Lucky Title

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Since your chance of keeping a lock pick relies upon your "Lucky" title, how do you increase your lucky title? Do you have to wait to play stupid games in the next "fun" weekend, or use up all your 4-leaf clovers, or is there another way?

The Abbott

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Aruthas Gatekeepers

Mo/W

I lead to believe it relies upon your treasure hunter and wisdom title tracks

Thomadaneau

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

Helis Galonia Battaillon Québec

W/Mo

no its written in the wiki, tresure hunter and lucky

Oofus

Oofus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Cold Hard [CASH]

From GW.com
Quote:
....the ranks you earn in the Treasure Hunter and Lucky title tracks will increase both the chance that the lockpick will work, and that it will remain intact after each use.

mehh apparently quotes dont count towards 12 char post minimun!

The Legg

The Legg

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

RAF Lyneham, UK

We Are Gozu ( Gozu )

N/Me

lol, looks like the last 3 people to reply to this post have NOT even read the original post and understood what the question is about.

At the moment apart from the solutions the OP mentioned there is NO way to increase the lucky/unlucky title.

This is rather annoying, what would have been cool would have been if you successfully kept a lockpick after opening a chest you got lucky points and if your lockpick broke you got unlucky points.

Honestly dont know why anet have not put this feature in.

Give us an effective way to get the lucky/unlucky titles maxed plz anet.

Oofus

Oofus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Cold Hard [CASH]

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Legg
lol, looks like the last 3 people to reply to this post have NOT even read the original post and understood what the question is about.
Actually I did read it, and understood it quit well thank you. Did you? The premise of his question was based on an erroneous assumption; namely that your chances of not destroying a pick after using "relies" on the level of your Lucky title. My post was aimed at correcting that misconception and providing him/her an alternative method of increasing that chance.

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

And now Lucky actually has a purpose.... what the heck are those of us who went for Unlucky instead supposed to do?

[I only wanted "Unlucky" so I could max it to "Hated" because it sounds nifty.]

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

It was a stupid idea to give this title a meaning. It is acquired in such a stupid way that it hurts (stand in a corner for x straight hours).

XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Longasc
It was a stupid idea to give this title a meaning. It is acquired in such a stupid way that it hurts (stand in a corner for x straight hours).
Qft. Big dissapointment to see this Lockpicks being reliant on (even if only partially) this for increased effectiveness.

Juicey Shake

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
[I only wanted "Unlucky" so I could max it to "Hated" because it sounds nifty.]
just fyi no "Hated" title in the track.. hapless, unlucky, unfavored, tragic, wretched, cursed by fate

Achilles Antony

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Hangar 18

I think it would make a lot more sense if your lucky title went up one point for each lock successfully picked. As it sits now, your lucky title is unaffected by a successful pick, yet this title contributes toward the picks effectiveness. It makes no sense that a successfully picked lock does not increase your lucky title. The only way to increase your lucky title is to wait for certain events, and that's rather pointless. This should be amended, in my opinion.

caeleth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Norway

Violent Desire [RAGE]

Mo/

in one update i thought it said that u would get points towards ur lucky title when the lockpick didnt break.. or did they change this? In which case im happy cause i dont want to gain another lucky level, i only wanted it so I could have "charmed" ^^

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Juicey Shake
just fyi no "Hated" title in the track.. hapless, unlucky, unfavored, tragic, wretched, cursed by fate
There is no cursed by fate. Wretched is the max title on that track.

IlikeGW

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

It's really unfortunate they made it reliant on this totally random skill track imo. Where's the boost for a dozen other things people put effort into... lucky doesn't deserve special treatment. :/

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Navaros
There is no cursed by fate. Wretched is the max title on that track.
Correct

1 Hapless 5,000
2 Unlucky 10,000
3 Unfavored 25,000
4 Tragic 50,000
5 Wretched 100,000

Achilles Antony

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Hangar 18

Quote:
Originally Posted by caeleth
in one update i thought it said that u would get points towards ur lucky title when the lockpick didnt break.. or did they change this?
It appears to have been changed. A guildie successfully opened a chest last night and checked his lucky title... sure enough, it hadn't changed. To have some totally random title contribute to the lockpicks effectiveness makes no sense in the first place, but to have a successful pick not contribute back makes even less sense, I think.

thelessa

thelessa

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

Purple Puzycats

R/Mo

Until there is a way to get "lucky" up higher then "unlucky" I am buying no more lockpicks, they have been one use only for me and the most have been purples, VERY expensive so-so purples too :/

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by The legg
lol, looks like the last 3 people to reply to this post have NOT even read the original post and understood what the question is about.
That, unfortunately, is typical. It's the main reason why I don't post (or even go to) forums much these days.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oofus
Actually I did read it, and understood it quit well thank you. Did you? The premise of his question was based on an erroneous assumption; namely that your chances of not destroying a pick after using "relies" on the level of your Lucky title. My post was aimed at correcting that misconception and providing him/her an alternative method of increasing that chance.
If you did read it, and "understood it quit well" (quite well?), the quote you gave from GW.com only says the same thing - that the chance of the lockpick remaining intact relies upon the rank in the "lucky" title. It may rely on your level of Treasure Hunter too, and it's not clear which title affects what or by how much, but the Lucky title is a factor.

