Guild Wars 2

The black knight.
T3 cultural (abyss + blood dye)

Well, so much for the Guild Wars tradition of no grind required. The only way this could be redeemed in my eyes would be to implement ascended items in a way that they are treated as exotics in WvWvW. This way PvE players that require new stats to feel good can get their fix in the new dungeon and the rest of us can keep enjoying the game. Stick to the MMO Manifesto Arenanet!

Hey everyone, Phalance here from Eredon Terrace! I just thought I’d post a few minute video showing off the awesomeness that is Twilight. I hadn’t seen a good video of it since the beta and thought I’d give everyone a video showing the blade from as many angles as I can. The image changes as you rotate so I wanted to show all that I could. Sorry for audio (it recorded my mic sound, I suck at video editing etc).

I crafted the sword on SBI as I xferred there to get the final parts I needed to craft it. I am now back to my home on Eredon Terrace though. See you in the eternal battlegrounds / the mists.

Kamahl.3621:

I’m almost 100% certain there’s a way to craft mystic clovers that either nobody has discovered yet, or someone’s not telling. There’s a dev post somewhere that mentioned this within the past week or so – not explicitly stating it, but saying there are plenty of recipes left to be discovered (with regards to clovers).

If you remember were you read this, please throw a link in a reply. I’m always curious about the untold secrets of the forge.

I have been farming more karma over the past week and have amassed 320k. As soon as the Balthazar event is un-bugged I will purchase more shards from the vendor and attempt the 1x recipe. I will keep track of my results and post what I find here if it seems far off from the 1/9 I’ve been hearing. Good luck to anyone else trying for them. We will certainly need it.

Thanks for your input. I agree that there is enough luck involved in getting the precursor, we don’t need 2 parts of the legendary to be completely RNG. The clovers just don’t feel legendary to acquire at all. If they still want the system in game they should give you a “buff” every time you miss on the recipe that makes you more likely to succeed next time. That would at least alleviate some of the dread of missing 7 times in a row like I have on a very expensive recipe.

I really want to know everyone’s opinion on the matter of mystic clovers as part of the legendary weapon recipe. Now, for those of you who haven’t been trying for these suckers yet, here’s the recipe:
10x Glob of Ectoplasm
10x Obsidian Shard (2100 karma each)
10x Mystic Coin
10x Arcane Crystal (3 skill points for 5 crystals)

There is also another recipe with 1/10 of all the costs and 6 philosopher stones instead of 10 arcane crystals. The large recipe has a chance to yield 10 clovers and the small recipe has a chance of up to 3 (reportedly).

I have done the 10x recipe 10 times (using 40% magic find food with 100% magic find gear) so far and only received clovers on one occasion. I know that this is not a large sample size so I am asking anyone who has tried either the 10x or the 1x recipe to post their results (only ones you are sure of and remember correctly) so that we might have an idea of the real mystic clover success rate.

To get back on topic; I personally feel that the mystic clovers are the only downside to the process of crafting a legendary weapon. All other parts of the weapon feel like they truly require a mastery of some game aspect. Badges of Honor, crafting gifts, exploration, even the t6 mats and icy runestones require mastery of farming / making gold. All the goals are very time consuming to complete, but you do have some idea of when you can complete them as they are not RNG events. Farming 525k karma for 250 obsidian shards is fine by me as part of a recipe as my progress towards it is steady and everyone must farm the same amount of karma.

Mystic clovers are a different story; clovers ARE random rewards and it could be possible that you NEVER get 77 of them. While extremely unlikely it is turning what was otherwise a quite fun experience (gathering legendary components) into something stressful whenever I try the recipe. I’m not asking to make it easier and I don’t mind having to work for a goal. It is just my OPINION that something better than a high risk slot machine could’ve been thought up for this part of the legendary.

Please share your experience with trying to get clovers or how you feel on this requirement of the legendary.