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1) Buy Silver.
2) Buy Nuggets
3) Make 40 Intricate Jewels (filigree + nugget)
4) Move on.Total Cost = ~40 silver
- Is it only 40 items?
Yes, 40 crafted Masterworks.
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I spend 99% of my time in WvW. I was a level 20-something Jeweler before tonight as my highest crafting skill (only refined copper for daily crafting).
It took me a total of 20 minutes to figure how to craft a masterwork + buy stuff off TP + craft it all in order to finish the monthly. 20 minutes on the first day.
If that is worth complaining about then I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. First world problem, seriously.
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Why? They’ve done the work.
They could also be ganking specced thieves. No work involved for them to get kills.
Takes more work to do that than riding shotgun with the zerg all day. I’m looking at you, Longbow Rangers and Staff Eles (I admit I mained a GC Staff Ele for about a month).
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Culling is still quite evident in Dragon fights.
Um, what? That response makes no sense in the context of the OP.
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But it’s not a real world economy and a market place. We didn’t sign any contract to play GW2 other than abiding to the ToS (which I am sure only about 1 in 100,000 actually read). So there’s no worker/employer type contract.
To be fair to Anet just a little, they did increase loot bags. So we are getting paid a little better for spending our time pew pewing.
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I think it’s about fairness.
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I certainly can’t switch to PvE and suddenly be on equal footing with them.
Should change username to Slamz Dunk, because that post was one.
Well said.
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Nerf, yes. Stealth, no.
It was announced a few days prior to the patch on the 26th that these would be removed and again mentioned in the patch notes.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Regarding-consumables-in-WvW/first#post1489600
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Well said, Riven.
I hope some, if not all, of the titles/achievements/etc. are retroactive in nature (for cases where retroactivity is applicable).
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Green is an OP color. Nerf the color green, please.
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I don’t see why it’s pointless to discuss contingency plans, particularly since many of us don’t believe culling can be fixed, since its already been 7 months of trouble, and since aligning to how to approach solving e stealth problem is good planning. I would think anet would welcome ideas.
How can you create a contingency plan without any knowledge of the situation? Literally, we have zero knowledge of ANets systems, code, network, infrastructure, etc.
As such, we can’t even begin to offer true solutions. We can only ask for results. At most we can suggest differing methods (let the end-user determine what is displayed vice the current “blanket” method)…that’s the extent of our input.
It would be like asking your barber to create contingency plans for the Space Shuttle (RIP).
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Any input to my question about what the back up plan is or should be with respect to culling and stealth?
If culling is completely remedied then your question is moot. There is no way (or point) to answer your question until after the culling fix is implemented.
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If this does happen I bet it’s gonna crash servers because they didn’t go threw enough testing.
Please elaborate. What specifically about culling being remedied do you think might cause the servers to “crash?”
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I’ll take one of these: 500% increased damage against Overgrown Grub
But seriously, definitely a neat idea. I love anything that adds variety.
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Habib said in a post somewhere that culling can be fixed by ‘throwing money at it’.
Culling is here because it allows them to use sub standard networking infrastructure
I don’t know if you simply didn’t understand Habib’s post, don’t remember it accurately, or are just trolling (purposely oversimplifying). But your restatement of Habib’s post is quite inaccurate:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Update-on-Culling/first#post1137307
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You know that it takes 2 months and 10 days to get ONE ascended ring doing the laurel waiting game?
Do you mean two rings?
Rings are 35 Laurels each. 2 months + 10 days = ~70 Laurels
Afaik you get 10 for monthly, not 30 …
Dailies?
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You know that it takes 2 months and 10 days to get ONE ascended ring doing the laurel waiting game?
Do you mean two rings?
Rings are 35 Laurels each. 2 months + 10 days = ~70 Laurels
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I just kept saying….“600 what?”
Units? What are the units even measured in?
Meters? cm’s? Inches? Feet?
Come on now. I’m all for more comprehensive patch notes but you are being ridiculous.
600 range UNITS. The name of the unit is meaningless. 600 feet. 600 meters. 600 miles. 600 gerbils. It doesn’t matter as there is no hierarchical distance system in the game, only a singular range unit.
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Nope, Skale and Gears are cold hard cash items, not Karma….
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skale_Venom_
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gear_holy kitten, true. Quaggan is sad.
It would seem ANet just used “karma” to cover all of these consumables, regardless of what currency is actually used to purchase them.
I just tested Skale Venom and it cannot be used in WvW even though it is purchased with copper/gold. Not sure about Gears, since I don’t have or use them, but I’d wager they also have been rendered unusable now.
