Jong.5937

argh! so still if you unlock the skin but don't actually equip you don't get this. Yes, I know that is exactly what it says, lol, but it seems needlessly pedantic. Item obtained and account bound should be sufficient surely.

Just cashed in 4800 exotic luck with 708 MF. I got .67c per luck excluding the one exotic backpack that dropped. Got zero of the "valuable" trophies! So, pretty rare! If I hadn't got that one nice item it would have been (just) worse than Drooburt, but obviously saving a whole lot of clicking! With the one 6g+ item I got .74c per luck, so a small profit. _But, again, that is with 700 MF_

> @"hugeboss.5432" said: > **I would do alot more DRMs/Strikes/Raids, if they moved all these small scale instances out into open public maps and converted them into map meta events instead.** (I don't like smallscale instanced content, its doesn't give the "GW2 atmosphere". Every game has smallscale instanced content, and there are much better ones out there for that.) > Yep, these really are old school open world "current events" just made a lot less fun by sticking them in a 5-man instance. I'll do them for a few days but not more than that. One other thing that would get me to spend a bit more time is if the volcanic stormcaller weapons were worth even trying for! The current drop rate for a not particularly special weapon set is, as someone said on page 1, _insane_. Yes, I know we don't need to bother with it, but if the point of it is to get people doing the DRMs it clearly is not working! Someone else has probably suggested the same or better already, but I'd say you should just get a chest that gives you a choice of a weapon for each 3 DRMs or full CM DRMs you complete. The whole set would then take 48 DRMs, which is a reasonable grind that a significantly greater number of people (not everyone clearly!) might buy into.

500 DRMs to earn a mastery point anyone???

You can buy the weapons too on tp. Only ~4500g for the set and mastery point!

The video DOES say Ebon Vanguard are in Chapter One, so I reckon new faction next week, then Wintersday 2 weeks later. But it is a guess!

If I think about it as 1/4 of a normal release, then the short story is just fine - good even. I agree, good voice acting and well written (for a game!). But, I do have an issue with the DRMs. They have switched from 10 player instances, in strike missions, to parties, but they didn't even think of a decent way to party up. Right now it feels like 2012 and people are shouting for party members in EoTM map chat, or playing the lottery of public instances! The missions were fine _once_ but don't feel very repeatable, at least once you have got a proper party together and done the CMs. Repeating just for the RNG on the Volcanic Stormcaller weapon boxes does not feel good! I agree with those who don't understand why these could not have been actually in the world, like previous interim events, instead of instanced.

Yes, I'm sure the price for those weapons will drop over time. Still, one of the most bonkers ways of handing out mastery points so far! If the weapons box was guaranteed and you needed to do 16 missions (or even if you got 'shards' from each mission and you needed 2x or 3x for a weapon box). But low chance RNG. or the option of straight up buying a 'mastery' point is not good!

> @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > @"Swagger.1459" said: > > > @"Jilora.9524" said: > > > Like I have the gold but why would I dump 70+ gold each weapon plus the time gate to acquire the new lodestones. 50 orich ingots 10 ecto per lodestone. > > > I legit bought the mark and pact black lion entire sets for less then 1000g and you get 14 tickets back like 560g back and you then think hey complete the new set for 20 AP and 12 AGs is somehow worthy of our gold. > > > I know alot will do these but just another set I'll skip because you think making these new weapons expensive instead of shaft hilt 4g inscription 5 ectos or something reasonable adds to your game. Well it doesn't > > > > This is what we call an _optional_ material sink. Material sinks like these are necessary for the game. > It would be far more optional if there wasn't a mastery point locked behind it. > > > @"zealex.9410" said: > And it's due to this that locking mastery points after the 1000g weapon collection feels especially jarring. It seems to me the MP is locked behind crazy RNG or, right now, buying weapons at a total cost, of ~2700g on the TP! The Dragon Slayer weapons, that I think the OP was talking about, only award 20AP! better to ignore the weapons and keep the (decent) rewards for unlocking the recipes!

Pretty sure it will change next week. It looks like the DRMs will move around the world on a 7 day rotation, each one with a different faction needing support. It could be the start of a "weekly meta", where one map gets somewhat boosted rewards and so boosted population, which, in this instance, I think is better than changing it daily (less grindy).

Putting the wrong node in the home instance has happened about 3 or 4 times already so I wouldn't be surprised if it's a mistake and gets fixed so we get 3. Yes, I know this node isn't used in the open world right now, but may well be later.