lol
As they introduced the Lost Shore Update with the 15th November patch and I killed a lot of Karkas I began to wonder why the karkas didn’t drop me loot (I think I received nearly nothing from them; at least compared to what these masses of karkas should have dropped for me.. at this time I thought “Oh, well, maybe it is because of the massive lags”), then I continued to do what ever I’ve done pre-patch (pve content like completing zones, dailies, leveling all my characters and so on) and I immediately noticed a big difference.
I really try to like the game, but it seems it doesn’t like me (anymore). :-(
And that’s also quite interesting:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wintersday/Ridiculous-DR-in-the-Infinirarium
Here it is:
Did something happen to the loot after they patched it today?
I am not sure, but I am missing hooves xD
Did something happen to the loot after they patched it today?
I am not sure, but I am missing hooves xDU mean they even nerfed junk trophies?
No.. I got more other stuff instead of hooves. At least I think so, could be random.
Alright, thanks for clarifying. Hope the other things are atleast a little useful or worthy of selling. Once I’m at home later, shall check this in-game to see if anything has changed (hope I managed to find any party doing events that used to give nice loots like Plinx). Entire CS is Cursed these days on my server.
Yeah, I think it is worth a try.
I was just thinking that with the patch they restarted the servers (or whatever, the dynamic events, which did not work before, are now all active and working.. at least these which I came by..).. could that alone have affected an improvement or did they change something additionally?
(That would be only interesting if other people notice improved loot ^^)I’ll have a look at Orr..
Humm, I got a lot of crap and some porous bones (-.-), but I also got a yellow one and 3 (!!) dyes (they dropped in a row..).
And we also noticed that every veteran and champion gave us loot today (blue).
I noticed it indeed after the Wintersday patch and I also connected it to the restarted servers.
:-)
I will watch that closely. I think I experienced it twice.. I just have to see where my last “lucky streak” was.. I think it was immediately after the Wintersday update.
I experienced the same thing after they released the new patch (17th Dec) and restarted the servers.
I decided to complete a zone and do my dailies. And then there dropped 1 or 2 yellows and a few greens and a lot of dust.. I thought it would have been the area where we were in, because we didn’t go there for a while (like one week or more) and for these characters it was completely new.
But it makes sense that the server restart is connected to that and that time is a factor of it. After one hour or two it got worse.. ^^
So, if they indeed didn’t change the loot / drop rate in general (which seems to be), the problem lies deeper than we thought. Some people are affected, some not. Some people notice an improvement after they restarted the servers (and some not?).
How can we get rid of the DR instantly and permanently?
What do we have to do, how do we have to play, how are we supposed to react?
Anet, please help us, we want to play (and in general more than 1 hour and each day, not only after you restarted your servers), we want to have fun, we want to feel rewarded.
Whatever happened to the loot or DR, please fix it… (it is not just RNG or bad luck! -> there was an enormous impact after the 15th November patch where we immediately noticed something changed; this problem with loot/ DR has not been there before)
Please. :-(
Players routinely get extravalue out of items by playing the TP market. By your definition they would be exploiters when in reality they’re not.
That’s what I tried to say in my post. Thanks for shorten it.
And the money for the prestine snowflake.
If you didn’t salvage it with the black lion kits, you had a chance that the jewel will be destroyed. So you had to buy more snowflakes to make more jewels. It was a gamble then.
If you used black lion kits, you used up a very pricy item and got something in return.
People who buy things cheap at the trading post and sell it for a higher price, usually get more back than they invested. But they can also loose money. It is a gamble, too.
It isn’t that different from what you could have done with the jewels:
- you have to buy things and invest some money
- then you have a chance to receive more money back
- you loose a bit in that process (for materials, for the kits, for destroyed jewels, ..)
I had 5 keys left and opened the chest yesterday. What a crap..
A bag of coin which included 81c???? O.o
12 tonics?
It is not working anymore. ^^
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Can-t-create-Exquisite-Snowflake-Jewelry/first#post1029947
I tried it and it worked. ^^
I wasn’t sure whether it is okay to do, so I stopped after a very few.
By the way, that is not how I want to make money. I want to play ingame pve content (not to be forced to run fractals or dungeons) and feel rewarded enough. It worked quite fine before the 15th November patch messed up everything.
And I would be also very glad, if I just get some (useful) rares or exotics by myself, so I don’t have to buy them. It is another feeling if there drops a nice yellow one that I can use. :-)
I have some for you. ^^
Maybe they should increase the value of porous bones, hooves and so on. That way we earn some money whilst swearing at the missing – real needed – loot.
It is working as intended. We received a lot of bug fixes with the last update and an improved signet of inspiration.
:-)
If you have ideas or features you’d like to see I’d say post em on the suggestion forum. I can’t promise it would be implemented, but the more people who say they want something the better!