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slow clap for the great balance in …sPvP
Slow clap indeed.
Next time do more research prior to creating a thread.
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When is the next build coming up? I am in Euro tier #1 and I constantly see enemy players using these consumables, mainly skale venom, which were supposed to be removed.
Why to keep players waiting? Anet, do things faster, because such minor thing like removing few consumables from WvWvW surely cannot be a huge technical feat.
New builds are usually released on Monday nights (EST).
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I think this is what you’re looking for:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Account_Medals#Realm_Avenger
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I am a Skale Venom addict (not a gears/fruit user). However, I am glad to see it go as it wasn’t truly balanced (most people don’t know about it, compared to food/utility nourishment). Also, I am glad I will no longer have to click it every 10 min / downed / zone change.
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I’m glad only 1 person in this thread has semi-agreed with the OP, with everyone else dissenting
There is hope for the WvW population, after all.
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dat staff ele
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Asuran afros never fail to crack me up.
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Could have been much more clever / funny.
I am disappoint.
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I hate tradeskill / crafting more than anyone else (I know this for a fact, I’ve asked every one of you).
In fact, today is the first time I’ve ever crafted in GW2. I finished the 10x crafted item achievement in about 30 seconds. Really NOT a big deal.
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OP’s computer:
http://tinyurl.com/axsfqaz
Got a legit lol from me with that one.
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I love this change. Well done.
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Pretty sure they specified this (or rather, their more intensive WvW updates) would be happening in February.
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ITT: people who don’t understand this thread.
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A comprimise wouldn’t be bad, a small man wiping a zerg with little effort and no cap on AoE would be silly. I’ve played games like this and its rediculous, however, 5 people is to low. I would think 10 people cap would be a happy medium. Its gives small mans a little more bang for their buck, but doesn’t allow for zerg to be wiped by 1 Ele.
Why shouldn’t a zerg, which I believe most regard as a mindless group, not be destroyable by a single, intelligent, Ele?
If the zerg actually pays attention and adapts, unlike the lemmings they often are, a single Ele would not be able to do this (given current mechanics and damage values). There is no “instant death” AE in this game.
If the zerg “stands in the red circle” for 20-30 seconds then they deserve their embarrassing death.
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I pretty much lost respect toward PRX guild the other day when I saw their entire zerg using Potion of Ascalonian mages —-- they fully know what it does and yet they choose to take advantage of it.
What does it do, exactly?
I would like to know this as well. Ambiguous posts annoy me.
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It’s possible that the +/- rating points are not calculated on the displayed total scores (might be referencing “hidden” data in their DB). But I’m just guessing here.
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Except it’s completely backwards which one should be the exploit and which one should not be.
Crafting snowflakes was something that you did within all the normal and intended game mechanics, organizing mass coordinated transfers to already Full servers is something that you do to get around intended game mechanics.
And yet… which one does Anet consider an exploit?
Perhaps. I even agree with this reasoning. In an ideal world, ANet would have considered the ramifications of their deadline announcement and implemented a solution to account for this; possibly temporarily “locking” server statuses at their average population (Full / High / Med) until after the 28th.
However, as the situation currently exists, this is not an exploit in any way, shape, or form. This is why I responded to your posts and why I feel that your (and Gab’s) previous statements were inaccurate and illogical.
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There is no law against salvaging jewelry either.
Why were they suspended/banned then?
You are applying rules where none exist and oversimplifying where inappropriate.
And you are ignoring the immense harm you are causing to the game just because you want a little bit more coverage for your server in WvW.
Personally, I’m not taking part in this issue in any way. I’m not logging off to create space and I’m not attempting to transfer to a full server. What I am doing it pointing out the huge flaw in your explanation and logic (as well as others who have wrongly arrived at the conclusion that this is an “exploit”).
Your analogy to the snowflake issue isn’t even a poor one necessarily, but your reasoning and application of the result is being grossly misapplied.
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There is no law against salvaging jewelry either.
Why were they suspended/banned then?
You are applying rules where none exist and oversimplifying where inappropriate.
And you are ignoring the immense harm you are causing to the game just because you want a little bit more coverage for your server in WvW.
And yet,
Salvaging items got people banned where mass transferring to lower server and completely unbalancing multiple tiers in wvw on many occasions has yielded zero casualties.
One is an exploit, punishable by account suspension or termination.
One is not.
I have not insinuated anything beyond that.
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There is no law against salvaging jewelry either.
Why were they suspended/banned then?
You are applying rules where none exist and oversimplifying where inappropriate.
