Guild Wars 2

I believe this was done purposely (more new t6 recipes) to raise the value of t6 craft mats. Which is fair because t6 should be the top tier and most expensive of the lot. So mission accomplished I think.

Precursors have been dropping like mad today with that Ancient Karka special event chest.

You can see the prices of the precursors tumbling big time on the TP!

Please invite me – IGN : Azelroth

I would like another try at this!

Martin Kerstein.3071:

Please read here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Disconnect-at-the-end-of-Lost-Shores-Event-Read-this

Thanks Martin – I feel somewhat relieved now.

I was really angry and frustrated by the fact that it happened within the last 1% HP of the Ancient Karka and what made it worse is that I know for a fact that that chest was dropping precursors…

Heck I might have had one too if it didn’t do that. Really annoyed but I’m glad you’re working on something that will reward those that were there. Thank you!

If this happened to you – please REPORT it within this thread. I want to raise awareness of this so Anet can take some form of action.

At least REPEAT the failed event for the people that had it crash on them or do something – this is unbelievable Anet. I’m seriously angry right now.

Wow I just got to the end part of the final phase of defeating the Karka only to be disconnected within 30 seconds of completing the event.

Had to log back in and now I get 0 reward for my contribution. Really Anet? That sux! How about mailing us a reward for our efforts (I’m sure I’m not the only person this has happened to?)

I know that the rings are a confirmed drop from FoTM (confirmed from chests and possibly mobs too)

Not sure about the back pieces though.

I always believed this to be intentional.

“Skipping” stones. I see what you did there Anet hahaha

Yes they’re working on a fix for this. Not sure when it’ll be ready but it’s happening and in the works.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/lostshores/Disconnected-in-Fractals/first#post774124

The only increase I’ve noticed is from level 6 difficulty I received 6 Fractal Relics instead of the typical 5.

So the token loot does increase but I’m not sure if the actual loot quality increases until you pass level 10 – and my theory is that it is tiered just like you say (1-10, 10-20, 20-30 etc for better loot)

Yes I fully support a dungeon finder tool. LFG system just doesn’t cut it and spamming map chat isn’t fun either.

A dungeon finder tool that allows players to define which dungeon they’d like to do (and in the case of FoTM – an option to signify difficulty level choice too)

+1 this idea.

Amazing! I can’t wait to see what kind of ascended ring I’ll get once I hit the right level. Very excited!

Oh interesting! Thanks for doing that. I noticed you got that screenie from Celia?

I see her farming a bit in Cursed Shore haha

Fallensbane.8420:

This may help some of you having trouble with it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIjxxXXk320

Hahaha I remember being in game (you can see me in the background, the sylvari watching the person do this) and thinking kitten that’s clever – then a charr ran up next to me and told me to follow him… which I did and he opened up a portal near the end part (you can see it at the end of the video clip) lol

I did manage to complete it myself the next time though – it was good fun

I’m just curious if anyone’s found any Ascended rings in the new Fractals dungeon yet?

I have read that if you pass difficulty level 10 on level 11 there may spawn a bonus chest that may award an ascended ring.

Has anyone experienced this yet? If so, please post some screenshots of some ascended rings thank you.

Excellent. The plot thickens I can’t wait to figure out what it makes in the long run…

I agree with Jnetrocks. The loot table has been vastly improved (and especially in dungeons)

I haven’t quite noticed the Champs dropping anything of value so far (blue at best – but I’ve only killed about 5 champs since the update and 4 of those champs was just killing the Contender in Orr multiple times) which isn’t a big enough sample to base any opinion off.

I think so far, the rewards are now decent to the point where I’m not going to say anything negative about them anymore. Just keep at it mate and you’ll notice it has vastly improved (moreso in dungeons than open world as far as I can tell).

I’m up to lvl 4. I’m trying to figure out at which point agony resistance needs to kick in – does anyone know?

Argorre.6370:

that recipe makes 1x Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence, i just did it a few mins ago.

