Guild Wars 2

Dragonbrand server.
Map: Iron Marches. In Gladefall Run, a few steps south of GladeFall Waypoint.

Gortho, Son of Malik and some of his Ogre buddies are on the north side of the bridge doing odd movements. Not on the bridge. They seem too scared to use the bridge. I have repeatedly hit an enemy Brackish Scale and lured it to where Gortho is. Intending to use it’s vomit attack to excite Gortho and his buddies, and it does excite them. Yet they will not reset to a normal behavior or path. Their village is burned down on the other side of the bridge. They seem to not want to use the bridge. They are in a loop of slow-mo movement, then suddenly superfast movement.

I did a few Iron Legion events nearby, nothing would prompt a response from Gortho. Visited Grostogg’s Kraal Waypoint and no event to do that might lead to Gortho action.

My guess is Gortho is wanting to go to Grostogg’s Kraal Waypoint or coming from Grostogg’s Kraal Waypoint and got stuck. I vaguely recall seeing more ogres at or near Grostogg’s Kraal Waypoint than there currently are.

While walking from Grostogg’s Kraal Waypoint to Gadefall Waypoint, I saw an event message for an event waaaay south near Brandwatch Encampment Waypoint called “Devouring the Brand” to protect Sentinel Whiptail… Whiptail is not moving. Used a enemy nearby to kill Whiptail. Revived Whiptail. It did not help. I did see a “thumper” when whiptail was about 1/2 health, but it vanished. Whiptail is not going to get a Siege Devourer at this rate.

Whole thing was prompted by trying to get Ogre Pet Whistles.

It took a while for DCUO to change the loot rules embedded in the game, so that a Healer could not roll Need on Tank drops, but since all characters can be DPS…. completing DPS sets in order to get the Feat that rewards Skill points that enhance stats can be challenging. I too greatly appreciate independent loot drops per character.

Been playing Warframe, where everyone shares all loot (everyone can get it). Sure it’s a Co-Op or Solo game, that includes the ability to mark the location of the ground where loot drops, so anyone can go get it from the group. So much fun being a space ninja! It lacks depth, but the style and gameplay are enjoyably different from most games (as is; a free beta on steam; see “Pax east Warframe” 0o; watch trailers in order: first look; Alpha; Beta).

GW2 is beautiful and I want to do more, but… I agree with the posted video by RandomFightFan of the 10 things to improve. I’ve moved on. Yet still visit forum and news of GW2 and DCUO for signs that issues have been resolved and more content has been added. I fondly imagine that I will play GW2 and DCUO again. I sure as heck will not play WarhammerOnline again.

Everyone (devs) wants a piece of the cake that WOW made. I trialed WOW (for 2 weeks) and did not like the gameplay. They may have refined aspects of a game that work, but I dislike the game they made. I think Co-Op games needs to be explored much more than it has been in recent years and there is certainly room for it. I think Co-Op has more Much More potential than handheld games or social media games. I think MMOs have too many inherent issues that can not be easily overcome. Much like online FPS modes that have too many players that buy cheats. The intentions of the Devs is great, but in the hands of the public, it ends badly. -my2cents
ty for the video link. (which was in https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Your-Top-10-GW2-problems-that-need-fixing dang, I skip around too much. reading this and that, only to forget where I am posting. oops)

When your enemies sleep, go get’m. I learned many months ago that very, very early in the morning was a good time to get WvW map completions (on my server). Remember to prioritize too. If your server takes a rarely captured location, go there immediately because the enemy might take it back in a few minutes. good luck

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Super_Adventure_Box
I got Continue Coins from jumping puzzles, then searched wiki for what they were.
Then I went to Rata Sum to find the Super Adventure Box… it is not yet interactive…

Had your first post included more information, I may have not assumed much, was just firing off a suggestion(s) from the hip. You might consider making a less revolting thread title next time and include some information that leads the discussion to what you are seeking by making it. It seemed it was a very short review that included “Awful” in the title, and what might one expect with that setup? Instead of title: “Dragonbrand Server. When are mid level maps more populated?” body: I’m looking to group with players to rank up with that like to do DEs._ or something like that. Also, it might be good to put that thread in: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/guilds/guilds

If your issue is with DEs only, perhaps make a thread in https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/events but if the issue is more of ranking up, then well, I bet there are tips and guides here and there https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian

I get the sense it’s probably a population issue you are most concerned with, and well, like DeadPool says, My common sense is tingling. Months after launch, some go some stay. Not all are at the same level with a character at a certain point in time, or have the same motivation leading them to the same location at the time you or I login.

