Guild Wars 2

The achievement rewards were an entirely new system. It would be quite nice if they could do it for other cosmetic rewards as well, but I suspect this will take a lot more coding, especially if they want to include rewards already acquired.

There were about 8 up on the TP last night… going for over 300g.

rizzo.1079:

I got 3 jumps over waves towards the ach last night but as far as I could tell it’s impossible to jump over them without getting hit since the knockback happens at a random time before the wave gets to your position.

So yeah the achievements aren’t exactly solid right now it seems.

It’s very hit and miss with lag, but try jumping enough times and you’ll get it. I did. There are plenty of waves per fight, and I think you only need 12 total.

Any room left? Please invite me if so. Thanks for doing this!

It will die down over time. Those achievements are not going away. Only the living story ones, which only require participation, are going away at the end of the month.

I don’t play constantly, and the lowest I’ve seen him is about 85%. However, over time people will learn the fight better and more people will be able to get the achievements.

Yes. I did it using the shortcut.

Did you try using the candle or torch to illuminate the other nearby objects? I’m not sure if that will work, but it might help. Yeah, the lava is very bright.

I stepped out of SAB after many days of playing and noticed how amazing “RL Tyria” was.

Zaxares.5419:

Yep. The easiest way to avoid the owls on Shortcut Eagle is to stand behind his head, then turn around and look behind you. You’ll be protected from the owls coming from in front by Eagle’s head, so all you need to do is watch for the owls flying in from the rear, then sidestep them when they get closer.

Yes, this.

Zooming in, having my flute prepared before starting, and hitting 3 before jumping to the last three clouds are the tricks that helped me. Still, both times I’ve been to the room, I only managed to open it before falling. But then you can just jump back again and it will already be open.

Great job Josh and team! SAB is one of my favorite parts of the game.

Ayrilana.1396:

Mikuchan.7261:

Ayrilana.1396:

All achievements count.

Except infant and Tribulation.

Tribulation is its own set so of course not. I thought infantile did?

Infantile (Baby’s Second Super Adventure) doesn’t count. When I got that achievement, my total towards the meta didn’t go up. However, you can get most of the other achievements in infantile mode, except for the one to beat all the zones in normal.

Zaxares.5419:

I’ve seen some players around with Honors in Applied Jumping. That would imply that it IS possible to complete Master of Baubles World 2, unless they got it in the early days when it wasn’t bugged? (IF it is bugged now.)

I have all the achievements except baubles and secret rooms for W2Z3, and I have the Honors title.

Can you dig? Dig until you get rabbits that try to kill you.

Firefly.5982:

It is so so bad to start playing video games with your kids that young. The skills she learns doing SAB can be learned a hundred other, healthier ways. However. She is doing a great job and having fun and I have to admit the video is super cute. I still wish she was building a fort outside instead or something :P

What about video games is unhealthy? It’s way better than TV, which seems to be more acceptable for young kids.

For me, someone who loves doing jumping puzzles and can complete the hardest ones, I feel that SAB world 2 is not overly difficult. It is definitely harder than world 1, but that is expected. So far I have completed world 1 in tribulation mode and I thought it was great. Frustrating, but satisfying.

I want to finish tribulation mode world 2 for the achievements. However, I have less of an incentive to continue playing after that. Why? Two reasons. One, the bauble bubbles and dig spots are now only once per day. So once I’ve done a run through the zones I want to do for rewards, it’s not worthwhile to keep doing it that day. Two, I find the weapon skins released this round to be a bit uninspired. The weapons in the first round were more flashy, which gave me more of an incentive to farm for baubles. However, the second round skins don’t appeal to me much, so I plan to save all my bauble bubbles for the next release of SAB. The tribulation colors of green and yellow don’t really fit in with my characters, but I’m looking forward to red and especially purple.

In the next release, keep trying to make it difficult, but improve the rewards. Difficult stuff is more worthwhile if the rewards are better. I know we’ll be seeing more colors of weapons for tribulation mode, but I would also like to see other types of rewards available for normal mode in world 3 and 4.

Btw, I bought the infinite continue coin and absolutely feel it was worth it for me just for the convenience.

I think the requirement for doing world 2 in tribulation is completing world 1 in tribulation. You said you’ve done this. Did you get the achievements and reward for it? Did you wait for the timer to run out after the last zone before leaving?

I usually don’t have more than a stack or two at a time because I buy bauble bubbles with them.

matthewr.3980:

Let’s be honest. They’ve already given the ultimate easy mode to players in the form of the Infinite Life Coin. Suddenly you don’t have to worry about dying, because you will never lose progress, and you won’t run out of baubles to buy Life Coins.

So regardless of how difficult it gets in the future, players already have a cash shop answer for it.

Tribulation mode can still take hours for even the shorter levels. Not everyone has the time to sit down and play uninterrupted for so long.

Long levels would be a lot easier if it were possible to save waypoint progress between runs. That way you could make some progress, and then continue the next time you log on.

I saw somewhere that you can turn up your gamma to view the clouds easier for Moto’s Finger. I have not tried it myself. I zoomed in my camera, which helped a little.

Nice job! The videos are fun to watch. I only watched the first two since those are the ones I have completed already.

Awesome post. Thanks for sharing!

