Discover the Wonders within the Wizard’s Vault in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure

[Vulture.9351]

Oh god, I just saw the Essence of Gold. The thing we used to get every month costs 1000 AA.

and it's been reduced from 2% to 1%.

They're not even pretending.

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

On 8/15/2023 at 9:20 AM, vrauns.3215 said:

They never said they were going away.

you can only get 10 of them now lmao

[MuscleBobBuffPants.1406]

6 minutes ago, Vulture.9351 said:

Oh god, I just saw the Essence of Gold. The thing we used to get every month costs 1000 AA.

and it's been reduced from 2% to 1%.

They're not even pretending.

I just realized that the true villain in this expansion is the demon of greed and laziness.

[Danikat.8537]

I can't find the topic where I said I was going to see if I could complete the weekly even though I have very little time to play this week, but I've done it already. I didn't keep track of the time exactly but it was under 2 hours and I've done 3 dailies (plus logging in) and 6 weeklies. It would have taken less time if I remembered how to do the Zen Daiju mini dungeon (I forgot about the totems).

I've now got 755 Astral Acclaim. I know everyone else is complaining about how bad the rewards are, but to me that seems pretty good for the time required. I'm already 3/4 of the way to getting the most expensive item (the griffon skin), it looks like someone who can do the dailies every day would be able to get it within the week, without using any AA from the special category.

I also found a bag of 10 laurels, a celebration booster and a tome of knowledge in my inventory after doing the weekly. I'm 99% sure those weren't there before, so I think they might have come from the weekly meta chest, but can't check now.

Edit: Turns out you can do more than 6 weeklies. Clearing out my inventory after the Kaineng meta got me the one for salvaging 50 items, so now I'm on 7/6.

Edited August 22, 2023 by Danikat.8537

[Sobx.1758]

48 minutes ago, Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136 said:

you can only get 10 of them now lmao

10? I see "150 available".

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

1 minute ago, Sobx.1758 said:

10? I see "150 available".

I only seen 10 when I looked at it earlier 

[Sobx.1758]

Just now, Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136 said:

I only seen 10 when I looked at it earlier 

The price is 10 AA and the info about how many is available is below the price in smaller font. It's:
10 [AA icon]
Bag of Laurels
150 Available

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

Just now, Sobx.1758 said:

The price is 10 AA and the info about how many is available is below the price in smaller font. It's:
10 [AA icon]
Bag of Laurels
150 Available

I really don't understand any of this, But Thank you, I cant figure out how to do these dailies now, I don't want to play anymore if my Husband and I cant do our dailies together, I am disappointed in the decision they have made, I personally feel Like they should have kept our dailies and turned the wizards volley into a bonus for those that want to grind for the Astral Acclaim token for the wizards vault.

[Infusion.7149]

I have to look at this more in depth. I really don't understand the point of this new convoluted system. It is especially concerning that gemstore items are in there (templates and  upgrade extractors, for example). Since gems can be purchased through both real currency and ingame gold conversion that should not even be present in the Astral Rewards, only exclusive skins and maybe emotes. Conversely if the sole function is to replace daily and login rewards, then skins and emotes should not be there and only the crafting items (mystic coins, mystic clovers, etc). If it is to just act as a jump start for people that are not that involved with the game then the ascended boxes , mastery boxes, and fungible items such as mystic coins and crafting bags should be left in place.

The weekly WvW also has capture of 5 EoTM objectives which is baffling,

It also penalizes people that want to work at their own pace, if you do not finish the story step number 10 in 76 days for example, you miss out on 500 Astral Acclaim from the "Special" tab.

[RSENAL.4016]

Are we really NOT able to see what the Dailies are going to be before we choose what type we want to try doing? Seriously? I choose what Dailies I do based on the lesser of evils. Sometimes doing some PvP or WvW is preferable to PvE, it is rare, but it happens. How can I tell in advance? How can I make an informed decision? This blows.

[jahaan.1405]

So the 10 achievement points from completing the dailies is gone? 

 

[rune.9572]

lolol mfw today:

log in
see relics are just nerfs in disguise trying to force me to gear grind for things I used to already have before this "rework"
see the new "daily" system is just a mobile game battle pass in disguise, complete with value nerfs and abysmal UI designed for metrics padding
see the story is still escort fiesta full of boring unskippable dialogue, intertwined with brownish gray corridor trashmob fights that don't matter
get reminded how dull and boring and "random bs go" combat is in this game
see it's about another generic bad guy who comes out of nowhere and 1shots the PC in a scripted sequence for, um, tension
see the map is 90% reused assets with dominant colors being brown and dark grey
press alt f4
go back to Palia

Edited August 23, 2023 by rune.9572

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

I really don't understand any of this, But Thank you, I cant figure out how to do these dailies now, I don't want to play anymore if my Husband and I cant do our dailies together, I am disappointed in the decision they have made, I personally feel Like they should have kept our dailies and turned the wizards volley into a bonus for those that want to grind for the Astral Acclaim token for the wizards vault.

[FADA.6041]

I am seriously disappointed, they have managed to butcher the daily login system. The total value we get back for the same effort has been more than halved.

