[PoF] Serpents' Ire DOUBT

[Valtanders.5032]

what about this event? I tried it for 3 days in a row at different times and there are no people, or not enough to achieve it.It is that there is a great difference between reward and effort?It reminds me why PoF maps there are times when you don't see a soul ......... it's sad, because HoT maps always find people and they are much older.Could something be done by the developers? or are these problems words in the wind?thanks for taking the time to read this

[AgentMoore.9453]

This event in particular requires coordination, but luckily there are guilds who organize regularly to do it. My advice would be to periodically check LFG and keep your map chat on, because those are the two places where these groups advertise. Serpent's Ire is sort of like Dragon's Stand in the sense that it's hard to find a map where everyone stumbles to victory - you have a much better chance if people gather up ahead of time.

[Ayrilana.1396]

It really hasn't required any coordination or effort since they nerfed it. Players likely don't do it because it's not worth the time it takes and especially since the hound meta takes only like 5 min to do to get the daily choice chest.

[DaFishBob.6518]

It's not so much coordination with this meta that's the problem these days, after the CC bars got nerfed. It's finding the zealots in an area that basically kicks everyone in the shin every time they dismount, driving everyone over to the much much less annoying hounds for the same exact reward.

[Hesione.9412]

@DaFishBob.6518 said:It's not so much coordination with this meta that's the problem these days, after the CC bars got nerfed. It's finding the zealots in an area that basically kicks everyone in the shin every time they dismount, driving everyone over to the much much less annoying hounds for the same exact reward.

Yep, I've had the timer run out when trying to find the last zealot.

[Nilkemia.8507]

If it weren't for the achievement required to unlock the Funerary armor, I'd have never bothered with it. When they decided to gate something else behind an achievement from that meta, I didn't go back. That meta is probably one of the worst designed in the entire game.

[Randulf.7614]

It’s time vs reward. It got heavily nerfed but if anyone wants the meta reward they will do forged with fire instead. Given there are other better metas out like drizzle wood which take up an evenings play, it’s very hard to find players for something like serpents ire.

[Laila Lightness.8742]

Its due to low reward for alot of effort and mandarory mechs like cc wich is mostly ignored

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

It takes about as long as Dragonfall and a significant chunk of the time Dragon's Stand and Drizzlewood take, I'd say about half as long. Yet, when its all finished, you don't see chests everywhere that you can open with keys, now do you?

The Casino and Forged Hounds meta events are acceptible because they have low investment with low rewards. But when you create a meta like Serpent's Ire that requires alot of players, coordination, and time to complete yet doesn't even give any loot except a gemstone and some Rares, maybe an Exotic, there's just no point to even bothering to do it.

The only reason its still run at all is for collections.

Solution: Add a chest farm with loot according to the average time it takes compared to other metas. The farm should use Trader's Keys and Trade Caches to remain consistent with the rest of the Path of Fire maps. Completing the meta should also provide a 15-20min protective shield against "Fury of the Brand" so players can loot and map complete without being interrupted.

If only the devs cared about old content. :/

[misterman.1530]

Yeah. Have been trying this for months. Almost got into a group but, due to a miscommunication on my part, missed it (logged in at the wrong time, well after the group ran it). The level of coordination is insane, the cancer storm is annoying, and no one wants to run it. In fact, you rarely, if ever see ANYONE in Vabbi anymore. Except for the poor people just entering it for the first time. I keep seeing posts about "Well, guild X runs it all the time!" - yeah, I guess if I log in for 24 hours, and constantly check to see if there's anything in LFG, I might be able to do it before the end of the year.

With a new expansion coming, the POF maps (and probably the HOT maps) will be even less populated - ensuring all those new to GW2 steam users will be out-of-luck as they struggle to complete events - unless, of course, there's an influx of thousands of new users.

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

@"misterman.1530" said:Yeah. Have been trying this for months. Almost got into a group but, due to a miscommunication on my part, missed it (logged in at the wrong time, well after the group ran it). The level of coordination is insane, the cancer storm is annoying, and no one wants to run it. In fact, you rarely, if ever see ANYONE in Vabbi anymore. Except for the poor people just entering it for the first time. I keep seeing posts about "Well, guild X runs it all the time!" - yeah, I guess if I log in for 24 hours, and constantly check to see if there's anything in LFG, I might be able to do it before the end of the year.

With a new expansion coming, the POF maps (and probably the HOT maps) will be even less populated - ensuring all those new to GW2 steam users will be out-of-luck as they struggle to complete events - unless, of course, there's an influx of thousands of new users.