Ayrilana.1396:

They’re prioritizing what they respond to. They receive hundreds of bug complaints and there’s so few of them to respond. Dev’s can’t respond to every thread either to workload or company protocols. Until this becomes a more pressing, highly visible issue for the community, I do not see us getting a response.

Did you read the blog post linked to by Healix?

The back and forth between Josh Foreman and the players is one of the most awesome things I’ve seen on the forums. That type of communication really makes it feel like we are being heard by ANet and not just talking amongst ourselves. I wish more devs would be so open like that and that the company would not try to stifle that communication. Without it, it feels like we are just praying to the gods, with only a small hope of an answer.

Btw, I just want to state that I LOVE SAB, both the previous release and this release. I bought the infinite continue coin, finished the meta for world 2, and now I’m working on tribulation mode (finished W1-1 and W1-2 so far). Awesome job with it!

Dulfy is very thorough, so I don’t mind waiting a bit longer for her guides.

Bunnies don’t work when you’re stuck inside the gong ringer. They spawn just outside of it.

The same thing happened to me too. Bunnies wouldn’t kill me, so I had to restart the game.

sazberryftw.3809:

ElenaDragon.8401:

I think that cloud was added in the last patch, and it was bugged for me too. You can still go up the ramp on the left though, just have to go past the polar bear that way.

Yeah I can progress though the zone, but activating them is needed for the infantile achievement, right?

EDIT: I’m actually turning into the Hulk at this Internal Server Error.

I’m not sure, since when I got the infantile achievement the cloud wasn’t there. It’s possible that it is not needed for the achievement.

I think that cloud was added in the last patch, and it was bugged for me too. You can still go up the ramp on the left though, just have to go past the polar bear that way.

Still getting this error this morning. Very annoying when every other page doesn’t load.

I love it! Especially the music from the Cliffs of Pain.

Right at the end of world 2, zone 2, I pushed the bell ringer, moved forward a little, and now my character is stuck inside the ringer. I can’t move or jump or kill myself to get to the end.

I usually just make sure I’m back on the checkpoint at ground level after the bounce before moving forward.

There is an elite in world 1. There is a second elite in world 2.

It’s only worth it for the achievement in my opinion.

A dev posted in another thread that it will be around the full four weeks (until end of September).

CMF.5461:

Hmm, just followed this to a “t” and didn’t get achievement at end of level

Opened chests and went in all the secret rooms, broke all the things in stores.

I did not bother with the hillbilly stills though, so maybe they do count.

I was sure I followed it correctly, but didn’t get it the first time. When I went to do it again I realized I had missed a bauble at the very beginning (reading too fast).

You don’t have the elite skill yet. I think it counts, but I can’t remember.

Healix.5819:

Mystic forge the red, yellow, green and purple tokens to get a white one imo.

(rainbow ~ prism)

That sounds awesome. Except I think it should be from forging the weapons instead of the tokens.

Ugh, that sucks. Hopefully the devs will look into it and see what’s up.

I was able to get this achievement today, so if it’s bugged, it’s not bugged for everyone. I was solo and on infantile mode. I didn’t use any continues.

Thanks so much for this! I followed your guide and got the achievement!

Phoenixlin.8624:

I got the achievement in Infantile Mode. I used invisibility also(got it just 5 minutes ago).

I think this is probably what they fixed in today’s patch.

I read in another thread that this room does not count for the achievement on tribulation mode.

Riika.9740:

It doesnt matter if you die. Just leave the invisible upgrade and go around the back of the house. That did it for me.

There is a checkpoint immediately after the hillbillies by the shop. Getting this checkpoint does not aggro them, but if you die and respawn at this point they will aggro. That’s why dying matters.

Vince Ste Marie.2081:

Eowin Of Rohan.2619:

I’m also stuck at 31/33
Where are the 2 points that have been corrected ? (don’t want to go through the whole thing again if both are in zone2 for example)

The two problematic tiers for this achievement were located in 2-3. There were also areas that you could easily jump over and miss triggering the achievement. We’ve increased the area that triggers these so they should be pretty impossible to miss. Another run through Infantile Mode should net you the achievement.

Thanks Vince! Having this one so close to being finished has been bugging me. I’ll check out 2-3 later today.

Ayrilana.1396:

Everyone should try world 2 again. They fixed the bug.

Thanks for the heads up Ayrilana! Here are the patch notes with the fix:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-September-3-2013/first#post2780744

Today’s update notes:

SUPER ADVENTURE BOX: BACK TO SCHOOL

Fixed a bug that prevented the rare tradable Super Hammer Skin from dropping in zone completion chests.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Tiptoe achievement from being awarded properly.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Baby’s Second Super Adventure achievement from being completed.
Added a warning message before entering the Super Adventure Box from Rata Sum: purchased buffs and all other types of buffs will be lost upon entering Super Adventure Box.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Tough Customer achievement from being awarded.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to loot the chests from World 2-3 in both Normal Mode and Tribulation Mode on the same day.
Fixed a bug that prevented players who had completed World 1’s Infantile Mode in April from accessing World 2’s Infantile Mode without completing World 1-3 again.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-September-3-2013/first#post2780744

The world 3 preview is a reference to Aladdin. Not going to spoil it, but the world 3 “secret” is a gaming reference.