I’ve got characters in a guild that quit. You can multi guild. Pick to represent one at a time, have options for grouping with players. If/when they add an Alliance chat, that’d be great to possibly make things easier for finding players to group with when ranking up or other content. I found a new guild. Playing sparingly with hopes that content gets smoothed out over time (same hopes for DCUO. Gave up years ago on WarhammerOnline.) & eager to see what the next couple of larger content updates have to offer (whenever that may be). good luck

Thanks for that GW1 wiki link to past April shenanigans. Good stuff!

That BWE2 event with the Branded… (along with the wiki to GW1’s stick figure avatars)… they can and like changing the player’s avatar. hmmmmm

turn everyone into mini Dragons? Karkas! or Chauncey von Snuffles III? http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chauncey_von_Snuffles_III
or Golems? 0o Eager to see what it is!

you get what you put in. it’s said about school/education and other aspects of life, including the entertainment that is video games.
Were you expecting not to earn everything in GW2 and still get it? (hearts; 100% map completion)
Are you trying other weapons? (to find the one you have fun with and can deal with more or fewer mobs; tactics, ya know)
I recently got a 4th character to 80, happened to be a guardian. Yes, Trading Post has plenty of inexpensive gear & weapons that you can get as you rank up, loot is fairly regular too (as long as you’re not ranking up by merely running to get experience from POI, to Vista, to Waypoint without killing mobs), and then the crafting also (options are good). Not all DEs have multi Veterans, classic gaming tactics can still be applied, such as kiting a tough NPC and pulling select NPCs away from a larger group.
As I got that Guardian to 80, along the way, I’d spend more time in a map I was not ranked for yet (rank 30, I’d be in rank 35-40ish areas); I’d not go for a 100% map completion for an individual map until I reached rank 60 (has a chance of a Rare gear or weapon as reward), and will go back later, as an 80 with exotic gear, for map completion if I feel like it. If you’re not feeling the gameplay for a little while and want to get fairly big Exp, use a speed booster, and run as fast as you can (use weapon move to boost speed) from Waypoint to Waypoint (especially in a higher ranked map to get lots of Exp). While the exhilaration of running for your life surrounded by NPCs that are 5 to 15 ranks higher than your squishy toon gets the heart rate up maybe you’ll find a DE that has lots of players and you can join.
Here is a good map site, if you want to scout the layout. http://gw2.mmorpg-life.com/interactive-maps/
good luck. earn what you find enjoying, and skip the rest. maybe to come back to the skipped parts later on.

Cue flash back music. Wavy fade efx… http://ageofreckoning.warhammeronline.com/event/WAR-Live-Event-Wild-Hunt-2009 gasp
This was more fun: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hunger_Royale videos can be found online of the BetaWeekendEvents. Be sure to see the The Great Critter Hunt’s killer, ferocious beast of a boss that haz pointy teeth! Events (imho) sweet. With story too, sweet.

Remembering the new land reveal via Karka events… hope if another map gets revealed some lessons were learned.
Some gates I’ve been looking at longingly,… http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skull_Plaza
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Desert_Gate …in due time (when it’s done).

Jack Sparrow: …Is the jar of dirt going to help?
Tia Dalma: If you don’t want it, give it back.
Jack Sparrow: [Clutches the jar close to him] No!
Tia Dalma: Then it helps..

Another form of this is through special events, things like Halloween, Hunger Games, or Wintersday where content is available for a period of time, is removed from the game when that period is over, and could appear again in the future in some form to help provide unique and fun experiences in the game world.

