Guild Wars 2

depends where the copy skin is gotten, but at least for the heavy armor<→ pit fighter set I think was relatively easy to get, but as i said, doesnt hurt to wait

I very much doubt they would rise in price, as I said, this game is all about skins, the normal random exotic armor is currently 40s-1g normally, there are exceptions but I personally cant see the mad king set being a copy skin going very high

edit: I wanted to say that it wont hurt to wait either, because the rune itself is worth 1g+, the price wont drop anymore than it currently is even if we arent sure if the future price will rise

Doggie.3184:

Got the Light Avian shoulders skin on my last run.

really? :o even the lion chest can drop from there? very impressive

I should mention I have been getting fine transmutation stones, blacklion express, revive orb and lion chest keys

the mad king set? it wont because its not worth it, the skin isnt unique and its a copy of the pit fighter set for heavy armor, shiro’s set from light i believe, not sure which for medium but its not unique

Ran it 20 times and none of those weapons, some are lucky and I’m glad someone is getting them, this means a chance for anyone to, regardless they get it or not, once halloween ends the price will skyrocket as supply and demand shift anyway

Just to check, those weapons are permanent ones?

? The claw island thing also sound like the personal storyline _

Question did you get the mail after opening the chest? I got out soon after defeating the king and didnt see the chest…and I dont have the mail :x

Its probably because the event to activate them hasnt been done yet, you should try queensdale as the event there gets done with frequency and the doors are almost always up, if they are you should see pumpkins in the map signalling a door there

Gathering everyone just to witness a cutscene and a boss fight wasnt the brighest idea you could’ve had anet :x everyone is landing on overflows and when we can enter the instance instead of getting a error msg, we end up in different instances :x

Revolving Ocelot.6270:

It’s only level 2, and yet I’m getting kicked from groups for being a 76 warrior that’s not in full exotics. Same reasons why I’ve never done any dungeons before now, heh.

Was a neat cutscene, though!

just did /say inv for party please and got a invite to full party, we did it with a 36 and 4 80s but no sweat, it was just a “exploratory” small dungeon with nothing to it. Better luck finding another group!

You didnt miss the achievement, it will be staying there and doable until end of halloween, the “witness” one time event is just that, to see it…but we get nothing from it aside from the “being there” experience

Gardavil.1762:

Gee thanks for pointing out us “mediocre performers”. We do try, we try like crazy and some of us are very persistent… but sometimes persistence isn’t always enough. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to succeed as bad as you.

For some of us the Jumping Puzzles are just headaches, and I mean real headaches.

Just let us have our fun please without bringing attention to our shortcomings and all that. Thanks.

The problem is that most players fitting in the category are the ones raising the fuss, by purposely coming out to the forums and asking for a nerf or removal for this puzzle when it’s not even mandatory to do the puzzle for the overall halloween achievement, the exotic itself can be gotten in the labyrinth or TP quite easily so really, why are people complaining when the rest of us have alot of fun with it? Some of us are redoing it just for the fun as there are no decent rewards for doing so.

xD It was my problem too, sometimes I log in and go right to the clock tower, have to wait for the msg to appear to click something to be done with it…which generally means falling as it always appears mid tower

I only wanted to point out that personalized tots and normal ones are different in that the 1st has a chance to drop endless halloween tonics

Well I know there are varied progresses and persistence from people, I kept seeing people on the first part (same ones) fall in the beginning, staying there for hours but never going beyond that point, and yet many of these same people persisted and eventually completed it, even if it took them 7+ hours to do so.

My only advice is to do it when you arent stressed, never helps. I know the feeling of wanting to have it done, but the stress only made me fall in the most stupid of ways…even in the beginning, now I can do it successively in a row….remember: no stressing! And positive thinking, each platform you dominate means one step ahead, and thats definitely doable

BrunoBRS.5178:

Kaderin.7584:

Ah I probably missed when i did this..what do we get if we win in either spvp themed maps?

some trick or treat bags, though i wouldn’t mind getting glory instead.

Thanks, for the time it takes to complete one round a few tots arent really enticing sadly, I gain much more by doing the JP or farming labyrinth, and I’m one of those people “hoping” got a endless mystery tonic drop after all :p those 2 maps need better rewards to attract people I would say

I love all kind of pvp maps with some twist to them, better than the current spvp with 4-5 maps but the same “capture the area” objectives…even if they put in catapults and underwater and whatnot in it, its still different compared to this and the lunatic inquisition

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

@Kaderin, as a matter of fact I did. I completely forgot about that. I only got one.

