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I used to be in the top 100 when the leaderboards first came out, completing just about every single available achievement all the time.

It took quite a leap from my side to rid myself of this destructive habit, but ever since I did, I’ve been able to spend less time in the game and enjoy the time that I do spend in the game so much more.

Seriously, give letting go a try.

We should start APHolic Anonymous

More daily - are you kidding me ?

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If you feel you are ‘working’ while playing the game, quite simply you are doing it wrong.

This. Precisely this.

Take it from an ex-achievement pointholic. You are better off letting go.

Whether they add more or less daily ap is irrelevant. The LS AP, also irrelevant. If you are not enjoying the game and what it has become for you, is time to move on. You are exactly where I was 3 months ago. I suggest you take a break from the game.

I did that not long ago and left the game for 3+ months after constantly hunting down achievements became an overbearing burden. I felt the need to do my dailies, in their entirety every single day. The outcome of that is that I no longer play the game. I played the achievement point learderboard, and I will tell you, that is one boring game.

Fractals 30 -> Non infused ring

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Well that settles it. They changed/broke it

Doing FotM... It is a waste of time?

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I am just starting my second stack of pristine tokens. The best item I have ever gotten from fractals, value-wise, was a piece of Zho’s and a piece of Aidan’s armor. The rewards from Fractals are absurd.

COF gives 1.2 gold; FOTM lv. 31 gives 1.3?

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I don’t understand why it’s so hard to scale the rewards possibly.

You and me both, you and me both!

Nevermind the fact that in addition to being harder than just about any dungeon, fractals require specific, often RNG related, gear! So there is a gear check, there is difficulty, there is the length of time (Yesterday we got a Cliffside/Dredge fractal… The Joys)!

I do not get it. I do not understand why they reward something like Champion farming, but something that requires teamwork and effort gets caca for rewards.

COF gives 1.2 gold; FOTM lv. 31 gives 1.3?

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I posted as much elsewhere. The reward should be 10s/personal level. 3g at 30 seems fair. The challenge/length is sufficient to justify it.

Fix the gold rewards.

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About half of that. Possibly less. I don’t think half explains the current distribution accurately.

daily reward tier changes?

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I experienced the same. 10, 20, 30 seem to have moved to the lower tier of the daily reward.

Fix the gold rewards.

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The rewards for fractals should be more in-tune with the difficulty, and the time it takes to complete fractals.

10 silver/level is a fair compromise.

Examples:

Personal Reward: 10 1g
Personal Reward: 17 1.7g
Personal Reward: 30 3.0g
Personal Reward 49 4.9g

This is consistent with how long it takes, how difficult it is and how it compares to other content in game.

Please consider this adjustment.

Changes to Old Fractals Thread

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30+

Swamp: Trees are easier to climb. It seems there are less traps (of the bear variety).
Harpies: 2-3 Less Harpies. Some of the harpies are missing.
Dredge: Seems we got the heavily populated variety of he fractal. We got Bombs.
Ice: More mobs on your run to the cave? If you die, you get sent to the very start!

I really welcomed the addition of Molten alliance, Aetherblade, and Reactor to the rotation. It is quite welcome. Aetherblade will be CRUSHED once people figure out the second trap logic. It will be faster than swamp.

And of course, I love the instabilities! We only got to try 2: Mossman and Extended conditions. Conditions really was a let down, I mean, you always remove them anyways. Mossman was superbly fun! He appeared at the worst possible times. We had a blast calling him out every time he appeared!

daily gold reward

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The reward should have been 1g/10 levels with silver increments in between. 1g/level 10, 2g/lvl20… 4.5g for level 45… 5g/level 50.

Fractals 30 -> Non infused ring

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Is 30 YOUR personal reward level? Rings are guaranteed to be infused 26+, assuming that is your personal reward level.

Who is behind Thaumanova?

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Quitting the game today seems like it would protect my blood pressure, but for whatever reason, despite everything that’s happened in the past year, I hold out some hope that Arena Net will fix what’s happened.

I don’t know why I have that hope. Nothing has encouraged me to have hope anymore for GW2’s story.