At any rate, whether the Lucky title has any affect on lockpicks or not doesn't answer the question - how do you increase you're Lucky rank, even if you just want to increase it for fun?

Btw - the "Unlucky" title is not mentioned as having any affect on the lockpick.

watrah

watrah

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Dynasty Warrior

N/Me

ppl be more reasonable every opwn give 1 point that mean u need to open 1,000,000 chest to max ur title to get only 10% and u know how much u will pay for this Lockpick if each cost 1.5k ouch it will take for ever to get that kind of money (omg 1,500,000,000g ) and how u think u will gewt that kinda if money after they nurf the solo farming that mean forget this title

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

I have a level 3 treasure hunter title and was chest farming locked chests and 3 out of 4 of my lock picks broke in the process.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

There is a suggestion in sardelac, to make high-end chests increase the title.

How? Purples incresse unlucky, gold ones inclrese lucky.

Also they have sugested that picking a gold drop (like when you picked a golden egg) increased the lucky title.

Maybe that whay it would be a good way to increase it, instead of just sitting AFK in the br

There were some more ideas... but its true... currently the lucky and unlucky are a bit... 'dumb' to get.

You can't be in all events and pick the items, of have the character logged 24 hours getting tickets.

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

So basically, its not worth it for me to even attempt this, because I have absolutely nothing in my Lucky title track...

Yay...why would they base that of a title like that. I hope that in the near future they add ways for us to work on this title that isn't during events only. Otherwise they can take back their lockpicks, as they'll be worthless to most of the GW community.

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Its very contradictory to the Guild Wars 'no-grind' ethos.

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

im R5 Treasure and R0 Lucky, im breaking me locks every 2 chests.. so if i do 600g keys im wasting money.. pointless imo, unless ur running in hardmode, which is just making the chests 1.5k chests, therefore better gold drop rate.so yeh, another way to get the lucky title would be cool.

Juicey Shake

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Navaros
There is no cursed by fate. Wretched is the max title on that track.
actually you're wrong, no one has reached wretched yet, and cursed by fate is the max at 500,000 points.

raven214

raven214

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Longasc
It was a stupid idea to give this title a meaning. It is acquired in such a stupid way that it hurts (stand in a corner for x straight hours).
Quote:
Originally Posted by XvArchonvX
Qft. Big dissapointment to see this Lockpicks being reliant on (even if only partially) this for increased effectiveness.
Agreed 100%. I honestly have no idea why ANet included the Lucky title with lockpick success rate. Treasure Hunter is, of course, self explanatory, but Lucky is a festival title and, just like Unlucky, it should have no bearing on actual gameplay IMHO. To me, the Wisdom title makes much, much more sense to use for lockpicks along with Treasure Hunter.

Oofus

Oofus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Cold Hard [CASH]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Quaker
That, unfortunately, is typical. It's the main reason why I don't post (or even go to) forums much these days.



If you did read it, and "understood it quit well" (quite well?), the quote you gave from GW.com only says the same thing - that the chance of the lockpick remaining intact relies upon the rank in the "lucky" title. It may rely on your level of Treasure Hunter too, and it's not clear which title affects what or by how much, but the Lucky title is a factor.

Wow, you try to help some people out by pointing out another option that is available to them and you get an obnoxious child correcting typos. Sad. Next time don't bother to "post (or even go to) forums" if you don't actually want help.

Hope I didn't offend you again with any further typos.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oofus
Wow, you try to help some people out by pointing out another option that is available to them ....
I must of missed something. Could you explain to me what "other option" you pointed out, what it's an option for, and/or how it relates to increasing your Lucky title?

xBakox

xBakox

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

[JF] Just Friends, [NOT] Nomads of Turmoil

Quote:
I think it would make a lot more sense if your lucky title went up one point for each lock successfully picked. As it sits now, your lucky title is unaffected by a successful pick, yet this title contributes toward the picks effectiveness. It makes no sense that a successfully picked lock does not increase your lucky title. The only way to increase your lucky title is to wait for certain events, and that's rather pointless. This should be amended, in my opinion.
That's actually a really good idea.

unknown1

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

"pick a lock = 1 luck"
Yeah those are good ideas, and should be put in but don't matter in the long run
cause 250 000 to get rank 3 =) but every little bit counts

getting golds should give you 1 luck too, just like the eggs for treasure hunter.

and to Quaker, there is no other method except (fesitval games, none here yet, and clovers)

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Juicey Shake
actually you're wrong, no one has reached wretched yet, and cursed by fate is the max at 500,000 points.
It's true no one has reached Wretched yet, however the official GW website of Taiwan or something listed specifically that there were 5 tiers to both Lucky and Unlucky. And Wretched is Tier 5.

