Curse

Daesu · Mar 07, 2011, 03:20 AM // 03:20

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Originally Posted by Reformed

This particular combination of either/or is used so frequently around here when someone doesn't have something in the game and is jealous (most commonly wealth or items) it might as well be a trope. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about if you think this ate so much time it was impossible to function normally.

Me jealous of a kid who has no job and no life while clicking on an alcohol icon every minute like a mindless bot?

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It required a maximum of 2 hours total play time a day and then not even in one sitting unless you felt like bs'ing with guildies/friends.

I don't even care if it is only half an hour total play time. Play time is for PLAYING (i.e. having fun doing the things I enjoy doing), not to act like a stupid bot doing the same tedious non-challenging things over and over just so you can wear an e-peen title that nobody, but yourself, cares about.

LDoA and Drunkard used to be bot-friendly titles that promote game play that is more suitable to a bot than to human players. In fact, I know many people got those titles through bots (i.e. cheating). With this update, they have now become more human-friendly which they should have been from the beginning.

GWfan#1 · Mar 07, 2011, 04:58 AM // 04:58

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Originally Posted by Daesu

Play time is for PLAYING (i.e. having fun doing the things I enjoy doing), not to act like a stupid bot doing the same tedious non-challenging things over and over just so you can wear an e-peen title that nobody, but yourself, cares about.

Clicking a mouse and pressing keys on your keyboard? When you break it down thats what "playing" is.

Reformed · Mar 07, 2011, 05:22 AM // 05:22

@Daesu, Drunkard wasn't done with a bot it was done with an autoclicker and...you still can. In fact it would be even easier to do so since it's straight inventory clicks as fast as you can without crashing the client. The new LDoA is sped up by farming mobs produced by the new quests which are the bread and butter of bots. Honestly, I'm not sure where you were going with any of this.

Daesu · Mar 07, 2011, 05:54 AM // 05:54

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Originally Posted by Reformed

@Daesu, Drunkard wasn't done with a bot it was done with an autoclicker and...you still can. In fact it would be even easier to do so since it's straight inventory clicks as fast as you can without crashing the client. The new LDoA is sped up by farming mobs produced by the new quests which are the bread and butter of bots. Honestly, I'm not sure where you were going with any of this.

If you still don't get it, I am supporting the current update for LDoA and Drunkard.

ANet did a good job this time, and I would like to see more of such updates from them.

Cor Kalom · Mar 07, 2011, 02:50 PM // 14:50

Hello everyone,

I state that I have acquired the title of Defender a few years ago, I almost completed drunkard and Survivor. The change of these titles I do not mind:

Drunkard I liked how it was before I have to used the beer while traveling or domain, in plus it seems more "realistic" the old method to capture the title of drunkard over right now: spend time staying drunk for to do Drunkard (in my opinion) is much more realistic than drink 100 beers in 1 minute.
Survivor I tried to do, I had to recreate the characters to be able to acquire (lag, connection loss, distraction)and I regret now that you can retake after death. But since the time to get has not changed, I are happy with the change after all.
Legendary Defender of Ascalon I have acquired, as I wrote a few years ago and the new proposed changes makes me glad, make it more attractive and less tedious and (in part) more "realistic."
However, I believe that there should be recognition for those who have acquired prior to March 3, something like a star or a symbol next to the writing of the person who shows or as previously written a different color.

To acquire this title it took me 1500 hours while studying and working , my connection was not good and often I have lost it and had to redo, or as often happened to me at that time than at home (for technical defects) there were blackout, so most of the progress I made it according to look at the computer monitor while studying careful restore the connection as soon as possible in the case cease.
Those who ill thinking say that I write this conceit for vainglory but is not the case: my experience to perhaps acquire DLoA lasted more or less than other players but this is not important, I and other people who have acquired this title ONLY WAY HOW CAN DECIDED by Arena NET (before March 3) we have put dedication and willpower to get something for five years has never shown signs of change, rather the contrary, the certainty that it would not be changed, although often this title there have been calls for suggestions, requests for change to improve it and make it less tedious e-mail invite reflection on the incongruity between the name of the title and how to acquire it (Legendary Defender of Ascalon = die 100000 times to make evolve the Charr) does not have never yielded any sign of change.

In my opinion as they have blocked the acquisition of the title of Commander, but they left the display to those who had completed, all or part, they should give(do not say stop this and create another title, it would seem foolish) a minimum sign of appreciation for who did it with dedication.

Thanks for reading,
Have a nice day.

Indigo Diablo · Mar 07, 2011, 03:58 PM // 15:58

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Originally Posted by Cor Kalom

However, I believe that there should be recognition for those who have acquired prior to March 3, something like a star or a symbol next to the writing of the person who shows or as previously written a different color.

In response to this and similar ideas, right here would be a fine place to have had your pre-update LDoA title recorded.
The subset of players who care already know who got it the hard way, so what's the fuss about?

Improvavel · Mar 07, 2011, 04:29 PM // 16:29

I had done drunkard before and I was around half another one - and thank goodness!

I hated to have keep opening the inventory/checking how many minutes had passed before drinking again, while vanquish.

LDoA was a stupid title - now I might actually roll a pre char.

Cor Kalom · Mar 07, 2011, 05:50 PM // 17:50

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Originally Posted by Indigo Diablo

In response to this and similar ideas, right here would be a fine place to have had your pre-update LDoA title recorded.
The subset of players who care already know who got it the hard way, so what's the fuss about?

