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One could also just do 3 hot join matches in sPvP, don’t put in much effort and get a laurel.
The discussion is always about WvW vs PvE but I see sPvP as a decent compromise for PvP purists. It’s often even faster than in WvW/PvE to get your laurel.
But since they’re introducing new WvW daily objectives I think it’s a pointless discussion at this point anyways.

Master of Timespace.2548:

Ascended items are not required outside FoTM. They are good to have, but not required, meaning there is no content that you cannot complete without them .In stark difference there is content in FoTM (lvl 48 as an example) that you CANNOT do without ascended gear. You will be one shot by an unblockable, undodgeable attack. So in fact you would be gating the content by gating the gear.

There is no content that you can’t complete with green magic find armor…

It would be good to read both the post you are quoting and the posts above it. I am looking forward to a more detailed explanation of how you and your party have completed a high lvl fractal without AR.

Rayya.2591:

daily:
1.kill 5 yaks
2.kill 10 players
3.kill 13 diferent monsters – you find 7 or 10 diferent npc’s at hero’s orchad (citizen /engineir /tehnician/soldier… etc)
4.50 kills
5.ambient killer
6.veteran slayer
7.champion slayer
8.5 events
9.crafting (home border – cost less that 1 silver – 10 bolts of silk)
10.mystic forge – (Garrison) -gamble your loot from karma train
11.gather
12.repair
13.lvler
14. skill points acumulator (3 lvls)
15. savage
this is fair for everybody
We should punish scouts, cause they don’t follow the karma train ?
or roamers, ppls who run in smal groups ?
daily take 10 minutes maximum to complete – but if you don’t follow teh karma train you might need 1 week to get 250 badges, while you get it in 3-4 hours zerging.
So you want more zerg ? i had enough, i spent my badges, i bought sieges, i bought items for my alts, now should i follow the karma train in your humble oppinion ?

This! ^

There’s absolutely no reason you’re not getting your daily done. I get mine done everyday and seldom even leave WvW (my acheivements permanently locked in the 2000’s and my world exploration at 48% proves this). I’m a solo/small group-roamer to boot, so it requires a touch more skill than your standard hive-minded zergling, but it can be done. Not only that, but I typically get my dailies/monthlies done faster than my PvE-based guildee counterparts usually. Even the laurel merchant stands directly outside the gates to WvW. Just grab him for a chat before entering. Running 15 yards worth of PvE won’t kill you I promise.

I thought laurels were ment as side rewards, not a main currancy thats gonna be involved in almost all future items. Dumbest idea ever, time gate things because we cant keep our player base interested enough in logging in to just play the game when they want.

Only sentries have the right to complain. No way sitting at your garrison ticking siege all day long will ever reward you with a laurel.

penatbater.4710:

Only sentries have the right to complain. No way sitting at your garrison ticking siege all day long will ever reward you with a laurel.

Not even WvW at that point, that’s more like SiegevP… Even then though I imagine it would be kind of hard not to at least get your daily 10 kills and such. Unless your server is just roflstomping the competition so hard they are afraid to even visit your Garrison, lol.

Thanks TLDR:
- Match-up changes
- Ascended trinkets(laurels + badges or ectos)
- WvW infusions (extra dmg vs npcs)
- Reward chests
- More guard abilities
- Oil abilities
- WvW dailies
- Various minor changes

PRAISE THE GOLEM GOD!

Ascended rings can be purchased for 25 laurels and 250 badges of honor.
Haha kitten you. I actually did wait this patch and then i see this. Did PvE heros need laurels when they farmed hundred rings?

I actually stopped reading when I saw those 25 laurels and 250 badges for an Ascended Ring.

Kitten you, Junkpile, few seconds late.

rings, accessories and amulets should’ve been less laurels and much more badges really..
Keep in mind you still got an arrow cart to delete of this game

Thanks for anything else in those patchnotes.

I Deschain I.4623:

I actually stopped reading when I saw those 25 laurels and 250 badges for an Ascended Ring.

First I stopped reading, then I couldn’t stop laughing. Just… wow. That’s completely kittened.

I see our fears of the WvW infusions were misguided since ANet once again showed some insight by making those infusions completely worthless. Good.

Iruwen.3164:

I Deschain I.4623:

I actually stopped reading when I saw those 25 laurels and 250 badges for an Ascended Ring.

First I stopped reading, then I couldn’t stop laughing. Just… wow. That’s completely kittened.

Pretty much. THAT’s how much Anet cares about WvW players. Hooray!

Wvw is meant as a sink obviously.

Iruwen.3164:

I Deschain I.4623:

I actually stopped reading when I saw those 25 laurels and 250 badges for an Ascended Ring.

