wouldn’t put it past them to have screwed it up as well. Good luck trying.
I bought the game a couple days after Halloween last year, so I was looking forward to getting the recipes. Now I’d have to farm the labyrinth for the entire month nonstop to get ONE of the recipes.
Oh and hooray! we get 2 candy corns with each $2 BL chest key we buy.
I really wonder what’s up with the decisions lately. They tried a bunch of different methods for acquiring the skins for the weapons for each event and rather than the kite fortunes which were fairly well received, they went with the methods that were highly disliked IE. the RNG chests. Now the grind for a single recipe is roughly the equivalent of having to walk from New York to Miami. I’d rather fly, but I’d at least be willing to drive it.
I bought the game a couple days after Halloween last year, so I was looking forward to getting the recipes. Now I’d have to farm the labyrinth for the entire month nonstop to get ONE of the recipes.
Yea you aren’t getting 100k of those in 1 month’s farming time, but good luck all the same.
Edit: at 30 days of content (which this isn’t), playing nonstop for those 30 days, you need just over 2.3/min. Let me know when you find a farm close to that.
While I do agree that the amounts needed are too high, I think it’s fairly obvious that ANet is counting on players buying the mats from other players. Maybe they have data that suggests that there WILL be enough fangs/skulls/nougat floating around by the end of the event for a handful of super-dedicated players to get it, or maybe their intent is to drive more traffic through the TP to soak up more gold from the economy.
That isn’t to say I agree with the numbers, of course. I think that prices for the new skins (and the Pail) could be slashed by 10 (or 100!) to make it less grindy for the average player.
While I do agree that the amounts needed are too high, I think it’s fairly obvious that ANet is counting on players buying the mats from other players. Maybe they have data that suggests that there WILL be enough fangs/skulls/nougat floating around by the end of the event for a handful of super-dedicated players to get it, or maybe their intent is to drive more traffic through the TP to soak up more gold from the economy.
That isn’t to say I agree with the numbers, of course. I think that prices for the new skins (and the Pail) could be slashed by 10 (or 100!) to make it less grindy for the average player.
Who the hell wants to play a game that you can only provide mats for the super rich, and receive a pittance in compensation for your time – never being able to have those nice things yourself simply because you never have enough money, and the people with money are the only ones able to manipulate the markets in their favor?
If I wanted to play that game, I’d be a lower/middle class American.
Finally I recalled the stopgap solution of a great princess who was told that the
peasants had no bread and who responded: “Let them eat brioche.”
I had the materials for de old recipe.. A day tot late.. (Ty for the warming that they were gone be disabled btw?) And now the price for just the recipe is 100 times higher then before.. Just make in 10 special nougat centers or something… Or return tot the old recipe.. This is not doable…
Would love to het the gold back i invested before this ( imo) absurd change
The only items that changed were the materials needed to combine in the mystic forge to discover the recipes for the Gift of Spiders, Souls and Moon.
The only items… just lol… Kinda a big change dont you think? going from 20g(could be a little bit more) to at least 370g for just the nougats.. Not even taking the candy corn in account
I remember what I told myself last year… “oh, 20g, don’t have it right now but I guess that’s k I’ll just be patient until I can get them next year”. Oh boy how wrong I was…
Dear Santa,
For christmas I’d like to get a crossbow for my characters.
With love, a cute kitty.
For the time being it’s 1380g for the nougats alone if you buy everything with current buy order price. 1900g with sale orders.
The rich get richers. People who got the gift recipe from last year are quite well off. Your last chance to get the the crossing for anything close to 200g is closing fast before the market is cornered.
I have very faint hope that this is some kind of “trick” before the treat, but if it is i hope they reveal it quick, because i’m seriously pondering calling quits right here and now. I have played fair share of games in my years and this has to be most absurd thing ever to be seen.
Let’s put this in context. You need 100k nougats and you got 30 days to collect them. 3333 per day, 139 per hour, 2.3 per minute.
There aren’t even 10000 units available in the TP. Not one of these recipes will be made this year if this doesn’t turn out to be some kind of sick joke.
Just so everyone knows.. the items that require 1000 x whatever it is you want to make, drop from mobs.. so you can get 1000 x whatever in basically one drop.