I doubt the HoT maps will dry up as they've barely seen a population drop since release. Verdant Brink and Dragon's Stand are run a bit less but that's about it. Maps with good rewards generally last forever in this game, which is where the PoF maps falter.

At peak hours we still get 3-4 full instances of Auric Basin on NA servers.

[misterman.1530]

@Hannelore.8153 said:

@"misterman.1530" said:Yeah. Have been trying this for months. Almost got into a group but, due to a miscommunication on my part, missed it (logged in at the wrong time, well after the group ran it). The level of coordination is insane, the cancer storm is annoying, and no one wants to run it. In fact, you rarely, if ever see ANYONE in Vabbi anymore. Except for the poor people just entering it for the first time. I keep seeing posts about "Well, guild X runs it all the time!" - yeah, I guess if I log in for 24 hours, and constantly check to see if there's anything in LFG, I might be able to do it before the end of the year.

With a new expansion coming, the POF maps (and probably the HOT maps) will be even less populated - ensuring all those new to GW2 steam users will be out-of-luck as they struggle to complete events - unless, of course, there's an influx of thousands of new users.

I doubt the HoT maps will dry up as they've barely seen a population drop since release. Verdant Brink and Dragon's Stand are run a bit less but that's about it. Maps with good rewards generally last forever in this game, which is where the PoF maps falter.

At peak hours we still get 3-4 full instances of Auric Basin on NA servers.

So, HoT maps are full right now, but will that be the case after the expansion? Depends on what's in the expansion, of course, but if it's good (unlike PoF) and offers more rewards than HoT, then expect a drop in the HoT maps. That's all I'm saying. It's irrelevant that the maps are populated right now.

[Vayne.8563]

Just got Serpent's Ire done today. You really need to find a guild that runs it, or run it yourself. If people tag for it and list it in LFG earlly, you'll get a group. It's not hard like the old days, since the nerf. All you need is people that know how to break bars, and we have United Legion Waysations now, to make breaking bars even easier.

[Khisanth.2948]

There is probably a way to figure out a route that can make the zealot part go faster but I don't know if anyone has bothered.

The rewards are awful for the time it takes.

@misterman.1530 said:

@Hannelore.8153 said:

@misterman.1530 said:Yeah. Have been trying this for months. Almost got into a group but, due to a miscommunication on my part, missed it (logged in at the wrong time, well after the group ran it). The level of coordination is insane, the cancer storm is annoying, and no one wants to run it. In fact, you rarely, if ever see ANYONE in Vabbi anymore. Except for the poor people just entering it for the first time. I keep seeing posts about "Well, guild X runs it all the time!" - yeah, I guess if I log in for 24 hours, and constantly check to see if there's anything in LFG, I might be able to do it before the end of the year.

With a new expansion coming, the POF maps (and probably the HOT maps) will be even less populated - ensuring all those new to GW2 steam users will be out-of-luck as they struggle to complete events - unless, of course, there's an influx of thousands of new users.

I doubt the HoT maps will dry up as they've barely seen a population drop since release. Verdant Brink and Dragon's Stand are run a bit less but that's about it. Maps with good rewards generally last forever in this game, which is where the PoF maps falter.

At peak hours we still get 3-4 full instances of Auric Basin on NA servers.

So, HoT maps are full right now, but will that be the case after the expansion? Depends on what's in the expansion, of course, but if it's good (unlike PoF) and offers more rewards than HoT, then expect a drop in the HoT maps. That's all I'm saying. It's irrelevant that the maps are populated right now.

Well there are some imprecision in that description. Octovine and Gerent will still get done unless those are nerfed but the rest map events will probably see less activity. DS not sure and VB is kinda dead already.

[lezbefriends.7516]

I don’t remember this event, as there is no good reason to go back to PoF.

[misterman.1530]

@Mortifera.6138 said:I don’t remember this event, as there is no good reason to go back to PoF.

Well, many were trying to do the event for the Redeeming IG 6417 achievement which gives the Ascended backpiece Mark Y Golem. But since I recently built Warbringer, a legendary backpiece, I've dumped all the recordings out of my inventory.

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

@misterman.1530 said:

@"Mortifera.6138" said:I don’t remember this event, as there is no good reason to go back to PoF.

Well, many were trying to do the event for the Redeeming IG 6417 achievement which gives the Ascended backpiece Mark Y Golem. But since I recently built Warbringer, a legendary backpiece, I've dumped all the recordings out of my inventory.

There's really no point to do that achievement either unless you want the look of the backpiece. Ascended backpieces are far easier to get from LS3, and even from PoF you can get four Ascended backpieces "for free" by playing the story a few times.

The backpieces from LS4 are quite expensive and time consuming in comparison. I'm not sure why.