Guild Wars 2

Can’t zoom that far, but maybe you’ll like this
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/FOV-Field-of-View-Changes-Beta-Test

Pretty sure that the one time only event was the cut scene when the Mad King broke through into Lions Arch, not the dungeon itself.

Fox.8957:

DST is next weekend….so it wouldn’t matter for tomorrow anyways? (For America, if that’s what is being referred to)

So after ‘next’ weekend, 12pm Pacific will become 8pm UK again.

There is usually 8 hours between ‘active’ pacific time and ‘active’ UK time (by active i mean the time people in those places consider it to be). However, for the next few days (after UK changes clocks tonight) until USA changes the clocks, there is a 7 hour difference. Hence the 12pm Pacific =7pm UK.

adding this second post because something glitched when ‘page 2’ of the thread was created, and nothing shows up when its clicked. fingers crossed this post fixed it.

Par, I didn’t talk about (nor attack) Echo’s view on entering the Mad Realm once. I advised of alternate content that could be done ‘instead’ of entering the Mad Realm. Which apparently wasn’t good enough for the subject of this thread.

On the note of your comment to Elevandar, join a party of higher ranked players and your level 36 can get the second book. You’ll die a lot, but your party will resurrect you once the area is cleared and you can move on step by step. Echo obviously can’t do it this way – due to his/her RP view – as it means expecting to die a lot, but assuming you don’t share that particular RP view, you can get the book at any level.

Just go to Queensdale, there are doors everywhere marked with a pumpkin symbol on the map

and that was a real example, posted on here yesterday, do a search for it yourself. You’ve even had others telling you it’s possible in this very thread. But you can think what you like.

Anyway, we’re going around in circles, you’re clearly not listening to a view other than your own so I’ll leave you to sulk in peace.

However, I’ll leave by pointing out that if every single part of the event took part in the starter areas it would be too easy for the majority of the player base, and a lot more people would feel irritated and ignored. They got around that by limiting the majority of play to the 1-15, 15-25 and 25-35 level zones, and created a whole area of content where all players are side-kicked up to level 80.

Echo, if talking about Events that are available to all levels and all kinds of players is off topic, then I’d suggest changing the title of the thread.

19:00 GMT takes the time change into consideration. 12:00 PDT was 20:00 BST in the UK today. Usually there is an 8 hour difference between Pacific Time and UK time, however there is a small period where it drops to 7 hours until the USA change the clocks too.

Your thread title wasn’t complaining about exclusive items. It was complaining about a lack of Events for lower level players.

There are large Meta Events happening in 1-15, 15-25 and 25-35 zones. There are no Meta Events in zones above 35, other than quick stops in the scavenger hunt. If you are going to just ignore those Meta Events, along with refusing to go to the Mad Kings Realm (available and playable at level 1) then that’s due to your own personal reasons, not due to a lack of content. You can get 10/10 events completed without doing the scavenger hunt, without visiting the Mad Kings realm, and without repeating an Event.

In fact, the scavenger hunt is the ‘only’ content that is for higher level players, and can be done by low level players as long as they are in a party or zerg with some higher level players that are prepared to help them out. Somebody posted yesterday about getting part two with a level 1 character (who ended up reaching level 4 due to waypoint unlocks). Just because it’s hard, doesn’t make it impossible.

The reward for the scavenger hunt is actually better for low level players than high level players, because you get a back piece with similar stats later in the game, and that backpack is not limited to level 0 upgrades only (side effect of the back item having no level requirement).

In anything, the affront is that players seem to be ignoring a huge amount of content as if it doesn’t exist, and then complaining that there isn’t any other content. There is.

Echo, I am pointing out things you can do ‘without’ entering the Mad Kings Realm. I said Kessex Hills (standard level 15-25 map) and Gendarren Fields (standard level 25-35 map).

Phase 2 includes:

- Part 2 of the Scavenger Hunt
- Various things to do in the Mad Kings Realm

AND

- An entire Meta Event in Kessex Hills consisting of multiple Dynamic Events
- An entire Meta Event in Gendarren Fields consisting of multiple Dynamic Events
- A smaller Meta Event in Queensdale, including the occassional Dynamic Event

If you’re aiming to be complete, then your guides ignore a ‘huge’ amount of Halloween content.

There are Halloween Meta Events going on in Travellers Dale (South-West Gendarren Fields) and in Blackroot Cut/Delanian Foothills (North-Eastern Kessex Hills).

Both of these events have a selection Dynamic Events, and seem to be being generally overlooked when anyone mentions phase 2.