Again, thank you for the information I was aiming for one but the chances are as low and most likely lower then the skins it seems…but that was sort of expected

I only know of the champion in hill at the center of the map with a possibility to drop it, out of my 8 characters one of them got the light mad king chest drop

Ah I probably missed when i did this..what do we get if we win in either spvp themed maps?

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

You can get some mad king gear from the Champions that spawn ever so often. I believe they spawn twice a day. You have a chance to get the gear, although I only got greens when I opened the chests. Its a good Karma farming area though.

Not true the champion spawns constantly, each character is however limited to loot the hill champion’s chest only once a day

Ah I forgot to ask, did you by any chance get a endless mystery tonic that was supposedly dropped from the blc chests?

There aren’t dungeons, the mini-dungeons involve the new puzzles I think, the point of the labyrinth is that certain door events can spawn chests, specially the one in the middle has a chance to drop a exotic item (mad king set) but it isnt special because the skin isnt unique.

I think people like to do the area because low level characters are boosted to 80, there are alot of mobs and door events to keep people busy and together to help speed the process

Thanks for sharing the information I opened around 50 chests including mkc but didnt get any skin so nothing special to input myself, just wanted to say thanks for your rather large pool of experiement

Did it with my 8 characters, one exotic in 8 tries :p nerfing both loot and apparently putting a timer is excessive, quite unmotivating to do champion involved events since after all the trouble the loot is most likely junk that a random mob could’ve given you

Been doing it non-stop aswell, hopefully the next puzzles will be as exciting

Doors are only active once the event to activate them is done, I think in gendarran the events start around the lower left corner of the map, usually I go to queensdale as its almost always up.

You know that the doors are sending you in if there is alot of pumpkin icons in the map, marking all doors

You can’t its soulbound to the char that picks it up…maybe try asking for help in a ticket

edit: alternative is try the chest in labyrinth as the feet that drop there arent soulbound evidenced by ppl putting them up on sale at the TP

Yup absolutely, but I think there was already a thread much like this one xD

I’m at the same place, opening over 2-3k bags and nothing xD Well wish more luck for those of us who are still trying!

I’m sorry for all the players who have a big sized character and also wanted to do this event, they were getting flamed unjustly, the average complainer is failing by their own fault and taking the easy way out and blaming others, it’s uncalled for and rude.

It’s only 3 platforms after the first gear-pause and you would have gotten rid of/have a different pace then the rest of the survivors, are you failing the puzzle because of those 3 platforms? Hardly.

If you are one of the people being rude and therefore griefing large character-modelled players I will have to tell you that if you cant do it than its only your fault, I have done the puzzle as a asura and virtually unable to see my character but its absolutely possible to do the critical platforms without seeing your own char, I agree with the OP that people failing at the puzzle should think twice before "griefing"other players at their inability to do the puzzle.

Done it multiple times, sometimes 2-3 players get in with me and we all get chest fine, I didnt ask if they “got the achievement” itself but most likely as I seem to recall that you get the achiev as you open the chest.

If you got ported out its possible that you jumped either too early or too late, unless your server’s tower is bugged, but if the other player got in fine then I doubt its the later

I believe its a one time thing, with the original item being soulbound and unsalvageable and always the feet item id say there isnt anything else dropping there…return visits gave me personal tot bags and later normal tots…not sure if they will reset back to personal as it was my reason for repeating the runs

Khift.4706:

I’m referring to the former, yeah. The puzzle itself is amazing and I love it, but the execution and presentation of it is very lacking. It being a group instance with such a massive amount of people is just not flattering to it.

Absolutely agree, they knew the holiday itself would attract alot of players, for people who have no option but to play at peak hour is very confusing,it doesnt help those who already struggle with the puzzle itself, also they could do with removing the cutscene, its unecessary after the thousandth time we fall and retry the tower, not to mention I think some people have slower machines and when the slime start they are still watching the cutscene/loading

Darkeven.5672:

Thanks for the info! As for the title, I know what you mean and sadly, you’re probably right …

Note that we will probably still receive the personal bags again after reset I will be going back again <3 if not only for the endless tonic chance And title aside, fun just for the fun of it is completely worth it ^^ I hope they add more of these brilliant puzzles in the future…so far best feature in this holiday event

Khift.4706:

I love the concept of it and don’t regret doing it, but it’s clearly a very flawed execution and would have benefited quite a bit from additional iteration.

