Guild Wars 2

About zergs … Even if right now they are the best way to win grounds, I feel like so much potential is wasted … Mainly because most of the time, a zerg is not created through any planifications, but only because of the individual desires to encounter and kill more players (because it’s much more fun / rewarding / …). That is resulting into a chaotic group only motivated by short-term pulsions.

What a deadly and beautiful tool a truly organised and disciplined zerg would be !
To achieve that, I also think that taking into account the potential of each profession would be a key factor, for every player to fill the best role for the community (I think WvW gives a lot of opportunities for cannon builds completing each others).

Elementalists and Necromancers forming the core of the zergs, the firsts dealing direct AOE damages and the seconds controlling the flow through conditions.
Gardians protecting this core by absorbing the damages and boosting their allies.
Engineers dealing with siege engines, using them to help the zerg, and protecting those placed on key points with their owm short-range devices.
Rangers scoutting the land for informations and protecting the buildings thanks to their range, making death rain on the assailants.
Small fists / groups of Warriors, Thieves and Mesmers roaming the land, killing doliaks, scouts and soloists, taking camps and moving on, helping our zerg when needed with scissors tactics, attacking the sides of the other zerg and killing the remnants / runaways.
…

This is a rigide caricature of an example, but it would be beautiful to see this kind of (more flexible) organization, taking those dynamics into account. It would indeed require for everyone to embrass the greatest plan, and also some authority, but it would be a great base to apply any winning strategy described above or by Laozi / Ender / the Go / [Insert any strategy school here].
(So I guess I’m more dealing here with tactic than strategy, my bad, but in my mind they are kind of intricate/dependent)

My 0.02$ dream.

Hey !
I kinda disagree with some statements made here… Here are some arguments:

I was referring to a generic exotic, much less The Mad Moon etc Halloween speciality exotics. And I have read people, albeit a few which is line with expectations, getting those like twice in 40 runs. A lottery doesnt reward what seems like 75% people with gconsolation prizesh of exotics and the rest nothing.

1) ‘seems foolish to say that, but they are called exotics because they are not common but rare and outstanding. That’s what makes them valuable and desired. You want the majority (I will consider your concern coms from altruism) to obtain one of them. This is a contradiction. Same for the simple rare items, just take out the outstanding.

2) You have easy-to-get outstanding items (Mad King books, horns, etc). You only see them as “consolation prizes” because they are common. Which confirms my previous point. You crave for rarity, but are not willing to pay the cost.

3) RNG implementation is an easy target, because this kind of accusations will always find propellant, gathering disappointed players while the others just live with it. Curses, gods, misfortune,etc for natural phenomenons ; cheating, bugs, conspiracies for the human-related one… We are so inclined to find a scheme instead of accepting the simple chaos of probabilities.

Isnft the point of Halloween so that EVERYONE can dress up and have fun???

Aparently according to these people on the forums, only gluckyh people were able to celebrate Halloween this year.

Great job on this one Anet, you really know how to make a bunch of people feel like losers..

4) As for the “dressing up”, cheap solutions:

• Wear the free horn/hat
• Wear the easy-to-get nice books
• Drink tonics and join the brawl
• No tonics? Halloween food also works.
• No food? Then jump into a cauldron (Mystic Forge or Witches ones)

5) Not satisfied with all the previous solutions ? You definitely want one of those exotic skins?

• Continue farming (doesn’t seem to please you though)
• Buy BLC keys (good way to thanks Anet for all this content – But yes, the prob are not with you here)
• Craft Mad King chests (which are one more proof that Anet does care for its community)
• Find them in the TP
• Craft them later (possible for most of those exotics)
  I don’t see any other ways Anet could have provided to get them without depriving them of their “outstandingness”
  
  6) There is a bunch of other ways to enjoy this event which are not related to how you are dressed.

No thanks Anet for this event.

7) Judging this event only through the drop rates, and not the whole free content (dozen of events, two enjoyable PvP games, one challenging JP, a dungeon, special event-related foes and items, LA relooking, …) is kind of an insult to their hard work.

So, yes, you were unlucky, but life is so, and it’s a shame if it prevented you to enjoy the whole event.

Have a nice day.

Hey,

Thanks for this well done thread.

However, I’m a bit confused about the personal ToT using the Candy Meter, as I’ve found none yet. Can you be a bit more specific about their places ? Should we use the same frequency than the one for the near ghost or another one ?

Thanks in advance, and happy Halloween !