This is because forfeits (not losing points with teammate disconnects) are effectively disabled while we fix the dishonor false positives that were happening much more frequently than actual disconnects.
Might I suggest a breaking apart of these 2 components, and get the forfeit piece working again. At least short term, to alleviate the unfair pip loss. Cause right now, it’s basically sending the message that it’s perfectly ok to screw over your teammates by just leaving.
Then you can look closer at dishonor and get it work functioning appropriately.
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This seems misleading to me.
I can use one Candy Cane just before I complete a karma awarding event, (Can’t tell you how much karma I got doing that in bell choir but it’s a lot).
or I can gulp them down rapidly and get a "sweet tooth’ title.
Even if the original karma earned is only 1400, then the candy cane gives 140 karma extra. That’s a choice of 350,000 karma (on the low end) or a title.
As much as I like sweets, I’ll take the karma every time, including next Wintersday.
I was doing 30 of them (max 30 minute boost) and running the jp which was 30 min long. Worked out pretty well.
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Oh yes, absolutely agree Rising. I was sort of hoping, when they came back with Festive Imbiber being year round, that Confectioner would be too. I’m glad I dug through that thread for the answer (since a couple of people did ask).
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I’d like to see the Vampiric / Life Steal play style return to Necro. Whether that be through a strengthening of the blood line or an elite spec that compliments that style, I don’t particularly care. Right now the life steal from blood is hilariously pathetic. Blood based necros where once a force to be reckoned with, and its really not an option in the GW2 counterpart.
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I don’t see the tags often, but might be due to when I play more than anything else. I’ve seen a couple in DR previously too. Generally speaking, I don’t typically explicitly pay attention to whether they are around or not.
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I did grump a little (to myself) that I had to simply spam the candy canes to get the achievement when I did so want to use them for the buff (10% karma adds up). But, oh well. I’ll get more candy canes eventually.
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Well…I honestly never thought Anet would do it, but they did.
And now I am laughing my kitten off at the outrage. And, kitten it, I’m out of popcorn!!
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Anyway…
So on one hand, I was sort of right that they wouldn’t do account shared bag slots (granted, this could still change). Makes for too much convenience imo. Didn’t think about them doing just single item slots…and limited to only 5 at that. It’s an interesting trade off. I can’t say I’m displeased by it. Having actually put a tiny bit of thought into the possibilities this morning, I’ll probably buy myself the max 5.
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I played with 2 anet employees in pvp over the last couple of days. One match I was against them (ow. watched my teammates go absolutely stupid) and one I was teamed with them. They’s just people. (With super shiny, mind altering tags apparently)
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Copper and Silver Fed are absolutely 2 I’d go with. Of course, I use them all the freaking time. (Silver for anything yellow+, lvl 68+ of course)
Bank Access (either perm, or consumable stack if we can stick the whole stack in the slot) would be handy too. (Probably going to be one of my preferences)
Merchant access would come in handy for wvw (especially for me, running around eotm) since its not always convenient to just pop back to one.
If you don’t have bank access items, its also a slick way to pass something to or from a character that you don’t particularly want to move (say, from the end of a pain in the kitten jumping puzzle).
Hmm….now maybe I should by some of these…
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No worries. They need to put ‘leeching’ back as an option. Or maybe change botting to be ‘Botting / Leeching’ to help clarify for people. You aren’t the first, nor the last, to wonder where to stick these people.
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Year of Ascention Part IV: League Elite
Cross 4 league division thresholds during a PvP season.
A season is only 8 weeks. Based on the wording set forth you need to do all 4 during a single active season. Which means…Amber to Diamond.
However, Hugh said that achievements don’t reset.
So…that clashes a bit with the wording for the achievement itself. So… we’ll see?
I’m only a sapphire currently, so I have League Recruit (cross 1 threshold) done, and have half of League Veteran (cross 2 thresholds) done. I probably won’t make it to ruby this season (just not enough play time). If I don’t, we’ll see if that progress carries forward or not. If it does, it makes League Elite a heck of a lot easier.
It is a bit vague, yeah, but I’m inclined to think that progress towards that actually carries across separate seasons, because the achievement doesn’t state that it all has to be done within a SINGLE season, unlike the Primordial Legend achievement.
Agreed. I assumed ‘one season’ given that the wording is “a” pvp season, and “a” is typically used during singular references in the English language. I do find it interesting that they did specify the wording for the one, and not the other. But, then again, not surprised, sometimes their wording is quirky.
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However, I also realize that the only one pushing me is me, and can stop if I so choose. Nobody’s holding a gun to my head and saying “do it or die.” Just me, being me.
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No need to explain why this is abuse and should be punished. But i don’t know how.
Next season, all of those lower levels will be boosted to play in a ‘legendary’ level game. As opposed to the higher levels being ‘brought down.’ Thus fixing the abuse. This allows people to still play with their friends, regardless of level (in the rare case that it’s not actually abusing the system).
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I do blame the locusts. Loudly…. and with great frequency on here.
