Guild Wars 2

That specific achievement have not be doable since the Nightmare Within update was released.

You can however still complete the meta due to dailies.

Latinkuro.9420:

Server transfers should be completely disabled during league time PERIOD !

simply limiting rewards to original server doesn’t fix all possible issues, like guilds transferring off their own server with the purpose to sabotage other servers effort while said server is fighting their original server.

example,

you belong to BS server and next week you’re fighting DD server you instruct some of your players to transfer over to DD server with orders to sabotage their efforts against BS server next week, supply drain, leaking commander positional information and so on.

Disclaimer:
server name abbreviations are totally random and fictional please do not attach any meaning to something that is totally coincidental in nature.

So lets say I want to play PvE with my friends in NA, but I am on an EU server.
Should I not be allowed to play with said friends for 7 weeks because of the league, even if I am not interested in WvW?

As long as WvW is tied to PvE servers they can’t really limit transfers.
I suppose they could make it impossible to enter WvW after transferring during a season though, but that could also hurt certain kinds of people (such as people not liking their current match-ups and wants to move to another bracket or something like that, without really caring about the rewards).

Kaiiku.2917:

Lamir.6702:

I think the last patch of the year will be transcended gear and a reset of everyone’s legendaries.

…wat?

Just silly hyperbole due the the situation with Fractals.
People are spamming more or less every single thread with silly stuff like that now because of it.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Because of this excuse, they can move resources (that should have been used to improve WvW) into other parts of the game.

They can also decide to shut down the game completely and start developing Aion 2 if they wanted to.
That doesn’t mean they are doing it.

Just because they don’t want to add major changes during a tournament doesn’t mean they won’t work on stuff.

It is actually quite usual for competitions to have rules and such set in stone during big tournaments in order to stop one said from gaining a sudden advantage due to a certain change.

Are you seriously going to post the exact same thread every single week?
And funnily enough you STILL include things that have been stated in all of your other threads to MOST LIKELY miss the deadline.

Konrad.9587:

According to the devs, even with those new instabilities your way up to 50 is going to be easier than it is now.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/fractured/Fractured-Pro-Con-Suggestion-Thread/first#post3228388

´That is not actually what he is saying.
He is saying that the difficulty CURVE will be less steep.
That does however not mean that the Instabilities would make stuff easier, only that it the innate difficulty scaling will increase slower.

JMar.3254:

You guys seem to be very adamant and berating people with questions. Why do you guys take such an issue with us valuing our time?

Do you not understand that we invested time and work into progression, only to have it erased? Would you feel cheated if the same thing happened to you?

But thats just the thing.
You DIDN’T put time and work into the NEW lvl 31-49. Because they were not released.

And WHY did you put time into it in the first place if not for the fun of it?

JMar.3254:

I saw 50 as a soft cap. I saw the agony’s maw attack as the dev’s saying “You guys shouldn’t really go past 50”. Some people didn’t see it that way, and leveled up anyay.

I personally think it should start at 50, but if it starts at 80, then I’m fine with that as well.

If level 30 is so challenging, then why should my work to do all of 30 and 40 be washed away to appease the lesser skilled player base?

But how is it washed away?
Does it simply come down to the fact that you are afraid that you won’t be able to complete the new more challenging lvl 31+ or what is it all about?
If you did manage to get to lvl 50 before, why won’t you be able to do it again?
Was it not done for fun?

They are adding a new reward structure, should you somehow be able to bypass the lower levels just because you were lucky enough to be part of the small minority that managed to get a stable Fractals group?

Lord Kuru.3685:

They say that as if it’s because it would ruin the “competitiveness” of the leagues. In reality, it’s just an excuse to not do as much work on WvW as they should.

Ah yes, because they are just sitting around doing nothing the whole league because they have no scheduled releases…..

JMar.3254:

If the new content starts at 50+, then 30-49 will be exactly the same. Logic is hard.

But what about those at lvl 80 then?
Why should there “hard work” be nullified?
Should we maybe start the new content at lvl 80+ for those people then?

JMar.3254:

Why is it “more” work. It is the same work that all of us at 49+ put in.

You don’t want to do the work, but you can’t understand why we are frustrated the work we put in is being nullified?