Where are you getting this information that there is a Tier 6 called cursed by fate? That is what is wrong.

Dojo Belok

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Nebraska

Will Work for Beer

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Juicey Shake
actually you're wrong, no one has reached wretched yet, and cursed by fate is the max at 500,000 points.
Uh, how would you know what the max title is for the Unlucky line, then, if no one has Wretched yet? It is impossible to know, sorry. The Korean website that had the listings a long time ago was DEAD WRONG in almost everything they had listed. I proved them wrong in pretty much everything they had down. Right now I'm around 880,000 tickets won and 58,800 games lost, and there's a slim chance anyone has more than I do. Therefore, we do not know if Wretched and Golden are the max titles yet, but I presume they are.

Anyway, I am happy with the fact that my Lucky title has some use now. Now there is a use besides being the biggest gold sink in the creation of man.

Tempy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Oregon

DOH

Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
And now Lucky actually has a purpose.... what the heck are those of us who went for Unlucky instead supposed to do?

[I only wanted "Unlucky" so I could max it to "Hated" because it sounds nifty.]

Whine about it...that seems to be what the majority of people on this forum do. Honestly some of us chose to do unlucky...oh well it was a choice we made. OMG it came to mean something in the future...oh woe is me, Anet sux...fix it, its not fair. (SotiCoto this was not an attack on you...you just asked the question so well)

On a side note all the jerks that were saying ppl going for lucky were stupid noobs...jokes on you now huh?

Buster

Buster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Elona

Clan Eternal Legion

D/W

All my lockpicks have been breaking and getting worthless golds and some purples I won't be using. I sold them but you simply just don't make a profit if you keep buying lockpicks unless you get something really rare.

*Alexiel*

*Alexiel*

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

England, and on here... http://alexiel-star.deviantart.com/

CPx

R/Mo

I have a rank 4 treasure hunter with rank 3 lucky, and my lockpicks still break like hell, to be honest. =/

Juicey Shake

Juicey Shake

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

CA

in it for the trimmmm

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dojo Belok
Uh, how would you know what the max title is for the Unlucky line, then, if no one has Wretched yet? It is impossible to know, sorry. The Korean website that had the listings a long time ago was DEAD WRONG in almost everything they had listed.
ATS testing had titles available to all those who played, if you want screens you can have screens.


I would certainly like a way to work on my lucky / unlucky title, around 600k and 40k atm.. really want rank5 titles, but r6 and r7 are kinda gross

HolyHawk

HolyHawk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

lf guild~

Me/A

Yeah, I'm just treasure hunter lv1, and lockpicks break everytime. At least the purples I get while vanquishing get the amount of gold back, and locked chest have given me a lot of gold itens (all crap, but they sell very high to merchant).

I'm sure there are ideas in sanderlac, but they need to introduce ways to get luck and unluck title in normal gameplay, such as, everytime you successfuly savage a component without breaking the weapon, you get 5 lucky points, if it breaks, 5 unluck; getting gold drops automatically gives you 10 points, while purples give 6 and rare materials 4. Just ideas, nothing precise, but at least you don't need to farm once or twice an year for them.

The Great Al

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

ALOA

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by xBakox
That's actually a really good idea.
To go up one point for each lock you successfully pick? Most people have under 25% chance of saving a lockpick. For every, say, 20 keys, maybe 5 of them will be saved once, and 1 of those 5 saved again. So you're spending 30k, to have a bonus of 6 chests, and adding 6 points to your lucky track? It's unbelievably insignificant. If anything, you should get 1,000 points towards the track. That actually seems pretty fair.

prism2525

prism2525

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Among dead bodies.

The Republic of Sky Pirates

E/

they need to up the percentage a little bit, give us a way to increase the lucky title (or just change it to something else) or reduce the price of the damn picklocks.

We don't have the /.gold command in live ya know!

Note: also, pls change the lucky title so that it's no longer counts tickets but just points. Tickets is too restrictive; you can be lucky in so many ways it's mind-boggling. (like whoever gets a gold crystalline deserves the Golden title )

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

I am expecting an infinite way (not event) to make lucky points in GW:EN or wherever.