Guild Wars 2

Ever since the patch all I read now in guild chat, on the forums, map chat, and in dungeon groups is people talking about DR bug and how they are not getting any loot. It’s getting annoying actually, mainly because the real reason is for some reason ANET stealth nerfed loot drops. Apparently they do not want people to play this game anymore.

Really its brilliant, actually. If I was a self proclaimed company of gamers run by gamers, I would want my time freed up for Elderscrolls Online Beta also. So really no surprise on my part. What gamer is not getting so pumped up for this upcoming release? What else can explain how ANET continuously drops the ball and disappoints their players? I say grats and thanks you for making my decision to switch games a no brainer.

Keep in mind this is coming from a player that has logged 2000+ hours of GW2 and despite all the disappointments still considers GW2 the best game I’ve ever played. Just mind blown by how ANET continually makes ridiculous decisions.

We all know what RNG is at this point and how it works, but when many many multitudes of people are noticing significantly less rare drops its no longer RNG. It’s a stealth nerf and it was a great way for anet to get people to stop playing this game. Grats. Not mentioning in the patch notes is shady. Grats again. Ecto prices have already gone through the roof and many many players are stuck at fractal 30 because they can not afford 250 ectos for their back piece. Grats. So instead of leaving well enough alone anet makes it even harder for people to get those ecto. Grats.

how anet clearly and blatantly makes huge changes to game mechanics but does not indicate them in patch notes because they know people will flip their sheet.

Peruse the forums or just go check for yourself and you will see fractal chests are dropping SIGNIFICANTLY less rares and exotics. There is no argument whatsoever. RNG is RNG but this is NOT RNG. Fractal loot drops were nerfed. Period.

Pretty much the only thing keeping me in this game is WvW and fractals. Mainly because I want certain fractal weapons. Now they have already implemented a “daily” reward system and have made it random which weapon I get (a mechanic that is different from ANY other dungeon in the game) which is fine I guess, but its obviously to keep people coming back every day and trying, but looking beyond that in order to progress through higher level fractals I NEED to spend 250 ecto. Up until now it was not that big of a deal because you would average, or at least I was averaging 3-7 ecto per 20+ run. Which still would take a long time to save up for but whatever, fractals is fun and interesting to some extent and the weapons are cool, so I can deal with RNG as long as its worth my time. I’ve done 3 lvl 30+ fractals and 15+ lvl 20+ fractals and I’m lucky if I get 1 rare per whole run.

Again, I’ve asked around, and checked the forums and everyone is experiencing this. It makes no sense to me at all why they would do that, and not at least indicating in the patch notes is pretty shady.

Now, in anet’s defense I have noted that a few of the harder fractals have been made easier. Ice fractal first fire lighting sequence has much easier mobs without bows and fire fractal final boss seems WAY easier, but again, nerfing loot in the first place serves no purpose but to make it even HARDER to infuse back piece and not mentioning in the patch notes is SOOOOOOOO sketchy.

I can’t wait for elder scrolls mmo to come out because i’m sick of the horrible business decisions anet has made since this game came out. I love guild wars and consider it the best game i have ever played but I just can’t believe some of the things they have done over the last few months and its getting really really old. Troll away fan boys.

Mention in party chat that my (your) friend was perma banned for kicking at the maw before the group starts. Then take a screen shot of party chat. Wether or not its true you should have no problems. Unless you are bad and get kicked at first fractal.

I just resurrected an old thread about this before not having seen this one. I do 4 lvl 20 fractal dailys a day with 4 different alts and before the patch was averaging 3-5 rares per run. I have now done about 7 lvl 20+ runs since then and have not gotten any rares at all. One of the great things about fractals was all those rares and they had to go and ruin it. I can’t wait for elder scrolls mmo to come out. (go aheard and troll fan boys) They should be doing things to get more people to play not pointlessly nerfing what made fractals alluring. In all honesty, I LOVE GW2 but I have never in my life since this game came out seen a company that consistently does dumb things that make people angry. Company must be run by oh never mind I already started a flame war. Actually a net started it. Thanks for nothing.

