Guild Wars 2

@SpyderArachnid.5619

I don’t usually reply on forums but feel compelled to after reading your original post. I must say I’ve never agreed more completely to something I have read regarding this game. I guess the Wintersday holiday is the icing on the cake which has highlighted my disillusionment with many aspects of a game I was greatly looking forward to (I absolutely loved GW1 and had a great time playing it with friends). It certainly does feel like a F2P game in which many areas seem to direct you towards gems and the trading post to get the most out of it. “Get Your Holiday Cheer Now in the Gem Store” it proudly proclaims on the GW2 website… I think that speaks for itself.

Just thought I’d throw my experience into the mix. I got fairly lucky for the endless tonics of the first two days pets – I got the tonics within a few tries each. The third days toy endless tonic came within five goes at the forge. The fourth came within 15-20 tries and the fifth within 10-15.

I’m not sure whether this skew in results came from pure RNG, the fact that the chances decrease for the “rarity” of the toy (i.e. endless tonics from day 1 are easier to get than day 5), or whether diminishing returns come into play. I guess it is possible that they’ve made it so the more endless tonics you successfully craft, the less chance you have of crafting the others. The cynic in me says that this is the case though this is only from personal experience.

I’m now debating whether to throw 4 of my endless tonics into the forge in order to try for the toymakers, but judging from a lot of posts on here the risk isn’t worth it. Does anyone else have any feedback on their experiences of combining the endless tonics? It would be great to hear developer feedback on whether receiving the “fifth” toys endless tonic is intended. It would be awful to have crafted all of these only to receive an endless tonic I already have…