I think I’ve pointed this out now several times, but there is more to act 2 than a scavenger hunt and the Mad King’s lab. Just because everyone is ignoring the Meta Events it doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

A level 27 character ought to have no problems doing the various Halloween related Dynamic Event’s in the border region between Kessex Hills and Gendarren Fields. It’s a real shame that so few people are doing them (or even mentioning them), because they are actually a lot of fun.

pretty sure the answer is no

There are also the selection of DE’s associated with the 2 PVE Meta Events in Gendarren Fields and Kessex Hills that everyone keeps forgetting about.

I’ve seen several threads complaining about the Halloween Events achievement.

First thing to say is that the doors do not count and will not count. Not even the occasional door that triggers a DE with multiple foes.

I have now completed 10/10 Halloween Events. The first one I’m pretty sure was after doing phase 2 of the scavenger hunt and handing in the ‘complete’ mad memories and getting the back item that looks like a ‘burning’ book. Handing in the incomplete book for phase 1 does not count.

The Halloween events that DO COUNT take place in Gendarren Fields and Kessex Hills. There may be other locations, but these are certain.

In Gendarren Fields near Traveller’s Dale (border region to Kessex Hills). There is a Meta Event called ‘Advisor of the Lunatic Court’. You initially have to help a ghost capture a few locations with pumpkins (power sources), then you have to defend them.

Some DE’s include:

-Eliminate the Rebels Guarding the Power Source
-Stop the Rebel Reinforcements from reaching the site

These events are repeatable and you just need to get bronze in order for your achievement to go up.

Cross from ‘Travellers Dale, Gendarren Fields’ to ‘Blackroot Cut, Kessex Hills’ and you find another Meta Event Called ‘The Mad Engineer’. You need to fight your way with a ghost to one of three locations, protect them while they build a device, and then take out the attacking Halloween mobs.

Some DE’s include:

-Protect Jarlath while the device is built
-Protect Casimir while the device is built
-Protect Vittae while the device is built

Although a lower level, less players seem to be zerging the Kessex Hills events, so they seem harder.

All events in these two meta zone have large numbers of enemies which count towards your Halloween Huntin’ achievement and the drops include ToT bags which can count towards your bags opened achievement

If you only received 4 books, go and speak to the 6 ghosts again until you have the other 2. Make sure you go through the whole conversation.

You cant get multiple copies of the finished books, but you ‘can’ get multiples of the pages.

I don’t think you need to physically have part 1 on you to complete part 2. I had it equipped when I handed in the 5 pages for book 2, and it wasn’t converted into book 2. I now have 2 books. I seem to recall a dev posting something similar a day or two ago. Just collect the other pages and see if you can hand them in. The clue from book 1 leads you to ascalon settlement in gendarren fields.

ColdSpyder, some of the haunted doors let you enter the Mad Kings realm instead of spitting out a monster. It’s not all doors, and nobody seems to be sure if there is a way to tell whether a door will work or not. Basically keep knocking on doors until you find one that you can go through.

Part 2 has added a new set of DE’s in Gendarren Fields over near ’Traveler’s Dale’. They involve helping a ghost take control of some power sources and then defending those power sources. My Halloween events are now at 4. They might have started going up when I finished part 2 of the scavenger hunt, but they certainly went up after doing some of those DE’s.

UK is currently running on BST not GMT so it should kick off at 20:00 UK time if its 12:00 PDT. Sundays event will happen at 19:00 for those of us in the UK because the clocks will have changed. But they have not changed yet.

You might get a better response if you mentioned which ghost you were having trouble with.

Although.. you can probably just switch servers if you’re having a major issue. I had no problems with the ghosts on mine.

The Shadow of the Mad King page lists phase 3 beginning on the 28th and phase 4 on the 31st.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/halloween-2012

If the finale has been moved from the 31st to the 28th, does that mean the acts are scheduled to change at new intervals?

Or does it mean that phase 4 will now begin ‘after’ the whatever the finale is going to be?

I don’t think it works yet. I’ve not tried subscribing to anything, but in ‘forum profile’→‘edit’ I have a tick box saying to email me when I get a PM, and I’ve never received an email for a PM. Same is probably true for subscriptions, although I’d double check you at least have the option turned on.

Just found this thread https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/forum/Thread-Subscribing-is-NOT-working/first#post209318

I just reported the mail, then hit the ‘return to sender’ option. It sent the mail back (copper and all), and removed it from my inbox.

In the end, you can put your traits wherever you want them. It depends a lot on what type of player you are. If you don’t tend to use your backpacks much, putting your traits into them wont really help you much.

I’d personally hover you mouse over each of the 5 and 15 trait slots and see which of those seem to appeal to your style of play. I’d also click on each of the level 10 and 20 trait slots and hover over each of the options in there. Then once you’ve seen the traits that appeal to you most, put your points into those lines.