Not all the players know or are enrolled in the pre-searing community (I am one of those), how can we prove that we got DLoA before the update?

Indigo Diablo · Mar 07, 2011, 06:13 PM // 18:13

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Originally Posted by Cor Kalom

Not all the players know or are enrolled in the pre-searing community (I am one of those), how can we prove that we got DLoA before the update?

My point was that you should have done so already.
Now you've missed your chance.

I have no idea how someone could spend so much time in presearing and deathlevel for the LDoA title without once getting curious and finding the presearing website.

Reformed · Mar 07, 2011, 06:48 PM // 18:48

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Originally Posted by Cor Kalom

Not all the players know or are enrolled in the pre-searing community (I am one of those), how can we prove that we got DLoA before the update?

Head over and check the list. I'm not part of that community either (used it once to buy a +AR v Charr shield many years ago and long since seared) yet they found me anyways.

Edit: Sorry, link.

thedukesd · Mar 07, 2011, 07:11 PM // 19:11

Yesterday pre quest was nice cause you could had farmed exp fast. I made a movie with my warrior: movie (this is actually a not so good run, but I only found one single free application that allowed me to make this movie, the rest were limiting the record time or there were artefacts after artefacts or were not recording a single thing, as you can see in the movie my framerate is not a really good one in normal condition i have 75 fps limited by vsync) (actually this was the last run were I could had made a movie with the imp). Since they added the daily quest my warrior got from lvl 16 to lvl 20

. This title was a dead project for more then 1 year, the frustration of seeing in the morning that I got again disconected over night it was more then I could handle so I just set low priority on this project, this changed with the daily quests to high priority ( now she needs a heavy equipment pack

).

Chrisworld · Mar 07, 2011, 07:50 PM // 19:50

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Originally Posted by psycore

John Stumme is entirely correct that any title in the game that is not gotten through playing the game is broken. LDoA should be about defending Ascalon not getting rolled by charr over and over.

The title should have never been introduced anyway, because... Ascalon still gets destroyed.

T1Cybernetic · Mar 07, 2011, 07:52 PM // 19:52

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Originally Posted by Chrisworld

The title should have never been introduced anyway, because... Ascalon still gets destroyed.

Not if you are a true perma pre searing character

You live in total, relative, kinda, sorta bliss.

Adul · Mar 07, 2011, 08:53 PM // 20:53

I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed today's bounty. Killing a high ranking charr officer in the deep Northlands just spells epic all over.

dagrdagaz · Mar 07, 2011, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Not knowing how diffcult these Vanguard Quests would be i teamed up (with a random player) for the one from yesterday and today.

For the yesterday one, i got the impression doing it solo would be a good/big challenge, if thats what u want.
Otherwise, with 2 players it wasnt to diffcult.
The one today, me and the other player steamrolled through the Northlands

Though, we both had a pet, and used a Fire Imp.

These VQ puts some life back in Pre, wich is nice.
They also encourage somthing i never held possible, to really want/need to team up with another player in Pre!

Hanok Odbrook · Mar 07, 2011, 10:07 PM // 22:07

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

If anyone thought a title that required afking and racking up a huge electricity bill held kudos then that's a problem on their part.

x weeks of casual play> x months of not playing. It's not like you actually spend time getting LDoA. You spend your time at work/school, watching TV, playing sports and you just get LDoA in the background.

Lucky and Unlucky anyone? Even with the Clover and Lockpicks changes, it's still an AFK title all the way. I hope they are next up on the update block.

On another note, I'm not big on the LDoA change. It's still grind, no matter how you look at it. Setting it up to be achieved through a vanquish of Pre-Searing would have made better sense in the "Legendary Defender" part. I had one character who I worked to build up enough to take out every foe in Pre-Sear solo. That took time and effort worthy of a title, I think.

Hanok

drkn · Mar 07, 2011, 10:11 PM // 22:11

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The one today, me and the other player steamrolled through the Northlands
Though, we both had a pet, and used a Fire Imp.

That's why i just used fiancee's account as a gatemonkey and went there solo, no pets or imps included. More fun this way.

CE Devilman · Mar 07, 2011, 10:52 PM // 22:52

lets see..dis 1 ..full (6 dis) in pre.
so U way off op.
pre is more alive now

Reflect · Mar 07, 2011, 11:34 PM // 23:34

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Originally Posted by Hanok Odbrook

I had one character who I worked to build up enough to take out every foe in Pre-Sear solo. That took time and effort worthy of a title, I think.

Hanok

since when lvl 3-10 foes are hard to solo?

Aldric · Mar 08, 2011, 12:04 AM // 00:04

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Originally Posted by Cor Kalom

However, I believe that there should be recognition for those who have acquired prior to March 3, something like a star or a symbol next to the writing of the person who shows or as previously written a different color.

Sorry but thats a ridiculous idea. So many titles have been changed over the years to make them easier without any kind of special treatment so i don't really see why such a terrible title as LDoA should.

I have most titles and a number have been made easier now but i don't care and i don't want any special marking or text to show when i did them. I did them for me not for e-peen.

As for the drunkard change ,overdue but it would have been nice to have been changed before i did mine

but it doesnt mean mine is any better than anyone elses.