But yes, I understand what you guys are talking about. I went on vacation, that’s the only thing that’s stopped me from farming winterday gifts until I dropped. Now that I’m back to work, its just not a (responsible option). On top of that, I’m trying to fit in the pvp league (which I only just started) achievements. If I play every day between now and the 25th I should get the 15 days I need for YotA1: Daily League Participant.
sigh
So much to do… so little time. Just have to keep reminding myself that there is plenty of time.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but … the “cross 4 divisions” achievement doesn’t need to be in 1 League, right?
Like, I’m on ruby, so I need to cross 3 more divisions and those divisions will be Amber > Emerald, Emerald > Sapphire and Sapphire > Ruby of League 2 and then in League 3 and 4 I may get only up to sapphire and also end the Year of the Ascension IV
If I’m correct, what is OP complaining about?
Year of Ascention Part IV: League Elite
Cross 4 league division thresholds during a PvP season.
A season is only 8 weeks. Based on the wording set forth you need to do all 4 during a single active season. Which means…Amber to Diamond.
However, Hugh said that achievements don’t reset.
So…that clashes a bit with the wording for the achievement itself. So… we’ll see?
I’m only a sapphire currently, so I have League Recruit (cross 1 threshold) done, and have half of League Veteran (cross 2 thresholds) done. I probably won’t make it to ruby this season (just not enough play time). If I don’t, we’ll see if that progress carries forward or not. If it does, it makes League Elite a heck of a lot easier.
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aaaha… NO legendary PVP backpack is not meant to be for casuals….. either you get good and you will complete achievement or you wont get it .. easy as that … PvE (except from raids atm) is casual already enough .. dont bring casualness into “high end” PVP as well … if you want it then earn it !
This casual is going to enjoy proving you wrong. Gonna take me longer cause I don’t play 8+ hours a day (or even every day), but I will enjoy making you eat those words….
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I’m a 100% solo quer and made it to diamond tier, with win streak bonuses added in next season, getting past ruby for people shouldn’t be too big of a problem if you’re at least decent in 1 meta or semi meta class/build.
Since you play one you clearly dont see the problem with that statement. You basically just said it doesn’t matter how skilled anyone is, it still requires the class to compete. THAT is a huge issue in any game.
I play a DH, which is hardly meta nowadays, familiarity with the class trumps slightly better builds/classes. You don’t need to be elite skill wise to progress past ruby, especially next season after they add in win streak bonuses.
I’m looking forward to this addition as well. As an almost purely solo player (ppl do randomly ask if I want to q with them surprisingly), something like this might be helpful. Gods know it would have helped curb some frustration yesterday. Win 4, lose 4, win 4, lose 4. For hours on end. sigh
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I haven’t made it through all the drinks yet, but it’s the last piece of the puzzle for me. Figure I can work on it a little bit at a time over the course of the year.
I think I have everything except the drinks on my alt account too. Have to check that tonight. (Since it’ll patch before I get home tomorrow, which makes tonight my last chance)
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I have no words… However, I will reserve judgement and just see how it goes. It could end up wonderful. It could end up a rushed nightmare. Lets hope for the former.
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People seriously need to learn what “pay to win” is. Go play Game of War or any similar mobile / browser game and then we can discuss “pay to win.” GW2 is not even remotely in the same arena.
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Lol, as I said, balance has never been something they keep on track with. You’d think people would learn after 10 years to take any of those conversations with a very large grain of salt.
Besides, get about a 50/50 shot with anything else that they’ll follow through with what they say. Maybe not always in the timeliest fashion, but time is not the topic being debated here.
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I wouldn’t say that. They have, and do, archive versions of achievements and ‘restart’ them for some content. There isn’t anything saying they will for the PvP achievements related to the league; however, given that this is the first season, anything is possible. Considering how acquisition of the back piece is structured, I wouldn’t think they would, but wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong about what I thought they’d do.
I wouldn’t say that. They have, and do, archive versions of achievements and ‘restart’ them for some content. There isn’t anything saying they will for the PvP achievements related to the league; however, given that this is the first season, anything is possible. Considering how acquisition of the back piece is structured, I wouldn’t think they would, but wouldn’t be the first time I was wrong about what I thought they’d do.
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I have a lvl 55 ele which I open pretty much all bags on. Havent gone out of my way to purchase the green SW bags, though I probably could. I think I have a couple thousand crests….
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If you call the cliffside fractal a “Jumping Puzzle” then you really have issues with it :P
Mesmers can port you there, if you play as mesmer, ele or thief you can skip everything.
I remember the first time I did this fractal. It was….bad. We’ll just leave it at that.
Still need to learn the skip tricks. Lets jumping is good.
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No, its not for the casual player. Theres plenty of Back Pieces for casual players. This is for the Best @ PVP to get.
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Wrong!
“The Ascension is designed to reward investment in PvP by any player " source
any player
“Any player” != PvP Elite
The Elite will just get it faster. And that’s as it should be.
What anet says != what the game needs.
peace.
While I can agree that the assorted modes should have assorted exclusive items, something that isn’t entirely cosmetic (such as finishers, minis, armor or weapon skins) isn’t something I would agree with. If the back piece were an exclusive skin, sure. But that its one of only two current legendary tier options? Nope.