Do you refer to the grouping/skill usage or the puzzle itself? If its the later I will have to disagree, the puzzle itself was brilliant and have had absolutely no problems anywhere in it except for the people who say that it has become bugged with subsequent patches

Darkeven.5672:

Like most people I find it very amusing and challenging but I must admit that I hated it until I finally reached the top!! It that regard, I see a lot of people posting that they did it more then once … do you get to loot the chest everytime you complete it? Also since this achivement is BY far the most difficult one to get during this Halloween event does anybody else feels that we should get a title for it (I think it’s perfect that it doesnt count for the Emissary title for the one who are not able to do it)

For different characters the first time they beat it will net the same 3 rewards, for 2nd or more visits with a character that already did the tower once, it starts out by giving personal tot bags 7-10, but eventually it started giving only normal tot bags 7-10, note that personal to normal tot bag is account based, i switched characters when I noticed the change but was still receiving the normal ones

And although the title would be nice, it would just be more complaining from ppl who already want a tower nerf or a complete removal…id prefer just less drama if it means no title

All too true, I keep saying that the first few platforms might need getting used to without seeing your character on occasion, but after that you will most likely be soloing the rest of the instance, its no reason to chid on charrs or norns unless they are griefing on purpose such as using speed buffs etc, most of the time its the people who complain that are actually doing the griefing because the other player only wanted to play and do the puzzle, rudeness just because of their character model and race is misplaced and uneccessary

Thanks for the replies and the confirmation, Im glad I waited…definitely do not like the pit fighter armor at all but shiros okay xD

bumpy hoping someone knows this

The puzzle is a far cry from impossible, you might get stuck at certain places, I probably have fallen and failed at the same spots you did or even more, but now I can do it successively in a row without failing….its a matter of practice and the puzzle is fun! No reason to nerf or remove it if you chose to quit….

After the first part/small rock where it is indeed time pressed, things get slower and easier, if you are having trouble seeing your character its best to try and memorize the location your character is supposed to be in just for the beginning, after that most would have fallen off already.

I got used to it to the point that charrs and norns blocking my view doesnt deter my progress at all, its just a matter of getting used to know where your character is and only needed for the beginning, by the time you reach the point mentioned you are most likely alone

And while this puzzle is challenging and at the beginning frustratingly fun, its a far cry from impossible or poor design, this is a masterpiece which I hope they include more for the future

Does anyone know what the heavy/medium set looks like? I heard that it wasn’t unique but I don’t know how it looks, any info is appreciated and thanks for reading o/

If anet keeps rolling high quality puzzles like this out in the future? They have a guaranteed customer right here <3 Hopefully they won’t make it easier! Or they could put in different difficulty for people at the penalty of reward…but never easier! It’s fine as it is <3<3

Also good practice is to try jumping further from the “ledge” everytime you aim for the next platform, many puzzles in the game are tailored toward that and I constantly see people falling because of this crucial thing, the clock tower puzzle uses this alot in most of the platforms

And if someone doesnt “know” this already, the 3rd platform(?) after the 1st big gear can be done with 2 jumps, and the 3rd jump is done directly to the next platform, after I got this down (now even with big norn and charrs covering the view) I can mostly do this without a problem and always reach the small rock ahead with time, after that time isnt as pressing and most people would have already fallen so you have the place for yourself :p

I did everytime yesterday and today without speed boosts, this is one of those puzzles made to “not” use them, as can be evidenced by the fact the skill bars are “blocked” and yet for some stupid reason people can still use those skills when they arent supposed to, personally if I end in a group with someone doing it I would try to find another, with the mass of bodies getting the time on where to jump with the speed boost is infinitely more tricky and as i said, its completely doable without the boost, time isnt as pressing once you get past the gear→small rock at the beginning

Some of the achievs in the halloween tab dont count, I think the hunting doesnt, not sure on which ones…im at 3 with the “emissary” title when I have 5 completed

Yes you can just remember that to transmute at 80 you need the fine transmutation stone which is rarer then the basic one

Same, I can only suppose that this is because the other “Area” to explore will come in future acts, such as the one tomorrow? Because mad king will come forth in act 4 so exploring his realm then is illogical Just checking its the “mad king realm” explore achievement you are talking about right?