Again, it’s not a population drop. Most likely a higher population cap. A sudden population drop is ridiculous.
weren’t the odds on the consortium chests better though? Personally i bought maybe 5 or 6 consortium chests and ended up getting an island shoulder skin. So the drop rates must not have been that low.
That seemed the case to me. I only bought two Consortium Chests and got a Mini Reef Drake.
The basis for some of the arguments here seem to stem from the issue that the final event of Lost Shores was a limited one-time event. Anet’s response during AMA:
“Moving forward we are going to do our best to design events that are accessible to the community as possible. We really should have thought about some of the ramifications of the design of the Karka event in more detail. In short its not something we wanted to happen and we will be rethinking how we do 1 time events moving forward.”
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/My 2 cents: It’d be awesome if people played the events or dungeons just for the fun of it, but there will always be players that play to get the end reward. They have every right as anyone else to enjoy this game in their own way.
Agreed, I don’t care about the motives of the person playing the event. I just think they should have to participate to get the reward. And I don’t believe that they shouldn’t give good rewards for these events because not everyone can or will participate. Even though this event is more spread out time wise, there will still be people that either choose not to do the event or simply can’t make it. I don’t think that Anet should be sending everyone in the game the event reward regardless of whether they participated or not.
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I see still a huge difference between waiting in front of walmart and participating in something which is supposed to be fun. But when you like queing…
You know that oceanic players could barely make it due to work and you know that it was quite late for several european players. You know that many people had technical difficulties, right? So if you want the flaming to go on after another event…
Like you said, some people didn’t like the Karka event. Just like the OP apparently doesn’t like these events, but he’s apparently willing to put himself through if there is a good reward.
I was one of the people that had technical difficulties, so yes I know. The flaming will happen regardless of what Anet does. If some people end up getting a precursor, some people that didn’t will be mad. As will people that didn’t do the event because they didn’t know they could get something good, they will come here and complain. If no one gets a nice item, people like the OP will complain that it wasn’t worth their time.
The real life analogy is quite fitting actually. But I can put it in game terms if you like. So I was in Cursed Shore last night. About 15 of us killed Grenth and got the chest. One person got a very valuable item. Should everyone in the game also get the item? Many people weren’t level 80 and didn’t have the gear to be able to participate. Many people didn’t even know we were doing it. Some people have complained they can’t get far in Cursed Shore because they can’t find a group. Or, as you stated some people might not like the Karka event, some people might not like the Grenth event. Whatever the reason, many people were unable or didn’t want to participate and will be unable to participate in the future. So everyone should get the item even though they weren’t at the event? Or nothing valuable should be given at the event because everyone can’t be there? It just doesn’t make sense.
Just like Tixx will be in each city for 24 hours, some people won’t be able to make it, or they might not like the event. So apparently they might as well either not give away anything nice or just send the same nice thing to everyone’s mailbox regardless.
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Please do not give away such valuable rewards again. I’m not saying that there should be nothing but it is somehow shifting the perception of the event from beeing a great event which you want to join for the sake of beeing great into an event which you join only for the reward you gain afterwards.
I got a precursor in the last event and it honestly didn’t make the event more or less fun for me. I hope more people have the chance to get a rare precursor in this event too. It (a higher chance for the most valued items in the game) is a good reward for a once-a-X event, imo.
If the event is fun, it’s fun regardless of reward but why not give people a once-a-X opportunity at loot that would basically be otherwise unobtainable for most of the player base?
Well I do not like it because it is feeding jealousy. Those who could not attend the event for what ever reasons and could not loot the chest did not get such a chance. And I think it is in a way forcing people to take part in the event to have their chance even though they might not like it. Not directely ofc but still in a way. And it does not only go for the precursor item but the bag that everyone got is pretty valuable for me too. Ten gold is alot for me too. And people who did not get that are somehow excluded. Thats just my opinion.
Maybe it’s just different if it’s not a one time only event, no idea…
Something a level 80 character would find useful enough to keep, but not at the level of being game-changing.
I am not saying there should be nothing, ofc not. Just yeah something within limits.
Seriously, what is up with peoples sense of entitlement with this game? So do you call your local Congressman to complain after Black Friday when you find out 100 people who waited in line for hours at Walmart were able to get an HDTV for $100? But since you had other obligations and were unable to get in on the deal, you should also be given the same deal?
Sometimes we can’t make it to an event, that’s life. It doesn’t mean that nothing good should be at the event because everyone in the world can’t be there. Or that everyone one should just be sent the item regardless of doing the event or not. Do you people want everyone to just log into the game and everyone gets the exact same items sent to your mailbox so everything is perfectly fair?
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Does +5 Agony make a noticeable difference?
Just great. I didn’t participate in the event AND had a bunch of buy orders on exotics to flip, which have now tanked in value thanks to this unforseeable turn of events. Now I’m sitting on 30 exotic armors that I paid way too much for. Thanks a lot.
That’s the breaks of playing the market. If you’re going to play the market, you need to stay on top of the news. We knew in advance this was going to happen. Making money in the market is not a guarantee. You’ve only yourself to blame.
Sounds like all of a sudden there are way more people that got disconnected now that they’ve heard of this great chest.
Got one Mist Essence within 3 fractals. Magic Find here also.
So glad I came here and saw this thread. Good to know something is being done about this. I didn’t figure I was the only one, but didn’t realize there were so many.