Guild Wars 2

Got 2 more tickets yesterday out of 500 regular coffers. Up to 7 now. Not sure if this makes a difference or not, but the way you open them may make a difference. Try to open each one at a steady pace instead of just mass clicking a stack as fast as possible. Everytime I click as fast as possible, all it got was candy. Also if you have a stretch of just candy, stop for about 30 seconds and start again. Did that yesterday where I was getting nothing, stopped and did some inventory re-organization. Then started opening and got a ticket on the first one I opened after taking a break.

Again, it could be that I am very lucky this event to.

RoRo.8270:

Sardonia.8196:

Gabby.3205:

I believe it is a good system, since the normal coffers drop all the time and from everything, so you get a lot of chances to drop the ticket.
Maybe they should let we buy tickets with Jorbreakers, too. That would make a lot of people happy and would put all these Zhaitaffies that I can’t even hold to a good use.

I agree. I preferr this system over just locking the tickets in the chest being only purchasable through the cash shop. I am able to collect about 100 chests per day just leveling my warrior up. So far I have been able to collect 3 tickets from the regular coffers. Probably close to 2000 opened so far. I also got 2 tickets from rich coffers but that cost me quite a bit for those 2 with nothing out of the first 75 and then the 2 came in the last 25. But again that was my choice to buy them to begin with

Of course people like you will like this system because you’ve actually seen tickets if you opened all those coffers and did not see a ticket i highly doubt you would be saying you enjoy it

Yes I have been one of the lucky ones. However, even if I did not receive a ticket, I still like this setup better. The coffers drop often and I know I have a chance on everyone to be able to get a ticket. RNG is RNG, there is nothing you can do about it. Every game has RNG. Everytime you kill something RNG determines what you receive as loot. No difference from GW1 or WoW when having to run a dungeon or raid a zillion times to get that one drop that you want.

I believe some individuals stated something like this prior. Make it that everytime you open a chest and fail to get a ticket, your chance on the next chest goes up some by accumalating luck points. So everytime you fail multiple times in a row you gain more an more luck points giving you a better chance. Once you do eventually get a ticket, the luck points are wiped out and you start back to zero.
Atlantica online has this system in place when trying to upgrade equipment. And how oversees them, Nexon

Instead of blaming Anet, perhaps you should start blaming your fellow players for trying to cheat the system. It is hard to have an achievement carry any weight when players are trying to bypass the system by being AFK, switching to the winning team during the match or dropping out to go to a better match.

Gabby.3205:

I believe it is a good system, since the normal coffers drop all the time and from everything, so you get a lot of chances to drop the ticket.
Maybe they should let we buy tickets with Jorbreakers, too. That would make a lot of people happy and would put all these Zhaitaffies that I can’t even hold to a good use.

I agree. I preferr this system over just locking the tickets in the chest being only purchasable through the cash shop. I am able to collect about 100 chests per day just leveling my warrior up. So far I have been able to collect 3 tickets from the regular coffers. Probably close to 2000 opened so far. I also got 2 tickets from rich coffers but that cost me quite a bit for those 2 with nothing out of the first 75 and then the 2 came in the last 25. But again that was my choice to buy them to begin with

r z.7261:

Opened 2000 dragon coffers, got 1 skin.

This game is amazing but its the RNG that really destroys it for me. I’ll be on to the next game once it’s released.

For once I would love to find a game that I can play for years and enjoy it — like the old games. Played DAoC/Lineage/Lineage2 for several years but here lately in the past… 5 years, I jump from game to game like a kitten frog.

I believe this is going to be the trend for most of the future games as well. Free or buy to play is becoming the norm. And if a game starts up ast pay to play, it does not seem to last very long. Cash shops are a great revenue maker for games because people spend more in the cash shops, than they do for a monthly sub.

Paradox.5498:

Klonex.4562:

one of the dragon ball achievement doesn’t count and because too many people complained about the moa races, that one doesn’t count either.

The moa-race achievement does seem to count for me. I’m at 7/10 and done only 7 achievements. The 2 I’m missing are the dragonball ones but I’ve read that those 2 don’t count for the meta and it seems to be right, as far as I can tell without doing them.

Exactly the same here. have 7 of which the dragon ball ones I have not done. The rest I have and it states 7 achievments completed.

5 tickets so far. 2 off 100 rich coffers, 3 off around 1500 normal coffers. 1 wing drop from a normal mob yesterday.

Currently up to 5 tickets. 2 from rich coffers. 3 from about 1500 regular. Not quite sure where all the competition for the holograms are. I was leveling my warrior through a couple zones yesterday, one low level and one higher level and there were hardly anyone around, and I am on one of the more populated servers.