On another note, you didn’t get 30 trait points with the book. You have been getting 1 trait point every level since level 11. You’ll continue to gain one new trait point every level. If you’d already bought the first trait book, and assigned trait points into the various trait lines, the second trait book reset your progress, allowing you to pick where you put your traits again.

halzar.3029:

in the tool tip it says i need to purchase a transfer tho if i want to change homes.

That will be the case eventually, but currently while things are stabilising, you can transfer for free once every 24 hours.

Doireann Devir.6984:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com

People are adding to it slowly and thank goodness. I didn’t even know about the karma/heart thing having food until I got desperate for nutmeg. Also, recipes are there too, if you’re looking to find how to get a made ingredient. (or, like me, didn’t know about the rice wine seller).

Hope this helps.

To get even closer to the list that will eventually list all the karma items, recipes etc
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_karma_merchant_items

If you don’t want to get RNG clovers using the random materials recipe, put the risk, gold and effort into finding a different recipe that’s not random.

Out of interest, why should customer support replace something you gambled away on the forge? This wasn’t due to a bug or any kind of glitch in the system, it was 100% down to you being careless.

They’ve posted over and over again that they can’t currently replace lost items anyway. But if they could, you’d be in the queue behind all the players who lost items due to being hacked etc.

It’s a shame what happened, but it was ‘your’ fault. As you wrote in the first post, you wanted to test your luck.. You did.. It sucked

I am currently on the quest ‘Forewarned is Forearmed’ having just helped the Ogres defend their Kraal from the Brand.

My first step is to speak with General Almorra, but I decided to speak to the various others in the room first.

Ogre Chieftain and Jonkor make sense, they refer to recent events that took place in thier Kraal, however there is also a Skritt called Ftokchak and Laranthir of the Wild, who seem to think I helped the Skritt vilage (rather than the Ogre village).

Ftokchak says “Good, Kaz Longbow. Thanks for the Help! Wanted to thank Vigil, too. New friends. Lots of thanks.” If I ask ‘What will happen to the skritt village?’ (even though I’m not sure what village I’m asking about) he says “We make a new scratch, a new home, and we mourne the dead. But I remember debt-debt to you!”

If I ask Laranthire ‘What will happen to the creatures from the destroyed village?’ (meaning my Ogre friends) he says “You little friends will be treated well, I assure you. They’re already being given a place where they can rebuild in peace.”

He seems to also be responding as if I’d helped the skritt.

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I then moved on to the next phase where I joined Warmaster Forgal Kernsson investigating missing Lios Guard in the sewers. Once the mission moved to the underwater area, Warmaster Forgal, my pet and some of the enemies swam behind the walls of the pipe. The warmaster was gone for most of the event, only appearing at the end again once I’d killed the undead.

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The final issue was in the reward for the storyline mission. I was offered a choice between 3 rings, and chose the ring with condition damage. The ring that was offered was called ‘Potent Ring of .. something’ and included an interesting upgrade with 3 different stats..

The ring I was actually awarded is just a ‘Potent Ring’ and has ununused upgrade slot rather than the expected upgrade that was the main reason I chose the ring.

According to the wiki

“Magic find is an attribute that increases a player’s chance to receive rare loot from drops. "

This definition suggests that it has no bearing on crafting whatsoever, other than possibly increasing the amount of crafting materials you find while killing mobs in the game.

In your first post you said “I start to get less than gold medal rewards” hence my assumption that you were getting medals of a lower variety than gold.

It’s worth remembering that we are only 1 month after release. 1 month after they released the GW1 prophecies campaign, the majority of the things in that list were not a part of that game yet. Just like GW2 they spent time ensuring everything was running correctly, before adding additional content.

Rather than hoping that space will open up on Darkhaven, you should consider moving away from the Full server to join your friends and family on less full servers. In the end space might not open up, and you might end up waiting too long to be able to join them for free.

Thus far the diminishing returns have been reduced cash/exp/karma from the DE, not reducing you from Gold to a lower level like Silver or Bronze. That would suggest that you’re no longer doing enough to get the medal.

Out of interest, are you running from DE to DE, doing a bit and then leaving before the event is over to tag other DE’s at the same time, or are you actively playing the DE’s from start to finish?

Grey, check to make sure you didn’t receive another email yesterday explaining the issue.

If your email still works to log in, that would suggest that it has not been changed. I’d check to see if you received a second email yesterday from ANet explaining “….. As a result of this, most of you will have received an automatic email saying that your account email was changed……..Unfortunately the email is sent on the back-end of our system, and was not anticipated”.

OP, the system is obviously harder if you want to only create items of a certain type, they’d have to increase the drop rate to a silly level to do what you are after.

If you ignore 6/7 ingredients then the process is going to be 85% harder to achieve, so it’s going to take 85% longer. I’ve had no problems at all keeping two crafts levelling up at the same rate as my character.

