Guild Wars 2

I dont need items to make me feel special …. I pick items because I like them, mini’s/armour because they’re fun to collect.

I, as a collector, do not appreciate your “you snooze, you lose” attitude. I like to have multiple chances/ways of getting an item.

Lordfroob.6415:

Anet can give me as many trophies as they want but I’m not going to buy bank space. I am just going to create more personal guild banks haha.

last I checked,
you cant put account bound items into guild bank.

Which is what these currencies are

RyuDragnier.9476:

They need to make precursors craftable, it’d fix the problem in a heartbeat.

and triple (if not more) the prices of mats in a heartbeat.

Myst.5783:

Yeah,* I finished it pretty easy*. If I can beat it, anyone can.

ALot of people are finding it difficult.

If it was easy for you…than saying if “I can beat it anyone can” is a little false……….

play the tp while you wait? .. it’s not like you have to wait for that long.

as someone who hates liadri, could not imagine throwing 8 orbs at her, and struggled insanely with 3 (never actually managed it either… ended up spamming lifesteal).

I think ye who can do this, yes ye deserve a title..and why not? the more titles out there the better.

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

120+tries ..(not sure, I stopped counting)…

I finally beat her… my hands are screaming at me… the fight was horrible.

I’m telling this for anyone who’s thinking of giving up. Don’t.

also no, I dont feel great for beating her, unlike every one else who likes the challenge. She is a very frustrating fight..I hate it, .but I;m glad to have my mini..

Guess i was right and you could just beat her like everybody else with more than 3 weeks to spare…
But hey, let’s just cry for free ‘rewards’.

I still think there should be an alternative way to get her mini.

and she was extremely difficult for me.

120+tries ..(not sure, I stopped counting)…

I finally beat her… my hands are screaming at me… the fight was horrible.

I’m telling this for anyone who’s thinking of giving up. Don’t.

also no, I dont feel great for beating her, unlike every one else who likes the challenge. She is a very frustrating fight..I hate it, .but I;m glad to have my mini..

Crovax.7854:

Ayrilana.1396:

I never understood why people argued that Liadri needed to be nerfed when practically the entire fight is predictable.

Because paying for the game entitles them to have everything in it!
I mean, who buys games for a challenge anyway? pfft

I didnt buy gw2 for a challenge… thats not what I read the advertisement of it to be. If I wanted to challenge I’d pick a different game. (and thats exactly what most hardcore players do.)

Bluee.1425:

Why is this even a problem lol. It’s not that difficult to master.

in some cases it has nothing to do about “mastering it”.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/fotfw/Lightning-Pull/first#post4053498

" I was having the worst trouble with this on the floating platforms, there’s 2 with a crystal at the end of each.
It’s where the ai automatically changes it from “aim” to “autotarget the pyramid thing”. And no matter what… it would, without fail, shoot me way way off.
If I walked back to try and have the aiming option, it would be red/too far, so I couldnt aim."

OP
Call out in say chat for a mesmer, I got 2 who helped me with these 2 crystals as they were’nt having the same problems.

I don’t know if it’s lag, or something else. But I rarely have the same issue during sanctum sprint, auto target mostly works there pretty well, but outside.. it was a very dodgy skill to use.

no one would participate if chance of no loot

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

but minis should be something everyone can get

Maybe I’m mistaken but everyone can get it oO

I have a disability that makes this very difficult…so no, not everyone can get it.

so umm… tough luck? sorry this mini isn’t awarded for effort but
for achieving something (as are many things in life)

Its not life,….its a game…..geez, you don’t need to be so unsympathetic you know.

party up, you’re more likely to log into the right map if you’re in a party. So during these events, if you’re not in a party, ask in mapchat for one.

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

but minis should be something everyone can get

Maybe I’m mistaken but everyone can get it oO

I have a disability that makes this very difficult…so no, not everyone can get it.

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

ypu may want to read some of my other posts before replying with whats sounds like a short tempered answer. "like how dare anyone want liadri, if they cant beat her like the rest of us. "

shame on us for wanting mini’, a generally quite casual goal.

Taygus.4571:

and for others, it’s acceptance that they’ll never beat her.

and its not the end of the game if you don’t. It’s like she has some uber cool weapons, or is the guardian to dungeons etc.

So if you’re really struggling, and are more annoyed/frustrated than happy with it, Do something else, walk away from it.. there’s more to the game.

To me it looks like you accepted that you can’t have everything in the game and that you are not entitled to rewards you did not earn.

