"memory game" mastery points and short term memory disabilties

[dusanyu.4057]

I hope a Anet staff reads this.

I hearche the point where i have to get the springer to continue in the story, but to so this i have to master the level 3 jump. mastery i am currently one point away from this however, the only mastery points i can reach without the springer require memory game type play which posed a isse for some like me whom suffered a drain injury due to a I.E.D. plese concider adding more "ground level" masteries that don't require memory game play.

 

Thank you a Long time fan

[Danikat.8537]

Could you ask a friend or someone from your guild to help you? They could do it with you and show you what to do.

[Makai.3429]

How far along in the story is this? I haven't started PoF yet (messing around at work at the moment), but if you are still stuck, I would be glad to help you once I reach that point.

[Donari.5237]

I hope the OP can find someone to aid. The problem may be in the MP being "instanced" (phased?) to the player. I'm not sure the one with the lighting up consoles lights up for anyone not doing the puzzle. If it did, the helper could run to the correct sequence for the OP to follow.

 

An idea: Get on voice chat with a friend. Assign numbers to the six glowing consoles (I used 1 2 3 from left up to apex, then 4 5 6 coming back down the right side). Say the number out loud as it lights up, then have your friend repeat that sequence to tell you which ones to run to. (I just said it out loud to myself and repeated it as I ran, but my short term memory lasts long enough for that to work for me). I saw someone during beta suggest writing the numbers down as they light, then using that sequence to repeat. Depends on how legibly you can scrawl numbers in a hurry.

[Tekey.7946]

I don't exactly know how your situation looks like but maybe this could be a solution: record a video of the sequence and rewatch it as often as needed/stop the video after each step.

Is there a time limit to the mastery point?

[Spurnshadow.3678]

Just grab a pen and paper. Assign numbers 1-6 for the points. Write 1-6 when it lights up. then you have your point of reference on the paper. Dunno what's so hard about this, especially if you do have a memory problem, I'd expect you to be using notes for everything.

[dusanyu.4057]

tried it they mover too quick for me to keep up and they time out before the video idea works

[Aurelian Omenkind.2470]

I’m going to wager there will be an overabundance of MPs so that some can be skipped to avoid the truly maddening frustration for players that struggle with certain content. This is why the airship MP in VB remains unfinished by me as well as several silver and gold adventure rewards. Yet I was able to finally get my last non-raid mastery this week.

[dusanyu.4057]

thanks to a great person who stood on the collom at the beginning of desert highlands MP for me to use a TP to friend i now have the springer and can move on wit the story! that is if the odd resets stop LOL

[Makai.3429]

> @dusanyu.4057 said:

> thanks to a great person who stood on the collom at the beginning of desert highlands MP for me to use a TP to friend i now have the springer and can move on wit the story! that is if the odd resets stop LOL

 

Great. Glad you were able to get help.

[horstyv.2587]

What helped for me was drawing six small circles on a piece of paper and then number them, just like the sequence.

[xarallei.4279]

Wait they put in another stupid puzzle type thing for mastery points? Really? Why Anet? Why?

[Tekey.7946]

> @xarallei.4279 said:

> Wait they put in another stupid puzzle type thing for mastery points? Really? Why Anet? Why?

 

Well, this puzzle in particular is a reference to the teleport mechanism of the Crystal Desert in Guild Wars Prophecies, that's how it worked back then. There's also an NPC who talks about the good old times if I remember correctly from the demo

 

https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Teleporter

[Jam.3258]

Draw six circles in the same positions as the consoles. Do several sets. When the first console lights up, put your pen on the respective circle. When the next console lights up, draw a line to the next respective circle. Keep going until the last console is done and draw an arrow head on the end of your line. Then just follow the arrow to active the consoles in the correct order.

[Hevoskuuri.3891]

I couldn't do this without cheating, and I don't even have a disability lol.

 

I think it's a great little game for a mastery point, it's not really challenging but may take a few tries to get. And, is cheatable with a pen and paper, of course.

[Hesacon.8735]

You own a smartphone in 2017, record it and play it back.

[dusanyu.4057]

> @Hesacon.8735 said:

> You own a smartphone in 2017, record it and play it back.

 

I don't own a smartphone the only phone i own is the type that hangs on a wall.

[sacredninja.5236]

it took me a bit to get this MP done, as for ppl with short term memory issues, this MP is not instanced, and other ppl near you wont be able to help as they dont see the consoles light up for u

[MrWubzy.3587]

> @dusanyu.4057 said:

> I hope a Anet staff reads this.

> I hearche the point where i have to get the springer to continue in the story, but to so this i have to master the level 3 jump. mastery i am currently one point away from this however, the only mastery points i can reach without the springer require memory game type play which posed a isse for some like me whom suffered a drain injury due to a I.E.D. plese concider adding more "ground level" masteries that don't require memory game play.

>

> Thank you a Long time fan

 

Something one of my guildies mentioned to me helped me a ton (I also suffer from bad short-term memory). Assign a number to each of the bells (for example the top left one is #1, the one below that is #2, etc.) and say the number to yourself when that specific bell sounds off. It took me a few tries but after using that system I eventually got it.