Nice bro. Now just to figure out what the Glob Of Coagulated Mists Essence recipe is

Can you try putting it into the Mystic Forge with a few other items to see what it will accept as the recipe? Thanks!

The recipe is:

5 Vial of condensed Mists Essence
1 Glob of Ecto
1 Mystic Coin
1 Fractal Relic

= “Mystery” Item

(I’ll update when I figure out what it is)

Hahaha I just did the swamp one before and my team mates were so frustrated to the point of wanting to leave and come back, just so that we didn’t have to do it.

Perserverance is crucial !

Had to mute Dialog Volume because I couldn’t stand it anymore …. driving me bananas!

This happened to me as well it gave me an identical armor piece to what I was wearing so I salvaged it and got 2 mithril ore out of it lol

Please fix this issue Anet. The dungeon is brilliant and this is the only issue that is causing a lot of players to rage about it.

I felt bad when I had a thunder storm surge and got disconnected and my party lost a person because of that. I wasn’t able to rejoin them and it made me feel pretty guilty!

Please fix this ASAP. Thanks!

Please fix the part where if someone disconnects from FoTM – that they’re able to rejoin the party (it’s not exactly fair on people if someone randomly leaves mid way through for any reason and needs to come back in) or also allow people to find a replacement if necessary.

Other then that the dungeon is awesome

Hmmm I just got one of these as well. May need to save a few more up before figuring out the recipe

I really love this new dungeon it’s awesome in so many ways <3 !!!

Thanks for the update Mark other than the dungeon I don’t think there’s much left for me to do haha

The same with me – I’ve been trying but it’s not giving me the option to enter the dungeon (also in overflow)

It’s not the fix I was expecting… but at least it’s a step in the right direction

I think they will see what kind of an impact this change will have on the amount of pre-cursors that are available and then decide if they’ll implement the ‘scavenger hunt’ system.

I was hoping the scavenger hunt system would be in for this update but I guess we’ll have to be a bit more patient and see what happens.

There’s a variable that you’ve probably not taken into consideration.

The items that you think you’ll have to grind for could actually be given as a boss/chest drop. So I wouldn’t look too far into it until it’s proven otherwise.

I would like to suggest that for the trading post:

If a seller wishes to choose to sell his item at a fixed price and another seller wishes to match the item sold with an identical item for the same price. That the first seller would have his item sold first if a buyer comes along and tries to ‘buy’ the item. In other words, first in – first out.

Currently, the trading post is set up in a way that has the last person to match the sell price of an item gets the item sold first (this is backwards to how it should be organized; first in, first out)

Please implement this as it should be organized in this fair manner.

The respawn timer on it has changed… it’s only a few extra minutes – nothing to be too overly concerned about.

I’m more concerned with the champ/vet mobs which are meant to be always dropping loot which so far doesn’t seem to be the case (I think it may be bugged on that aspect) however I can’t yet confirm if their upgraded loot tables are even working at this point.

Yeah I lost about 800 achievement points but I somehow thought it was ‘normal’ – no idea why lol

Yeah I was thinking it’s around 750MB going off my progress indicator.

The update/patch is being delivered right now and is causing the issues you speak of. It’s a big one too!

The patch is rolling out right now so those that are experiencing login server issues – this is the reason why.

Be patient as the update is quite large.

Actually the prices are just returning to normal – before the crazy influx of bots if you remember the prices of T6 mats back then you’ll remember that they’re very close to where they are now (the only minor difference is there are more players stockpiling mats now because of the rumored new crafting recipes due to be released).

“the highest common attained level” – I’m reading that to be the average amongst all levels. It’s pretty open to interpretation though as highest common attained level could also mean the lowest of all levels.