Hunger Games… 0o! Hunger Royale!? Like BWE (Beta Weekend Event) did? woot! I wondered since then, what if any other maps might be good for Hunger Royale, for the Great Critter Hunt, or the Branded event. ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Beta )
Imagined what WvW map would feel like with a weekend long event of HungerRoyale in timed intervals. Que up to team with your server, last as long as you can vs 2 other server teams (unable to enter any building). When the game ends, scores tallied, rewards given. Que up for another match or move on. Always wondered what those BWE might end up doing (besides a stress test focusing large populations of players into one map).

I had noticed (since launch) that when I happened to get lag in PVE and in a location with many dead NPCs, the NPCs go through a fall down animation and then lay dead. Seems there may be an opportunity to remove the animation based on time per event. Player A enters proximity, IF enemy NPCs death event time stamp < player A time stamp = no NPC death animation or put NPC corpse on ground or no NPC corpse. Just a little possible refinement opportunity.

When FotM hit LA, overflow came with it. Now with World Bosses being the shiniest destination for loot…. overflow. Not only that, but lag as the focal point, that focal point being the one location-World Boss event, for an abundance of graphic effects and calculations from buffs, etc.
I quit. ….until some undetermined time later on. Who’s coming with me?
… did they leave? Is the overflow gone? I’m Back!
No, really. Leaving for an undetermined duration of time. No you can’t have my stuff. Overflow (add servers? /shrug); random mistakes or intended misuse by players resetting Dragontimer, (which is an aspect that should be in-game. World Map view having a Wold Boss icon with mouse over timer countdown or throw a countdown timer per boss in Hero tab, where you click a box to track or don’t click, certain world bosses, like Daily & other achievements do. Tracking puts the countdown timer in the upper right of screen, which can be minimized like the current track Daily, Slayer, etc); the guild left in October, more or less, I was last one; Loot ups and downs from tweeking-still needs work; strongly dislike Mystic Forge (just give Precursor a MF recipe using some of the Gifts that are the same Gifts used for Legendary. Along with keeping the chance for random Precursor loot drop anywhere.); & the lag is unbearably not fun.

PS, (Anet) take a look at the Bots you used to test the game pre-release (look at a data saved or put Bots on a test server for new data) and cue in on an aspect that makes their behavior unique (teleporting from NPC to NPC to Ore to Ore? distance traveled/time=bot?), and use that to deal with Bots instead of the DR method. I found talking about Bot testing in this. Along with a lot of other more interesting aspects. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/180776/Video_Guild_Wars_2s_programming_tricks_revealed.php#.ULbpkoZfaUk

an interesting point is that BOTS were used for testing, by Anet: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/180776/Video_Guild_Wars_2s_programming_tricks_revealed.php#.ULbpkoZfaUk
With that experience with bots, one might guess they have other aspects to observe and cue from to deal with bots that would end the DR method which effects all players. 0o

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/On-Botting-and-What-We-re-Doing-About-It

apply a brick to the head? is that the reply? (See nothing. Hear nothing. Say nothing.) where is the… can you provide a link to this position that may have been expressed in the past by Anet? or have they hired unofficial spokespersons to ignore the organic elements of the internet relate to to GW2?

When they changed Legendary weapons from Cosmetic to highest stat possible weapons at the unspecific point in time they decide to increase stats of a Legendary weapons? Past postures and statements are…. ? 0o subject to change? …which leads one to suggest stuff potentially prompted by changes that may or may not lead to change. One example of change that I feel compelled to mention, when anyone says the equivalent of, “in the past, it was said that _ _ _.” Which is not intended to drive a wedge, but merely to express elements that may or may not be shared through replies that are seemingly short. Are the events I suggest a timer for and Dragon Timer website has a timer for, not based on timers? Which begin the chance to start the meta event? (some with pre-events some without)

I’m remembering that a LFG "window"* may be added to the game to end the usefullness of GW2LFG site…. 0o

Before the break with immersion card is played, the idea I suggest is not different from existing Achievements. Check Box, see relative information in upper-right corner of screen, or not check box, see nothing on screen.

PS: FYI, I’m preparing bookmarks of images from Ren & Stimpy that may express myself visually at some point in the future.

