Guild Wars 2

neon.4863:

It won’t be deleted, just the requirements adjusted. If you already have it you’ll more than likely keep it.

Every single time people complain en masse that something’s too difficult to be fun someone has to come in and say “oh come on it’s so easy I did it in x tries”. That’s nice that you did, but the same doesn’t necessarily hold true for everyone else.

I gave this another try and kept landing in groups with less than 5 yaks alive. I also have lag making my usefulness nearly zero – everything takes 1-2 seconds to register.

The current system is just encouraging people to game hop until they find a game that’s nearly done with 5 yaks still alive. I approve of the change in the achievement because it negates this issue – and those who already got it will still have gotten it when it was hard. Things being made easier after you complete them don’t negate your skill.

I know it won’t be deleted, and believe me I’m not saying this was easy or anything less then incredibly frustrating depending on group. It took me a good while to get this achievement and a lot of frustrating groups, which is why I would like the achievement with “all dolyaks alive” to stay and another achievement with “at least one dolyak alive” to be added to the list. I think everybody wins then, and it’s 1 extra achievement to use to get the Apprentice Toymaker title. I dunno, I just want everybody to win but would like to keep an achievement that I spent a few hours doing when in reality I could’ve waited a few days and done it in < 30 minutes after the adjustment.

ReginaBuenaobra.6953:

Like Snowball Mayhem and the Bell Choior, the Toypocalypse is an activity. They are using the same systems, and these systems do not permit joining by party. Unfortunately due to technical limitations and time constraints before the holidays, we cannot change it. We understand that this is not ideal for people who wish to play in the same party and who are finding it difficult in random groups. We will be adjusting the “Toypocalypse Cancelled” achievement so that you will need to keep only one gift dolyak alive. We do not have an ETA on when this change will be live. Thank you for your feedback. We have been listening, and we will take your comments on board for future game updates.

Why not just add another achievement for completing it with at least one alive that way those of us who spent a lot of time and frustration getting the achievement for all 5 alive don’t have it deleted?