Oh, so you somehow had access to the new Instabilities from lvl 31+ MONTHS before the rest of the population?
Because that is what being added to EVERY SINGLE level after lvl 30 with the new patch.
Or are you maybe suggesting that these new instabilities will actually make it EASIER to complete Fractals?

JMar.3254:

It’s the cap because they made it the cap. If it starts at 50, that would no longer be the cap. Again, logic is hard.

People who are under 30 should have to put in the same work, time, and effort that we did to get the rewards. Instead they are removing our time, work, effort to allow those that did not do the work, to share in the rewards.

So you would have preferred if they released something the vast majority of the population would never experience?
Lvl 30 is fully possible to get for most people without to much fuss, but lvl 50 seems a bit extreme.

People under 30 will have to put in MORE work, time and effort in order to get to the same rewards after the patch. But are you suggesting that you should have access to rewards that others will require MORE work to get access to just because you did an easier version of it?

JMar.3254:

If it starts at 50 then the best rewards won’t be at 40. Logic is hard.

So if all your toons were reset to level 1 and you could level again, that would be fine right? because those times were fun and it doesn’t devalue that fun time?

But that would still make you having an easier way up to lvl 50 than new players, due to the changes of lvl 31+, unless you are suggestion that they should start with the new stuff at lvl 50+? Which doesn’t really make sense since lvl 50 is the cap.

JMar.3254:

Why should those at 30 have access to the best drops without putting in the work that those at 49 did?

All I’m saying is the content should have been added at 50. If you reset everybody’s progression, past 30, to 30, there should be compensation.

Why should somebody not receive compensation for having their progression nullified by resetting it?

They won’t.
Since the “best” drops will be available at lvl 40.
Had they not reset progress, people at lvl 50 (or higher) would have been able to get the “best” rewards without actually having to do the new harder work to get to that level.

Why should there be compensation?
Didn’t people do it for fun?
Does lowering the level somehow make those fun times less fun?

JMar.3254:

And what about the people who fairly got to 49?

Why should they have access to the best drops without doing the harder work that new players must do?

The funny thing is that this kittenstorm will die down within a week or two after release.
Just like the one after Ascended was announced.
After the original Fractals.
After [insert “hated” release here].

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

THIS ^

Since day one people have complained about the problems with the spam filter. This would instantly solve the problem.

It would however also completely defeat the whole purpose of the filter.
Gold sellers don’t use new accounts. They use old stolen accounts, and thus with a suggestion like this they would be unaffected by the filer.

I would have agreed IF there were Fractals only available after lvl 15 when Agony Resists is started to be useful.
That is however not the case.
Every Fractal is available from lvl 2 (or 1 with the new update), thus there really isn’t a problem.

It should not happen.
At least not as a fractal.
They could (and might) add it like a story outside of the game, but adding it to the game would simply invalidate the whole point of the voting, and people would shout about how they lied and doesn’t care about what people wanted and so on.

haviz.1340:

Difficulty is a subjective opinion, not a fact. For instance, I heard Liadri was supposed to be hard. As it turned out, she was more of a jester than something hard.

Are you suggesting that these new additions will make things EASIER then?
That does seem extremely unlikely.

Wethospu.6437:

People who have reached scale 80 have ALREADY worked for it. Saying that they haven’t put enough effort just shows how completely lost you are.

They have worked for it indeed.
But they have however NOT done it with the new added things for lvl 31+, which would mean that they have worked less than someone getting to the same level after the update.

Hm?

I have both seen and personally used Trebs for bombarding people several times.

Just because YOU don’t use it like that doesn’t mean it is not used like that.

haviz.1340:

Please use “going to” instead of “will”, you are not someone who posses enough information to make that claim. For all we know fractals are going be dumbed down to cultivate the current gameplay that everyone loves.

Ah well, I suppose we should assume that ArenaNet is lying then, because I would say this make it quite clear that it will be harder:

Mistlock Instabilities:

As Dessa has always been quick to point out, diving into the Mists is a dangerous hobby! Playing above fractal level 30, you will notice new Mistlock Instabilities that will force you to rethink your approach to what might otherwise seem like familiar challenges.
Every level starting at 31 will have a new instability to conquer. This instability is tied to the fractal level, so it will be the same for all three fractals and the boss, but will be replaced by a new challenge when you move up to a new fractal level.
These instabilities should offer new and varied challenges, even to veterans of the Fractals of the Mists!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-for-the-fractals-of-the-mists/

haviz.1340:

I would really like to get so much inside info as you do. Constantly.

