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Well thankfully this isn’t a pay to play game, because I’d be cancelling my sub. Thank you for screwing me over Anet, I really appreciate it.
I’ve had my Shortbow and Daggers transmuted for MONTHS. Why do I log in after this stupid patch and find them ruined? What the hell Anet? They still say “transmuted” but they have the default model. I am seriously kitten off and I don’t care how I’m acting. You screwed up Anet, why?
I’ve had my Shortbow and Daggers transmuted for MONTHS. Why do I log in after this stupid patch and find them ruined? What the hell Anet? They still say “transmuted” but they have the default model. I am seriously kitten off and I don’t care how I’m acting. You screwed up Anet, why?
Don’t worry everyone that got loot got a bunch of stuff they cannot use. The only thing I got that I can use is a level 80 amulet that is account bound and I am level 57.
This is not true at all. Several people got 20 slot bags or the precursor items for legendaries. At the very least, 2-3 exotics were awarded. So there’s plenty of reason to worry and be upset.
It’s so you can feel like you’ll get a second opportunity, but there is none. Just another way to crush your spirits and ruin your day.
Yep. Means if you missed it, like most people did, congratulations, you get nothing. Other than listening to how others got exotics and precursors.
Here’s a great idea. Leave it alone in PVE, where it’s not imbalanced or broken at all. They nerfed Cluster and Cloak in PvP only, might as well have done the same with DD. But no, instead they have to nerf PVE damage. What possible reason is there for that? DD was one of my most commonly used abilities when facing 2 or more NPCs. I realize it was strong in PVP, but in PVE no, it was average at best. Now it’s an expensive ability, for some weak snare and minimal damage.
This change was poorly implemented.
You basically killed DD for use in PVE. When facing two NPC’s close together, two DD plus a Death Blossom was enough to take them down, if not close to death. Now what’s the point of using it? You couldn’t just nerf the PVP aspect of it and not ruin it in PVE?
It’s a solo achievement in that it’s individual to your account. It’s not something that needs to be done with a large group, or at least it shouldn’t be. You should not be dependent on others for your own rewards. If you disagree that’s fine.
If the monthly achievement stuff is going to vary, you’re going to get things you don’t like. Nobody is forcing you to do it though… the time it’s taken to whine about this issue you could have done 2 or 3 dungeons already. I assume you don’t like whining either… but at least you’d be halfway to your dungeon achievement!
If someone having an opinion is considered whining to you than we have nothing to discuss. I’d rather avoid calling you names, and having a pointless argument. Group events should not be a requirement for solo achievements. That is my opinion.
Dungeon master here. Apparently I can’t say “umad” here so I’ll give some good advice how to get this done and find groups easily.
1. Get to 80 fast. Being a level 80 scaled to 35 compared to a real level 35 makes a huge difference. That’s why most groups are very reluctant to take non level 80s because even with level scaling, a level 80 is still superior. Unfortunately, unless Arenanet changes the way level scaling works and make it more balanced, this is the way it’s going to stay.
2. Get fully geared as soon as you hit 80. Exotics do make a difference. For example the step from rare to exotic jewelries are about 200 point stats gain. 200 points into stats is a lot. Just a note, it is generally a bad idea to go full glass cannon. It’s just not viable because dungeon creeps hit extremely hard. If you go down in 1 hit, which will happen, you are putting a lot of stress on the rest of your teammates. If you go down, chances are you will go down again, and again, or also drag other teammates down with you to the grave. It is generally a good practice to build tanky, however there are situations where a glass cannon build is perfectly viable and I have ran with really good people that can make it work. Don’t do that until you get more experienced.
3. Do not wear magic find gear ever in dungeons. This is very simple due to the fact that magic find takes up useful stats. Like you can put the magic find slots into power, toughness, or vitality. All of those will make you hit harder, and stay live longer. Also they benefit your team as a whole too.
5. Have a good attitude. Be ready to learn, and be nice to people who are trying to teach you how to run a dungeon. If you can’t do that, don’t expect them to be nice to you. If you have a good dungeon guild, it will be really easy to meet people and have them teach you how to run dungeons.
You missed the point that people are not asking how to do dungeons, but why we have to.
Edit: Also once more about the WvW comparison. WvW can be soloed in under an hours time. I can queue for a battle right now with 0 kills, and have all 50 within 30 minutes to an hour. It is a very simple requirement.
You could argue Dungeons are just as easy, but you’d be wrong. In addition to traveling to said dungeon and clearing events to make it available, you have to find four competent players, and hope they stick around for the duration. And that’s just for 1 dungeon. Sure, you could probably repeat the same dungeon til you completed the monthly. Sounds fun right? Repeating the same content.
Nobody will convince me that dungeons are fun. That is my opinion. That is how I feel about the subject. You are entitled to disagree and form your own opinions, just know that mine will not change.
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The design philosophy of the monthly appears to be specifically to encourage you to move outside of your comfort zone by experiencing content that you wouldn’t do normally.
Well what they don’t seem to get is we don’t do that content, because we don’t want to do that content.
Basically this. Without starting a WoW discussion I played that game for over 3 years. I did every single heroic raid, heroic dungeon, blah blah. I’ve done enough group PvE content to last me a couple life times. I now understand the method behind Anet’s madness with changing the monthly, but I am still against it. While I am not against the idea of the requirements changing, I am against making any sort of group activity mandatory for monthly reward.
You can say “well just do it with your guild”, I don’t have one. “Just do it with your friends” they all quit for Pandaria. So as pathetic as it might seem, I play MMOs solo, and I enjoy it. I do not enjoy the need of having to find other players to complete an objective. And yes, I can avoid this monthly altogether as it’s basically just 10 dailies. That’s still 10 more jugs of karma I could have, and knowing that is enough to pester me into completing it.