I don’t get your point, sorry :/

Jorvych.3064:

she reminds me of a actually-fighting Adnul Irongut. from what I’ve noticed, there’s a hint of luck with her fight. sometimes the rifts won’t pop in certain places, enabling you to focus more on doing whatever. sometimes you won’t notice or you’ll forget about the rifts altogether, getting pulled in her aoe and dying miserably.
just keep sinking your tickets into her.

The orbs have set spawn points but alter in which they spawn meaning they are not actually random. However if you get sucked into shadowfall
kill the orb with downstate #1 to rally

Everything else like shadowfall and adds have set spawnpoints and work the same everytime, just learn the pattern.

I dont see why minis should be locked to only one way to get them, leaving a collection blank, makes the collection worthless ….. I’m all for titles being locked behind encounters.. but minis should be something everyone can get…………so yeah I can be a bit annoyed over that ok?…..

Crovax.7854:

Taygus.4571:

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

Wethospu.6437:

If some of you get really desperate you can always try to find a trustable friend/guy to do it for you.

That’s what some people did last year.

This.

Believe me though, if you do it yourself, you will a) improve your gameplay, b) improve the knowledge about your class and c) feel like you actually accomplished something, which is rare in gw2 imo.
If you really can’t do it, don’t bother with her. Liadri was made like because only people with a certain skill level are supposed to kill her (and lifedrainers etc. ofc)

yeah but…what of us mini collectors T_T, anet, make liadri tradable XD

You mini collectors can just kill her like everybody else…

ypu may want to read some of my other posts before replying with whats sounds like a short tempered answer. "like how dare anyone want liadri, if they cant beat her like the rest of us. "

shame on us for wanting mini’, a generally quite casual goal.

NovaanVerdiano.6174:

Wethospu.6437:

If some of you get really desperate you can always try to find a trustable friend/guy to do it for you.

That’s what some people did last year.

This.

Believe me though, if you do it yourself, you will a) improve your gameplay, b) improve the knowledge about your class and c) feel like you actually accomplished something, which is rare in gw2 imo.
If you really can’t do it, don’t bother with her. Liadri was made like because only people with a certain skill level are supposed to kill her (and lifedrainers etc. ofc)

yeah but…what of us mini collectors T_T, anet, make liadri tradable XD

Katz.5143:

On the other hand I don’t use mine. I wish I could exchange them for the festival tokens.

they should’ve made them tradeable :P

another “snowflake” thread….stop punishing new players, or those for whatever reason couldnt get them first time round.

Liadri mini is just proof you beat her, there’s NO reason there should only be a single chance at her.

for the buy mini’s, why shouldn’t people have a chance to buy them again? Because oh my you want to be the only with them? How does others having a chance to get these items affect your game?

theodor.3480:

Got her this morning on my mesmer (50+ tries) but it was so worth it. All it takes is practice and just a bit of awareness. Is it fustrating, irritating to dies 50 times in a row? Yes. Bu the feeling when you get her is unique.
P.S – She dosen’t need a nerf, she’s not that op, hate to use this line again but i think for some ppl it’s a* l2p issue*

and for others, it’s acceptance that they’ll never beat her.

and its not the end of the game if you don’t. It’s like she has some uber cool weapons, or is the guardian to dungeons etc.

So if you’re really struggling, and are more annoyed/frustrated than happy with it, Do something else, walk away from it.. there’s more to the game.

the tickets is what bugs me the most… but they were around last year too, so….:/

Jerus.4350:

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

CuRtoKy.8576:

Have a system where you have MegaServers but a UI where you can join/create other server instances.

I like your Idea but I think that would end up building more servers than before MegaServer patch.

They could put a cost on it. 10-20g to create an instance. Very easily worthwhile for guilds or organized groups, but not for your general zergling.

this I could get behind,

yeah the crystal hunt was the most fun in the event for me. Some of those crystals were really hard to get at. good fun.

shame about the light pull bug, but otherwise enjoyable.

for stugat/chomper.

forcus on the dog only, use cripples/chills/holds/dazes etc. Dont worry about attacking the chomper, just ofucs on picking up that meat.

If you dont worry about hurting either of them(though your auto attack will)..its easier to grab the meat. once you’ve picked up 3-4, chomper becomes much easier.. stugar is cake after chomper.

These took me between 20-30 tickets to bea tthough. so it is tricky.

people say its around for a month…I dont know for sure

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Taygus.4571:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I think there should be a rule where if you don’t beat her within 100 tries, you’re blocked from attempting further. That would be incentive to learn the mechanics.

ummm.
thats harsh..and insulting.

Harsh and insulting? So you’re ok with people bypassing Liadri’s mechanics to get a cheap win using the Life Steal trick? That is the very essence of the term “exploit”.

