Beginner Experience Collection

[YtseJam.9784]

Yeah you have to make sure that your effective level is at 10 or below. Also I noticed that probably the drop rate goes down cause you only roll on the ones you are missing. I never got a repeated one after I equipped it, but 8+ hours to get 2 items is kinda too much.

[Kronos.3695]

> @"YtseJam.9784" said:

> Yeah you have to make sure that your effective level is at 10 or below. Also I noticed that probably the drop rate goes down cause you only roll on the ones you are missing. I never got a repeated one after I equipped it, but 8+ hours to get 2 items is kinda too much.

 

Do you know if every mob under (or at) level 10 is ok to kill? I've tried on different groups but I don't know if I want to waste time anymore.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

If the mobs are at L10, you may be down-leveled (if using a higher level character) to L11 or L12. It's best to check your character rather than the mobs.

[Elusive.5817]

It's quite ironic this is called, 'Beginner Experience Collection'. Like most on here, I destroyed some of the items after opening, without realising I needed to equip them as part of the achievement, now I can't complete it. Beginner Experience Collection.

[Zaklex.6308]

> @"YtseJam.9784" said:

> Well I've farmed for 7 hours straight, on a new toon that was lvl 1 when i started, it's level 20 now, and I've only got 1 of the 2 I dropped... this is messed up. Done all the 5 starter zone areas that you were supposed to do for the collection, the ones that you are 10 or lower... I put a support ticket to see what they say.

 

You're suffering from diminishing returns, you need to switch the mobs you kill and zones on a regular basis otherwise you eventually start to get nothing at all.

[YtseJam.9784]

> @"Zaklex.6308" said:

> > @"YtseJam.9784" said:

> > Well I've farmed for 7 hours straight, on a new toon that was lvl 1 when i started, it's level 20 now, and I've only got 1 of the 2 I dropped... this is messed up. Done all the 5 starter zone areas that you were supposed to do for the collection, the ones that you are 10 or lower... I put a support ticket to see what they say.

>

> You're suffering from diminishing returns, you need to switch the mobs you kill and zones on a regular basis otherwise you eventually start to get nothing at all.

 

Yeah that was not it, I know how DR works, I redid all 5 zones with 2 different toons so I was always fighting new mobs in new areas and maps.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

If the Wiki is incorrect in explaining how Diminishing Returns works, why don't you update the Wiki? There's a tab on each page just for 'Leave Feedback Here'. I'm sure we would all like to know how it really works.

[Yasi.9065]

For every little shit one-time-unlock item we get a confirm dialogue before delete... and when its needed, theres nothing... Anet *NotLikeThis*

Ah yes, and here's some more positivity... so I wouldnt completly waste my time farming those shitty boxes with shitty gear in them, I went for animals that drop 500 cooking meat... got roughly 60 of those and 24 rares... so for whoever that still has to do it... have fun :+1:

[Kronos.3695]

> @"Yasi.9065" said:

> For every little kitten one-time-unlock item we get a confirm dialogue before delete... and when its needed, theres nothing... Anet *NotLikeThis*

> Ah yes, and here's some more positivity... so I wouldnt completly waste my time farming those kitten boxes with kitten gear in them, I went for animals that drop 500 cooking meat... got roughly 60 of those and 24 rares... so for whoever that still has to do it... have fun :+1:

 

That's one of the main issues with this collection.

I'm still getting things from legendary precursors collection even if I've completed them all, and when they add a new achivement in the game like this they don't add a confirmation...

[aspirine.6852]

> @"Dominus.6320" said:

> gloves, panties and boots for me... :'( i think ill skip and forget the achi for a year or two and maybe we get vendor who can sell them by that time

 

Been playing this game for a while now. Never saw panties drop for me ?

[Jewel.4850]

Like a lot of other people, when the first couple of collection boxes that dropped, I selected whichever skin I did not already have unlocked (heavy armour) and deleted the item because I was using a low level ranger. I did not know until later that they needed to be equipped.

 

Since then I have completed all the maps required, and farmed for around 3 hours a day for 3 days and not one single box has dropped.

 

I have created a new character each time, farmed until it reaches 10 and deleted it, rinse and repeat - which should avoid diminishing returns. This is fast becoming the most frustrating achievement yet.

 

Please do something with the drop rate.

[Kronos.3695]

> @"Jewel.4850" said:

> Like a lot of other people, when the first couple of collection boxes that dropped, I selected whichever skin I did not already have unlocked (heavy armour) and deleted the item because I was using a low level ranger. I did not know until later that they needed to be equipped.

