About 130 keys and nothing. I know it is range and I can accept this, but the drop rate is way too low. I have played other games with boxes and the drop rate was much better on those than it is here. If someone opens 100 chests, they should at least get 1 token, even knowing that it is range.
And to those that say do not spend anything and it will change their minds. That will never happen, There are way too many people playing this game to have everyone stop doing it. This is why this format works very well.
However, know that, I still think they should have them on the Gem store itself for like 2000 gems or so. That way people have a choice to either gamble on them with the box in the hopes to get one cheaper or those that want one outright can spend more to get one.
Just my two cents
Score update for those wonderful people that have to be at work
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Score update for those wonderful people that have to be at work
Any score update for those stuck having to work all day
When this culling patch comes out, with or without the other W3 changes, there is going to be a huge influx of people on every server that will log in to check it out. I am curious as how that will effect all the matchups.
Culling may be fixed, which is a good thing, I have a feeling though that lag will just get worse. I have a fairly supped up rig and it gets quite laggy in large battles. I hope something is done with regards to that as well but we shall see i guess
Score update would be nice for those at work
Easy solution would be to make all ascened gear available through all play styles, such as dungeons, fractals, Karma etc, etc. This way a person could really truely play the way they would want to.
Some might say then people would earn it too fast. That is true and I do not care how fast some one gets their gear. If someone wanted to get everything in one day by marathoning it, fine good for them, but I would like to have that choice. Currenlty it is just a time gate which I do not think is very good for the game’s future.
Just bring it out for all forms of playstyle and let us grind out for cosmetics.
Just my two cents
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Score update for the productive members of our society :0
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Score update anyone
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They should just allow us to purchase the ascended gear at three times the cost of exotic gear karma wise, 126000 a piece; I think that’s reasonable and just allow the Laurels for the purchase of vanity items such as cosmetic armour/weapons.
Agree
WvW will have an ascended item, that’s the path they’ve been going. They are trying to spread ascended a crossed all the types of gameplay and WvW is probably next. The issue though is that the outcry will be huge, especially if it’s weapons. What arenanet needs to do is just make all ascended gear available through ALL means; karma, badges, tokens, fractals, etc. Then people could play the way they wanted, but ArenaNet would rather drive players off instead of let them get gear the way they prefer to play.
This, so much this
Why’d you even bother putting them in the laurel shop for such a ridiculous sum if you’re just going to be giving them away in guild missions? Do you have any idea how much of an investment 40 laurels is? That’s a whole month! Why would anybody waste precious laurels (not to mention ectos) when they can just run a few guild missions and get them for free? Not that I disagree with putting them in guild missions, but the whole thing seems kind of silly.
I’m assuming because guild missions are also capped. Guild missions can be done only weekly I think?
Ah. So I can grind them for 50 ectos and 40 laurels, or hope for RNG. Thanks for clarifying, but this doesn’t really make me feel any better. I don’t grind enough for RNG to have any significant effect on me. This has got to be the most frustrating way to get tier gear.
I hate required grind. I hate RNG. Funnily enough, GW had neither. This game is marinated in both. I really need to find a new game.
Just wanted you guys to know that these are also available as guild mission rewards as well. You can get them as random rewards from completing missions or from the commendation vendor.
Per type of guild mission I do believe. There are several types of guild missions, so if a guild did 6 of them in one day, they technically could get the gear in one day. Perhaps I am wrong but that is how I took it
Curiosity question. Let say you have two individuals stacking bleeds, and one person has higher condition damage than the other, it still shows the stacks on top of each other. Does the game track each bleed per person, although, they are all stacked on top of each other? Just curious if it actually does that
Never played GW1. On that note, I have not fired up GW2 in probably over a month. I just got tired of it. The issue I have with it, is that is just feels so unrewarding when you do things. I can go out and hunt for 3 or 4 hours and not get anything I am looking for. Just feels like a total waste of time.
Then they add the fractals. I did some and found them alright. The issue though is that it breaks up the community and makes it very hard to find a group at your level, especially if you have fallen behind in levels because you missed playing for a bit. They are looking at trying to fix this but their attempted fix does not look like it will change that much because people will still be looking for their own fractal level, be that because they think they are more experienced or have the agony resistance to do it.
Again my biggest issue is that is just is not rewarding enought. Basically to me it just feels like if you are not doing fractals or playing the TP, you are not really going to get very far in what you want to do without it taking months. Legendaries should take some time, but If I wanted to go grind out lodestones, I should be able to get some in 3-4 hours or so, however, I have yet to find 1 lodestone.
Sorry to rant but we shall see what happens in the upcoming patches if it will pull me back in or not. There are some decent looking games that are coming out this year, ESOL (still up in the air abou this one), BLESS (looks beautiful and interesting) etc. Also may try out TERA since it is going FTP.