And I have something for you!
There is one hot topic with over 1k replies! Is that enough to get implemented/ considered?
That would be definitely awesome!
There you go: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Change-in-loot-parameters-or-a-bug-Merged/first
Thanks a lot! <3
(edited by Navi.7142)
And there is another one:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Option-to-Preview-Armors-Outside-Our-Profession/first
Yeah, please bring it back and finally include previewing in TP.
Regarding the graphical issues you could have done:
- leave it how it was, the graphical issues were not a big deal (-> Did anyone notice high amounts of complaints about graphical issues with the preview of off-armor?? I didn’t.)
- display the character without clothing or in starter armor to minimize graphical issues when previewing off-armor
Right now it is very gamer-unfriendly.
Not amused.
EDIT: for clarification
(edited by Navi.7142)
If it is indeed an exploit why are they not answering to that thread in the BUG forum?
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Snowflake-exploit/first#post1028701
How shall we know it is an exploit, when even if we ask them whether it’s okay to do it we do not receive a clearly statement? And anyway it will use up your black lion kit, so we do not get the salavaged items for free.. humm…
And to which forum did they move the thread you’ve posted in???
Do we get TP preview in return?
THAT would be helpful for the players, not taking away something which sometimes had graphic issues when previewing them. (I saw some of these issues and it wasn’t that bad to result in a removal)
But it is working as intended? So if I use my black lion kits and get some ectos and do it again and again and again.. (well, I don’t have that much other resources to use up).. it is okay to do that and not an exploit or similar?
Is that working as intended?
I tried it and it worked, but I don’t want to get in trouble.
Well, then I don’t understand why they officially stated that farming is good.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Let-s-Start-the-Karma-DR-Dialogue/page/5#post338355
Medazolam, could you provide us with information about your character and how do you get these things?
On which server are you? What profession do you play? And which level?
How long do you play for what amount of (good) loot? Do you play daily?
How is your usual gaming pattern? (e.g. 1h fractals, then a 30 min dungeon, then 40 min Orr farming, then Jormag) Do you play only pve content? Do you participate in a lot of DEs?
Do you know people in your guild or on your server who experience the same thing like you? Or otherwise?
Since when do you experience this, Phoenixfudge?
Can someone please at least fix what was promised in the 15th November patch notes?
“The drop rarity of Rare and Exotic weapons from certain places in the world (champions, veterans, and players in WvW) has been increased. Rares and Exotics should be much more likely to drop and every champion should be guaranteed to drop loot. This was to ensure that world loot drops were not a significantly worse way of acquiring rare and exotic items than crafting and running dungeons.”
That is NOT the case! It is not working as intended and it is worse than before you implemented that improvement.
Would you please consider if there is something messed up?
Is there – for example – a possibility that DR is buggy?
The last sentence in these notes hurts me the most.. because right now PVE loot lags miles behind dungeon/ fractal loot.
It does not feel rewarding doing the pve content and it is not fun to do it.
I don’t know what exactly messed up since the 15th November, but compared to post patch the game experience and quality regarding rewards was quite fine before!!
What exactly do we have to do to get rares or exotics in pve without running fractals or dungeons? And I am not thinking of the rewards for map completions in higher zones.
I don’t have mf, just sometimes a food buff (~18 bis 30 % mf), but I tried to use it not all the time to see whether it makes a difference or not.
I cannot really see one. My loot seems to be the same crap since they bugfixnerfed it 15th November.
For example: How long do I have to farm in Orr to get more than porous bones?
And if I do that.. wouldn’t DR occur pretty quick?
In my opinion the theory of broken DR sounds quite good. The question then would be: How can we get rid of it?
I like it in pve. It seems very powerful, but not overpowered.
I now feel more competitive and contributing in pve.
Thanks for improving that!
I did not get rares or exotics from Veterans or Champions with and without mf. ^^
And these do not drop loot at all time, but sometimes – IF they are in good mood and they like me – they drop me a white, a blue or a green. -.-
I think we are definetely not speaking of dungeon or fractal loot. ^^
Veterans and Champions are still not giving improved loot and they don’t give loot at all times.
Rares are extremely rare (maybe that rare how the chance for rare things from a chest is -.-).
I got a lot of stuff in Orr (no yellows, no exotics), a few greens and pretty good material, but overall I am not sure yet whether they changed anything.
Okay, how long do they need to look into it? :-)
W.E.N.E.E.D.A.S.T.A.T.E.M.E.N.T
1) Yes, it is a bug. We will fix it.
2) No, it is not a bug. Everything working as intended.
3) Veteran and Champions are buggy. They need to be fixed. Everything else working as intended.
Thanks for all your efforts! <3
Not Sure. Could be.
But right at the moment they’ve made me very happy with the new patch.. but I will still watch the loot rate closely!
Oh, well. -.-
However.