I was never good at her fight. When the Queen’s Jubilee first came out, I failed to kill her. Then, after 60+ tries a few days ago, I finally killed her. I finally learned to play. Took me a while, but I did it with a legit build, playing within her mechanics. I finally learned the timing to dodge the mass AOE. I finally learned the timing to dodge her shadow clone explosions. And I finally got my mini.

my point was to the comment… “I think there should be a rule where if you don’t beat her within 100 tries, you’re blocked from attempting further.” with the assumption that people dont know her mechanics.

rincewind.9528:

Woah, the elitism is strong in this post!

But, well, seems that anet did this content for the leet players.
We the filthy peasants don’t deserve it.

Sorry for being bad player!!

(But I want the mini… I like minis…)

this, give the players who beat her a title, give mini collectors. (who many are very casual) and alternative way to get this. I dislike the empty space.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I think there should be a rule where if you don’t beat her within 100 tries, you’re blocked from attempting further. That would be incentive to learn the mechanics.

ummm.
thats harsh..and insulting.

I read about liadri before attempting her. Tried her several times and went to read somemore. talked to people who beat.

I know the mechanics. at 70 tries I myself have had enough..but to limit people and assume they dont know the mechanics? Some people arent able for this content.

I doubt many people who beat her have disabilities … (that would affect game play). though I dont expect anet to nerf this just because of my struggles. I simply have to accept I cant do what others can.

Though I’m seriously annoyed with people saying they beat her “in only a few tries” and “getting to phase 2 is easy”.

pav is actually decent reward wise, if people play properly and get gold.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Crovax.7854:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

sigh

Maybe I’ll go try that I suppose

Do yourself a favor and do it the proper way, it’s really not that hard.
Your respective class subforum probably has a thread dedicated to beating her.

65 tries later….

Yeah… not that hard. No, I just suck. Thanks.

70 tries,

I either get caught by the orbs or the never ending visions, and those insta kills, suck sooo bad

the majority of the playerbase still finds liadri rather difficult.

How long did you spend on her fight last year?

Daroon.1736:

Gyler.8150:

It’s all skill based, learn the tricks!

“Because of a late start no rewards will be given – You are in 2nd place”
Oh and you get ‘dropped’ on to the map ten yards from the finish line.

No skill – It’s just broken, has been for months.

lolz, yeah I find it really strange when I enter a race, and I start somewhere in the middle. Then of course you get nothing for completing the rest because you dont get the first few check point =.=

yeah I was having the worst trouble with this on the floating platforms, there’s 2 with a crystal at the end of each.

It’s where the ai automatically changes it from “aim” to “autotarget the pyramid thing”. And no matter what… it would also shoot me way way off.
If I walked back to try and have the aiming option, it would be red/too far, so I couldnt aim.

I ended up just calling out in say chat “mesmer?” to everyone who passed XD. Some lovely mesmers ingame!

i’d just like her timer to be increased, as it’s largely a dps race.

I also find it annoying having to grind tickets just so I get to keep practising ……I’d much rather no tickets.

Serbianwolf.1652:

Laidari is too much overpowered. Wasted ~70 tickets, 10g and all festival tokens to get absolutely NOTHING from her. She needs to cripple less, have 2 at max inv buffs and spam less red fields. HP nerf would be welcomed as well.

I am trying to kill her for 2 days already and Im seriously out of patience for this game.. aNET please do something about this. Thanks.

wasted the same, 70 ticktes,… and I am NOT going back to her.

Its ok, you dont need to beat her. (what bugs me most isnt the mechanics, but the timer..making it a dps race… and giving the middle finger to any other builds)

it’s bugged I think… I couldnt get it either …you have to win(or top 3 I think)… which isnt worth the time

Mckeone.9804:

Who wants to take bets on anet doing a mid-event revamp of boss blitz, ala the assault knights?

I REALLY hope they do, tbh, …… only way to players are going to this right, is if they’re forced to.

panda, its cute

CntrlAltDefeat.1465:

Maybe it’s just me, but the particle is overwhelming. All I see is a giant mess of mashed polygons that make it indecipherable to tell what is actually going in there. It is like we’re all attacking one big giant ball of scramble light spectrum’s. Just my 2 cents worth.

I’m using “best performance” settings. And I must say..no particle effects…..
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anet should’ve learned from the knights. if you dont FORCE people to split, they won’t.

They need to do the same thing, colour buffs (or something) that allows you to fight said boss, and limit the number of people who can get that buff.

