Guild Wars 2

Did ArenaNet remove the 3 rare bags you get from killing all 5 bosses at the silverwastes during breach? or is it a bug?

didnt see anything on it on the notes.

Edit: Corrected company name to remove unnecessary and wholly-unwarranted rudeness. Also corrected the subject line.

After the Breach event in the Silverwastes we no longer get 3 [Bags of Rare gear] in the reward chest. Is this a bug or is it working as intended?

I hope it’s a bug. If it is a nerf, that really sucks Anet.

looks like a nerf, talked to a lot of people at the sw, so no more 3 rare bag drops, one nightmare key per run and the rest of the drops have been nerfed. The silverwastes will go back to what they were initially, deserted.

Great job Anet!!! Just another way to kill people’s fun. Didn’t you learn with the dungeon nerfs?

Yeah I am getting this aswell, 2 maps now in a row I haven’t recieved credit :/

If SW was on a set timer, then I would be upset with the removal of some of the drops. Since it’s based on how well the map is doing, I’m okay with it getting some drops changed.

Ellieanna.5027:

If SW was on a set timer, then I would be upset with the removal of some of the drops. Since it’s based on how well the map is doing, I’m okay with it getting some drops changed.

Well I would venture to say that most people are NOT okay with these type of nerfs! As stated above… Anet did you not learn from the dungeon nerfs. STOP SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE DANG FOOT!

We need some confirmation on if this is an actual nerf or just a bug. ANet?

This needs more attention than it’s getting if it’s true. Too many people having fun and getting rewarded for it in The Silverwastes? x.x

Too many people having fun in the Silverwastes. ANet hates fun.

A 50% reward nerf seems overboard. It didn’t need a nerf, honestly. It was a fun and enjoyable zone. I really hope it wasn’t nerfed intentionally because it’s one of my favorite zones to do and wasn’t more rewarding than other zones anymore.

800 gems -> 280g
SW nerf, heh good luck with farming gold.

SW was best map for fun and good times, but guess not anymore.

Guess after those “we promote fun and rewarding game” comes reality.

Ragnarox.9601:

800 gems -> 280g
SW nerf, heh good luck with farming gold.

SW was best map for fun and good times, but guess not anymore.

Guess they noticed that the exchange rate was starting to calm down a little bit and decided to fix that permanently :P

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

I thought everyone was farming AB?

Ayrilana.1396:

I thought everyone was farming AB?

Not to those that do not own Heart of Thorns. SW was also decent filler between AB metas. So… yeah. =/

Slashmeehup.1495:

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

It’s not just a single event, it’s a culmination of events that everyone has to work towards. The reward now is simply not worth the effort.

The biggest concern in my opinion here is that if it was indeed intentionally nerfed, why was it not on the patchnotes?

Grimegg.1297:

The biggest concern in my opinion here is that if it was indeed intentionally nerfed, why was it not on the patchnotes?

Stealth nerfing is not a new thing, but definitely an unpopular thing, most every time.

If anet nerfed this instead of auric exploit map then i will instadelete this game…

ANET can we get a response on the silverwastes rewards situation???? Is this an intended nerf? Why was it not in the patch notes? What was the rationale behind this move?

Please respond

Unless this is an oversight (which I really doubt), I think this, and the new addition of account bound weapons, is meant to drive more people to spend money on gems – taking away one of the best money farms in the game.

This being a stealth nerf is really low. Well, whatever you do Anet, I am not spending any money on your game now – shady practices like this alienate your customers more than anything.

I don’t even do SW that often at all, but I still think this is really shady of Anet (IF this was an intentional change). It’s doubly shady due to the lack of documentation in the patch notes.

We are still waiting for an answer Anet. Please respond.

Allvaldr.3425:

Too many people having fun in the Silverwastes. ANet hates fun.

I don’t know why but you have reminded me of my favorite Peanuts comic: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bPDNU3T4Bw4/TqiWXpVGf-I/AAAAAAAABCM/Tx2SpeusZcU/s500/Photo%252520Oct%25252026%25252C%2525202011%2525207%25253A22%252520PM.jpg

Should “not THAT much fun!” really be the command from the devs?