I absolutely love this idea of a scaling dungeon that gets more and more difficult. That’s exactly how it should be as time goes on. Sounds like an interesting challenge…. w00t w00t

Guys this update is going to be epic. Get ready for it and enjoy it, because let’s be honest – there’s not much else to do in Orr right about now hahahaha

Bring on the Fractal of the Mists dungeon I’m pumped up for it!

rich.3417:

exactly, I’ve stated in another thread about the whiners who cry about legendary precursor, be careful what they wish for. Now Anet gave in to the whiners with some possible tweaks to open more ways to get the precursor, and mats price goes up. Now people are complaining about that? I guess the whiners will not stop until Anet gives out welfare legendaries that practically requires no effort to obtain.

Even if mat prices goes up 5x – that would still be ok with me because they’ve fixed the most annoying part of the legendary process – the precursor.

At least we all know that there will be steady progress instead of a constant frustrating gamble and to everyone that was saying that legendaries will become more common – I really don’t think that will be the case… if anything they will probably be much harder to obtain now with the new system (and that’s a good thing).

I really approve of this idea. I hope the journey will feel epic and legendary in it’s own right

The changes haven’t yet begun and people are already jumping to conclusions.

Anet did not say that the precursors will be made ‘easier’ to get. They just said that they’d be making some changes now what that means exactly nobody yet knows – so why not wait and see?

As it is at the moment – I don’t feel legendaries to be worthy of the legendary title (this is purely my opinion) as it’s more based upon luck and gambling than it is on true in-game achievements and dedication. Of course, there will be those that dispute this statement but again – this is my own view and opinion.

RNG does not make you legendary – even if you got lucky getting a precursor somehow. If you have a legendary now and disapprove of any changes to improve the current state of the game, then you probably belong to the ‘elite’ few who would rather no one else have a legendary just so that you can remain ‘special’ (I LOL at the very thought of this)

I really think they’re going to make the changes to the precursor acquisition but I don’t think it’s going to be made any easier. They have stated that legendary weapons will remain legendary. So I can’t wait to see what they come up with

Havana.8625:

The two things that I feel should be changed:

1. Get rid of the RND elements in creation. You can even make getting a legendary harder, but get rid of the gambling requirements.

2. Make them account bound.

I highly support these ideas. A lot of players are assuming that the changes will make getting a legendary easier. No one knows either way – all that has been mentioned is that some changes will be happening. So some players are translating that to mean that the precursors will be easy to obtain and therefore everyone will have legendary weapons.

This may be so far from what will become the truth. I fully support having legendary precursors being hard to achieve – I just hope they get rid of the RNG aspect to the precursor and make it be about skills and achievements in-game (but don’t make it easy – make it hard…. actually make it hardcore!).

Thobek.1730:

don’t change a thing. a legendary should be a long term commitment.

Can I ask how you know the changes won’t be a long term commitment?

Jrunyon.3012:

But that’s stuff that everyone can complete given enough time. No matter how many more things you add, everyone will be able to complete it in time. That’s not what legendarys are about in my opinion. I think legendarys should be reserved for those who go above and beyond, doing things that most people would cringe at like risking everything they have on the Mystic Black Hole. I thought the system was fine as it was but I guess we’ll just have to see how it turns out.

So in other words, you’re just an advocator of mindless gambling? How can you claim that to be worthy of any legendary status?

I think they should make it about achievements or make an extremely complex dungeon that 80% of people can’t do. This would totally win my approval because the legendary weapons would no longer be about who has the most gold (or who has gambled the most) – but more about who’s got the most dedication and skill required to deserve the legendary status.

This would make more sense to me.

Incredibly good news for all! Thanks Anet <3

Thanks Anet – I’d say most of the entire community would appreciate any changes.

(The only one’s that don’t are the ‘elite’ few who would rather not see others with legendary weapons; likely because they already own them themselves)

Power to the people! I can’t wait to see what type of changes will be implemented. Exciting stuff!

Wow this is very encouraging news. I thank Anet and the entire dev team for making any necessary changes whatever they may be – I’m sure that it will be a step in the right direction.

My faith has been restored Bless them!