I am not a big fan of the mystic forge for precursors as it is all RNG.
Well 1 or 2 legendaries are still very good and the new precursor system would work great for newly introduced legendaries
More direct communication obviously helps instead of trying to grasp at straws that don’t exist.
Some new legendaries would be great.
Now you can see why I stopped doing fractals. The rewards for the lower level fractals actually give better rewards than the higher level ones. The armor box being higher is not sufficient as the armor box is rarely berserkers.
The fractal tonic drop rate is a joke as many have known. Why do the drop rates make no sense? Well one reason is Arena Net got rid of their dungeon team. Dungeons never fully recovered since that happened. People then make dungeon updates without knowing all of the intricacies. Throwing away good talent will only hurt them in the long run. Nice Hercules video by the way. I really appreciate your research.
Some people’s only fun is in fact criticizing and bringing others down. That is their way of life. Will that bring them happiness?
You can always roll a different character just for jumping puzzles.
Arah path 2 was definitely fun to solo in the past. I would not try to do it in one go though as the path is so long. Eventually you can simply breeze past the first few bosses.
Goku never ceases to impress. Congrats as usual!
If you want a popular character to team with, then you will most likely want to roll a heavy. A heavy is either a guardian or warrior.
Doubtful that higher levels will come soon. I would enjoy an additional challenge as fractals 50 became too easy. I haven’t even done fractals in a while. Obviously the rewards should be buffed to commensurate with the difficulty.
I haven’t been getting as much lag lately, but a few weeks ago I was when this thread was made. I was getting hit through invincible frame dodge rolls.
World 1 was really excellent, but the popularity for world 2 went down for obvious reasons. The popularity of world 3 can easily go back up if Arena Net designs world 3 correctly.
I have been completing some of the jumping puzzles that I have never done before. I must say they are quite refreshing to do. Many of them are extremely well designed. I am very calm and at peace at the moment. The jumping puzzles only accentuate that feeling. If you haven’t done one of the more excellent jumping puzzles, then you may be really missing out on a hidden gem.
I am extremely grateful that you reached out to us like this. A good, ethical company deserves unwavering loyalty. Keep up the great work Arena Net and gem sales should follow.
There goes people selling Arah paths for a lot of gold anymore.
I agree that the amount of content isn’t the problem but rather it is the type of content. The living story just isn’t doing it for me. Especially how the achievement system was messed up in season 2.
I have actually been getting good rewards these last two weeks. I got 4 ascended armor chests and 2 fractal weapon skins. The two skins were a fractal mace and a warhorn.
Also, I just now got an Ebonmane’s weapon chest with Apothecary stats. I had to do the level 50 legendary imbued shaman this run though. The weapon stats aren’t anywhere close to berserker, but has a nice ascended white skin that I might actually transmute for an axe for the look.
I run either fractals 49 or 50. I should be happy right? Wrong, since only one of those armors are berserkers and in general what is the point of getting the best stats for armor in the game if they are not the stats you want? The pristine relic system or the mystic forge should allow you get the stats you want if you have a base chest of another type.
I really have no desire for a precursor anymore as I no longer desire any legendaries. I used my gold for full heavy berserker ascended armor.
This is a way to pay for updates. A dedicated player will not have to worry about this. Other people who are not as dedicated will subsidize some of the content costs for you. If you are busy then you can always convert gold to gems.
Thief can be really nice for running, but a warrior beats it for soloing Arah in pretty much every other way.
A lot of thieves do path 2. Belka and Abom with practice can be done the first time on thief. Stealth traited build with smoke screen has proven to be nice on thief for me with Belka and Abom is pure DPS. Abom is one of those bosses that are really easy once you learn the mechanics and can be highly annoy before doing so.
Lupi is extremely annoying to learn on path 2 as thief. If you miss one dodge or make one mistake then you have to continuously run back about 2 minutes from the waypoint. The run back to Lupi seriously takes the whole fun out of soloing Arah. You can die for a stupid reason too like 1 hit due to input delay or lag. Sometimes attacks aren’t done completely correctly by Lupi. If the waypoint was closer then Lupi would be more fun. I cannot stand the run back to Lupi though on path 2.
After that you still have two more bosses and a lot of running which should be doable after Lupi.
Best to learn in more than one sitting as path 2 is a really long path to learn in one sitting as thief and you will probably lose your motivation.
Gave fractals a try again and I must say the rewards are down right terrible. You even get less fractal relics by a lot from the fourth level. I made a guardian and needed some +5 agony resistance’s and it is such a grind to get them. You get like nothing anymore. I am so disappointed in the fractal rewards. Even the fractal tonic is so rare that getting one is almost non existent.
