Core Halloween Festival Lunatic Racer Achievement can only be done with Path Of Fire Mounts

I'm pretty sure the title says it all, but I don't remember seeing any core game achievements being tied to gliding from Heat of Thorns, so I am not sure why there is an achievement and an armor box being tied to Path of Fire only players.

The race has to be finished within 2 minutes, maybe they could either up the time, (so it could be run), or maybe "lend" players a mount for the duration of the race.

Or buy PoF?

Agree with the sentiment, buy the expansion.

There's nothing wrong with having something tied to mounts in Halloween.

Personally I don't like that they did this. I also don't like that they allowed mounts and gliding in the labyrinth. I have PoF.

Ignore what I originally said.

@RoseofGilead.8907 said:While doing it with mounts is waaaaaaaaay easier, it's doable without them. I watched my husband do it.

Under 2 minutes?

I did it on foot, nowhere near 2 mins. On the plus side it looks like with the one vendor we can buy recipes to craft that last piece to complete the set.

@Yargesh.4965 said:

@RoseofGilead.8907 said:While doing it with mounts is waaaaaaaaay easier, it's doable without them. I watched my husband do it.

Ohhh. I misread the thread. He finished the race, but not in the 2 minutes no. So, yeah, that achievement doesn't seem to be doable without mounts.

@Ayrilana.1396 said:Or buy PoF?

I think you missed the point. I own PoF.

They purposefully avoided putting in HoT Masteries, gliding or updrafts into PoF so if you didn't own HoT, you could still experience the content, so I am not sure they put one PoF mastery into the Core game.

@udoh.5307 said:

@Ayrilana.1396 said:Or buy PoF?

Because it's fun? There's no rule that all achievements outside of an expansion zone must be able to be completed without any expansion. That's pretty limiting.

It's just a single achievement. Someone invested in the game enough to care should just buy PoF if they don't own it.

For this race, perhaps ANet should have included a 'borrow mount' option. That way anyone can participate, and those who don't yet own PoF may be enticed to do so after using the mount :)

They don't "rent" mounts. You want em, buy POF.

Can you use the executioner axe?

@Drecien.4508 said:They don't "rent" mounts. You want em, buy POF.

That's actually incorrect, you get to "rent" every mount before you buy it, it's how you do the quests to get the mounts.

@Day Trooper.3605 said:For this race, perhaps ANet should have included a 'borrow mount' option. That way anyone can participate, and those who don't yet own PoF may be enticed to do so after using the mount :)

I like this idea.

I guess this is why we cant have nice things, its impossible to cater ALL content to everyone, so obviously theres always gonna be a few people left out.Buy PoF.. or not.. your choice

I think the OP's point is that there's a core festival with a skin tied to an achievement that's gated behind purchase. There are four ways to address that complaint:

• ANet offers "borrowed" mounts available in the Lab (without masteries, probably still challenging to finish in under 2 minutes).
• ANet changes the requirement so that Lunatic Racer can be completed without a mount.
• ANet renames the category, "Lunatic Wardrobe" to "Path of Fire Lunatic Wardrobe", thus clarifying their (presumed) intent.
• The OP renames the category in their head, pretending that ANet was less ambiguous to start with.

The fourth can be done today and doesn't require convincing anyone else, although of course it's unsatisfying as it's a work-around.

(There's also 5 AP and 3 ToT bags in Halloween Rituals, but that seems less important. It's not as if all achievements have been 100% accessible generally.)

The OP didn't mention that the Mad King's Clock Tower is also a requirement for the wardrobe and that's probably going to gate a whole lot of people (I know that I've never managed to complete it, so I'm a lot less worried about any of the other requirements).

Find a lot of mesmers for a portal chain? :D

@udoh.5307 said:

@Drecien.4508 said:They don't "rent" mounts. You want em, buy POF.

Well, so go to PoF maps, then... oh wait.

You want gliding? Buy HoT. You want mounts? Buy PoF. It's that simple.

@Drecien.4508 said:They don't "rent" mounts. You want em, buy POF.

Actually that's not a half bad idea, and they've done similar before, in the first halloween you could rent the rare drop skins to use during the event.

I play the game since 2014, i payed vanilla and decided to not buy Hot and PoF.

i have difficulty stay in train with other people in Labyrint by foot but im fine; im not fine is with race in labyrint, is something that i tryed to do by food but even checkpoint didnt work to mark my way.

I feel now a little exlused, that all. Just a report for a normal player, no beg no asking for nothing.

I think it's just an oversight to be honest. They thought adding the race would be a simple, nice addition. And, like SOOOO many things, they just overlooked that the festival is a CORE game event and they added a PoF gate for 1 armor item.

add a superspeed boost to every checkpoint and ppl w/o mounts would be able to complete with easy

Yeah, I'm not super fond of this either. It's a fun event, but I think that having borrowed mounts available for the race is a good solution. Allowing mounts in the lab in the first place is another topic, but spoiler: I don't like it. Yes, I own PoF/HoT.

Yeah, this is a bummer. I just came back to GW2 and I'm having a blast leveling a Necro (lvl 30). I fully intend on purchasing HOT and POF and playing through all that content. The event dropped today which I wasn't even aware of, so it was a really cool surprise. It was even cooler when I found out I could get some of the cosmetic rewards from it.

However, it's a real buzz kill that I can only get 5/6 pieces. I'm more than happy to spend hours climbing that damn tower, but being completely denied an item is just meh.