Guild Wars 2

This issue of being kicked does not happen often enough to need a buff. IF you are being kicked on a regular basis then perhaps its a L2P issue and stick with guildies carrying you instead.

If I ever have to pug 49 or 50 fractal I friend the players I don’t know in case they decide to kick me. It’s never happened but I want to be able to bash them if it does.

Dont just jump into full zerker build. You may have experience running with zergs in WvW but the dungeon mechanics will still be new to you. I would suggest a version of zerk before full zerker build. I use PVT gear with Scholar runes and zerker everything else. With food I still crit every time.

K, ^ That’s trolling! Dredge is too long when you have to spend time doing other fractals as well. Doing 49 daily I will always do it the quickest way possible. Any griefers get the boot. Time is money.

Last week I was shy about 100 gold in materials. Yesterday while doing the frostgorge zerging I netted The Lover. Sold for 450g. I am now the proud owner of Sunrise and I still have 350g in the bank. WOOT!

The tokens are used for gear and weapons. Token trading would allow a player to get level 80 gear that they did not earn. As well, this would mean that I could run easy paths in lower level dungeons then trade to get level 80 rares which I could break down for ectos. I don’t see this ever happening.

I posted 4 months ago everything I needed. This is the update. I need 120 ectos, 130 piles of crystalline dust and 80 scales. I will have Sunrise with those items.

LordByron.8369:

Consider how it removes 15 from your AR ….
breather + underwater weapons…..seems a good reason to being avoidable.

Next to impossible to get hit with Agony in that fractal.

That’s right. Plenty of players complain that the content is too easy. Why not have a dungeon for end game content controlled by several Devs or players who play the role of the bosses. I understand this would be limited instances or limited to certain worlds but how difficult would it be to implement? Maybe others can expand on this idea?

notabot.3497:

zerotwo.4731:

notabot.3497:

Well if you use your dungeon tokens to buy lvl 70+ rare armor and salvage them for ectos you can do OK for increasing your dungeon yields. You can also buy rabid,soldiers and a couple other stat group exotic weapons to salvage for ectos and inscriptions (not every time salvage, but they go for about 3-4 gold when you get them). So about 2 gold per run, some ectos/inscriptions, it adds up pretty quick. If you have good MF you can get some good drop rates too. I get 1-3 yellows from mobs in most paths now, and every 3-5 runs I get exotic drops, with a MF that is only 120 atm. Still, can only do that for a few hours because I run out of fast runs. My first legendary weapon took 3 months from start of actually doing it to finish, my second is 95 percent done and I only started 3 weeks ago and don’t play on weekends.

Tokens can be used to get 70 and 80 exotics. COF tokens and arah tokens.

Exotics cost more. Don’t really have a high enough ecto rate to justify spending so much more on them if are only going for the money/ecto. CoE, and HotW also work for the 70+ level that you need for ecto salvages.

Yeah, my bad. I meant the rares not exotics. I do runs of the higher dungeons just to get ectos to finish off the T6 materials I need for Sunrise.

Lets be honest, you don’t even need the armor. It’s just a race to see who can get a full set first. We currently have no content where this armor will benefit you so relax. You should have expected time gating when ascended weapons came out.

notabot.3497:

Well if you use your dungeon tokens to buy lvl 70+ rare armor and salvage them for ectos you can do OK for increasing your dungeon yields. You can also buy rabid,soldiers and a couple other stat group exotic weapons to salvage for ectos and inscriptions (not every time salvage, but they go for about 3-4 gold when you get them). So about 2 gold per run, some ectos/inscriptions, it adds up pretty quick. If you have good MF you can get some good drop rates too. I get 1-3 yellows from mobs in most paths now, and every 3-5 runs I get exotic drops, with a MF that is only 120 atm. Still, can only do that for a few hours because I run out of fast runs. My first legendary weapon took 3 months from start of actually doing it to finish, my second is 95 percent done and I only started 3 weeks ago and don’t play on weekends.

Tokens can be used to get 70 and 80 exotics. COF tokens and arah tokens.

notabot.3497:

Stacking is older than WP rushing.

Then they certainly help promote stacking don’t they.

The ascended gear is suppose to drop more frequently as you get in the higher lvls but I have done all 10 lvls in the 30s and only seen them drop twice( not for me).

Anet created stacking when they eliminated the ability to spawn while players were in combat. Forcing quick kills and rezzing.

