Curse

freekedoutfish · Oct 12, 2007, 10:56 PM // 22:56

After this update of adding HM and chaning the handbook and dungeon book rewards....

...if anyone else still complains that reputation points in GWEN are a grind to make, I think we should honestly all hunt them down ingame and laugh at them.

Once you complete the game you should come away with 40k points for NM quests, and 30k points for NM dungeons.

Thats a very easy 70k Anet is giving you in points for just completing all quests and dungeons, and you get even more for doing it in HM.

So please.... dont anyone else complain that its grind to increase these reputation ranks! Anet has done what you wanted and basically given the points away on a silver-platter, so be happy and go get your armor and weapons and max your skills out.

But please no more comments complaints about skills+title ranks! Atleast not in GWEN!!!

Lukarnus · Oct 12, 2007, 11:00 PM // 23:00

Gah! Beat me to it!

I concur whole heartedly!

Ghost Recon · Oct 12, 2007, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Ner it is still to hard we should get 1k points everytime we get a kill. [/sarcasm]

OlMurraniKasale · Oct 12, 2007, 11:04 PM // 23:04

The double points weekend seems to have nerfed the loot drop worse than it already is. After 375 monsters dead in the Lake region, I got 300 gold (which was then shared of course) and a few whites. That's it.

lol Thank goodness I got the Norn rank I wanted.

Blame the Monks · Oct 12, 2007, 11:13 PM // 23:13

I don't care that the treadmill is easy to run; I resent being forced to be on a treadmill.

Antheus · Oct 12, 2007, 11:17 PM // 23:17

If only all titles were as easy as deldrimor....

Navaros · Oct 12, 2007, 11:29 PM // 23:29

The OP is over-stating the case.

Yes, the grind has been drastically reduced. And book rewards have gone from being ludicrous to being reasonable. Which is great compared to the old system.

However, if one wants to max those titles, a whole lotta grinding is still required.

Especially since "the easy 70k" described in the OP is only after doing all primary quests, all dungeons which is a considerable amount of time. And after all that it only gives 70k to one title tier (not the 3 needed) and only on one specific character. So you gotta multiply "the easy 70k" accordingly, which still amounts to a huge amount of grind time.

A drastic reduction in grind from the previous ludicrous amount is not equivalent to the non-existance of grind, as the OP seems to be implying.

Therefore, despite the grind being drastically reduced, complaints about grind would still be reasonable with things as they now stand.

Jongo River · Oct 12, 2007, 11:31 PM // 23:31

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Originally Posted by freekedoutfish

So please.... dont anyone else complain that its grind to increase these reputation ranks! Anet has done what you wanted and basically given the points away on a silver-platter, so be happy and go get your armor and weapons and max your skills out.

But please no more comments complaints about skills+title ranks! Atleast not in GWEN!!!

Sorry, but this issue will never change for me, until game completion and title whoring stop being the primary way to get *any* armour set in GW:EN. Once I've finished, I'd only bloody see it on the character selection screen! A single set of endgame armour was fine in an ongoing campaign (with other options), but in the last gasp for GW1? Give me a break.

A11Eur0 · Oct 12, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Agreed. This is a step in the right direction and they're getting their heads out of their arses by doing away with the major grind.

Now they need to redo the armors.

Acehigh · Oct 13, 2007, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by OlMurraniKasale

The double points weekend seems to have nerfed the loot drop worse than it already is. After 375 monsters dead in the Lake region, I got 300 gold (which was then shared of course) and a few whites. That's it.

lol Thank goodness I got the Norn rank I wanted.

I'm doing HM slaver's and getting so many gold drops. This weekend event is really nice and I like the changes to the books.

Zeek Aran · Oct 13, 2007, 01:33 AM // 01:33

140kx4 = 560k I need to farm. That's 18 dungeons in hard mode nine and a half times or so. That's still something to complain about.

A11Eur0 · Oct 13, 2007, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Yeah but that's to max the titles. Maxing titles requires grind no matter what the title is (other than legendary guardian)...

What this solves is the grind required to take advantage of the NPC's...sure skills can be improved with going higher but even then, focus on one title track at a time for the skills that you use most often(from what I've seen, Dwarven title track).

Dr.thug1230 · Oct 13, 2007, 01:42 AM // 01:42

Not gonna lie, they made a bug update which basically stopped you from farming the last mission im pretty sure on a count of getting 10k points for a 5 min run

Chthon · Oct 13, 2007, 02:03 AM // 02:03

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Originally Posted by freekedoutfish

Thats a very easy 70k Anet is giving you in points for just completing all quests and dungeons

That's right, only another 90k of grinding to max the title. Yippee.

Sorry, but this thread = fail.

Redfeather1975 · Oct 13, 2007, 02:51 AM // 02:51

I think it's very cool that they did that to the books.
I might come back and play EotN again to finish the story and get some armor.
That's a very good change.

Zeek Aran · Oct 13, 2007, 03:01 AM // 03:01

Now just uncustomize the damn things so I can steal from my other chars who haven't turned in yet.

Aethon · Oct 13, 2007, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Grind is still grind, there's just less of it now.

It's like if someone keeps punching you, you think they're not nice. But then they slow down the punching and you think, "Wow, this is great because he isn't punching me as much as he could!"

Karyuu · Oct 13, 2007, 05:28 AM // 05:28

I wasn't aware that playing through the normal content of the game is considered "grinding" now.

You folks are bizarre.

Clone · Oct 13, 2007, 05:28 AM // 05:28

This is a commendable step backwards. The game was becoming more and more about grind, and disappointing many people I hang out with. While it is still there, anything that lessens the grind gets my vote, so thanks Anet. Here's hoping they do more to get back to their roots.

ryanryanryan0310 · Oct 13, 2007, 05:38 AM // 05:38

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Originally Posted by Zeek Aran

Now just uncustomize the damn things so I can steal from my other chars who haven't turned in yet.

WTB completed Hard mode Hero Book - 20k