Sousuke.7268:

shady practices like this alienate your customers more than anything.

The only customers they care about are the 1% who spend thousands of dollars RL to “play” this game. The rest of us are just numbers to them.

Slashmeehup.1495:

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

SW events/meta is fun to do.

Chest farming isn’t fun to do.

Nerfing SW, which doesn’t need a nerf anymore after the HoT map reward buffs which made them all as rewarding kitten doesn’t make any sense. What makes even less sense is nerfing SW NOW when AB is being multi-looted and didn’t get nerfed. Everyone is doing AB now, why would you nerf SW when it’s not even the best gold/hour or an exploit or anything? SW didn’t need any changes.

I’m baffled.

Anet going for that ea sports title as the most hated company in america….

Shiyo.3578:

Slashmeehup.1495:

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

SW events/meta is fun to do.

Chest farming isn’t fun to do.

Nerfing SW, which doesn’t need a nerf anymore after the HoT map reward buffs which made them all as rewarding kitten doesn’t make any sense. What makes even less sense is nerfing SW NOW when AB is being multi-looted and didn’t get nerfed. Everyone is doing AB now, why would you nerf SW when it’s not even the best gold/hour or an exploit or anything? SW didn’t need any changes.

I’m baffled.

I’m thinking it has to do with making AB the best loot spot. Because people who were farming SW that don’t have HoT will now need to buy HoT if they want the best loot. It’s a stretch, but I wouldn’t put it past Anet. They are acting rather desperate as of late.

Neural.1824:

Shiyo.3578:

Slashmeehup.1495:

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

SW events/meta is fun to do.

Chest farming isn’t fun to do.

Nerfing SW, which doesn’t need a nerf anymore after the HoT map reward buffs which made them all as rewarding kitten doesn’t make any sense. What makes even less sense is nerfing SW NOW when AB is being multi-looted and didn’t get nerfed. Everyone is doing AB now, why would you nerf SW when it’s not even the best gold/hour or an exploit or anything? SW didn’t need any changes.

I’m baffled.

I’m thinking it has to do with making AB the best loot spot. Because people who were farming SW that don’t have HoT will now need to buy HoT if they want the best loot. It’s a stretch, but I wouldn’t put it past Anet. They are acting rather desperate as of late.

I have HoT and I don’t like any of the new zones AT ALL. Be it VB AB TD (I only like DS a bit but only once in a week or so). If they are taking out that big chunk of the SW rewards then they are potentially killing the map, and fast at that.

Neural.1824:

Shiyo.3578:

Slashmeehup.1495:

I don’t understand this forum at all. When they nerfed Chest farming by ~40%, no one batted an eye. They trim one reward off a single event, and people flip out.

SW events/meta is fun to do.

Chest farming isn’t fun to do.

Nerfing SW, which doesn’t need a nerf anymore after the HoT map reward buffs which made them all as rewarding kitten doesn’t make any sense. What makes even less sense is nerfing SW NOW when AB is being multi-looted and didn’t get nerfed. Everyone is doing AB now, why would you nerf SW when it’s not even the best gold/hour or an exploit or anything? SW didn’t need any changes.

I’m baffled.

I’m thinking it has to do with making AB the best loot spot. Because people who were farming SW that don’t have HoT will now need to buy HoT if they want the best loot. It’s a stretch, but I wouldn’t put it past Anet. They are acting rather desperate as of late.

If their plan is to kill off popular zones because they are not part of their current paywall then that is another, MUCH larger problem with them entirely.

Anet, why are you undoing the goodwill that you created with the spring update?

In This Thread:

Unfortunate bug on patch day occurs.

ANET MUST CLEARLY HATE ME AND MY FAMILY AND ANCESTORS AND IS ATTEMPTING TO RUIN MY FUN IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

Seriously. Bugs happen, you all don’t need to pitch a fit about it.

