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I don’t get it… wouldn’t you feel MORE left out if a one-time event dropped a cosmetic skin that you could NEVER get again instead of something that, however difficult, you could get in the game normally? I mean, you can trade in karka shells for the accessory, you can buy a twenty-slot bag on the trading post or craft one for yourself if you have the funding, you have a chance (even if it’s smaller than the odds of finding a shiny pokemon) to get a precursor off every mob in the game or you can save all your gold to buy them… Even if you missed out, it’s an attainable goal. A unique item that you can never get again? Now that would make me feel left out… not only would I not get to do the event, I’d also miss out on a really cool item I’ll never have a shot at again.
Nope. I won’t feel bad about it because it’s just cosmetic. It won’t increase my inventory with 20 slots. It won’t give me better stats. It won’t also make me farm for those shells and golds for precursor if I aim for legendary, or buying the 20 slot bag. If they have the shirt, or whatever cosmetic, it’s okay. It won’t hurt my effort and money.
But the reward made the acquisition of those items easier – be it gold or time. They just have to attend that event for 2.5 hours and poof, rewarded with ossom stuff whereas those who haven’t attended will still have to farm for them. Nice for those who were there. It saved them the time to farm and silvers to spend. Some got even more than silvers. Hope you get our point. Hehe
Please do consider Oceanic players. I don’t want to explain the whole thing anymore. I’m okay with awesome one time events, but not with high rewards. Please don’t punish us just because we weren’t able to attend them coz it’s around 4AM Monday our time.
People are still crying because other guys got better loot… envy sux (my best piece of loot was worth less than 5g but you wont see me crying because other people had better drops).
At least you got the 20 slot bag and the karka shell. We didn’t have it. Hehe. It would have saved us time to farm and golds to spend for it if we’re able to attend the event, but we didn’t because the event happened 4AM Monday our timezone. Gratz btw
If the next one time events will reward us this kind of items, and the chance to get a precursor, I think I will have to stay up late or wake up early just to attend. And if it’s going to be again, 2.5 hours to complete, that would be from 4AM to almost 7:30AM for us. And if it’s on a Sunday PST, that’s Monday for us.
Sooo if the event ends at 7:30AM and we still have work/school coz it’s Monday, uhm.. I dunno what I should do, but I really don’t want to miss the event just to get the rewards because it’ll help me to advance in the game, at least. 20 slots in my inventory and lil increase in my stats. It will definitely save me time to farm and a few silver or golds too.
Edit: I love one time events btw because I think they’re awesome and make this game unique. The only problem I have is the kind of reward they give out in one-time events. I think they shouldn’t give these shinies in one-time events where not everyone will have the equal chance to get it (esp. the chance of getting a precursor).
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About the rewards: I would have considered it extremely lame if they would have felt the need to make people participate by telling them “hey, come participate in our event, you may get precursors”. They told us for WEEKS to participate and when it would be. You chose to not participate, so you missed out. No sympathy from me, unlike for those who would have LIKED to participate without knowing about the nice rewards but could not because of real life/timezone issues.
It’s not that we chose not to participate. The one-time event starts at 4AM Monday my timezone. We’ve got RL responsibilities too, but of course, we still wanted to know what happened in those events. I haven’t participated Phases 1 and 2 because again, that’s 4am my time, and knowing that the rewards were just meh (plus some people said the events were kinda buggy), I was kinda thankful I didn’t stay up late or wake up that early just to participate.
But the Phase 3 is a different one. If I only knew that those are the rewards, I would surely join. It would save me some silvers or golds and time to farm because they are awesome rewards. Even if it’s 4AM, I’d surely want to be there. But I didn’t know, and I thought it’ll be just same as the Mad King. The Mad King was epic, but it didn’t make me feel bad not attending since I can still face him in battle anytime.
But fortunately, I was able to make it to the event Monday morning my time. I set aside my paperworks just for the 2.5 hour-event, just because the moment I woke up and went online, I saw guildmates posting in Facebook the awesome stuff they got, and they’re encouraging us to participate. I did participate. Guess what? We got disconnected at the last part. No loot, yes. It’s sad, though I had fun doing it even though I didn’t do my RL work. Lol. And I’m still hoping to get the compensation Anet said.
I do hope they won’t do this again (not the one-time events because I love them, but the part where they give out this type of rewards in a one time event) because I still feel sorry for my fellow Oceanic players who weren’t able to make it. They missed the chance bigtime.
I wouldn’t miss a funeral of a beloved one no matter what they announce so what’s your point? Is it that ANet has to make sure that you’re not in the toilet before the event ends?
Can’t you see how ridiculous those arguments are?
My point is they shouldn’t make one time events with epic rewards where some of their players can’t attend. I hope you do see it. Sure, of course they wouldn’t miss that funeral, but at least when they go back and play the game ‘after the funeral they attended’, the chance to get a precursor or those shinies is still there available for them. Lucky or not, at least they were given the equal chance.
I’m not against people who got precursors, that’s totally okay for me because yep, they just got lucky. I also LOVE the one-time events in fact, because that’s one of the reasons that make this game kind of unique and fun as well.
