Dive Master Achievement
In every case I’ve helped someone (including myself), people were stuck at 37 because they missed one of the dives. The reason this happens is a two-parter:
- There’s no easy way to tell which dives the game thinks you’ve done (and which you haven’t).
- Some of the triggers are really narrow — the way it works is that you have to wear the goggles, dive from within the right spot, and land (pardon the pun) in the right bit of water. If you miss any of the three, no credit — and no indication that it didn’t count.
I can’t say for certain if you’re in the same boat, but the only way I know to be sure is to go through them all again. (In my case, I was on my 4th time through, although the first two times, I didn’t really keep track.)
Some people say that if you end up in the water still transformed, it doesn’t count (and if you are back to regular clothes, it did) — but I experienced the opposite sometimes, too. In other words, I wouldn’t go by that.
One thing you could try is to find a friend who bought one or more accounts to generate laurels (from logging in) and get them to join you for Diving Master. Let them go first and make sure they get credit so you can repeat what they did.
On the one hand, I’m sure you’re not looking forward to running through them again. On the other, at least you don’t have to wait for a bug fix.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
PS can’t hurt to create a support ticket and see if Customer Service has any new tricks up their sleeve for this one. You aren’t the first and you won’t be the last to get to 35+ and hit the Wall o’ Frustration™.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
I too had this problem!
I got that last one by revisiting dives I weren’t sure about. There were dives where I KNEW they got counted, and there were those I weren’t so sure about.
There was one where I never transformed back, and I thought it could’ve been that one. I kept revisiting and re-diving that, but after it had been fixed I still had only 37.
Re-diving certainly wasn’t fun, but luckily I only had to revisit about 5 to find that missing one.
Good luck! :/
Glad to know it’s still possible. I just wish I crossed off the ones that I knew I got the completion for if I knew this was going to happen. Not looking forward to going back again to do them, but being so close I just want to complete it now.
Is their any specific method that would be recommended for specific jumps, like walking off instead of jumping?
Glad to know it’s still possible. I just wish I crossed off the ones that I knew I got the completion for if I knew this was going to happen. Not looking forward to going back again to do them, but being so close I just want to complete it now.
Is their any specific method that would be recommended for specific jumps, like walking off instead of jumping?
I keep thinking to put together a list like that… but it’s really hard to verify claims that others have made, since after you get credit, you can’t tell any longer what works/doesn’t.
I went through them twice sort of casually (not recording everything). My third time through was systematic, but by then I couldn’t tell any longer which I had credit for. The fourth time, I was super meticulous: I tried to do every dive 3-4x (depending on how annoying it was to get to the goggles).
So learn from my mistake: go with a mesmer (or a friend that is) and/or teleport guns and other jumping aids. Keep track on ‘paper’ (e.g. I used a spreadsheet), and try each ‘normally’ and then a second time, aiming for what seems like a tricky spot. If the first time, you landed close to any walls/cliffs, try ending up farther away.
I’ve yet to find someone for whom this was actually bugged — everyone who went through it carefully an Nth time ended up getting full credit. Eventually.
Good luck and please let us know how it works out.
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
I had the identical thing. After going through all 38 dives, I went through them all again, and was still on 37/38. I then went through all of them a third time, making sure to do each dive 3 times, I then had the Pig Iron Quarry dive proc on my second attempt (4th in total), giving me 38/38 (This entire process took several hours)
Several of these dives are extremely buggy, and there is no other way but to try and re-do all 38 multiple times each :/
Several of these dives are extremely buggy, and there is no other way but to try and re-do all 38 multiple times each :/
I don’t describe them as “buggy” in the sense that I think they were probably designed this way. Definitely frustrating, regardless of what the “correct” term would be.
It would be a lot easier if even they just set it up like JPs, where there was a named achievement for each dive. Right now, there’s no way to tell if you have credit for any particular dive. And it’s difficult to know if you got credit at any particular try, unless you happened to be looking at the number each time.
JPs are similarly sensitive to exact location. When they used to be part of dailies, you could manage to grab the chest loot without having triggered the game’s idea of “beginning” or “finishing” the puzzle itself.
Short story:
- Keep trying.
- Do multiple attempts at each location, starting and/or aiming a bit differently.
- Keep notes.
- Cross fingers.
- Try to avoid smashing the keyboard against your monitor in frustration. (Makes you feel better for 20 seconds, but makes it more difficult to play the game afterward.)
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
I finally did it, it was Malchor’s Leap that didn’t register the previous times I did it. This time when I was falling I kept on holding the forward button and I believe that landed me in the exact location I needed to be to register the final jump. If anyone in the future has trouble with some locations keep this in mind.
1) My experience (being stuck on 37) doesn’t match any of the above—the only one that I’m missing (because I haven’t tried it) is the Aethernaut’s lab (the “newby”). That’s a true “keyhole” jump that I don’t (yet) have the confidence to try!
I finally did it, it was Malchor’s Leap that didn’t register the previous times I did it. This time when I was falling I kept on holding the forward button and I believe that landed me in the exact location I needed to be to register the final jump. If anyone in the future has trouble with some locations keep this in mind.
Great! Glad to hear it. (Thanks for letting us know how you got it, too.)
John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”
I finally did it, it was Malchor’s Leap that didn’t register the previous times I did it. This time when I was falling I kept on holding the forward button and I believe that landed me in the exact location I needed to be to register the final jump. If anyone in the future has trouble with some locations keep this in mind.
Great! Glad to hear it. (Thanks for letting us know how you got it, too.)
No problem, every jump I did I would think “this is the one” haha. I appreciate all the help by the way, was very useful.
undouble, that’s probably the hardest one to do but it’s still manageable. I would recommend watching some videos that show you how to do it. I was able to get it on my first try following the video.