If they increased the drop rate by 85% in order to let you get enough bones to build every weapon and every armour piece to the exclusion of every other type, people would complain that crafting was too easy and that material drops were too frequent.

Admittedly, I have found that bones in particular seem to drop less often than other crafting mats, but maybe that’s because I tend to kill the wrong enemies.

rocoqo, when you go back to do lower level content, the rewards are not always low level. If that were the case there wouldn’t be so many people complaining that when they go to low level areas they keep getting high level drops and don’t get the low level drops they want for crafting.

Where do you draw the line between high end drops as an incentive the high level player looking for loot, and low drops as an incentive the high level player looking for mats?

As the post above proves, whatever ANet do is going to be ‘wrong’.

Aahh! I personally do all of my crafting using the materials that drop for me while I’m playing PVE. I’m sure many others are like me. The only time I buy materials from the TP is because I’m close to a new phase and have moved on to a harder zone, and still need a few extra materials from the previous zone. Or because I received a crafting boost items from a chest and want to use up everything I can.

In my opinion, the ‘best’ crafting guide would be one that doesn’t just send you out with a shopping list, but one that actually teaches you what’s going on, and why you are collecting those items. That way you can – after a while – understand the system, and start making your own discoveries.

Another improvement you could consider is starting by outlining the different stats that each inscription offers (and what they need to collect for that inscription), and a brief overview of the weapons that just use metal. That way a player can level up by building the weapon they want, and get the rest of the experience from the wood/metal combo weapons.

e.g.

Greatsword (Power) Level 1-75 : +11 Blood, -11 Bone, -8 Wood +12 copper +2 tin (replaces 2x Hammers + 2x Bone Insriptions)

I have no idea if it’s due to the WvW buff or just the occasional lucky swing, but there have been many times when I have received 2 bits of ore from a single swing of the pickaxe, rather than just one.

If the forge tells you it’s a recipe and nothing happens, you should type /bug into the chat and send a bug report. Might even be worth including a screen-shot showing that the recipe is supposedly valid.

It’s referring to the recipes that were added temporarily that created Mystic Chests

They are not valid concerns, they are whines, based on assumptions 1 month into release.

There is randomness involved in the recipes that you know. That is not the same as randomness being a requirement.

Maybe randomness is a requirement, in which case whine all you like. But at this point everyone wants the forge recipes handed to them for free, without having to do the work themselves, and make the risks trying to discover a new clover recipe.

How many people in this thread have actually gambled by using a mystic clover in a different recipe to try and find a promotion recipe? I bet the answer is zero.

How do you know that the Mystic Clover is 100% random? So far people have discovered a couple of recipes that create random items, including clovers. That doesn’t mean that there is not a recipe to create a guaranteed clover, or to promote a clover to more clovers.

Even with the ‘random’ recipes, who’s to say luck even has anything to do with it. Maybe people who Zommoros likes more (because they’ve gifted him more things, including wine etc) will turn out to be more likely to get things like clovers. e.g. Mastery of the Mystic Forge.

Simple fact is, nobody knows how hard it really is to make clovers. Why are so many people just expecting to have a Legendary weapon handed to them quickly, without needing to do any work.?

I can see the reason for picking the 4 weapons that you’ve picked. It makes some sense to craft the items that use wood AND metal, rather than just metal. My point on the weapons was that the numbers didn’t add up right (at least for weaponsmith).

Instead of creating 6 of each of your 4 weapons. You are creating 4 of two weapons and 8 of two weapons. This leads to duplication. This is not an issue in some of your other guides where you are crafting 6 of each type.

As for what you’re saying with the inscription materials. That might be the case for the inscription recipes using green wood dowels, but not for all inscription recipes. It’s also not the same for all insignias (but I’ll talk about inscriptions)

When you move to the soft wood dowel, a different set of materials are used as the low difficulty (experience). The low level materials change each time until you reach Elder (where all are equal)

Green Wood : Low = Venom Blood, Bone
Soft Wood : Low = Venom, Claw, Bone
Seasoned Wood : Venom, Claw, Bone
Hard Wood : Low = Fangs, Bone, Scale

When you move to recipes using bronze plated/iron plated etc, all the crafting materials are of equal difficulty and reward the same experience.

Your guide basically tell people that Blood, Venom and Fangs are useless, when they are in fact not useless at all. At latter levels, they are often more useful that the materials your guide uses.

Rather than being the same as every other guide out there, if you want your guide to be useful to ‘everyone’, you should change it to use the most appropriate materials for the stage.

You should also explain that there are other choices that will level you up just as quickly. That way a player doesn’t spend ages grinding a material, when they already have enough of a perfectly good alternative.

For example. Bone might be the obvious low level ingredient to collect, but (as far as I’ve found) it’s been one of the rarest drops. Your guide basically neglects to tell me that I could use drops that I get much more often.