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We’re looking into it, thanks for the heads up!
Thanks for the heads up. We’ll take a look at it.
This sounds like a bug. Thanks for the heads up, and we will take a look.
Theeeeere we go.
TL;DR
Fix incoming sometime in the future.
Another note on the visibility of tendrils during the Tendril Torcher adventure: I had a hard time seeing the tendrils because of other players’ flamethrower blasts blocking my view. Is it possible to instance other players while you’re on an adventure like this? If not there is a lot of potential for griefing here.
Instancing is something we’d like to do sparingly, but to answer your question: There are some things that can be done to reduce the impact that other players will have on your experience, even in the open world. Thanks for the heads up, and I’ll look into those options.
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General adventure feedback
Overall: A fun distraction, but they need to be available more foten.
- Adventures should be available more regularly. Most adventures are unavailable at night and would benefit from instead being active, as night in Verdant Brink is currently is ‘downtime’ which lends itself to doing adventures. Seriously consider if adventures should be separate from event chains entirely and unlocked all of the time.
- The names of the adventures often say “Airstrike” instead of the actual name of the adventure when hovered over in the map.
- Sometimes the adventures have a lock icon over them in map, which means that adventure is currently unavailable, but an adventure not having a lock icon does not mean it IS available.
- The leaderboard for the adventure shows the 3 highest players then 5 players near your position. A small divider between the two would make this screen easier to read.
- The leaderboard page for the adventure is very small. Showing the top 5 scores and 9 people near you would be more interesting.
Adventures should have a ‘stop’ button for if you want to start-over while in the middle of an adventure (for example if you make a bad start). Have been informed that a close button does exist to stop the adventure, but its easy to miss.
- The scoreboard shown at the end of the adventure worked fine for me, but there have been reports (in-game and also from NitricRose.1863 in this thread) that the scoreboard continued only showing the top 3 scores even after completion of the challenge.
This is a really great set of feedback for me, Famme. Thanks a ton.
The general notes I’ve taken away from this post are:
- There needs to be a clearer set of messaging for when/how adventures are unlocked.
- Player skills are often damaging to the overall competitiveness of adventures (This has been addressed internally)
- Visibility of adventure objectives (Bugs/Tendrils/Salvage/Etc) needs to be clearer and more standardized
Thanks again for taking the time to detail your experiences with adventures. The more feedback we have, the better we can make them for you all!
Best,
b.
Edit: Muuuuuuch better with the flair.
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Thanks for the heads up, Memphis. We’ve identified the problem and we are working on a solution!
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Big thanks to [ESP] Everlasting Sacred Path for taking me under wing!
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If you did not log in or purchase Episode 3, fear not! The Centaur in the Oasis will sell you the story reward pieces (IE: Leyline stone, Phantasmal Essence, etc) you would have received from Episode 03 for laurels!
Now, I need to know who thought of having the beedog scoot on its butt? I laughed out loud the first time I saw him do that with his eyes getting all wonky and it still makes me snicker.
Jeff Weber (modeler) created our creatures and Trevor Howell (animator) brought them all to life
As you can see they did some pretty amazing things!
So, I’ve been curious about where the inspiration for the beedog enemies in Super Adventure Box came from. The way I see it, there are three main possibilities that I know of:
1) When I first saw them, I immediately thought they must be a reference Geraldo Beedog from The Journalism Show. It’s made by Topher Cantler, who has been affiliated with gaming sites like Destructoid, so maybe one of the devs happened to know about him and this is a nice nod?
http://rockmelonsoda.com/episodes/2) It could be a reference to that episode of The Simpsons…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLCZjw2FXPE3) http://www.beedogs.com/
This is what I found when I did a Google search for “beedogs.” Why does this exist? This frightens me.
Also:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151445441439209&set=a.10151445441349209.1073741826.114036714208&type=1&theaterShe wins extra bonus points for naming her dog Leeloo Dallas Mulitpass.
Anybody got any more information on beedogs?
When I got to ArenaNet, there was a guild that a number of my friends at the company were representing named “Cats Cats Cats Cats [Cats].”
I decided to start an Anti-Cats guild with the tag [Dogs] and I remembered a website from the Golden Age of the internet, beedogs . com. So I made the guild Beedogs Dawt Com to semi-troll my friends. When the novelty began to wear off, I decided to take the joke to its logical, hyperbolic conclusion, and just began to talk about beedogs pretty much non-stop. When I joined the SAB team, they asked for a suggestion for accessorizing their animals, so I naturally suggested that they take their bees and turn them into dogs DRESSED like bees. Jeff Weber, one of our prop artists, obliged, and thus the beedog was born.
I would like to say that, of this list, number 3 most accurately represents the origin story of the beedog, but the Queen Beedog is a reference to the Simpsons.
Also, there is nothing sinister about beedogs . com. It’s a wonderful site dedicated to helping shelter dogs find loving homes, and I deeply respect that. If you are planning on getting a dog, please consider adopting.
Have a Super Adventure Day!
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Darkness Commander,
Are you including the Infantile Mode Achievement in your calculations? That achievement will not count towards your progress in Minor in Achievement.
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Thanks for the feedback, folks!
Your posts help us to accurately gauge how the community is responding to the content, and we will absolutely take your suggestions to heart for any future updates to the Box.
Have a Super Adventure Day!
can’t put sigils inside the greatsword skin if converted, don’t know about the other skins
Thanks for the heads up. We’ve identified the bug and are working on a fix!
Hello folks,
Could you answer a few questions for me about this bug?
Have you only encountered this bug at higher scales?
Did anyone disconnect during the attempt?
Had you completed the dredge fractal before this attempt without leaving the Fractals of the Mists? (I.E: ran 3 Fractals @ Level 31, then 3 more @ Level 32)
Edit: Could you also tell me the group composition?
Edit2: The problem has been identified and we are working on a fix. Thank you for the report!
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Hey folks.
I posted this in another thread, but the issue has been identified and a fix is being worked on. Thank you for your patience.
Alaztor,
The issue has been identified and a fix is being worked on. Thank you for your patience.
Update:
We’ve identified the problem and are working on a fix for it.
Thank you for your patience!
Hello Kabuki Dude,
Could you tell me if this issue is still affecting your character? Did relogging change revert your ears to a svelte pre-patch look?
Anyone else encountering this problem, please post a screenshot (if you have it) of the before and after, similar to what Kabuki posted. If you do not have a before shot, please still post a screenshot of your character.
Thank you!
Locking now that a solution has been found. Will see what we can do about a long term fix for this.
Thanks Yashimata!
Hey there Nexxio.
I have a couple of questions for you.
Are your skills not unlocked? Or are they missing entirely?
Where were you logged out when the patch hit, and what had you just done?
Could you post a screenshot of the problem?
This isn’t ideal, but could you go into a downed state and resurrect for me? I want to see if that fixes it.
Thanks