Still have 3 weeks or so on this event so keep plugging along. I hope to get a few more just to save the skins in the bank for possible future use.

Out of 1200 regular coffers – got 2 tickets.
Out of 100 Rich – got 2 tickets. I got 75 the first day and nothing so I went to the normal ones and got the two.
Just for the heck of it bought 25 rich yesterday and managed to get 2 tickets.
Done buying any more rich coffers. Since i really only wanted one more after the first two. Not sure who to use the 4th one on
It is all just about luck. Best luck I have had in game so far. Usually get nothing.

Drop rate was the same for me if not better. The holo change actually helped since now you can move from one to another and still get there in time to tag them. Plus you are not waiting a long time for a node to spawn because they were killed off to fast and waiting for the next respawn.

Not sure what the complaints are about. I had no issues really yesterday after the change with 3 characters that I used. It takes a tad longer to kill them, but not much. As a ele I could finsih them off in less than 10 seconds. Not too kittence you learn what there attacks are and when to get away.
I like it that it takes a little longer now since you can almost go from node to node now and not have to wait forever like before.
To each their own I guess

Forgotten Deus.1423:

So I just bought 20 rich coffers and got one ticket. I wasn’t expecting guaranteed every time, but I was expecting maybe like 1 in 5, but nope. Somebody on my server claims they bought 50 rich coffers and didn’t get any tickets.

ANet promised a good chance of getting the tickets, this doesn’t seem like a good chance to me.

And why the hell isn’t any ANet staff members saying anything on this thread? They are obviously reading it, why can’t we have a little support? Seriously, this is probably the largest thread about the Dragon Bash, it’s all people raging about how screwed up the RNG is. Can’t we get a word from anybody in staff if they are going to do something about this?

Yeah I opened 75 of the rich coffers nad received no ticekts. I opened close to a 1000 regular coffers and so far received 2 tickets. Go figure

Got 1 ticket out of a 100 coffers. Then got a second ticket after about 600 more. Honestly had more fun opening those than the 75 rich coffers that did not yield anything.

It is just pure luck you are hoping for. Although if some one as not gotten at least one ticket from 1000 coffers, that is just pure bad luck. Although I can definetly see it

I did some yesterday. I am on SOR and late afternoon around 4:30 central was not too bad. I managed to understand the timing of them. Everytime I got to one and no one else was there, I would wait for a little bit to see if anyone else was coming.

I do agree though, they are easy to kill. One lava font placed and they are dead

Kill more Yaks

pot.6805:

Sardonia.8196:

covenn.7165:

DKNS.2135:

Eventually, transferring guilds will see that SoR lack some and they will get it, much in the same way that almost every guild avoided transferring to JQ for the past few months because everyone knew that they didn’t need any.

Actually, I think you are wrong. JQ still got transfers (though not as much as in the past) and BG also got transfers despite being stacked at the time. People tend to jump on bandwagons when gaming because rather than seeking challenge, they want to coast to victory.

The recent influx of guilds to BG that have shifted the power balance so much only proves that. They could have just as easily went to SoR and made an actual three way fight out of things, where each and every week is up for grabs by any server…. but no, they chose to pile on a server that was already capable of winning T1 and had.

Personally, I find it extremely boring… but to each their own.

Same thoughts here. Just not sure why they did not go to SoR since it would have made for a much better matchup than it is now. JQ lost some players during certain time zone which made the match up better between JQ and BG, but now that those guilds went to BG, it has bloated those times so they are just beating down doors. If that is the case why not just stay where they were at then. Why transfer to T1 just so that you can fight with exorbant numbers to dominate. SoR would have been such a better choice. Made the matchup more even. I am not even from SoR but it would have made a lot more sense to me

Where was this spirit when JQ was adding massive amounts of guilds? You continued to recruit and recruit and recruit and you were dominating t1 by 60-70k every week.

So it is ok for BG to do the same thing then? Granted I agree that JQ become bloated. But if you look at the prior weeks, the scores have been getting closer and closer, meaning a much better match up. Now with another server bascially merging into BG, they just started the same problem all over again when everyone was blaming JQ for stacking. Those guilds should have gone to SoR if they wanted better competition. It would have made for a much better matchup, plain and simple.

covenn.7165:

DKNS.2135:

Eventually, transferring guilds will see that SoR lack some and they will get it, much in the same way that almost every guild avoided transferring to JQ for the past few months because everyone knew that they didn’t need any.

Actually, I think you are wrong. JQ still got transfers (though not as much as in the past) and BG also got transfers despite being stacked at the time. People tend to jump on bandwagons when gaming because rather than seeking challenge, they want to coast to victory.