Pulling to make a group smaller and stack for buffs.

The only way Anet could get players to stop stacking would be to have the dungeon path different EVERY time you entered it.Doing battles you never fought before would be the only way. Stacking allows us to get done that tedious dungeon path we do as a daily run. Some of this is achieved in fractals where within the fractal you can go different paths but since its not random enough players choose to stack for the buffs and quick kill.

My ele rocks! I have no problem in PvP. Going D/D with water trait solves a lot of the healing issues. It may take longer to kill and you have to constantly cast to get all benefits, I still prefer it over warrior. As for weapon swap. Granted you can’t switch to another weapon but swap works when changing attunement. Very rarely am I in cooldown and I can survive multiple attackers with ease.

Pure and simple. Time is money.

I had this problem till one of the members of my group destroyed something that was covered by a texture. Like it was buried by the hillside.

I would understand the argument about the exploding presents if you didn’t get an area to stand in and wait. PPL should not be complaining. Yes, it’s random. Don’t try to figure it out. Just be the first to go (usually just before the blue presents show up) and you won’t have a problem.

The problem I’m finding is that I get to a point where I’m waiting for the snowflakes to spawn in front of me as I jump. I guess this is to control the time you arrive at the present boxes but who knows. For me its annoying.

If your fast enough you can complete the JP 20 times before the timer runs out. I found the clock tower much more difficult. TBH, this puzzle ends after the gift boxes that explode. From there its a cake walk.

Meh, ill save them then. Thx for the response.

Has anyone broken down the pristine relics to regular relics? and what is the amount you get in return?

You can get away with 50ar at level 40. If you are currently at 40 then you already have a bunch of +1 infusions. It won’t take long to make your own to +10. I already have 36 of the infusions and I only casually play GW2. It isn’t expensive to make the infusions either. Your only buying the one item from the vendor at 15s. He gives you 10 and it only requires 1 of those during each craft of an infusion.

The fact that it gives more money back in return from its use and that you can get ectos from rares. The sigil issue that you ppl keep bringing up is e relevant. Sell the stuff or destroy it. If the SoM acts as a mystic salvage kit then I want to know if this was intended.

I suggest doing lower lvls so that you can do more runs for the time you are online. I did this to complete my achievements.

Not seen a drop higher then +1.

Cliffside on lvl 39 is tough too. The instability is enemies explode when dead. The funny thing about the instability is you can’t dodge it. Sure you can roll before you blows up but you can’t evade. Half way through a roll you get knocked back. Kill 5 chanters and your dead from the explosions. We were able to get past after some tweaking to our method but it was not easy.

I suggest for the OP to use as much condition damage as possible. It may mean changing some traits and not doing as much direct damage. Even go as far as using up some of the defense traits and vitality traits.

Ethics.4519:

Romo.3709:

Ethics.4519:

zerotwo.4731:

Poor comparison. The player base did not “Hack” to get the salvage o matic to work as it does currently. If it turns out to b e a mistake on Anets part then it will get reverted back in a small patch. You people are so paranoid.

People who salvaged snowflakes did not “hack” to get the snowflake and salvage kits. Yet they were all banned. Anet seems pretty clear on this stance.

If I was to salvage a rare armor and get some materials and rare armor back, then I can see how that would be an exploit. Otherwise, a few extra copper is barely any excuse of an exploit.

Oh, so it doesn’t really count if you only exploit a little. Okay, crystal clear now. Thanks.

Its not an exploit. Nobody needed to change anything for this to happen. Most players are not even aware of it. How could a player abuse the SoM like the looping ectos from snowflakes? Not the same. Unless your going out of your way to purchase hundreds of rares to break down for ectos with the salvage o matic then I can’t see what the problem is. Your not even saving much money since it still costs 3c to use. Ppl were making lots of gold with the snowflake issue. The only point that these two issues share is the fact that Anet made a mistake.

Ethics.4519:

Psycho Robot.7835:

Nobody is in danger of being banned for this bug, if it is even a bug. What would Anet have us do? Not use our CFSoM? Just because we get more essentially worthless sigils and runes? Nah.

Yes

Essentially worthless is not the same thing as worthless. An unfair advantage is still an advantage no matter how big or small.

If I were hacking in wvw in order to do 2% more damage, would that be worthy of a ban? I mean, it’s just 2%, not like 100% or anything.