But the thing is, the reward has been given in a one time event where everyone can’t attend. Sure, some people don’t care about the loots, but somehow, they got items which can save a little money to spend and a little time to farm, coz eventually, we will need those items (20 slots more in our bag, a decent stat increase with the accessory). That was the problem I’m referring to.
1)graphics (1-bad…10-amazing) – 8
2)sound(1-bad…10-amazing) – 7
3)story concept/originality (1-boring…10-captivating) – 6
4)loot/reward (1-lost all my money…10-gained amazing items) – 0 – got nothing due coz got disconnected at the end
5)stability (1-extremly buggy…10-no bugs) – 2
6)network connection/speed (1-laggy,disconnections, 10 – perfect connection) – 3
7)mini events length (1-to long/short…10-just right) – 4 – set aside my work on a Monday morning just for this 2 and a half hour event
8)overall event length (1-to long/short…10-just right) – 4
9)overall Satisfaction (1-worst experience ever,10-best experience ever) – 3 – worst experience I ever had in GW2 so far, tbh
Nice survey btw
Btw, Ive seen a lot of people crying because they didnt get precursos from chests and they really wanted. Well, those sound like spoiled kids to me. Random is suposed to be random. I have no complaints about the rewards (even though the best piece Ive got was worth less than 5g). The chest had epics and rares, which is better than 95% of the game content, that rewards loads of crap. Well, I would like to get a precursor, but wont cry because I didnt. I got 2 epics (4 if you count the bag and the karka jewel), a lvl 78 shield and a lvl 80 helm. That was good enough for me, even though the event was ultra boring.
People are complaining because the chance of getting them has not been given fairly/equally to everyone. If people were aware that this event is going to give them the chance to get shinies and guaranteed 20 slot bags + a decent accessory, then that’s perfectly fine. Sure, they can farm these items anywhere, but just being there at that one time event saved them a lot of time and money.
One time events, I believe, shouldn’t be something like, “I should attend it, coz if I don’t, I will miss a whole lot”. This time, they lost the experience of killing the Ancient Karka and the chance of getting those shinies. One time events are optional, but they shouldn’t make you feel really really bad or regret a lot because you’re not there.
Purely based on my observations.
People are having problems with FotM because some players wouldn’t want to group with them. Why? Because these players couldn’t progress further and get BETTER LOOTS.
People are complaining about the Lost Shores finale one time event because of the SHINY LOOTS. The chance to get precursors, the guaranteed 20 slot bag, the accessory, and some decent exotic and rares. A lot of them got disconnected during the final part, and complained because they haven’t got the loots. A lot of them complained because they weren’t around the one-time event due to timezone differences. They didn’t expect that the rewards for it would be these ‘wondrous’ loots.
I thought this game is all about balance and being “fair and equal” in some way, wherein players wouldn’t feel inferior and superior to each other when it comes to gear/stuff, wherein there’s not much competition but cooperative gameplay. That’s why there’s level scaling. That’s why the leveling is easy because levels don’t matter a lot in GW2. That’s why most of the awesome stuff in-game and in the gem store are purely cosmetic.
But this patch: everybody is now fussing all about the loots. This has divided the community in some way. It makes me sad because I haven’t seen it coming. I don’t know if it’s just the players’ mindset or… there’s some sort of a mistake in here.
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I still want to have one time events, because it’s fun and awesome and unique in this game. Just don’t make them like people are going to MISS A LOT if they don’t attend or feel like they really have to be there, or feel sorry for themselves because they weren’t able to attend it to get shiny loots. Yep, we have to admit it, people always want to have the shiny loots.
Then it shouldn’t bother you. Seriously. It’s a game.
If it’s not fun don’t play it. If you don’t like the one time events, don’t play the game. Find something you like that does everything you want. Why play something you’re just annoyed at that just keeps annoying you?
This made me sad while reading it, because Guild Wars 2 is such a really great game. I really love it. But this event has gave me the most frustrating and disappointing experience I ever had in GW2. I hate to think of it, but I couldn’t do anything, because that’s how it already made me feel. I don’t want to stop playing this game though, as long as it won’t constantly gimme this kind of feeling and impression.
I think 3-5 of my guildmates got precursors, and 2 of my Tumblr followers who play GW2 got precursors also. And yep, the 20-slot bags are expensive in-game. That’s why people are kinda upset because the event gave players the chance to no longer have to farm for the golds that the bag costs. It’s guaranteed. If I’m there, then yay! If I’m not, then screw me, I should have been there!
But my case was, I was there, but just late (event started at 4am my time. Thankfully, the event repeats in several hours). I was close to finishing it but then I got disconnected during the last part. It was quite frustrating, tbh. I attempted to try it again, but new build came and the whole event is over. Too late for us (me and some of my guildmates).