You are so right! The writing, the direction of the game, the items in the shop all are part of the great crush. Crushing my hopes for the game that I used to love: Guild Wars.

This kitten child continues to drift further from its predecessor. And yet, they continue to move it away, a bit further from hope every single patch.

The question is why do we keep hoping they will right the wrongs? Prior to today they have not done one thing to restore the faith of the Guild Wars vets. I am hoping the new instabilities will do just that: Keep the hope alive.

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Who is behind Thaumanova?

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My heart sank when I saw Scarlet in there, I could feel all of my enthusiasm drain at that moment.

That is exactly how I feel, and I am just reading about it! Had I been there I would have quit, again.

Finally.

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I don’t even know what I’m looking at, did they add color outlines? As a color-blind individual this does nothing for me. You know how many times I’ve picked up Masterwork items thinking they were Exotics lol, searching through my bag for it, absolutely sure I picked one up, only to have a bag full of stupid Masterwork.

Here Here! I am color blind as well. I wish they would add color blind support. That said, I am sure a great deal of players appreciate this. So Hurray for the change!

Who is behind Thaumanova?

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This is the one time I will say thanks for the spoiler. I am at work, so I will not get to play this for a while, but that is such a terrible choice for the reactor. I am sure someone will rationalize why she was the perfect choice, but I really, really wanted it to take the story elsewhere. The Inquest are mad enough in their own right!

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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Enemies explode if killed
Enemies have frost aura
Enemies leave a poison field when killed
Enemy attacks also cause Torment
Enemies deal 15% more damage
Enemies have permanent Quickness
Enemies stealth at 15% health
Enemies gain chaos armor at 20% health
Enemies have magnetic aura
Enemies have fury
Downed Players pulse AoE Torment on nearby players
Players cannot gain vigor
Players have 1 dodge bar
Players have 15% reduced damage
Player elite abilities are disabled
Players gain a stacking bleed when close to each other
Players gain a random condition every 5 seconds
Players have 15% reduced health
Player abilities have a 20% increased recharge time

Where did you find this?!? I think I just fell in love with fractals all over again.

I made it up based upon what would be fun.

Ok I have to say you trolled me. You trolled me good. I was so excited about this list. I even took it at face value to be true. Troll successful.

PSA: Show Rarity

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Wow, that took forever! That said, what a nice little feature!! Glad they put it game!

Thaumanova Reactor: No WP to respawn?

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Uh…this is Fractals.

There are no Waypoints…

There are Checkpoints that are unlocked based on the group’s progress, but given the short distance covered by this map, I don’t even see that being necessary.

You can only revive at a checkpoint when the entire party is dead and/or out of combat.

The game is telling them to return to a way point but there is no such thing. The normal fractal mechanic of retry from checkpoint is not kicking in either.

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Redundant Ascended Gear

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I agree with your view on ascended gear. I hated it. I even left the game in disgust with their general direction. However, I love fractals. In the works of Michael Coreleone:

" Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in."

Elitism

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No leaderboards wouldn’t stop this from happening anyway. Elitist people are elitist regardless of whether they have a way to prove it or not.

What he said.

I see this often: Fractal level 12 NO NOOBS!!!

Really? Really? Level 12 no noobs?? Elitism is a player’s choice. I, on the other hand, chose not to play with those.

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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Enemies explode if killed
Enemies have frost aura
Enemies leave a poison field when killed
Enemy attacks also cause Torment
Enemies deal 15% more damage
Enemies have permanent Quickness
Enemies stealth at 15% health
Enemies gain chaos armor at 20% health
Enemies have magnetic aura
Enemies have fury
Downed Players pulse AoE Torment on nearby players
Players cannot gain vigor
Players have 1 dodge bar
Players have 15% reduced damage
Player elite abilities are disabled
Players gain a stacking bleed when close to each other
Players gain a random condition every 5 seconds
Players have 15% reduced health
Player abilities have a 20% increased recharge time

Where did you find this?!? I think I just fell in love with fractals all over again.

First ever fractal skin

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Great-sword. Which I would like to mention I have a strong dislike for. I went on to get three additional great swords. All collecting dust in my bank.

After hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of runs, I am STILL looking for a Fractal Sword (one handed of course, which looks amazing)!

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Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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Starting at 31. 19 instabilities will mean the last one falls on 49.

Well that makes no sense. What do we do at 50??

Fractal Tonic cannot be used during combat?

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Seriously? It has no skills, it cannot be used in combat (the one on the livestream had 0 skills) in the bar.

Why would you add something like this? Can’t you at least give it some costume brawl skills?

It should really be like the Guild Wars tonics, where you could FIGHT as a Margonite. That was fun.

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Yes, I remember them speaking about 19 instabilities, but with the background noise (game sounds) I had a hard time understanding everything.

So… if I count well, there’s 1 for level 31. We need to add the 18 remaining. That means that the last known instability is at level 49. Therefore… there isn’t even a level 50? We get to play to level 49 included but not to level 50…?

Instabilities start at 31, not 30. There should be one at 50.

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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It does have something interesting in it, if the instability is annoying as kitten, it might serve as a measuring stick. People/parties might get stuck at a certain instability level, simply due to the instability itself. That would be awesome.

GuildWars had its own version of population filter: Thunderhead Keep. That was the mission that separated the men from the children. Perhaps now in fractals it will be X level with X instability.

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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The question is whether it was common because they were in one sequential run or because of the level. Though the comment that “we’ll add more Fractal levels once we have more instabilities” and “there are 19 instabilities” does suggest it’s level-specific.

Sadly, you are right, it does suggest that the instability is locked to the level. You still have the element of randomness in what fractal you get, so I assume that balanced things out. I guess if the instability was random, people would simply roll until they got an instability they liked.

Tonight's live stream?

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Because the demo is really more of a Q&A with the content as a backdrop. It is simply a sneak peak.

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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I don’t know!! I wanted to know that, cannot believe no one asked that! I was watching but could not ask questions.

They demo the Aetherblade Dungeon. Do you recall the part where you stack in a corner to protect yourself from all the cannons (right before the laser room). Well, that was a Kaboom-fest! It was glorious.

I can only imagine all the amazing possibilities if the instabilities were randomly applied at 31+

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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Wow, I did not even think of that! There goes that tactic!

Tonight's live stream?

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Well, I liked the ‘’I don’t even know what killed me’’ comment.

Hahaha! I know that feeling a little too well!

I actually did not care at all that they died a lot. It was pretty obvious to me, as I watched the stream, that good players are going to demolish that content. That said, if the mystlock instabilities are applied to the level randomly, this opens the door for some really fun, and potentially challenging content!

Is there a list of Mystlock instabilities?

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We saw the one used today: Exploding enemies upon death. What other instabilities are there?

Tonight's live stream?

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They addressed the equity lost with a canned: Nope. They explained this before. “New system with the instabilities, they did not think it was right for everyone to start at 50”. No point in rehashing this issue.

I am on the minority here, I thought that one instability, Enemies explode when they die, looked super fun.

The Aetherblade retreat fractal looked fun to me. I forsee lots of cursing, and also lots of great players just crushing it. It will be an all or nothing kind of thing.

I am actually interested in knowing what all the instabilities are!

Molten Facility & Azurite

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When they originally added it to the game, they said it would be added to Orichalcum nodes (like Ruby orbs). It never happened, aside from the orichalcum inside the Molten Alliance.

Why are Exotic drops account bound?

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Not sure there is a “good” reason for it. Not all exotics are account bound. The Named variety ex. Koss armor, or whatever, can be sold in the trading post. This only adds to the confusion of why aren’t all exotics items sell-able on the trading post?

Drag... ores instead of Emp.. fragments

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They should give you some random ingredient depending on level 1-9 T5, 10-19, T6, 20-29 T6-Asc mix, 30+ random Ascended component.

Shards, globs, vials, rings and pristines

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How come we do not get any comments on this? If there are no plans for pristine and fractal relics, there should be. The fractal economy is in shambles (What Economy)?

Happy with +30 Change? Post Here!

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Do not care about the leaderboards. I think the leaderboards are meaningless.