*window-a new window or integrated into an existing window. including and not limited to the Hero window. AKA: Panel. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hero_panel http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Contacts_panel http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_panel

PS: Can an account that guests onto other servers be examined for the singular purpose of farming World Boss Event Chests for causing overflow and/or lag? Perhaps a restriction upon guests per World Boss Loot from Chest may be explored in order to prevent Lag and/or overflow creation? (It’s not like World Bosses need more players to participate to succeed; i f they do…. perhaps it’s time to consider a sever merger or migration from an ending a server?)

I’d like to craft a keg and put one down for others to use. Like other craftable food feasts or food trays.

Woot! Party! Begin the drunk FX!

PS: I like GW1 visual drunk FX more than GW2’s FX. Also, GW2 needs those random talking points from GW1.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Drunk
Quotes:
“I love you, man!”
“I think I’m gonna be sick.”
“I’m the king of the world!”
“Everyone stop shouting!”
“Oh no, not again.”
“It’s spinning…”
“I think I need to sit down.”

Herald is an option to consider, but for me, I don’t see the UI being cluttered at all. They did a good job with options to minimize windows of text without using backgounds (solid colors) in each window when they are open. The check boxes was a great idea, and the resulting screen’s upper-right text is a good option to use or not use.

My suggestion is an use or not use option. If they were to implement the option, I suspect it’d not be a window like the TP. It’d be a option like tracking Daily progress by checking boxes to choose which boss to track, or not check a box and it’d not be on screen at all.

If in Hero window, among the achievements (including Daily; they made all achievements with check boxes to track if you choose to), is a world bosses listing, that when clicked, opened a list. Check the boss that you want to track, and you get the upper-right text with timer info. A countdown timer till the next window of potential spawn. (like the dragontimer site does without potential of mistakes by users) Once the boss is defeated, the timer restarts.

another theory of world boss lag: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Solution-to-the-dragon-event-guesting/first#post1558725

Reward Updates
Fixed a bug on certain world boss chests that was causing them to drop fewer rewards than intended. These chests can now only be looted once per day, to encourage players to fight multiple bosses and spread out across the world.

An in-game, optional window would allow for more easy use of time to spend doing other aspects of in game content, when world bosses don’t have their spawn window open. When all your alts are rank 80 and motivation is Precursors & nothing else (until next big content addition)….
Not to mention, the potential less chat in /map “when is the boss?” to tax server cpu ability.

+edit: I suspect mutli Mesmer quickness bubbles is causing some lag during world boss fights. sooo many calculations, among aoes, buffs, etc. That’s a more severe issue, the lag. Seen a few boss fights with Mesmer Illusion/Phantom/Clone attacking the boss in mid-air attacking the boss head. 0o Zergs at bosses are getting messy. Had Legendary weapons still only been cosmetic option, perhaps more people would be doing other content, but with Legendary weapons being the top available weapon (best available stats) over the life of the game, it is now a more desirable item to get.

Add a optional window feature to track World Bosses. With box click options to pick which Bosses to track (like daily options). Shatterer, Tequatl, Jormag, Jungle Worm, Maw, Fire Elemental, and MegaDestoyer. Orr Temples are easily indicated by map, no need for them to be included.

Getting tired of mistaken timer resets and/or an potential enemy server player intentionally resetting them at the wrong time.

An optional on/off in options or some other presented method, for a window (that can be minimized, like the latest, excellent UI options) which i feel would possibly be better than a World Map view with Icons per Moss @ location with mouse-over Timer pop up. window or map feature would be fine. I just think a window would be less draining on map actions and possible potential for lag than a map icon with a mouse-over pop up window. but I leave that decision for the professionals.

Please. Thank you. Thank you for considering it.

[repeated line, to Ted and Elaine]
Rumack: I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.

/Facepalm (plant your face in the palm of your hand and nod the head back and forth as if to be thinking “no. no. no.”)
/Gibbs (slap the nearest character in the back of the head. with slap sound. Not available without another character within reach)

/stagger (appear to be drunk= trouble standing still or use animations from GW1 & saying, including but not limited to, “I’m king of the world” & “Stop shouting”, also from GW1)

+y no beer items to be crafted with Food profession? I want to make a keg to share with other players (while waiting for world bosses). What’s the most beer you’ve consumed in game at once? (me, 10; wavy FX! Woot! not as good as GW1, but fine)

u can get 100% of maps in the regions and still have not explored special, secluded areas. comparing the maps does the trick. it’s tricky. edges of maps is often the reason for not getting all the titles. there is no POI (or waypoint, etc) to direct u to the missing part. that was my experience with finally getting the achievements. good luck

Karas the Undying http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8237/gw005s.jpg
Definitely more please!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/events/Defeat-the-Ministry-Guards-event/ here are some other events that are cued off which Order you’ve picked.