Another thing, ALOT of people have mapchat off, and it can be crucial to events like this, anet needs to force that on if people are in the vicinity of these events.

same, lots of disconnects, and I’ve noticed the hawks on some people while watching the gauntlet.

Tigerlily.3765:

I had fun doing new pavillion with TTS. Coordinated, we were easily able to obtain gold 4x in a row and it only takes 6 mins + about 4 min set up. Unfortunately, once again, the majority of players are just going to zerg it (not focus the turret on boom boom, for example, kitten why boss no die?) and thus abandon it. Fun for the bigger guilds though and the rewards aren’t great but when you complete every 10 min not so terrible either.

Perhaps a getting ‘gold’ achieve would inspire people to figure out the mechanics instead of wanting the zergfest back but then people would just complain its too hard to get. I for one prefer harder content but wish there was a better way to organize people other than spam map chat or hope for 6 pins to tag up so you can take on all bosses at once instead of zerging.

The problem is majority of people arent in such guilds, and anet has added no mechanics for people to know what boss to go to.

What I mean is, you as a person cant see where people are in this event. and if they’re all zerging one, you could go to another, but you’d find yourself solo,

In saying that, there were about 30 people tops doing this event earlier today…. and yeah, they zerged…because no body really cares… events like this should force/activate map chat for people who have it off too.

Kentsui.4930:

The problem with this event is not the event itself, and players are only a fraction of the problem.

What we are missing for this kind of content that requires more coordination are the proper tools to be able to monitor and complete it.
Commander tags just don’t do it properly for this one and can too easily be used to troll.

A simple improvement that could do wonders would be to display ALL the bosses life bars at the same time regardless of the zone you’re in.
So if you see a life bar that does not go down, go there !

A second one would be to have the number of players in each area displayed as well, but I doubt that is even possible.

That would be a giant step in the right direction for every player.

All they need to make this possible is add a colour buff that you need to get to fight the boss in the arena you’re in, you can change colour buff at any time, by going to another arena.
We’ve seen that they can tell how many people have the colour buff. This plus your idea… would help strongly for the organisation.

I think people are also kittened off with having to pay for an event…>.>

New name for this.
Festival Gold Sink.

I’ve never thought I’d feel like quitting the game so strongly.

I also find the gauntle tickets arent too easy to come buy, and I hate the dual currency of having them cost silver AND festival tokens. Please no dual currency. It sucks.

This event has increased the price of all mats. and has brought nothing in. Its really disappointing.

(the boss mechanices are interesting, and people did ask for marionette to be brought back, this is similar in terms of organisation, only, nobody wants to organise, because it’s worthless.)

anet still hasnt figured out effort vs reward.

the marionette was the best they’ve done…and then they do this? ..seriously anet! ??

problem is LA, was one of the worst for overflows…, I dont think that will work.

but yes, I do think all cities should be outside of the megaserver

war………lol, seriously there’s like nothing they cant do XD
ele is also pretty for soloing dungeons, but is hard to play.
thief can be decent. however they tend to use exploits to solo dungeons. but for soloing wvw, thief is OP.

necro/thief good for soling pve..(nevro can be quite decent soling wvw too, thief tends to have more use.)

one class wont be suitable for soloing both types content though.

eles tend to be very squishy soloing wvw.
builds then will depend on the class, and the game mode……

you really wont get one is excellent for everything. (wars/guard come close being the “easiest” to play)

Xenon.4537:

Getting ascended armor is expensive enough. I hope they don’t add even more grind on top of that.

haha, c’mon now… with everything, you just know they will……):

Harper.4173:

If this means more vertical progression and other tiers of gear – I and many other will be very mad.

I think many people will leave if they bring in vertical progression. (I dont mean ledg armour..but better stats.) since people came to this to get away from that..but we’ll all just have to wait and see

Beldin.5498:

apocalyps.7106:

5/ cultural armor can have an npc that trades your previous race armor off you and gives you same tire , same class armor

That would be easy to exploit now with the wardrobem so that you just have to buy Cultural Armor for one race, and then chance race and have the next one for free, change race again .. until you have all.

then dont have armour being issue, if you’re wearing cultural armour, you cant change the race of your char til armour is removed/transmuted to something else.

Thaddeus.4891:

You can invite them into your party. There is a good chance that they won’t accept since they don’t know you, but if they do accept, then you can chat with them and see their name to latter chat with them without being in their party.

he asked without grouping

I think you can click on the person, their health bar should show up on top, can you right click that > whisper?

alternatively, they knew your name and thats how they messaged you. o0.

I normally use /me chat to communicate to other players/servers in WvW, never tried to whisper someone.