I take a screenshot of party chat before every fractal run now especially if there are multiple members from one guild in party. I also mention in party chat that a friend of mine was perma banned for kicking at the maw to let his guild mates in before we start.

OK so this is an old thread, but before this patch I was doing 4 LVL 20 daily a day and getting at least 3 rares from boss chests per run with usually more like 5-7 total. I’m talking like every day for 3 weeks doing 4 lvl 20 dailys a day. I knew RNG is RNG, but there is no way I’m that lucky and then all of a sudden it runs out after patch.

Since this patch I’ve done 5 or 6 lvl 20 dailys and have not gotten a single rare. Something must be going on. Anyone else experiencing this?

Is there another thread about this? This really needs to be addressed.

I can’t believe I even have to make this post. I’m also assuming that there are similar topics but I could not find any so please move if needed.

Can we please have something to do with our extra rings and fractal weapons?

I have two fractal great swords and I would love to be able to pretty much do anything with the one I don’t need. Give it to a friend. Sell it on the tp and get one I want. Ummm pretty much anything other then having it sit in my bank.

Not to mention the 50+ extra rings I have nothing to with. I have guild mates that are struggling to get one ring I would gladly give them one of mine but no I can’t do anything with them at all. I’m not saying let me sell them, but maybe salvaging them for guaranteed 5-7 ecto would be nice or perhaps a mystic forge recipe that will yield a reasonable number of laurels?

Also the mechanics for acquiring weapons is not quite where it should be. How about letting use use pristine relics to get weapons? Now that any old joe can pug any level of fractal its harder than ever to complete lvl 20+ dailys and if you are lucky enough to get a weapon odds are it will not be one you can even use. I don’t see any reason why we should not be able to use pristine relics to get weapons as that is the mechanic for all other dungeons. Even if its a large number… who cares at least its something to work towards.

Way to reward people that did not earn their way to high level fractals the ability to run high level fractals. All this has proved is if you cry and complain enough you can get your way.

Fractals in not a normal dungeon. It gets harder and harder as you go on and as you progress through the level you get better and better at it. A simple explanation is not enough at higher levels and all it takes is getting a hard fractal as 3rd instance with one weak link and you just wasted an hour of precious game time. Just because you got 2 rings doing a few level 10’s and bought a back piece does not mean you have what it takes to not be that weak link. If you want to be “casual” then do level 10. Why are we giving people the chance to do 20+ when they did not earn it? DC’s were the main problem. The LFG site took care of finding groups.

However I will agree that is does get hard at 40+ to find a group so perhaps it would have been smarter to only all allow guesting if you are at least at level 30. Who on earth though it would be a good idea to let anyone who got lucky and acquired 2 rings at a few lvl 10s the ability to jump right into higher levels.? All you are doing is wasting the valuable time of people who earned that rank.

You can go ahead and call me an elite or whatever, but I’ve spent plenty of time helping people, as I have 4 alts that can run 20 plus and every time I ran a new character through those lower levels I took the time to teach people what I had learned.

I have a followers list too long to count of people that have added me because of this kindness however it is still blowing my mind that anet has given the privilege of running higher level fractals to any old joe. It makes absolutely no sense at all to me.

Since its only hard to find groups at 35+ perhaps the more intelligent thing to do would be allow guesting if you are at least to scale 30 of even 20 would be acceptable. For the most part if you can get to 20 you know what you are doing and are less likely to waste peoples valuable game time. (honestly though, as someone who runs 4 lvl 20+ daily’s a day, I run across many many many people every day that were clearly carried to that level).

Agree. Fractals was the only thing I really enjoyed in this game and now its completely ruined. With the LFG site finding a group was not a big deal at all, but because of some poor babies crying now finding a group for 20+ is unbearable because you have a bunch of pugs that have no clue what to do wasting even more of my time then it took to find a group that deserved to be there. WAY TO THINK IT THROUGH ANET. THIS PATCH WILL FOR SURE CAUSE MORE PEOPLE TO STOP PLAYING THIS GAME.