Good job Hunters! Now you can take a much deserved REST.
The REST of us now know it can be found at Shadow Behemoth.

What’s going to be the next undiscovered item to hunt? http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/18mqfi/ Many of these other named exotics have the same skins as other common weapons, so one might think there will be less motivation to hunt for them. /shrug. Sure would be great for those other exotic named weapons to get special, unique skins *coughcoughnudgenudge@Anet.

Does the Zho’qafa Catacombs have a special loot item? Will anyone continue to do it?

Reward Updates: Fixed a bug on certain world boss chests that was causing them to drop fewer rewards than intended. These chests can now only be looted once per day, to encourage players to fight multiple bosses and spread out across the world. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-February-26-2013/first#post1548785 Coincidence? 0o I’m just glad the event has been named and I’m getting rares more often from chests.

me thinks, Dragonbrand may also need to jump started to. Asked when I got to the map and sat for nearly 2 hours…
I think I previewed every weapon on the TP. @ . @

No rank/level cap. Sure the actual usable skills, traits, and other aspects related to the rank/level cap as it is now would still be maintained/unchanged, but the number of your Rank would have no limit. I want to see someone with rank 2,000! or rank 20,000! just for laughs. It can serve as motivation for some knuckle*cough*devoted folk. Skill points don’t stop, why not have a rank number that reflects it.

there are more than Karka on the map. Anticipate seeing bots killing drakes and sharks underwater. I’d guess, after seeing a teleporting ranger in deep water on the edge of an Orr map killing sharks.

An Ancient Karka spawns when all the events are done in order, from boat to cave.
>.>
<.<
;P
/ponder, why that was not setup. If dragons can be repeated, why they didn’t allow for the Ancient Karka to be repeated too? Could there have been/could there be a slow steady stream of Ancient Karkas on a timer peeking out of the mountain cave? /shrug. Guess too many timer based world bosses is a problem? ….If Ancient Karka were repeatable, the loot table would need tweeking. or not.

If Vets & Champs get a good rare+ drop rate with next patch, perhaps Karkas might be hunted, but perhaps Vets and Champs in low rank areas will be hunted instead.

I remember that it was troubling when I saw fewer Light Cycles on the grid. I had just gotten over seeing less Pac People chasing ghosts around in the hallways after powering up from tasteless food pellets, and hardly anyone interested in trying to rescue the Princess Peach Clones once everyone figured the same Princess couldn’t possibly be dating all of us plumbers.
Does anyone really need a lot of players around? (personally, waiting on patch to play again. see changes. then logout for a long while, becoming once a week’ish, if that. I’m not interested in Mystic Toilet gameplay, dragon bus schedules, and done it all during the fun it was. /sleep~finalrest)

they haz magic powers http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/180776/Video_Guild_Wars_2s_programming_tricks_revealed.php#.USh8F1e2UpZ of data analysis.

a seemingly random event: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defeat_the_largos_assassin
I was passing by the waypoint on an alt, headed north from the waypoint, and the Largos jumped me.

If I have time, I login to a PreSearing character and get Gifts and do the daily Quest, got the mesmer/ranger up to rank 15 now (very, VERY slowly over more than a year after creation). One day, one far off day, I will get the Eternal Defender of Ascalon title and perhaps Party Animal, Drunkard, and Sweet Tooth.

I still can’t jump! >.>
….which prompts me to play GW2 so i can jump or DCUO so i can fly.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

Just a quick note—I said the odds of it dropping was closer to .005 than the 1 in a million or so that was tossed out. Those aren’t the exact odds, but if my math is correct, 10 players running the event every day might expect one staff to drop after about 7 months. (And we haven’t been out that long.)

Thank you Jeff!