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

Also the difficulty scaling has been tweaked overall to create a slightly less difficult curve up to 50.

What he is saying however isn’t that it will be easier, he is saying that the curve will not be as steep.
And the fact remains that there WILL be new stuff added to lvl 31+ fractals that WILL make them harder.

Patrikan Habaton.2548:

Ok let’s say I have Access to the best so what Point is having Access to the best if we can’t complete it? if we’re to bad for the new Content we don’t get rewards Need to start low anyway .. if we can complete it there is no reason to resett us because we already put in effort to get up high to have a challenge and not to farm again lowere Levels if we can already complete higher difficulties

It is more a matter of the being able to get the best rewards while doing less work than others.
If you had lvl 50 unlocked you would able to get the lvl 40 rewards as soon as the update was released.
But someone that only had lvl 25 unlocked would need to do more and harder stuff in order to get access to the same content.

Tongku.5326:

This really should have been addressed before Season 1 started. What is happening now is many people are leaving T1 due to the ques, and stacking on the discounted servers skewing the matches even further.

It WAS addressed before the league started.

They reset levels simply because they are changing how fractals lvl 31+ works.
They will be harder with new challenges now, thus having access to the “best” (the highest currently seems to start dropping at lvl 40) rewards without having to do said challenges wouldn’t make sense

That is already fixed.
You will get rewards based on the server you were on the first time you logged in after season started.
Not the server you are playing on at the end.

I read it as parts of the Molten Alliance Facility (up and including the first boss) and Aetherblade Retreat (maybe that one up until first boss as well?) will be adding to the regular rotation.

There will also be boss-fight against Mai Trin and a fight against the end-bosses of Molten Alliance Facility added to the Boss-fractal (Currently only Maw) rotation.

I read that as an answer to the items (Monocle and Jetpack) but indeed it can be seen as referring to the Azurite as well.

TehPwnerer.7215:

Look at the threads with dev replies. Anthony already said this will not be included with the fractal update.

Hm?
I am rather sure he only stated that about the Jump-pack, but might be wrong, feel free to link.

Fafnir.5124:

molten is coming back as a boss final dudgeon so it might not

Partially true.
The molten facility is coming back as a fractal (at least the first part up until the first boss it seems) AND the two end-bosses will be added as a boss-fractal.

Most likely not, since it was said in another thread that this video was about 1 year old and supposed to be released back to introduce Fractals back at their original release.

If you had said lvl 50 I might have agreed slightly, but since you are now complaining about being lowered from a level you wasn’t even suppose to be able to attain you will most likely lose quite a bit of support.

Another thing to keep in mind is the unfairness of people needing to complete much harder 31+ levels in order to get to lvl 50 than someone that have already gotten to lvl 50.

Why assume they can’t add stuff with the Wintersday updates?

They are not punishing anyone.
And I would personally believe that the hardcore players would WELCOME the new changes, since they are quite clearly adding HARDCORE elements to lvl 31+, and based on the blog post it seems to be new different elements for ALL of the levels, so progressing through them does make sense, since one can assume that the elements will get harder and harder.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-for-the-fractals-of-the-mists/

Might be a good read for people, that does explain quite a bit of stuff.

LordByron.8369:

oh look they sneaked in more vertical progression…..
Best thing RNG based….

Since ascended wasn t enough…….

Hm?
What vertical progression are you talking about?
I might have missed something, but from what I can see there is no new vertical progression added.

Yes.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Magische Boek.2530:

i have 9 characters, 8 of those are equiped with a full set of unlimited gathering tools, one of those characters has the 2 new tools and is still waiting for the unlimited axe to come out. now with this new update to make them acount bound i’d like to sell 23 of my 26 unlimited harvesting tools. PLEASE give me my gems back… you dont know how mad i am right now! i could have had a frkn legendary -.-

thanks…

Please do submit a ticket. We want to take care of you and everyone else who might be in this same situation. If you submit the ticket and we verify that you meet the qualifications, simply follow the instructions in the support response and we’ll be happy to refund your gems!