It’s still an abuse of a game bug for monetary gain.

Poor comparison. The player base did not “Hack” to get the salvage o matic to work as it does currently. If it turns out to b e a mistake on Anets part then it will get reverted back in a small patch. You people are so paranoid.

Agreed, still a problem. I tested it out and found I could totally log out to desktop and get back in. So, unless the instance owner decides he does not want to go back in or can no longer reconnect to the internet then the party gets disbanded. I think you would agree this is rare. If you are doing well as a party then it stands to reason that the party leader would reconnect to get back in. I can’t clarify the exact time it takes to consider the player gone. Someone said it was 15 mins.

I got a weapon not a skin.

If you watch the live stream for fractals one of the questions covered this topic. It was said that they are aware of the issue and were possibly making them salvageable. It won’t be for a bit yet but don’t sell them to the vendor just yet.

just skip this instability. Unless you want to have this problem.

Last night at lvl 36 final boss. 1 white and 4 greens. Bonus chest just had the regular rewards. After 45 mins I was hoping to see at least a rare.

It is not fair to say they don’t deserve to have final rewards. When grouping most players are assuming they are in it to the end. It’s like saying the players don’t deserve rewards if I had to continually pick them up from the downed state. It’s part of the game. I think it is safe to say if you wouldn’t drop from a final boss to miss rewards then you shouldn’t kick an unsuspecting player for the same thing.

If the leader DC’s or go’s offline he no longer is party leader and it does not effect the remaining members of the group. The person who opens fractals can even leave the instance to repair now as long as they don’t change the character they are using. Are you sure your not being kicked?

did you finish before your reset?

Level 30 is in the same bracket as level 28. This is new since the patch.

It would make sense to have them extremely rare. So many ppl are doing FotM now. Players have to feel like they won the lottery when they get one as a drop. Unless its a trident, just leave it in the chest.

During the live stream they mentioned that the boxes would drop like shards do. Not a reward for finishing. Even if thats the case I haven’t seen anyone get one yet.

Clark Skinner.4902:

It’s fine if that’s what their plan was. I just would have liked warning.

It’ll be even harder to get a fractal group now though, as we’ll have to escort lowbies up many times before they can do 11+. It feels like a lot of sacrifice for the higher level players to play with lower levels. I feel encouraged to say “sucks to the lower levels” and lump in with the elitist crowd. And the lower levels will just not bother doing fractals if they have to bumble through it without someone experienced. :/

The warning was clear when they shot a live stream and told us agony was adjusted. As well as dropping all fractal players down to level 30 since the difficulty had changed with the addition of instabilities.

Evaxx.6807:

Yeah but it’s not only in the begining of the fight she does it

Which is the same for all boss fights. Maw also hits for more agony later in the fight. Sounds like you don’t have enough AR to play those levels anyway.

Well don’t bother with the ascended rings. Switch some of your ascended items to a simple infusion and get to level 20 for the infused ring drops.

Keep in mind players have had the time to get ascended items with laurels for months now. The slots they are using for useless bumps can now be switched to a simple 5AR from the vendor inside fractals. For 75 relics it wouldn’t take long to get what you need from lower levels before moving past level 11.

Did shaman last night and I had to level my camera angle to see both the shaman and where I was stepping. Very annoying but possible.

Marna Nindar.8120:

Azure Prower.8701:

Anet stated those who already had an infused item would have the free +5 agony upon update.

New infused items would be blank. This is working as intended.

Yes, but that isn’t the point of this thread. We know that it works as intended.

The point is simply the base amount of AR that newly crafted / acquired infused items get, wich is gone from 5 to 0, and getting those 5 back currently costs around 5G.

Infused rings did not go from 5 to 0. They went from 10 to 5 with an empty slot. I understand your complaint but after doing level 31 and 32 of fractals i can see how easy it is to get the infusions. The change happens to be no different then if you had been dropped an infused ring and then had to fill the extra slot with a versatile simple infusion. It still gets dropped with only 5AR and an empty slot. When an ascended ring drops it only has 5AR as I understand it since I don’t do fractals under 20.

This is a good move. Ive done daily fractal runs, when I can, since its release. Bumping us down to 30 is ok with me. I would have no drive to do anything but 48 if they didn’t. Since its possible the content will be more difficult it only makes sense to learn the new challenges and earn your way back to the top.