When you used the word rare previously, were you intending to hint at the boss of the event is specifically a Legendary ranked NPC?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/NPC_rank Legendary These creatures are very rare to see

Sounds to me like the OS reverted to a previous state or a date when the game was not installed. Do you have any sort of backup system that when it detects some triggering aspect it reverts to a saved backup? Or some sort of cloud backup service? that might have loaded the backup and it not your regular stuff… any other changes noticed? or is it in safe mode?

Wasn’t it expected when the Nov patch notes came out that it should be anticipated that more than usual numbers of players will be seeking out Champions and Veterans to farm with MF gear on. Should I suspect that prophecy may come to pass with the Feb patch?

Once fixed, all champion mobs will correctly always drop 1 blue or better loot item, and all veterans will have a chance of dropping loot better than regular mobs as outlined in the November release. from the Link in post1 of this thread.

Silence of the Karkas and other reworded movie titles will again be seen in the map chat of Southsun Cove as the zerg devours everything in it’s path. Who was in that instance of the Karka Event? It was a funny chat. Chuckles were heard frequently in Vent.
Karka Hatchling. Apply directly to the forehead.

A minimum blue quality item from Champs…. hmmmm. Fastest respawn locations for Champs or most dense areas with Champs & Vets…. hmmm. Will those farming squishy chickens (jokingly or seriously) get more frequent items that end up making more money over time? (If money is your motivation) /shrug. I suspect little change from players and each’s own carrot of the day during game time…
Exodus. all right. Movement of Jah people.
Oh yeah. O-oo yeah. All right.

I’m less willing to do anything outside daily achievement until the patch is released due to this confirmation news. Why is it not hot fixed tonight? 0o

Also, why are so many super ultra rare named exotic weapons using the same skin as low level common skins? That is wildly bizarre to me, that it’d be a design decision. (wishing all super ultra rare named exotic weapons get unique skins with the patch too, and an NPC near or at the event says an obvious hint about the super ultra rare named exotic weapon too)

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/18mqfi/
a thread about “extremely rare items” and so many have same skins as common versions. same skin… what the… why the… ughhhhh.
it also has in the comments, “Rhendak’s Trident used to drop from Rhendak in the tomb mini dungeon in Diessa. Though I don’t think anyone has found it since the chest was changed from a unique one to one of the regular chest types.” ….it changed? Ohh! wiki. /search patch notes or any mention of change… no results… /shrug.

that there unique drop from Teq, great point. …./HeadOn.

I’d not completed that mini dungeon http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Flame_Temple_Tombs yet. Been in there maybe 3 times, & always ended in casket, underwater room. I just completed it. cool. Twas a Glorious Chest at the end (wiki lied. /gasp).
…I’ve not gotten an exotic from a chest in many, many moons.
Searching for information on Night only events… only found Lady in White and other ghost sightings… 0o that’s it?
good luck hunters.

there i no wrong way. The key is what do you want out of your time spent gaming.

If you want more challenge, certainly fighting higher level npcs will do that and npcs with uncommon rank (champion, veteran, etc). You can try pulling as many npc at once as possible for challenge too, but many have a relatively short leash and will snap back to their original location before they can be gathered in a mosh pit and beaten mercilessly.

It was said by Anet that the intention was that the entire game is the end game . You can always do all map completions any time. B4 listing motivations and tactics, what is it you want from the game? What is your current primary motivation? to reach 80 ASAP?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Chests
A unique name of chest is likely to have special loot available. Would chests that are in many places that have been completed often since launch have it and not given it? (or has it been given? it is rare, and might a player that has it not put it on TP, sold it to merchant, salvaged it, not used the forum, etc etc)
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/NPC_rank
Rare is (according to wiki) a Legendary NPC.
Put them into the equation of possibility from the hints from Devs. I’m compiling a list of names of chests that follow Legendary NPCs. (that are not already on wiki) The Shadow Behemoth is my leading possibility currently. Considering it was bugged for an extended period of time, and who goes back to do that event after reaching 80? Doing it 50+ times, with RNG, you can still not get it. /shakefist@RNG.