I am excited about the upcoming changes, and have high hopes that they will be fun. I just hope they don’t dissapoint

All my 8 toons are 30, 5 above 40, a couple above 50. I do not care about the being sent back to 30.

That said, there is a lot of other changes I consider necessary that are not being mentioned. The currency exchange for example (pristine and fractal relics) has not been mentioned once. Even when we asked repeatedly.

Do Not forget the Pristine tokens!

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Buying other ascended gear besides rings with them would be nice. And I want to be able to salvage all the rings I have taking up space in my bank. We should be able to get delrimor steel or something for salvaging a ring or a few ectos and dark matter at the very least..

Exactly!

FoTM Leaderboards (Some Privacy)

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Do leader in leader board get hate messages or guild recruitments? I honestly don’t even look at them other then WvW which I use other websites to monitor the progress.

Guild Recruitment, yes.

FoTM Leaderboards (Some Privacy)

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AP leaderboards, PvP Leaderboards, etc. Those are currently populated by people who found ways to “game” the system. For example, fight their second account in PvP to give themselves a high W-L ratio, PvP level, etc. Or, Set up a macro to sit AFK killing mobs to get weapon master. Or, set up a second account and get into a match of Kegbrawl with themselves, etc.

As for fractal, implementing a leader board would have little use. What would happen would be those who find way to game the system in questionable fashion will probably be at the top. You might have the occasional truly skilled player there, but I guarantee that the vast majority of the board will be from people who abused the system.

And for clarity, I am not calling people with high fractal levels cheaters. I called those skilled. There are many of those, but I am pretty sure those guys, would probably not be the top of the leaderboard.

The IDEA of a leaderboard sounds great, until you realize is not populated by the real “leaders” of said board. It is populated by the people who have mastered cheating to get their name on the board.

Reset AP, Reset topic

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APs are meaningless, just like level 80 in fotm is meaningless, just like the leaderboards are meaningless. The game is supposed to be about playing and having fun, not who has the highest numbers on their account. IMHO, they should reset everything on a rotating basis, maybe every 90 days.

This ^^^

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The leaderboards would be pointless if you could opt out of it. “Oh I am rank 1… wait there are x people higher than me who opted out”

The leaderboards ARE pointless.

Shards, globs, vials, rings and pristines

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I can’t help but think something will happen with pristines and rings in the future. It just seems so unfinished as it is now.

Yes, yes it does. That said, there have been a terrible silence from the developers on this issue. If you are familiar with how the communication with Anet works, silence usually means: “We are doing nothing about it”.

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4. How does leaderboards change anything? Fact is it doesn’t. Although I did enjoy the attempt at fear mongering.

The point is that they really serve no purpose. Not that is a security issue. Unless they wanted to use the leaderboards to get rid of all the cheaters. That would be useful.

As they are right now leaderboards are mostly cheaters. Why even have them around.

FoTM Leaderboards (Some Privacy)

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… I’m in for leaderbaords. because they would make sence if it’s about the challenge you have beaten and not the time you have spent lvling up:)

For once, I agree with you. Let’s hope you are right.

Do Not forget the Pristine tokens!

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I dont get how trinkets and amulets are not part of the items you can buy with Pristine Tokens. Anything that is remotely related to Agony should be part of BUY 4373 inventory. This includes account bound Ascended weapon components, rings, amulets, trinkets, infusions, fractal bags, shards, etc.

FOTM leaderboard

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This is caca. You know what achievement boards are? A place to spot the most notorious cheaters. That is all. Achievement leaders: ppl who will go to any macro/scripting/botting length to achieve a score. For example: Weapon Mastery on every weapon is achieved by afking with a macro.

PvP Leader board: Plagued with people who buy multiple accounts and fight themselves in PvP. Nice going.

WvW Leader Board: Who knows what kind of farming these people do, but they do.

And now Fractals? I cannot wait to see what kind of caca they come up with.

PS. I know not every person in those leader boards is a cheater. But many are.

when can you do 10+ fractals?

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if you are in game type: /wiki agony

If the fractal level is < 19, you don’t need agony resistance. It is nice to have from 10-19, but it is not required.