[Tiviana.2650]

I warned people but everyone was so adamant it was better lol

Should have kept the old system alongside the new one

[Fang.2137]

Can someone explain to me this?

https://content.invisioncic.com/a311129/monthly_2023_08/gw078.jpg.141f3e09288f58082dd3a72fce76f8c6.jpg

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) - 30AA

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) 90 Available - 6AA

[Fueki.4753]

9 minutes ago, Fang.2137 said:

Can someone explain to me this?

https://content.invisioncic.com/a311129/monthly_2023_08/gw078.jpg.141f3e09288f58082dd3a72fce76f8c6.jpg

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) - 30AA

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) 90 Available - 6AA

You have a limited amount of the cheaper bag, but after that you can buy as many of the others as you want.

Edited August 23, 2023 by Fueki.4753

[Fang.2137]

26 minutes ago, Fueki.4753 said:

You have a limited amount of the cheaper bag, but after that you can buy as many of the others as you want.

Oh thanks, I assumed if it didn't say "X Available" it meant you could only take it once. It doesn't change the fact that it's a lot for 1 gold 😉

[Kranlor Greyhelm.8417]

So, let me just get this straight. Under the old passive system, that ANET decided to get rid of, I could get 20 mystic coins every 28 days, and 7 clovers to go towards my next legendary. So over a year, just by logging in, I could get 260 coins and 91 clovers. Roughly enough to make 2 T1 weapons.

Now, under the new system designed to reward us for playing, rather than just passively logging in, I can get 60 coins every 3 months, and 20 clovers. Which translates to 240 coins and 80 clovers a year.

So ANET feels that a "reward" is something that takes a portion of what you already had away. Just like they decided that an "improvement" to legendary runes was to take some of the functionality away.

Pretty much what I was worried about when ANET refused to provide any details about how this would work. Because they'd rather have angry customers than angry customers and a bunch of cancelled pre-orders.

[Fueki.4753]

1 hour ago, Fang.2137 said:

Oh thanks, I assumed if it didn't say "X Available" it meant you could only take it once. It doesn't change the fact that it's a lot for 1 gold 😉

I just assumed that as well, based on the information you provided and what I consider common sense: Cheaper options being limited and more expensive option less limited (or not at all).

So, don't come back to bite me, if my assumption does not align with Arenanet's design.

Edited August 23, 2023 by Fueki.4753

[idpersona.3810]

5 hours ago, Fang.2137 said:

Can someone explain to me this?

https://content.invisioncic.com/a311129/monthly_2023_08/gw078.jpg.141f3e09288f58082dd3a72fce76f8c6.jpg

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) - 30AA

Bag of Gold (1 Gold) 90 Available - 6AA

They really should have set it up so the more expensive one doesn't show up as an option until the cheaper ones are bought out. They do that in plenty of other parts of the game. This just seems like a trap for players not paying complete attention. Which is bad game/UI design.

Edited August 23, 2023 by idpersona.3810

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

17 hours ago, RSENAL.4016 said:

Are we really NOT able to see what the Dailies are going to be before we choose what type we want to try doing? Seriously? I choose what Dailies I do based on the lesser of evils. Sometimes doing some PvP or WvW is preferable to PvE, it is rare, but it happens. How can I tell in advance? How can I make an informed decision? This blows.

They turned this into more of a dictatorship, forcing you to do what they want you to do, we no longer have any options as to what dailies are best for us to do, Then on top of it we have to chose PVP, WvW, or PVE with little options as what they are for the day.... Today daily kill 3 players in WvW, Kill 3 Players in PvP.... WTF they are making sure I don't have time to do anything else today 😞 and I will say it again they should have kept our dailies as they were and made the wizards vault as a bonus for those that want to grind out that crap.....

[Kaibamon.7206]

When will you give me back my golemancy rune effect into a relic?

[Rhapsody Dragonfly.5136]

IT'S OFFICAIL... I CAN'T PLAY WITH MY HUSBAND IN DOING DAILIES 😞  They gave my husband I different dailies, I think I am straight up done with GW2, I can't even finish my dailies for WvW which is defender, While my husband has capture a sentry.... what is wrong with you Arenanet..... I don't have time to do that stuff I had tried to play for a hour Defending and got no results.. Now I am in horrible pain from sitting here 😞  

WHY? why would you change dailies to were everyone's is different?

Why would you keep us from playing with our guild or friends in trying to do dailies together?

Why didn't you give us a bigger option for our Dailies?

So this is How you really wanted the game to be, for those of us that don't have the time to miss out on dailies that you have picked for us and we have no choice in it??? Because you didn't even give us a option to even get to pick our dailies as before?

I really want to know why you have done this to us..... and I don't want any poor excuse from Them......

There is a few of us that run together or if someone needs help I am always there, but what's the point if if we can't get the same things done together?

I am totally saddened by this.... 

[Astralporing.1957]

On 8/22/2023 at 10:30 PM, Vulture.9351 said:

Oh god, I just saw the Essence of Gold. The thing we used to get every month costs 1000 AA.

and it's been reduced from 2% to 1%.

They're not even pretending.

It's capped at 2 purchases, so it's 2k AA for the old value. With the difference being that it's on quaterly limit, while in the same time previously you could get 6%. For free.

Notice, btw, that 1k will buy you the legendary chest, which is a really good return for AAs if you plan to craft one of the four legendary options it gives - Quip, Bolt, Bifrost and Meteorologicus i believe. Which makes 1k for 1% Essence of Gold just even more ridiculous.