We shall see what happens
For me, accended gear is not the main issue. The issue is of accusition and the amount of time to achieve something. To me, the requirments to get it are way out of line. I was gone for awhile and now trying to get a group just to run fractals at my current level is almost impossible and too time consuming.
The thing is I want to feel rewarded in what I do. If I go decide to grind for awhile getting mats, I should be able to get a fair amount in an hour or so. Problem is with DR and such, I can go grind for an hour and get nothing in return. It feels like I just wasted my time. Currently, the rewards do not match the effort put into it.
I like the game and all but I just cannot find myself logging in right now because my time in game does not feel as rewarding as it should be. I went back to that other game after 2 years of not playing. Yes there is grind in that game as well, but I am at least getting reward for my playtime. Gear in that game is actually easier now to come by then it ever was. It is also easier to access areas of the game that I want to play, such as dungeons and such, and not have to wait around for 2 hours + to play.
It basically boils down to seeing how they plan to implement the other methods of accended gear in the game and what requirements will be needed, to whether I come back to the game.
Just my 2 cents.
Farming isn’t inherently a bad thing. In fact, the daily achievements effectively promote that very behavior. When gameplay largely revolves around collecting stuff for other stuff, farming is going to happen. And it can be fun (though tolerance levels will vary). A lot of players enjoy the activity.
Grinding, on the other hand, isn’t about fun. It’s about continuing to do something even after it stops being fun, strictly for the rewards involved.
Grind, then, is subjective. People have different thresholds for it. But what we can be pretty certain about is that almost everyone does have a threshold that they will hit, eventually.
Many of the requirements in this game for various items (not just the Legendary tier) fairly well scream farming and grind. Or paying real money (but that’s not really a game, is it).
Do these items need to be pursued? No. They are indeed optional. But what if someone wants one of these items? What are the options then?
1. Grind.
2. Buy what’s needed with real money.
3. Play the game normally, and collect what’s needed over a long period of time.If the developers don’t want the first option to be viable, and if we assume that this isn’t one big scam to funnel everyone into option #2… then there needs to be enough content to support #3.
This is where I’m seeing a problem. Right now, there just isn’t enough there. Not for me. And I’m not particularly difficult to please on that front.
Sure, dungeons will keep me occupied for a time. WvW will entertain me for a while. But do I see these activities engaging me long enough for me to reach the required levels of materials and currencies needed to actually obtain any big items? No. No, I don’t. That means, if I want to gain them from gameplay, I’ll need to grind (which I won’t do).
To me, ANet is saying one thing, but their design model is saying another. I’ve been extending the benefit of the doubt, assuming that this isn’t a concerted effort to fleece me, but that’s becoming an increasingly harder position to maintain.
Don’t want the game to be seen as a grindfest? Then, in the coming months, I’ll need to see fundamental gameplay improved and expanded upon, a more varied palette of content introduced (and alternate paths for obtainment of various items integrated into that palette), and support for community building. What I don’t need to see is more types of loot and currencies to choke my storage, more “mystery chest” shenanigans, and an escalation of drop stinginess.
I totally agree with you. I just have not had much motivation to play currently. I like the fractals but the way it is designed it takes too long to form a group to actually play it. The farm items the DR prevents you from doing that pretty much.
After 2 years of not playing that other game, I decided to try it out again and am having some good fun in it. Yes there is quite a bit of grind in it, but at least I feel like I am getting rewarded at the end of it. Also they have made it much easier to acquire the gear that you need. I do not have to wait around for hours looking for a group because I can just click a dungeon finder and bam I am in playing and not waiting.
I like GW2, but it seems to be drifting in a direction that I thought the game was not going to be. If it does add raids and such, what makes it any different than anything else out there. To me if I want to grind, let me grind and not be penalized. If I want to dungeons then let me be able to do them without spending hours searching for a group.
Just my 2 cents worth
Other gaming companies that introduced a new feature that the core customer base hated did rollback. EVE Online, LOTRO.
Unfortunately, Sony did not when they introduced NGE into Star Wars Galaxies. The president later admitted that it was a bad change and hurt the game/their financial model. But it was too late and the game was officially closed down last year.
Yeah, thing is, I really don’t see a rollback helping in this case. I really do expect it won’t do anything to score them any points and will only make more people upset. It might remove the thing that everyone was complaining about, but it runs the very significant risk of alienating the people who made progress during the time between the time of rollback and the time it’s rolled back to.
And if they do a rollback, it tells the people here that if they complain long and loud enough about something they can force the devs to cave in. Whether or not it is the right thing to do in this particular case . . . it sets a bad precedent later on.
Understand and even agree with you. It is one of the reasons that companies with sound marketing strategies do not radically change the core features of their product.
