I would much rather have longer wait times than such broken match making.
These longer wait times could be 10 minutes though. Seriously, in order for Solo Que system to work again we really need more people. There’s no way this game is gonna succeed without getting it’s population up.
10 minutes is nothing, if it means properly matched games, I wouldn’t mind at all.
It should be trivial to remove it from the site. I can understand why they may have reservations about doing that, but having a non-functioning search box is even worse than no search box at all.
Of course, they could also hire someone to fix it up. I wouldn’t be opposed to giving it a go..
Removing it would likely break a lot of stuff. If you think something is trivial about the coding, then it very likely isn’t trivial at all.
Can any body confirm the sigil of Generosity in the Cold Weather Set?
Can anybody confirm permanent X-mas finisher?
I’d like a confirmation, but I doubt they would put a 60+g sigil in the end of a reward track, even if this one is WAY better than the LS and Halloween ones.
Edit: just checked GW2Spidy, it’s now 80+g. You get my point.
It’s only 1 superior snowfall rune and 1 superior mischief rune, not worth choosing at all.
Only flaw I see is that I’m still posting in this thread. You don’t want to listen to anyone else. Just hug each other and QQ together. I’ll take my leave.
If it makes you all feel better thinking that you HAVE to farm AP. Please, go right ahead and keep fooling yourselves. There are players out there enjoying the game without the stress that comes with “having” to do every achievement, time-gated or otherwise.
Have: to be required, compelled, or under obligation Want: to feel a need or a desire for; wish for
Tempted to add the definition for obsession and addiction… but I figured I’d be nice.
Except AP shouldn’t be tied to farming anyway? Your argument is flawed at every corner.
The amount of activities completed this year is more than triple of last years, and last years were a lot more bearable. So yeah, they can make achievements that take a bit of effort, without making them absolutely ridiculous like this years.
Check out the WvW achievements before claiming that these carnival achievements are ridiculous.. ;-)
I know about them, but there has already been so many threads about them as it is, (ArenaNet said they were going to fix it but then got lazy and stopped less than a quarter through).
Well actually, said people that only play them to have fun get bonus rewards anyway, and that happens anyway once you reach the AP cap for the respective achievement, so that argument is fairly irrelevant.
The point is, last year had the same repeatable achievements, but they wern’t absolutely ridiculous like they are this year.
Did you also notice that last year, when the repeatable achievements were more easily achievable, that far more people attempted them… and then far more people complained about how grindy and difficult they were? This year, most people have taken one look and said “lol, nope. I’m not doing all of them.” And so there’s barely been any complaining.
The bonus rewards are 3 presents, which are a fairly minimal reward. Nothing wrong with accompanying that with a fairly minimal amount of AP, imo. Remember, these are meant to be infinite, meaning you never get to the end of the achievement. The only reason the AP is maxed, is that if it weren’t, some players would try and grind out 10k AP during Wintersday. So they set the AP cap at a point higher than any reasonable player would reach… but they do set a cap.
And if the achievements have an AP cap, does that not mean the AP part of it actually is about the achievement hunters? Your opinion is just parroted off other people, who also don’t really know what they’re talking about and just white knight anything they possibly can.
If the people that enjoy doing it actually do, then they wouldn’t ask for a bonus reward in the first place as that’s not what they’re playing it for. So, once again, the argument is invalid.
Also of note, I have not met anyone while playing Snowball Mayhem that enjoys playing even over 60 games of it, but that is another problem of the matchmaking being so awful.
Well actually, said people that only play them to have fun get bonus rewards anyway, and that happens anyway once you reach the AP cap for the respective achievement, so that argument is fairly irrelevant.
The point is, last year had the same repeatable achievements, but they wern’t absolutely ridiculous like they are this year.
Then why is it you get 5 AP for donating 3 silver to Ho-Ho tron, but only 3 AP for playing 30 Snowball Mayhem games?
Because you can repeat the Snowball achievement?
And how does that change it, if it still requires a lot more effort, for far less AP? Another example is the gold donation to Ho Ho tron, which gives 25 for next to no effort of donating 3 gold, which is very easy to come across. Compare that to the 15 total AP of the Snowball Mayhem repeatable, which can take at least 12 hours if you constantly play it with no breaks. Achievements have never had equal AP value to the amount of effort required, so that dictionary definition applies nowhere to this. This is not something you can be correct about krall, get used to this.
Heck, you even only get 5 AP for making a legendary.
And this is relevant how? Are we suggesting achievements should be like getting a perfect score in Bell Choir (one for 100 song and one for 600 round)?
Chopping every single tree in Plains of Ashford?
Killing the Great Jungle Wurm (instead of the dinky one)?
Donate 100 gold to Ho-Ho-Tron?
Hit 25 players with snowballs without getting hit back?
If you’re going to talk about how achievements should fit some dictionary definition of the word, would you care to explain how most of the current ones fit this definition?
It is relevant because people seems to dislike the fact that you have to actually do or work a bit for the achievements.
If we actually look for the definition it is rather clear that an achievement is something you actually should have to work for. Either with skill or with time.
Then why is it you get 5 AP for donating 3 silver to Ho-Ho tron, but only 3 AP for playing 30 Snowball Mayhem games?
There’s fury buff, accuracy/perception runes (I never see people running on-kill sigils though), and also sigil of intelligence which is 3 guaranteed crits. And then there’s also the almighty RNGeesus that favors some and not others.
Your argument is flawed at every corner.