First I stopped reading, then I couldn’t stop laughing. Just… wow. That’s completely kittened.

I just saw the infusions. Fml, I’m laughing now, too.

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

So bad….. what was the point of any of this update? Stop wasting developer time and maybe do something we care about. At least if you are going to give us rewards, do it properly. I can farm a ring in a matter of days if I desire, 25 laurels is lol. Infusions are a waste, the oil skills are pointless, and wexp promotes zerging. Hoorah!

mrmadhaze.8706:

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

Is this sarcasm? o_O

Jackie.1829:

So bad….. what was the point of any of this update? Stop wasting developer time and maybe do something we care about. At least if you are going to give us rewards, do it properly. I can farm a ring in a matter of days if I desire, 25 laurels is lol. Infusions are a waste, the oil skills are pointless, and wexp promotes zerging. Hoorah!

I keep on wondering when the REAL world vs. world changes are coming… this can’t be it.

Jackie.1829:

So bad….. what was the point of any of this update? Stop wasting developer time and maybe do something we care about. At least if you are going to give us rewards, do it properly. I can farm a ring in a matter of days if I desire, 25 laurels is lol. Infusions are a waste, the oil skills are pointless, and wexp promotes zerging. Hoorah!

I support this.

The only 2 things i’m looking foward to are optimization (never hurts..but will it be noticeable?) and chests for wxp, might be a nice way to get some stuff out of wvwing..
but prolly will just get a flood of pvers farming wxp for chests due to magic words “Chance of precursors”.
Which will mean more lag, more blob, more queques, less quality (on average).

Greaaat.

Now i am 100% sure that the developers don’t actually give a kitten about WvW

Ascended gear costs should probably be adjusted towards more badges, less laurels (double or triple the badges cost, half the laurels cost…something along those lines).

But the introduction of the WvW Rank rewards chest is certainly a “proper reward.” Not to mention the fact they are rewarding previously-achieved ranks, which is something you rarely see in MMOs. I do think drop rate/quality for general WvW kills should be increased, this is definitely a step in the right direction.

Well I had waited until this patch to see if Anet could keep me interested in WvW and GW2. This pretty much killed it for me. Anet you still aren’t listening to the players.

Looking forward to ESO.

Another mediocre patch. surprise surprise
Oh well, it’s fun seeing arrowcarts moving into open field soon no patch of land will be untouched.

For a very long time I am waiting for better commander system they promised.
Then I hope for larger groups, than 5.
But at least I can use Oil and reflect projectiles.

Why are masterwork items in the loot table for the rank chest? Please tell me those are just for players that earn ranks at levels before rare items become available.

I can’t wait to get that defensive infusion.

-1% damage to lords and guards? Yes please….

Obviously, this must be a typo.

Iruwen.3164:

I Deschain I.4623:

I actually stopped reading when I saw those 25 laurels and 250 badges for an Ascended Ring.

First I stopped reading, then I couldn’t stop laughing. Just… wow. That’s completely kittened.

Why? Nothing wrong at all with that, especially when you consider there are now three WvW specific items available on the daily and getting the other two will continue to be ridiculously easy.

Where is the backpiece???????????

Sirendor.1394:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

Is this sarcasm? o_O

laurels and ectos for ascended items, and infusions against npcs. So no, it’s not sarcasm.

> Defensive infusions provide players with -1% damage to guards and lords.

rofl

I was excited… and the introduction of ascended items into WvW would’ve made up for the change to the matchup system (which itself looks pretty chaotic). But, like, seriously… 25 laurels? It should be, as someone pointed out, more WvW-centric which means more badges and less laurels.

I was hoping for 10 laurels but was expecting something like 15 laurels. Way to just screw things up again.

This is jukittenn.

Actually this is the first patch note, that i cant stop laugh. Wondering who is working in ArenaNet on WvW things, cuz im pretty sure, this is the next guy who have no clue, a just randomly giving us a a totally messed kitten.

They said, there will be ectos from chests (dont tell me about kittening rare items) since from this kitten you cant get alot, and a drop rate is to small. 25 laurels for ring? Jesus I will make faster 10 fractals for ring, insted of spending 25 days for this kitteng bullkitten.

This company makes me puke.

wow 25 laurels for a ring 40 for an acc, what a bargain haha

mrmadhaze.8706:

Sirendor.1394:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

Is this sarcasm? o_O

laurels and ectos for ascended items, and infusions against npcs. So no, it’s not sarcasm.