I’m not looking to accomplish anything, I was just bothered by the change and curious as to why. Now that I know, there’s not really anything to add to this other than opinions on why player X likes dungeons, and why player Y does not.
As for the ??? things, someone said Thanksgiving event so that’s what I assumed. If it is something else than I apologize for misleading.
I love the game, I just hate dungeons. That’s just my opinion.
5 dungeons over a month is going to kill you? This is like the easiest monthly achievement ever..
It’s more than I would do in a year, so yes I feel I’m entitled to complain. The people making the WvW comparison seem to neglect that WvW can be soloed and Dungeons cannot. I would rather salvage five thousand items than run five dungeons. Personal preference.
Get into a good group and they are a ton of fun. Some need tweaks for sure, but like someone posted in the other thread on this; go run AC. Others I recommend for quick runs are CoF path 2, and SE path 3. The last boss in SE path 3 is pretty sweet.
Does not matter how geared everyone is, or how competent they are. Dungeons are not fun to me. Never will be. It’s going completely out of my way, looking for four other people, and then completing an objective, numerous times. Not fun, just tedious.
Yes they removed Salvaging and added Dungeons as well as two ??? categories most likely related to a Thanksgiving event. Dungeons are tedious, boring, and completely out of the way and not something I would choose to do given an option.
I hate dungeons. I do not find the idea of them fun. This is not an issue of difficulty, this is an issue of personal preference. After raiding and playing other MMO’s for the last several years, I personally have done enough group farming in dungeons to last me a life time. So why now must I be forced to do them if I want my monthly karma? What was wrong with the old system of salvaging? Albeit tedious, at least it wasn’t forcing me into looking for a group to complete content I have no interest in.
Let me state again. This has nothing to do with the people I “run” with, as I don’t do any dungeons ever. This has nothing to do with difficulty. This is purely about having fun and enjoying the game, and when it comes to dungeons having fun and enjoying the game are simply not options for me.
So I ask, why the change?
Dang, I had a feeling that was the case. Don’t really want to spend the gold but oh well, thanks for confirming it.
So when you go underwater the stats currently on your head slot are exchanged for the ones on your breather. I’m just wondering how this apply’s to runes. I notice I do not get the bonus of my breather unless it is equipped, so am I to assume that each time I’m underwater I do not have the 6 piece bonus from my runes? I would only have 5, unless the breather had one as well correct?
Hell I’d be glad to do it one time. Or to have seen the cutscene. Unfortunately thanks to Anets poor efforts, I’ve been unable to log in for the last hour. It’s alright though, I have plenty of time and opportunities to finish this event what with a hurricane coming in the next few days.
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Disregard almost all of the QQ Anet, you did a fantastic job and should be commended on your efforts. I look forward to the finale on Halloween!
Yes let’s disregard that they make a one time event and manage to screw up the log in servers at the same time. We should be praising them for making this event available for such a short time, and then screwing over numerous people.
Oh how much fun this is.
“Smokey The Necro”
Wish it were that simple. The name I currently have is Ganj but I’m not sure if that would be considered offensive. I think it’s close enough that it isn’t worth risking, but I’ve seen far worse so I’m not sure. Just because others are running around and haven’t been caught doesn’t make it any less of a potential violation though.
I’ve tried contacting Anet briefly on Reddit or Twitter, and I get that they’re busy. I want to level a necro and get the new event item before it’s too late. So coming up with a name is becoming more of an issue as time passes.
I want to try this class, have been meaning to for a while. But I can’t think up anything clever. I have a name reserved which I’m uncertain if it’s offensive or not, so rather than risk it I’d like to come up with something. I doubt much will come of this but I figured I’d make an attempt. Class looks fun but I’m just unable to get over this mental block and think up a name.
I’ve seen videos where people are fighting what seems like waves of elementals spawning and I haven’t seen anything like this. Any suggestions?
Can I ask where people are doing Halloween Huntin at? I can’t seem to find any elementals.
Keys from mob drops just don’t seem to happen anymore.
There was a point during the first week where I had more keys in the bank than chests.
That changed quickly.
I would have loved to had that happen. Been playing since the headstart and I’ve always had about 5x as many chests as I do keys. That number has since risen to 104 chests, with 3 keys. I will never be able to open them all. The only place I’ve gotten keys from lately are personal story missions.
Well at least I know I’m not alone. I reported it in game as a performance issue. The worst for me is dying in sPvP because sometimes the loading time will be longer than the actual death penalty.
I was just coming to complain about this. I died with 400 points left in sPvP. I sat in a loading screen for over 60 seconds while the game ended, then the next map loads and the new game has already begun. This is unacceptable. My machine is not the issue as I was running everything flawless since release.
I’m a little upset.
It was before the Trading Post was working, otherwise I would have just listed the items. At this point I’m just assuming that nothing will be done, and taking it as a loss, and a lesson. In the event I ever sell via the mail system again, I require payment up front. It was my own fault for being trustworthy of someone on the internet, and I accept that.
If something could be done, that’d be nice, but I don’t expect anything. I only posted this out of frustration I suppose since every time I look at my gold, I think I could have more if it wasn’t for someone scamming me. Live and learn.
I sent a player two items after both agreed upon prices in chat. He claimed he never got the items, but they are no longer in my possession. This was on 9/3/12 at roughly 4am EST. Nothing has been done. Am I to assume that nothing will be done, or is there some time frame I can look forward to?
With the amount of time it’s taken, I would normally have given up by now. However the amount was roughly 4g, and the time it takes to farm 4g is considerable, so I have not just forgotten about this.
I understand there is an abundance of tickets and people reporting things, but a simple “we are aware, it will be looked into” is all that I ask.