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I believe the concern here is with the current lack of available legendary tier back pieces, Firebird. So..you choices are play fractals or play pvp, and if I understand correctly, there is something amiss with the fractal option.
Honestly, as a casual player myself, I don’t have an issue with that particular meta requirement. Stubborn determination will get you there. It also forces you to improve as you play. (I know, blasphemy, right? Should be doing that anyway just by choosing the play)
My concern is more them resetting the achievements when the next league rolls around. If I manage to complete the meta for “Year of the Ascension Part I” it had better well stay done. So I can work on “Year of the Ascension Part II” when the next league starts. Because that 15 day requirement for ‘Daily League Participator’ is just annoying. Not to mention, between the 4 achievements, that’s 60 days of play (if all 4 are 15 days each), and this first league is only 56 days long. Hmph. (Yes, I remember they said this is supposed to require more than one season, that’s beside the point)
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I only have two metrics that I use to compare games:
Is it fun?
Does the fun last?
EotN was fun. It was not as much fun for the second or fourth character, except for learning to master the dungeons (and later the bounties/dailies) with only heroes, but that was definitely grinding for a random (tiny) chance of a nice reward.0
HoT is fun. So far (for me) it’s more fun having more characters and so far, I find, I’m not doing the exact same set of things each night.
So by my metrics, HoT is the better expansion.
The thing is: I never went anywhere in EotN unless it was to repeat a dungeon/mission; there wasn’t any sort of depth to the new zones. And while GW1 had a gazillion more skills than GW2, most of them were never worth slotting. So comparing the number of zones or the number of skills is, to me, just a bookkeeping task; it doesn’t convey any of the joy (or tedium) of the game.
tl;dr if you don’t like HoT, you can just say you don’t like it; it’s not necessary to shoehorn a convoluted comparison to justify disappointment.
On the other hand, Eye of the North had Livia, so there is there. lol
Ah Livia….. such nostalgia, much love. Now if only I could have stole her clothes….
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I feel like the Bane and maybe some other places in the world could be designated as PVP dueling areas so that anyone can go and duel there if they choose to.
It would solve the problem of there not being a more accessible way to do PVP for those without a guild arena and who aren’t on the proper server and who still want to use their WvWvW builds.
It would also give the Bane and other such places a use. Come on, the Bane is a huge gladiatorial arena! Wouldn’t it be epic if you could sit in the stands and watch the duels below to pass the time as you wait for your WvWvW queue to pop or for a dungeon/raid party to organize?
I would be perfectly fine with something like this.
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I must be in the minority here. I don’t see what is wrong with this particular match up.
They are assuming that the red team is intentionally attempting to game the system by inviting an amber ranked player to group with 4 high ranked players. The issue being that there are 2 legendary ranked players in that group, which (theoretically speaking) shouldn’t end up matched against an all ruby opponent team.
Well, you have two full pre-mades against each other. Two legendary players, who are already in legendary so they are not gaining much from being grouped with the lower tiered player.
Just lower q times. Apparently ppl dont like standing around for an hour + waiting for a game. (can ya blame ’em?)
more restrictions on who can queue with who in ranked,
Something like only being able to group with players not more than 2 ranks lower than you? Multi-tier legends could get tricky though.. depending on how you want to treat that rank.
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I must be in the minority here. I don’t see what is wrong with this particular match up.
They are assuming that the red team is intentionally attempting to game the system by inviting an amber ranked player to group with 4 high ranked players. The issue being that there are 2 legendary ranked players in that group, which (theoretically speaking) shouldn’t end up matched against an all ruby opponent team. Legendaries will group with lower ranked players to lower their queue times, because it opens the field of available match ups.
Of course…it could just be people playing with friends. Most won’t buy that though. The assumption at this point is that anyone diamond or above has/is intentionally gaming the system. (Which, granted, definitely needs some tweaking).
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I’m yet to read a competent argument as to why dueling is a toxic / bad feature.
I’ve yet to read a competent argument as to why we need more options for dueling when 3 currently exist.
That said see the lovely response from Jaxiom. When someone doesn’t want to duel them imagine that. Now imagine it from a 12 year old whose verbose vocabulary extends to only 4 letter words and feeling like necrophilia is a good thing.
Pretty much explains why dueling in PvE is bad, dueling itself in player controlled environments is fine.
That’s still not a real argument.
The feature in WoW NEVER cause any issue.
Want to duel ? click, /duel. You don’t want to ? click no and go on with your day.
What’s the issue everyone si afraid of ? That someone will spam you with duel request ? We can already block people, just make it so blocking deny duel requests.
I just don’t understand any logic behind " this feature is bad "
Never caused an issue in WoW? lofl I want to live in that world.
I played WoW for 7 months (pre MoP), and I had several kittenheads make my life miserable because I didn’t accept their duel challenges or because I was apparently not wearing the gear they thought I should be (despite the fact that I didn’t kittening have it). Or I wasn’t running Discipline on my priest and obviously I absolutely should have been. Or I opted to take talent ‘a’ over talent ‘b’ and omg that was “wrong” despite that it worked just fine for me.
Yeah, no thanks. Just no.
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