We’ll chalk it up to a lack of full comprehension then. Laurels come easy enough that I have ascended everything except the back piece right now. They’ll be even easier with the changes to dailies. The monthly is about to reset, if you haven’t finished it there’s 10 more waiting for you and 10 more about to become available.

surprised ANet adds useless things to their game?
tell me more about that warrior you rolled

So…. I have to play hours of WvWvW to get a handful of Badges and then hours of PvE to get Laurels? … Check. I think I’ll choose the option to do without thanks. Ask Mythic how things worked out for them when they forced PvE on the people who only enjoyed RvRvR. (Hint ToA).

Estus.1726:

So…. I have to play hours of WvWvW to get a handful of Badges and then hours of PvE to get Laurels? … Check. I think I’ll choose the option to do without thanks. Ask Mythic how things worked out for them when they forced PvE on the people who only enjoyed RvRvR. (Hint ToA).

No. Your WvW will, if you’re paying attention at least, get you laurels as well.

no AC nerf either!!!

As someone who partakes in all aspects of this game i welcome these additions to WvW but hope that future additionkitten the mark a bit better. There is still a disconnect between what WvW players want and what we are getting.

VOLKON.1290:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Sirendor.1394:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

Is this sarcasm? o_O

laurels and ectos for ascended items, and infusions against npcs. So no, it’s not sarcasm.

We’ll chalk it up to a lack of full comprehension then. Laurels come easy enough that I have ascended everything except the back piece right now. They’ll be even easier with the changes to dailies. The monthly is about to reset, if you haven’t finished it there’s 10 more waiting for you and 10 more about to become available.

Indeed man, but cmon.. im in wvw for the pvp not becouse i like waiting and farming dailies or ectos while i have tons of badges. It’s a kitten joke!
There is the pve for this things

AndrewSX.3794:

Jackie.1829:

So bad….. what was the point of any of this update? Stop wasting developer time and maybe do something we care about. At least if you are going to give us rewards, do it properly. I can farm a ring in a matter of days if I desire, 25 laurels is lol. Infusions are a waste, the oil skills are pointless, and wexp promotes zerging. Hoorah!

I support this.

The only 2 things i’m looking foward to are optimization (never hurts..but will it be noticeable?) and chests for wxp, might be a nice way to get some stuff out of wvwing..
but prolly will just get a flood of pvers farming wxp for chests due to magic words “Chance of precursors”.
Which will mean more lag, more blob, more queques, less quality (on average).

Greaaat.

Some servers NEED ways to get more players into WvW.

salluks.6017:

Where is the backpiece?

Next update, I hope =/

Volkon, if that is the case then wonderful. We shall see I suppose.

This is ridiculous, 40 laurels….

Laurels you only get from daily (1)/monthly(10) with now 3 WvW specific daily’s and several general dailies (like events, veteran, kills, underwater kills, …) you can likely do over 50% of all daily’s in WvW. Hope they add some more freedom to monthly and some more WvW specific ones as well.

You should get Event-Mentor counted for each WvW-Event while have an upgraded in party

Hooray I get to spend my badges on +1% damage to guards…..

Really? Really….

still going to have 5k badges taking up bank space. And still no back piece that we can get without having to pve. Fail again Anet.

Anyone have a note on the good PvP MMO’s coming out? Might become worthwhile to leave this mess behind. The only good thing we got was that we now get rewards for ranks, hooray.

mrmadhaze.8706:

VOLKON.1290:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Sirendor.1394:

mrmadhaze.8706:

Thanks devs for the more pve in wvw!!! we need it!!!!! i play wvw only for gathering and for kill npcs for the daily!!! ty a lot!

Is this sarcasm? o_O

laurels and ectos for ascended items, and infusions against npcs. So no, it’s not sarcasm.

We’ll chalk it up to a lack of full comprehension then. Laurels come easy enough that I have ascended everything except the back piece right now. They’ll be even easier with the changes to dailies. The monthly is about to reset, if you haven’t finished it there’s 10 more waiting for you and 10 more about to become available.

Indeed man, but cmon.. im in wvw for the pvp not becouse i like waiting and farming dailies or ectos while i have tons of badges. It’s a kitten joke!
There is the pve for this things

There are three (now) daily items that are WvW specific. In addition, things like daily kills, kill variety, gathering, etc. all suppliment WvW and should be a part of your play regardless. Gathering, for example, is quite useful for superior siege. Mystic Forge uses for the same… save your stuff and when that one pops up it’s a freebie. Salvaging is another freebie. Laurels are ridiculously easy to get in WvW, it’s just a matter of paying attention. Maybe you need to kill five yaks. Well, go kill five yaks. Fix a wall, Make bad guys go dead. Mine some mithril and chop some wood. Make superior ACs. Piece of cake.