I loved the event. I don’t like the rewards, since it’ll kinda be unfair to those players who won’t be able to attend it since it’s one time event. I didn’t get my loot too because I got dc’d at the last part. About 5% of my guild got loots. 95% of us didn’t. We’re over a hundred inside our guild btw. So yep. They didn’t whine or complain though since it already happened and we couldn’t do anything about it. One thing’s for sure. We’re not happy, we’re sad and disappointed. But we’ll still keep playing.
I did the event with most of my guildies who got the same fate as mine – disconnected, and some were working or went to school because the event started at 4am our time, Monday – not the perfect time like you guys have hehe. We live in Asia.
Gratz to those who got loots! Nice to know you really had fun. Hehe ~
You didn’t pay for Lost Shores, it was a free event that Anet didn’t have to release.
I get it now. It’s okay to feel disappointed and frustrated that the events got broken and some of us weren’t able to take the loots like others did. After all, we didn’t pay for it. Okay, I get it now.
I think it won’t really be a problem if the rewards weren’t that bigtime or big deal to everyone. Just like the Mad King one. It’s okay to skip it, but all of us still had fun, and we can watch it anytime, anywhere, reliving that awesome moment.
For this one time event, it’s also unforgettable for me. Most frustrating and disappointing experience I had in GW2, so far. It’s sad because I love this game so much that it hurts.
It’s fine! You’ll see
So far ANet hasn’t let me down. It’s still 3 months, so I can understand why some of the bugs aren’t yet fully fixed. But overall, it has been really awesome, for me. And about the new gears and stuff, I can’t say they’ve let me down just because of pure assumptions bases on words posted in a single blog post. I’ll have to see and experience it myself first starting on the 16th, before I judge. I’m so excited!I appreciate the sentiment that things have been fun. Lots of games do fun gear grinds.
Arenanet has been 5 years browbeating everyone about why their no gear grind philosophy is superior. From the ground up and as far back as gw1 prophecies they’ve advocated horizontal content scaling. I’ve offered plenty of video clips of Colin and Eric stating this as well as quotes from many on the design team.
So regardless of whether you found the game fun….
Do you think arenanet is executing their vision on the game? Why the sudden change of heart if not? Why hide it from us during presales if so?
Answer those if you want to contribute anything to this thread.
" Our goal is not to create a gear treadmill. Our goal is to ensure we have a proper progression for players from exotic up to legendary without a massive jump in reward between the two. We will slowly add the remaining ascended gear items and legendary items in future updates to allow people time to acquire them as we add exciting new content that deserves exciting rewards. We will not be adding a new tier of gear every 3 months that we expect everyone to chase after and then get the next set and so on.
Ascended and infusion rewards will be available in both PvE and WvW over time, and be made available through all sorts of content around the world including existing content. PvP will remain unaffected to ensure our intended PvP balance going forward. We are also working on other reward and progression systems for the game that tie into current and new content and features. As you know we care very much about your support and opinion and are listening intently to what you say."
- Chris Whiteside
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It’s fine! You’ll see
So far ANet hasn’t let me down. It’s still 3 months, so I can understand why some of the bugs aren’t yet fully fixed. But overall, it has been really awesome, for me. And about the new gears and stuff, I can’t say they’ve let me down just because of pure assumptions bases on words posted in a single blog post. I’ll have to see and experience it myself first starting on the 16th, before I judge. I’m so excited!Judgments based on words from the people directly involved are by definition not pure assumptions. Likewise, the debate ultimately involves comparisons to similar systems in other games—comparisons that Anet itself made when it said it would never do this. So by all means, be excited and see for yourself, but understand that you don’t understand what you’re talking about.
I understand, that’s why I said it’s fine. And yep, I’m really REALLY excited
How people react to a thing that is not even there yet, is.. oh nvm, it’s obvious. xD
It’s fine! You’ll see
So far ANet hasn’t let me down. It’s still 3 months, so I can understand why some of the bugs aren’t yet fully fixed. But overall, it has been really awesome, for me. And about the new gears and stuff, I can’t say they’ve let me down just because of pure assumptions bases on words posted in a single blog post. I’ll have to see and experience it myself first starting on the 16th, before I judge. I’m so excited!
Crafting is worthless now, because u cant craft the best things in the game anymore….why would anyone start crafting now? Uh, I see, just to blow up time and gold….
How did you know that crafting is worthless NOW when you are not yet sure what the future has in store for you yet? Don’t tell me you’re a doomsayer
I couldn’t vote simply because…. I don’t know how these Ascended stuff and Infusion work yet. I don’t want to assume if I haven’t played them first.
GAMERS play the game then review. RAGE QUITTING just because of speculations is totally meaningless. Lol.
I’m going to try the new thing first then see how it affects the gameplay and what people are ASSUMING here are true.
Then I’m going to vote after that, OKAY?
But haven’t you heard? Knee jerk reactions are the in thing now!!
I’m afraid some people killed themselves already because they heard the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. Oh noes!
It’s still November. I’m willing to wait and see, before I start complaining about them not adding those new stuff yet. Gear grind? Is it already happening? Or just purely assumptions from a blog post and few PRs? What if on day 1 you’ll instantly get it? What if not? We’re not sure yet.
Anyways, there’s only one thing I want now: Guesting.