Any interest in suggesting that they add a Mystic Forge recipe for next patch to make the Final Rest? (along with the few other named exotic weapons that have not been publicized)

CLEAN 5000 ends with a small “Chest”. not even named.
I have a screen shot of chest targeted to show name if u want to see it.

For those that have not seen the skin on your PvE character. Use the preview code:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10weip/list_of_named_exotic_weapons/ [&AgGgSwAA] Final Rest.
Copy “[&AgGgSwAA]” and paste it in game chat. click the link it creates in game chat and preview. Alternatively, you can preview it in the sPvP locker in your sPvP clothes. The PvP version with the same skin is called Gargoyle Staff.

I’d not go so far to say everyone wants it. Perhaps 100 players would use the skin, 2,000 would sell it on TP, & 5,000 would drop it into Mystic Forge for a chance at a precursor. I have data that I just imagined to back up my numbers.

I’d not pay for it.

Gasoline.2570:

How hard is it to grasp an idea that thousands by thousands are playing the same game and not a single

and I repeat

A SINGLE person has found it yet? It’s obvious as hell at this point the devs are making fools out of all of you.

All things considered, which I imagine you have not, a person or persons may have gotten it (did not like the skin), threw it in the Mystic Forge in an attempt to get a Precursor, sold it to merchant, salvaged it, stopped playing with it in their inventory, does not visit the forum/seen the 2 threads about it, did not sell it on the TP, or some unique situation of variables I haven’t thought of to explain how it has possibly been found already because it is difficult to consider all things. Potentially there are lots of outcomes from lots of possibilities. With the thousands of players, not all do the same things or progress at the same rate. There are variables at play and not all of them are presented on the internet in relation to rare named loot or information related to rare named loot in order to be shared and to be known to all GW2 players. RNG is a… a… bad vendor to get what you want. Throw in that a few events were bugged for an extended period of time, others less often completed, and seasonal content occupied many player’s game time for a while.

Gasoline (interestingly, fuel and trolling behavior), do you know of a website offering real data with numbers of all available events with completion numbers over time since launch and numbers of participants (with ranks)? Perhaps with that data, we could narrow down the potential events or argue that the drop rate for Named Exotics % must be examined. Share it, if you got one. If one does find Final Rest, they should immediately buy lotto tickets and take a trip to Vegas before the luck expires.

Personally, I blame DR for having an unintended effect and would greatly appreciate another tactic being used to deal with botters because there must be real time data aspects that can be observed by learning from the bots used to test the game, in order to find aspects to look for among player used bots (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/180776/Video_Guild_Wars_2s_programming_tricks_revealed.php#.UR8tJmenkpY), the use of markers on the video time line is great, there is one called “Bot Testing” in the video. The video does mention they have hundreds of thousands of people, and used about a 100,000 bots for testing. 0o an amazing video. With this data analysis capability presented in the video, I’m inclined to believe that page 8’s Dev post.

throwing in the links to other events related special items:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gear_Crank
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dwarven_Key
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Energy_Crystal
I can’t remember if there are more events linked to items…

this is also unique http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bonegrinder%27s_Gully

Lady in White: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defeat_the_Lady_in_White
To give an example of an in-game hint, the tombstone she visits in the graveyard says:
“Violet Traipse
1281-1320 AE
We will see you again
And the sun will always shine on us”

Anyone know of a unique event started in a special way that is not in this thread yet? (please add it)

Gasoline.2570:

I’m sorry

Check page 8. (Dev post)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lore

I found 2 threads claiming Final Curse is made from Mystic Forge.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Chests …how much of this page is accurate or in need of additional information? 0o

Nickczh.6341:

Zapan.7460:

Next time anyone is in Zho’qafa Catacombs, is the Eye of Zhaitan Legendary ranked?

on Page 2 of this thread, you can see the Eye’s purple starburst frame, i.e. Legendary status.

Great! TY! Eye see it! Eye think the source of Orr in the personal story having to do with one of these NPCs smells of finality to me. O.o Although…. the other picture on page 2 shows it being a Glorious Chest…. hmmm. /ponder. Does the chest name matter? Should the event we seek have a unique chest name? /ponder.

Good luck hunters!