The recent influx of guilds to BG that have shifted the power balance so much only proves that. They could have just as easily went to SoR and made an actual three way fight out of things, where each and every week is up for grabs by any server…. but no, they chose to pile on a server that was already capable of winning T1 and had.

Personally, I find it extremely boring… but to each their own.

Same thoughts here. Just not sure why they did not go to SoR since it would have made for a much better matchup than it is now. JQ lost some players during certain time zone which made the match up better between JQ and BG, but now that those guilds went to BG, it has bloated those times so they are just beating down doors. If that is the case why not just stay where they were at then. Why transfer to T1 just so that you can fight with exorbant numbers to dominate. SoR would have been such a better choice. Made the matchup more even. I am not even from SoR but it would have made a lot more sense to me

chern.8569:

Instead of sharing some love to SOR and make tier1 much more competitive, those random ex-Ta guild, WM and Ruin decide to stack on one server to make a new HOD, so they can zerg and PVD more.
(unlike random ex-Ta guilds who think they are some sort of pvd god, WM is a great guild , so no offence nor discredit to WM though, people are still respecting you guys, just want to point out some facts)

Yeah I really do not understand that either. I know that they thought SoR gave them grief or something but it would of made for a much better match-up. I am not sure where the fun it when there is no one to fight. I know there were times JQ was like that in the past as well, but with three servers bascically conglomerating into one server, I just do not see the thrill in it. Would of made much more sense for those guilds to go to SoR since then all three servers could of made for such a better match up. To each their own I guess

I like how when BG was losing over the weekend, never heard a peep really out of them. Now that they are ticking at over 500 they think they are so superior. They always blamed JQ for PvD. I guess I can say the same for them now since they have had bascically three servers merge into each other.

Anyone with a score update before I head home from work

Score Update anyone for those having to work

Darkjoy.3092:

MarauderKing.4572:

I wouldn’t mind being blue again to mix things up. I think most of us just want good fights. Green reeks of HoD and SoS to my mind

Looks like you may get your way. We are less than 5k away and pulling 2k ppt an hour. Jq gonna have a rough time stuck between us and sor with no FOO to make up the points

FOO is not gone, they just reorganizing from what I have heard. Plus JQ takes a big hit when new content comes out. Just will have to see what happens in the next few weeks. Win or lose, it really does not make much of a difference as long as you are having fun.

Kai.9182:

Fuzzion.2504:

Melamorte.2870:

Aurust.8961:

BG = Most skilled
JQ= Used to be most skilled, 2nd most skilled now
SOR= Third most skilled server in tier 1, used to be 2nd most skilled.

We at JQ are “green” with envy.

I am currently discussing 2 300+ active guild members from t6 eu and 1 from the mid teirs. They wish to remain confidential until they can confirm.

JQ trying for more transfers? You can’t be serious…

With the coming addition of the chinese servers, this may have a drastic implication on our coverage. Does not hurt to plan ahead accordingly.

MagiKarp.8201:

WM never would consider JQ as if they did they’d have noone to fight yes, the jab at the end was more aimed at SoR than JQ. Although the toxicity comment applied to both, such as the implication that BG has more players than JQ or that we play over time every week or that its all the latest pve event and that’s why you lost. We played overtime and burnt ourselves out last time we beat JQ back when we were a much weaker and smaller server now that we received these transfers we are on par with and I do believe this is why JQ is struggling at the moment, it was a sudden shock for JQ which worked in our advantage, we will see how we fair next week when the Beehive Awakens.

I do not believe it was a shock to JQ. Many of the players are doing the new PVE stuff that came out in the patch. That can be seen drastically with WvW particpation. As you stated we were ticking at 300+ Monday and Tuesday, but after the patch it went down drastically and the maps have pretty much been somewhat empty for JQ. This has happend in other content patches as well for JQ. We shall see what happens in the weeks to come.

I did not mean to start anything with my comments. A guild has a right to go where ever they want. However, I would think that it makes more sense to even out servers instead of fully stacking another server just.

As for JQ this week, it seems after the patch on Tuesday, there has not been very many going into WvW. I had off yesterday because of the weather and it when jumping through the maps, we were lucky at times to have 20 people on the map. Same thing last night where we had more on JQ BL but the others we rarely had anything it seemed. A lot of people probably doing the new patch PVE content, who knows, we will see what happens this next week.

What I do not understand is why these transferred guilds did not go over to SoR. It would have made for a much better and close matchup. BG already had decent coverage and SoR was lacking. WM and others stated they transferred because the fights got boring, well I do not really see much of a difference now. Same thing just different tier. I think if they would have gone to SoR, it would of been better for everyone involved.