The amount of people on the LFG tool for fractals 28-40 has also significantly went down where I was checking for about two hours and did not see a group.
I just solod AC story mode on thief. The hardest part was the two champs Vassar and Relena together. I managed to split them up and kill Relena. I then killed Vassar with rocks and DPS between rock throws.
This was fun and you should try to solo a dungeon if you haven’t already. How hard would you rate AC story mode as a dungeon and what would you suggest trying next?
Would be nice if rewards were buffed solo, but I am doing this mainly for the fun. Try to solo a dungeon and have some fun. It took me about two hours, but was worth it.
Don’t underestimate 2 guardians in group damage wise. Most good guardians nowadays roll zerker and still survive with well timed blocks. Two guardians with well timed blocks can provide a great amount of team blocks. Obal from the guardian forum has a video of himself doing massive damage with the greatsword number two attack. Also hammer guardian can provide non stop 33% protection buff with the #1 attack repeated.
Actually thinking this over some more sword/pistol probably better in many situations in PVE than sword/dagger. A lot of Arah path 2s are solod with sword/pistol. Sword/dagger is nice for high level PVP though if you have a good team.
If I am using sword I would much rather use sword/dagger.
Fractal sword skin club.
Two guardians are nice with at least one hammer guardian.
A warrior for banners.
Mesmer for extra utility.
Last slot can the variety part. A dagger/pistol thief can provide to many enemies almost permanent blind. Thief must be traited nicely and can provide excellent buffs if fully steal traited. Steal cooldown reduction helps keep the buffs up even more. Also stealth and nice single target DPS.
You can also bring a second warrior or another class if the person has a good amount of skill and brings something nice to the table.
Thief is still good based on the European tournament results. Sword/dagger thief in PVP may be the new meta. Be warned though its burst is not as good as dagger/pistol, but it is more versatile in other ways.
At the rate I am going after almost two years it will take me about ten more years to get a legendary if the price of an incinerator is around 3000g.
Yes it actually does need to be instanced. You don’t need to be locked out of the event due to not being able to get in with your group.
Can you explain the charged lodestone method a bit more?
Because Living Story 2 is really going to satisfy everyone. Will be tons of complaints just like the first one for more permanent content.
People hardly even play high level fractals anymore due to the terrible rewards and the extremely low chance of getting a RNG random fractal reward.
In your opinion and play style. Show me regression analysis if you want to talk in bold letters.
I notice I win more when my personal score is higher also. Obviously I don’t get greedy on capping when someone else is there but a correlation tends to exist unless you are specifically focusing on decapping.
The dungeon ones give the best loot. Pick the dungeon track with the weapons/armor set you like the most. The other tracks have down right terrible rewards. Once you have a dungeon set and skill points for all of your alts, then the dungeon tracks are also bad.
More tracks need to be added for more experienced players. I have lost most of my incentive to PVP now that the current tracks do not appeal to me. The reward system brought me back to PVP. Now the rewards that are not right for my veteran experience level are pushing me back away.
I agree with the other guy just turn your chat off and you don’t have to worry about anything said.
Reward tracks not being improved are hurting the fun value. I do not need more dungeon armor.
The thief uses sword/pistol instead of dagger/pistol interesting. Maybe I can finally put my fractal sword into good use.
I got ascended rings too, but they are useless to me as I have a bank tab full of them from fractals.
This disparity must be addressed. The rewards for PVP are bad once you already have your dungeon armor set.
New reward tracks must be done with making a legendary in mind. I made a thread on this about two weeks ago with some ideas.
You cannot currently make a legendary in a viable manner in PVP. I have been playing this game for almost two years now and am still not even close to making a legendary. Some prices are about 3000 gold which are just stupid for what you are getting. I thought PVP would be what would make getting a legendary a reality, but alas, it is considerably harder.
I see so pretty much the same reward each time and the randomness will come from the five bags.
I am wolf now and opened one and got 5 champ bags, a tome of knowledge, and a scroll of knowledge. This reward was much better than the medium rank up chest.
What have you gotten in your large PVP rank up chest?
3000G for a legendary like Twilight? It is getting really bad.
You don’t really need ascended armor so if is not fun then don’t do it.
I don’t blame the guy since the matchmaking system is so bad and losing many games in a row it is easy to get people mad. Try to be a little nicer to your teammates and they will have less of a chance to afk.
Best bet would be to start your own team then and practice and play with them for team arena.
On the contrary when you get to a higher percentile rank matches seem to get harder. Ever since I started hovering around 90th percentile matchmaking rankings for tpvp arena, matches became much more intense.
You may need to get a higher percentile rank. What is your percentile on the leaderboards for tpvp arena?