Anyone started or starting a Guild for the purpose of grouping players that are interested in finding the staff? What is the server and the guild name? (Final Rest? Gargoyle on a Stick? Artifact Staff Service? Named Exotic Staffers? Mystery Van? hehhehhehheh) I’d be willing to guest onto a server to join the hunt with other hunters.

That there Sjoerd is part of a personal story mission http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Romke%27s_Final_Voyage . There are far too many uses of rest and final throughout Tyria, due to the war. Not to say it’s not possible that the big fish might drop it. Anyone know what the chest is called? (merely to add to the database of observations)

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Shadow-Behemoth-doesn-t-always-spawn-Merged#post665817 bugged Shadow Behemoth thread began 3 months ago, which merely points out that the Boss had not been killed nearly as often as other world bosses were since launch.
So many tombs, so many undead, so many results of war in a fictional fantasy world. Where is the small gargoyle with the stick jammed up it’sA staff that has not yet been found in a fantasy world where the lore says gargoyles have not existed in a long long long time. Not one enemy NPC is using it, and how much confidence should anyone have in user modified Wiki? (b4 another new-to-thread-person asks, I’ll preemptively answer: We say Gargoyle because in the Myst, The PvP locker has the Gargoyle Staff skin available to preview. It is the same skin as Final Rest. http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10weip/list_of_named_exotic_weapons/ Copy the Final Rest preview code from the linked page, paste it in game and preview the staff on a character while wearing your PvE gear. [&AgGgSwAA] Final Rest)

I like that there aspect of Vaughn hint being a Rare boss, and the Wiki description of NPC ranks, that Legendary NPCs are Rare, but can we trust the association from the hint to the NPC rank? can we trust the Wiki description/terminology? /shrug. If the Wiki-NPC rank page can possibly be confirmed as trustworthy hint hint, nudge nudge, it would help with hunting the very rare item. I’ll be visiting Shadow Behemoth and the Zho’qafa Catacombs when I can.
good luck hunters.

SenorMoody.5908:

how does this rule out dungeons?

from page 2:

I have some terrific new information everyone. I talked with Mr. Vaughn this weekend and here is what I was told in quotes.

After saying I’ve looked for clues and the staff in AC, and run Zho’qafa catacombs a ton of times, I asked him if he can atleast tell me if its in the open world or not.
“I can’t give away any spoilers, but I can confirm that I’ve looked at the loot tables, and it is in the game. It’s a very rare reward from defeating a boss in the open world.”

I asked him if there were any clues besides NPC dialog that could hint on where it drops
" I don’t know what clues might be present, sorry. Good luck!"

Finally I asked him about the conflicting hints between him and Ms. Murdock about how she said it drops from a Large (no classification as large so this could mean 3 different kinds of chest) boss chest and him saying it drops from a rare boss, I asked is it from a chest or a boss?

“That’s a distinction that I can’t really make, sorry.”

So ill probably set off on an adventure doing every Meta event in the game trying to find chest that may be considered large. I’ve done zho’qafa so many times I’m still a bit weary if it drops from there. I would like it to be connected to lore or at least have some kind of connection to where it drops, but there are no promises. Will be an interesting week. If anyone wants to join me on this, I’m on Yak’s Bend.

Extra note: Also, some very unique events https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/events/Defeat-the-Ministry-Guards-event/first do not spawn a Chest.
I checked out events from Gear Crank & Dwarf Keys too. Gear Crank event, the boss is not lootable with no chest. Dwarf Keys, Imp Lord and Destroyer Troll have a itty bitty chest in the room they spawn in. (videos online)

Nickczh.6341 /cheer. Great reasoning and presentation. +1
/wary@accuracy of terminology used on wiki. /shrug.
/shakefist@ChampionRisenAbomination.
Next time anyone is in Zho’qafa Catacombs, is the Eye of Zhaitan Legendary ranked? Not the same Eye as personal story’s Legendary Eye. Eye merely wanted to check because it’s been a while since Eye did Catacombs. A witness at the scene says it looked like fun and games, then it suddenly stopped. The witness then heard an unEYEdentifEYEd voice yelling, “EYE can’t see!”

HuntsForge.3260 ….why can’t i do -1? read the thread. shame on you.