They just added more information in the patch notes. :-)
I want to test it!!!! (It is downloading and downloading.. ^^)
Yay! <3 (Signet of inspiration.. I told you so xD)
I would like to have more splitted skills.
And they already have some in gw2. Cannot understand why they do not extend it to a point that mesmers can have fun and stay competitive in pve whilst they balance little things for pvp.
They said you have bad luck????
Did you send them links to the threads here?
Have a look into the mesmer forum. They “promised” us to fix it!
Maybe do you want to post it there? https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OPERATION-UNION-Bringing-Players-Together/first
Yeah, I made that conclusion a few days ago (https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Experience-nerf/first#post970289). ^^
I would not have a major problem with the fact that they have intentionally reduced it, but I have a problem with the lack of communication, transparency and honesty.
Maybe it would be unpleasant for them and they don’t want to kick off a discussion about that, but there is already one existing.. How worse can it get when they decide to be honest and transparent to their customers?
It could also be the first step to restore our confidence in them.
Ignoring is no option! Never.
However, I truly hope there will be a change which will make the players happy again.
EDIT: Blackwolfe, I agree.
Sounds logical in many points.
I personally don’t care for legendaries, I cannot afford one and I never will. I am not interested in working for one.
I don’t want to play the TP, I want to play the game!
I want to enjoy pve content with all my characters in appropriate armor (from loot, dungeons, karma, whatever..). I want to have the chance to make enough ingame gold to afford me some exotic armor pieces in case they won’t drop for me.
That worked quite good (but not perfect!) until the 15th November patch came.
Now it’s a lot more difficult to achieve that.
Yeah, it is focussed on me, me, me, but I experienced that some other players have similar opinions.
Just have a quick look here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Just-got-this-game-for-Christmas/first#post990646
And here in the guardian forums:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian
Maybe you’ll get more help here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players
A very good post to read is that one, it gives a lot of tips and hints, you can need as a beginner:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/OMG-If-you-only-knew-this-tips-for-new-players/first
Hopefully you’ll enjoy the guardian and gw2!
There seems to exist one hat that you can get ingame for free by doing a quest:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Iron%27s_Tailpipe_Bandana
Isn’t it hurting themselves seeing how many legit players are suffering?
I can’t believe that there is not one at anet that feels bad/ sad about what they’ve (intentionally or accidentally) done.
We just want to be treated in a fairly and honestly way. That’s all I want for christmas. Now you know it.
Enjoy your christmas nevertheless, I’ll try to do it anyway.
Eventually you might decide starting a conversation with us is at least what we deserve.
Yeah, and maybe better post it in the guardian forum? https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian
I am sure they can help you. :-)
I really wanted to help you, but a) my guardian is still around lvl 20 and b) I am not interested in pvp, so I don’t have a clue about it. :-D
You can and have to invest in more than one trait, you have 70 points to spend (on lvl 80), but every trait line has only 30 points maximum.
And in general there are a few professions which can be tanky and/ or supportive.
And it doesn’t matter which race you choose, but if you want a certain racial skill you should have a look at them before. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Racial_skill
Hopefully you will enjoy the game!
Well, what exactly is false or misleading?
- that it comes from anet?
- that it is a stealth nerf?
- that it is not stated in the patch notes?
- that there is a world drop nerf?
- every single word you wrote in that sentence?
Would be a lot easier for us players to know what exactly we’ve done wrong.
And however, if they only would communicate once to us about that massive bug/ nerf/ issue we would not have to speculate….
:-(
I am sure you meant you will shoot the server/ hard drives/ whatever accomodates T. and due to the lack of an appropriate back-up there will be nothing left of his existence and he will be gone? (But you’ll never know if there is some replacement, waiting to take over after T. died under some mysterious circumstances.. it could be better, but it could also be a lot worse :-D)
Anyway, my position to him is quite neutral, but it sounds fun. xD
Oh, I just found another old thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/New-PvE-champion-loot-rate/first#post763692 (created 27 days ago!! ~18th Nov)
Just to show that the burgnerffixbug was noticed nearly immediately after the patch hit..
And speaking about fun and reward I posted something which is also very true here:
“We need to be rewarded:
- with fun
- with playable and enjoyable content
- with loot
- sometimes with a bigger “end reward”
It’s like bread and circuses, you need to keep us entertained, motivated and happy.
In return you will get more money from us, sometimes it is so easy."
I am not into their business model. Cannot understand that they pay for someone who is responsible for leading in such a wrong direction.
Yeah, but maybe they get enough money anyway. Who knows..
Can you all please test if there was a change after the patch today?
I am wondering whether I had a lucky day or they’ve done something. ^^Bug still exists, its quite a rush trying to get skill points and hearts when your gear is no where near the level for the map.
Yeah, I guess it must have been a lucky streak.