Guild Wars 2

Basically the people who have been favoured by RNG and got a weapon (or two or five depending on luck) that they can use are very happy at their rare skin, everyone else is getting demoralised and feels kittened over.

I had a mace and dagger before the changes, nothing since and I run at least two 28 dailies (sometimes 30+ if regular group on) on two chars every single day. My main is a mesmer so I was unlucky, and I’m wondering how much longer I will bother.

I am at Fractal level 31, have a fairly regular group, and have been lucky enough to receive two Fractal weapons from the dailies – the only person in my group to receive any.

Frustratingly I cannot use either weapon as a Mesmer – dagger and mace – and have no particular interest in alts at this time. I would LOVE to be able to trade the weapon to my team mates only for a limited period of time after looting, so at least someone can use and enjoy them. The weapons currently sit looking shiny in my bank, and will likely do so for a long period of time.

In my opinion, which is shared by my friends, the RNG on both the rings and weapons is dampening our desire to progress further in Fractals. The fact that one member of our team has never looted a ring also adds to this. I understand from dev posts that ArenaNet are planning to make some changes around the rings, but would also implore them to consider some changes to the Fractal weapons also – currently, unless you are really lucky, the entire experience is far more frustrating than rewarding.

Since temporary trading is an unlikely solution, my other suggestion would be some sort of token system using the Fractal Relics and globs/shards/vials so we can work towards a specific weapon – even if it’s extortionately expensive it provides a goal.

I’m disappointed with ArenaNet’s implementation of the RNG loot system for Fractals. I believed this game would be different from promises made in the Manifesto, but all I see is an eternal grind with me most likely never seeing the ring stats or fractal skin item I want. I raided an entire year in EverQuest without seeing the item I wanted drop once, which may cause me to feel more pessimistic when faced with RNG – but the fact is someone always ends up being screwed over.

I’ve completed 111 Fractals and did not receive my first vial until past fractal number 80. It was frustrating to have all the other mats for my back piece for a long while. My team mates all had 3-8 vials drop in the same time – it’s simply RNG and some people have bad luck. It would be nice if the vials were purchasable for 100 tokens or so.