>

> Since then I have completed all the maps required, and farmed for around 3 hours a day for 3 days and not one single box has dropped.

>

> I have created a new character each time, farmed until it reaches 10 and deleted it, rinse and repeat - which should avoid diminishing returns. This is fast becoming the most frustrating achievement yet.

>

> Please do something with the drop rate.

 

It's quite pointless, I've been farming for several hours and didn't get any on the chests back.

Only a fix on the droprate or a vendor for who, like me, deleted the items could be the solution.

[Dominus.6320]

i kind of caved in already and went to finish the achi :# i didn't search for million different places but i think i grinded like 3-5hours of svanirs and got the all last pieces (1 item a day because its boring) at wayfarer Foothills ( Outcast's Waypoint — [&BHIBAAA=]) ; you can just go in there with any alt it scales you down to lvl8. Just kill the svanir groups outside +inside the cave B)

[Kronos.3695]

> @"Dominus.6320" said:

> i kind of caved in already and went to finish the achi :# i didn't search for million different places but i think i grinded like 3-5hours of svanirs and got the all last pieces (1 item a day because its boring) at wayfarer Foothills ( Outcast's Waypoint — [&BHIBAAA=]) ; you can just go in there with any alt it scales you down to lvl8. Just kill the svanir groups outside +inside the cave B)

 

I've tried to kill mobs there for 4 hours, got only one piece out of three and then I gave up.

I go now and then to try to get lucky since the mobs respawn really fast, but this achievement is a pain in the ass to complete...

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

It would be probably be better if you moved around, as Diminishing Returns will affect your drops if you stay in the same area.

 

Diminishing Returns affects: Loot from enemies, in which foes tend to drop less loot of progressively lower quality, for a character remaining in the same area for long periods of time.

[robertthebard.8150]

> @"XYLO.7031" said:

> I made the same mistake for the wristguards. Had to reroll my tutorial toon. My concern is: how will a pure beginner even realize this achievement if they don't have something directing them to the achievement panel?

>

> Is there a highlight, tooltip, or huge blinking arrow for brand new accounts that will lead them to this information in-game? Can anyone verify?

 

I got a popup about it the first time I dropped one of the boxes that I could click to take me to the achievement page, and then read what it was, and what else was there.

[MediumRaw.6802]

Does anyone know if this is fixed already? Still need the gloves :'(

[YtseJam.9784]

there's nothing to fix, you just have to go kill stuff in areas that your effective level is 10 or below until it drops

[Kronos.3695]

> @"YtseJam.9784" said:

> there's nothing to fix, you just have to go kill stuff in areas that your effective level is 10 or below until it drops

 

Actually there is a real problem with the drop rate of the items once you got them once.

If you read the comments, you'll see that there's not a prompt blocking you to delete the items like many collection related, so once you've done it, you'll have to literally spend hours to be able to get them.

 

I missed 3 items when I started, now I miss one, but I've spent a total of 10 hours in different areas (to avoid DR) to be able to get them.

[Loboling.5293]

I just brought a third character through the starting zones and no luck... It's really bad drop rate. I even posted a bug report, because it's so damn annoying.

 

I'm debating using one of my rangers to afk farm in a low level zone, it might be the only solution that doesn't involve wasting too much more time. Although I still need to be by my computer to keep my character from going afk.

 

This is so absurd for a new player experience...

[YtseJam.9784]

> @"Kronos.3695" said:

> > @"YtseJam.9784" said:

> > there's nothing to fix, you just have to go kill stuff in areas that your effective level is 10 or below until it drops

>

> Actually there is a real problem with the drop rate of the items once you got them once.

> If you read the comments, you'll see that there's not a prompt blocking you to delete the items like many collection related, so once you've done it, you'll have to literally spend hours to be able to get them.

>

> I missed 3 items when I started, now I miss one, but I've spent a total of 10 hours in different areas (to avoid DR) to be able to get them.

 

Yeah I know about the problem, I was the one that started this whole thread because of it. I was being sarcastic with my comment because there hasn't been any action from ANET about this.

[Witch of Doom.5739]

Count me in as someone who saw what I thought was junk and deleted it all when I saw I couldn't salvage it. Needs a better explanation, although I'm not gonna lose sleep over it.

[monts.2189]

Dam Arenanet fix this thing

[Josh.7816]

Still no fix I take it?

[vitam.1234]

I have the same problem. Been farming on low level areas, but no drops.