You do not get anything for winning anyways and the only thing left it to have good clean even fights. Perhaps it is just me, but to each their own I guess. Congrats BG on the win this week

Well from what I have seen the past few days. JQ does not have much of force after NA prime time at the moment. I jumped between maps to see what has been going on and only one only a couple of fields had some what of a player base. 2 were pretty much empty.
Either a lot of people are taking a break for a week or the AC buff has kittened off a lot people. Who knows. It is not like you get anything for winning anyways.

Score update from anyone please for those at work

Also people may want to experience the new dungeon content and such. Could be various reasons but I would not be caught napping

LetoII.3782:

Kript.3291:

Sardonia.8196:

Kript.3291:

is it just me or it seems JQ’s asian/oceanic prime time performance is getting worse?

where’s your FOO?

You did not say anything yesterday when JQ was ticking over 400.

FOO’s performance( or JQ’s asian prime time performance, basically the same thing ) was very consistent before, but now it’s hit and miss…

130ppt right now at the end of asian prime time? is this the same JQ we used to know?

For most of the world may first is a holiday. Kinda like our memorial day.

Very true, did not even think of that

Kript.3291:

is it just me or it seems JQ’s asian/oceanic prime time performance is getting worse?

where’s your FOO?

You did not say anything yesterday when JQ was ticking over 400.

Quiet thread today Anyone have a score update for those having to painfully make a living outside of the gaming world

Anyone have a score update for those at work

score update anyone?

Any score update for those having to endure being at work

Score update for those having to be at work

Score update anyone

Score update?

Acension.9270:

I sometimes getting as soon as i join a borderland, even when i’m a loner…

Yeah has happened to me as well. If there is a large battle going on somewhere it slows down the entire borderland. It has nothing to do with your computer or mine, since I have a pretty supped up rig. It has to do with the game’s servers where it cannot seem to handle properly that much information at one time and it priortizes certain things which causes the skill lag and such.

It happens when two or more massive groups clash. It effects the entire BG, even if you are not part of the massive group battle. It makes it very hard to capture an objective. Tried taking a garrison yesterday and we got in just fine, but when the home server came to thwart the efforts, major lag happened which we still could of taken it but with the lag, it is hard to kill another player which in turns keeps letting reinforcments in so we cannot capture the incentive. Was fun to begin with, but after awhile gets very annoying.

Score update wanted for those having to sit at work

VOLKON.1290:

Cozzyboy.3094:

Kryyg.8576:

So we basically lost our main NA leader(Rawnoodles) and are losing our main AZ leader(Waha).

This sucks.

I don’t think enough JQers are assessing the situation realistically. Losing the both of them at the same time is going to hurt us in the long run.

Out of curiosity did the EMP and Co that left know that Waha was quitting the game beforehand? Cause if so, we know why they left and I guess a smart move if they were looking to leave while on top and create another competitive T1 server. Makes a lot more sense now.

Waha did not quit however there is a huge internal conflict between FOO and JQ’s NA guilds that many of the outsiders and majority JQ members do not know. Yes JQ is competitive but it becomes no longer fun.

Makes you wonder if the causes of this alleged conflict are still on JQ or causing the conflict to try and get FOO to change to DB, doesn’t it…?

Was thinking the exact same thing

Score update for those at work ?

Man, the anger in this thread already and it is just moved into Sunday Morning. I am not sure why people get so upset over which server wins or not. It is not like the players on the winning server are getting all kinds of goodies for coming in first. Just go play and have fun. If you do not like it, quit playing. It really is that simple.

Simple solution would be to make the acsended gear available through other currencies, other than laurels. i.e. Karma, crafting, WvW badges. Than everyone would be able to use the method they prepfer. It is really that simple. You should not have to redesign the wheel by making additional currencies.

Score update would be a nice thing

Again I just think it would be fine to sell the ticket on the gem store for about 2000 to 3000 gems for those that want to spend that kind of cash, as well as, have them in the BLC for those that want to open them and try to get it cheaper than the listed price. But right now the drop rate is the most horrendous I have seen in any game with a cash shop.

^ Sounds about right. I opened around 130 and got about the same, along with a full makeover kit and a couple other items or so, but no ticket

I wish people would get over this zerg thing. This is what WvW is. How many times have you seen in history a castle taken over by 5 people? Usually it takes an army and that is what is going on. If you want small group fights go play S-PVP. I for one like the large fights, just makes it feel more epic seeing two large forces clashing with one another.