It’s a bug and they’re aware of it:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Cashnet-s-silent-nerf-on-Silverwastes/first#post6202247

Gaile, you’re awesome.

Good to hear that this was unintentional. Your spring update was such a positive thing for this game I would have hated for something like this to come along and ruin it.

Gaile Gray.6029:

People, people, people.

You have a legitimate question, all of you. But some of you are going off the rails with a really high level of snarkiness, grumpiness, and general unpleasantness.

I have asked around, and after some discussion amongst teams, we think we may understand what happened. What you want (need) to know is this: The change to the Silverwastes drops was not intentional, and it will be corrected.

If you could please avoid the name-calling and the other tin-foil hat comments, I’d appreciate it. I can get down into core issues a lot more quickly, save myself a pair of permanently-raised eyebrows, and save my team members another muttered “Oh really, you guys?” if you just ask the question straight up and let us get you an answer!

Thanks! And I’ll update when we have more info!

Thank you so much, Gaile.

Can the title of the thread be changed to not say “Cashnet,” since Gaile has addressed the OP’s concern?

~EW

Now that just cheered my entire day up. I refrained from yelling on the forums about this, but I was flipping out. SW is literally the only map I play on (95%).

EphemeralWallaby.7643:

Can the title of the thread be changed to not say “Cashnet,” since Gaile has addressed the OP’s concern?

~EW

I second this. Pretty uninspired play on words in the first place.

Gaile Gray.6029:

People, people, people.

You have a legitimate question, all of you. But some of you are going off the rails with a really high level of snarkiness, grumpiness, and general unpleasantness.

We got reasons you know. But thanks for clearing this up.

Gaile Gray.6029:

if you just ask the question straight up and let us get you an answer!

I appreciate the clarification, so thank you for that.

Also—and I mean no offense—given how long it’s taken in the past to get responses from things like visual nerfs, balance issues (i.e. threads asking about thief ricochet trait went on for over a thousand posts without any response), and other important topics, it’s left many people with a cynical view toward how Anet communicates with its players/customers. So naturally, when something like this happens, it’s not unreasonable to think that this was intentional with no explanation.

Seabreeze.8437:

Gaile Gray.6029:

if you just ask the question straight up and let us get you an answer!

I appreciate the clarification, so thank you for that.

Also—and I mean no offense—given how long it’s taken in the past to get responses from things like visual nerfs, balance issues (i.e. threads asking about thief ricochet trait went on for over a thousand posts without any response), and other important topics, it’s left many people with a cynical view toward how Anet communicates with its players/customers. So naturally, when something like this happens, it’s not unreasonable to think that this was intentional with no explanation.

Exactly.

Gaile Gray.6029:

People, people, people.

You have a legitimate question, all of you. But some of you are going off the rails with a really high level of snarkiness, grumpiness, and general unpleasantness.

I have asked around, and after some discussion amongst teams, we think we may understand what happened. What you want (need) to know is this: The change to the Silverwastes drops was not intentional, and it will be corrected.

If you could please avoid the name-calling and the other tin-foil hat comments, I’d appreciate it. I can get down into core issues a lot more quickly, save myself a pair of permanently-raised eyebrows, and save my team members another muttered “Oh really, you guys?” if you just ask the question straight up and let us get you an answer!

Thanks! And I’ll update when we have more info!

Thank you for the update! Yay.

The problem is that everyone is already upset about the untradable weapon thing going on (rightly so). So the snark has leaked into other topics I guess.

It’s understandable that people get afraid due the lack of communication on past about important topics, but also people seems to be used to always demand stuff and complain without thinking first. Take off their candy and they will yell and cry without even asking first why that. Calm down people, issues happen and at times things can slip off. If anyone would stop and analyze ALL fact, the speculations here would make no sense. Being upset and curious about a response is understandable, but rudeness and attacking based on speculations isn’t. If it would take days without a response, then the speculations would make a “bit” more sense.

And I feel you Galie, and thanks for the update btw.

Edit: This post was written before Gaile wrote the one above, if it matters.