I just ask this: This request is going to be pretty popular, so please allow a bit of extra time for the team to get to your ticket. We’re on it, and we will help! Thanks.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/where-do-i-sell-my-23-unlimited-gather-tools/first#post3193057

Why would you want to turn into a tree?
Or a furniture?
Or a Quaggan?

Transformation tonics are usually not really useful, but more like something fun, it also is quite useful in RP ^^

Why do people always talk about Gold to Gem ratio when discussing prices in the store?

The gemstore prices are not based around that ratio, it is based around the real life money cost of gems. Always have been, always will be.

ProtoGunner.4953:

We don’t know. No one has any idea why the develop this Living World no one asked for instead of developing the story they started with (dragons etc.). It makes no sense. It’s like Christopher Nolan started with Batman Begins and then never went on with the story, instead he made 30min episodes with Joker and Harley Quinn dancing in a field of flowers where butterflies and honey bees fly to the stars hand in hand.

Rather ironic that you would use Nolans Batman as an example seeing as Batman Begins have very little to do with The Dark Knight…..

Also what makes you so sure that they aren’t developing the story with Dragons?
For all we know Scarlet is somehow tied to the overall story of the Dragons (such as working against them or something like that).

Verow.6904:

I hope they will give as ascended armors and armor crafting 500 but I m afraid that fractals and ascended armor is to much to ask in 1 update.

I dont think we are going to see Scarlet in this patch but she will be back in 1 month for sure

It would make sense however, since Ascended tier was released with Fractals so it would be quite logical to release the last pieces with an update to Fractals.

As for Scarlet I would say it is much more likely that she will turn up in this update (even though I don’t find it likely at all) than in the update in a month, due to Wintersday and such.

Those notes are most likely not true.
They turned up soon after stuff from last patch were datamined, and they more or less only posts things that were revealed from that.

There is also no mentioning about the Fractals, which is most likely the major part of the update.

It would indeed be quite logical to increase the requirements of said items, since it would be quite silly that you could create something Legendary at a certain skill, but being able to create “less awesome” weapons required more skill.

cesmode.4257:

They have means at their disposal to encourage us to play in whatever zones we want. I’ve detailed a few suggestions in the Collab Dev thread. They can build on that fundamental idea.
It CAN be done.

But there will always be one or a few zones that are superior for farming/whatever and those zones will always be the target for most people.

Arnath.2319:

they normally release it now tho, im from Australia so different times and all that, but they usually have the release page up by now, normally around 3am Tuesday Australian time every single week they either have the patch or the release page, today its super late.

They have NEVER released an update preview-page this early. They tend to release them during the day/evening CET. Which is about 15+ hours from now.

The only exception was Nightmare Within, which was revealed during the morning CET for some reason.

It even says “Check back on November 19 for more details!” and it is about 12h before November 19 even starts over there ^^

cesmode.4257:

So. Fireheart Rise
Iron Marches
Caledon Forest
Metrica Province
Wayferer Hills
Mount Maelstrom
Timberline Falls

Log into any of these zones and tell me the world is alive.
Don’t mistake the illusion of zerging for LS achievements and coin for a living world. Yes, these two zones, along with MAYBE Orr and Frostgorge, are the only zones considered populated. All other areas are as empty as a beer glass on Thirsty Thursday.
Not even opinion anymore. I guested to some servers, checked out these maps. Empty. Go on your home server and look at some of these zones. Maybe you find someone leveling or map completing. I bet you won’t find someone completing events because he/she genuinely wants to complete events there.

But what can they do?
People will always swarm the most rewarding/newest content.

So no matter how much they change and add people will leave it when it is no longer cool.

Arnath.2319:

Is it just me or is the preview for next weeks patch unusually late this week? Normally we get the page preview few hours ago.

Maybe they are making some last minute changes to the release page.

Or maybe it is Monday and not Tuesday? ^^

Fafnir.5124:

Didn’t scarlet truly come after the vote? Maybe we wouldn’t have gotten scarlet at all.

No, she was mentioned several times before the voting started.
Once even by name.