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Wait, cool,
So terrain jumping into the enemy’s keep is only considered an exploit if Jumping in the game is not allowed?Will keep in mind
Is the ability to log out intended?
Is the ability to wall jump into the enemy’s keep intended?
The ability to log out is intended. The ability to cheat the system through having hundreds of people log off at the same time is not intended.
Likewise, the ability to jump is intended, but the ability to cheat in WvW by jumping to locations you are not supposed to be in, is not intended.
As Leo mentioned, you are applying rules where none exist. One cannot break a law where none exists.
However, you are entitled to your opinion that this creates an imbalanced situation.
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Wait, cool,
So terrain jumping into the enemy’s keep is only considered an exploit if Jumping in the game is not allowed?Will keep in mind
Is the ability to log out intended?
Is the ability to wall jump into the enemy’s keep intended?
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I think the major guilds coordinate to have all their members log off at the same time for a short time period. The population status is determined by the amount of people online, so this would take it down a notch from full, allowing people to transfer there.
So you are suggesting that they may be artificially making the population appear lower to cheat server limits?
Just as a query, but if that is what they are doing, doesn’t that sound like the definition of an exploit…..?For one to consider this an exploit, one would have to conclude that logging off of the game is not allowed.
That’s like saying crafting must be an exploit if Snowflake jewelry is.
You are creating artificial space on your server that is in reality taken. You are abusing the mechanics of the transfer system, just like people exploited the mechanics of Snowflake jewelry.
So I’m not allowed to log off?
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I think the major guilds coordinate to have all their members log off at the same time for a short time period. The population status is determined by the amount of people online, so this would take it down a notch from full, allowing people to transfer there.
So you are suggesting that they may be artificially making the population appear lower to cheat server limits?
Just as a query, but if that is what they are doing, doesn’t that sound like the definition of an exploit…..?
For one to consider this an exploit, one would have to conclude that logging off of the game is not allowed.
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I just want to say that this thread made my day.
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I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with Covenn before, but he is 100% correct here. AOE being capped at 5 targets is the problem.
Calae, you have recognized the issue correctly, but your proposed solution is the opposite of what it should be. Uncapping (or drastically raising the cap) of AOE would punish zergs to the point of hilarity.
I’m not against trying it out if. Lets ask Arenanet to remove the AoE cap for kittens and giggles and see what happens.
That would be the greatest reset night ever…
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AoE needs to be nerfed hard. Really hard….
Sadly, you have no idea what you are talking about. AoE in this game is the weakest implementation of any MMO I have played in any game in the last decade +. The exact reason why zergs and zerg balls are successful is because they can rush through enemy AoE with no consequence.
Nerfing AoE more than it already is will make the exact zerg problem you are complaining about far worse.
I don’t think I’ve ever agreed with Covenn before, but he is 100% correct here. AOE being capped at 5 targets is the problem.
Calae, you have recognized the issue correctly, but your proposed solution is the opposite of what it should be. Uncapping (or drastically raising the cap) of AOE would punish zergs to the point of hilarity.
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Personally, I think my necro build is pretty dominant. I somehow specced my necro to be a tank/condition/support build. I don’t know how, but I do not die easily. I do some pretty heavy damage over time, not burst. I am also NOT very good 1v1, I never have been though, could just be me. In a group of 5+ I am pure destruction.
Carrion gear? I run the same on my Necro (although I have not played him much lately).
I love Necro as a support DPS class. The pressure from conditions is very powerful and Epidemic on a 20+ stack of bleeds just melts glass cannons (been on the receiving end on my Thief a few times). I just wish Necro had a bit more in-combat mobility.
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Ranger mentioned in a “dominant classes” thread. Is today April Fools?
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I’ll quote you on that post if we get steam rolled then. :-p Jq will be gunning for SOS in a big way and vice versa. There will be plenty of opertunities for black gate to use that to their advantage and gain ppt against both servers.
Don’t mind us, you guys better worry about each other…/whistles
/kicks down back door of SM
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Keep in mind that SoR got 2 oceanic guilds from IoJ (HIRE is ex-IoJ) and a million guilds from SBI, a big chunk of which are Asian. I won’t be surprised at all if their coverage is stronger than even Blackgate now.
Good info, thanks. Hard to keep track of all these guild -> server moves.
As much as I’ve liked the break from fighting SoR, a BG vs SoR rematch would probably be much more balanced now and probably loads of fun. Although it is probably unlikely, given our current/pending 3rd and 4th place standings.
I will say, I miss fighting SoR (and TC as well). SoS and JQ are great, but SoR (during NA prime time) was more challenging. I don’t want to flame SoS/JQ so I will avoid being more specific.
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