So if a rollback is not an option, how do they fix this mess?
People who bought and loved the game because it did not have “gear stat progression” are starting to leave, begun getting refunds or have stopped using the cash shop. People who wanted it have it but how long will they play and will they make cash shop purchases. And dissatisfied customers are posting negative feedback about this on retail sites – potential customers may be discouraged from buying the game.
How would I fix this?
1. Come out and explicitly state that Accended gear is the end all gear. Nothing over this.
2. Create other venues of aquiring the gear besides just the dungeon in a reasonable manner. The recipes now are way over board and need adjusting. To me I would make the recipes slightly larger than the exotic by just uping some of the ingredients by lets say 10 or so more for each item. Be able to obtain the gear through WVW with badges.
I know they have mentioned adding other areas to acquire in the future but this need to be done right now. Again at a sensible amount to acquire.
However if they keep the insane requirments to obtain this gear, they might as well bring out a dungeon finder to then. I have not had much time to run fractals so I am still at level 1. Spending over an hour to try to find a group now is insane. If I have 2 hours to play and it takes over an hour to get a group, why bother since we probably will not finish the fractals level in that time.
They are not hard, done 4 of them quite easily, just a matter of some time and people not DCing all the time.
I guess we weill see where this goes. I have vowed though not to spend any more money in the cash shop because of this. I was spending anywhere from 50 to 200 dollars a month on this game and now nothing. They need to ask themselves who do we want in the game, a more hardcore person that probably will not spend much, if any on the cash shop since they can get everything in the game or a more casual that is willing to spend more for looks and convenience.
Just my two cents
I am not all for the accended gear and all either. However, I try to work within the system ankittenrying to give it a try like it or not.
I like the concept of the new dungeon. Kind of neat and all, however, and this is a big however, is that I am having a tough time trying to get a group together. I am still level 1. Have not had much time to play this weekend. The issue is people asking for higher levels so they do not have to go back down again. To me this is the biggest issue with that dungeon.
I spent an hour trying to get a group yesterday and was not able to. I am a level 80 with full exotics and am an engineer( which already hurts against me). With not being able to play from the get go, people now are in the upper levels and they do not want to go back and help anyone out. Some say join a guild. I am in a guild, however, 80% of the guild as quit because of some of these issues which pretty much leaves me alone again.
I though well I can wait it out a week until they reset. Well I guess I found out they they will not reset which means anyone trying to do this dungeon later is pretty much out of luck.
I am trying to work with what they gave us and unfortuntely with this type of dungeon system, it will pretty much leave me out of it because that is the nature of the beast with this type of set up. Get behind, fall behind and left out.
I’m really sorry to hear that Sardonia.
I didn’t expect my fears I talked about in the opening post to be realised this soon. Like I said the live team seems to not realise how MMO players castoff players that they feel could impede there progress.
The original developers (ankittenep using that term because I can’t believe any of them could be involved with this tragedy) were smart enough to recognise the things that prevented players from grouping and putting up self-imposed walls and did away with them.
The live team seams to have thrown out the GW2 development hand book and are doing there own thing.
Thanks for the concern. I saw anothe post in another thread where a person tryied for 2 hours and could not find a group.
Again I am trying to work with what they gave us and because of that one specific design, and this does not even mention agony yet, it will leave a lot people out. I do not have a lot time in a day to play. So spending and hour or so looking for a group just will not cut it.
I still play other parts and such, just my motivation has decreased a lot because of all this.
Well yesterday I decided to try to farm a couple locations. I played for an hour and a half in the forge and another hour or so in cursed shores. Currently have around 160% MF. I did not get a single loadstone in all that time. I received like 14 trick or treat bags Perhaps with that being gone now it may help some but my luck is probably just that bad
I currently use the Vatlaaw’s Armor set which has Precision, Toughness and Condition damage. Plus I like the looks of it
Not sure wha the issue is.
Specs:
Black Edtion Phenom II Dual Core
Radeon HD 6850.
Basically I have been having issues with lag at various times. It usually happens when a lot is going on in the game, be that a dynamic event or just recently the Mad King event. It does not always happen. I could play for 2 to 3 hours and then it hits, or I can play for like 5min and then it hits.
Basically the game lags and I get a weird static noise through the speakers. Sometimes it goes away on its own, or othewise I have to reload the game. Sometimes the game also will disconnect.
Not sure what the issue is. If some one may know, just reply.
Thank you in advance
I am not certain what there is to spend Karma on. I currently have a full set of exotic magic find gear and a full set of exotic battle gear. I have over 200K worth of Karma and I an not certain to what to purchase with it. I know there is other gear for Karma, however, I do not need that anymore.
It would be nice if dungeon gear could be purchasable with Karma, but I know that is a very long stretch.
Just wondering if anyone else as any ideas?
Thanks