ArenaNet... what have you done... ?!

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

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AngeloM3

AngeloM3

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

RI

Diciples of Rage [RAGE]

Hahahaha!! funny but........

How is so many people are complaining about having access to UW and FoW... doesnt make sense to me.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

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I noticed that too lol. Seems to get bigger everyday. Wouldnt be surprised if by GW:EN theres over 3,000 min of favor =Oits odd ectos arent lower :OI want some FoW armor

I like the movie clip btw

TiNkLeR

TiNkLeR

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Portugal

Its awesome! Now we all have acess do FoW and UW! Why are you complaining? Or are you just joking? lol

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

I'm more surprised ectos aren't 2-3k yet. Oh and yea that gif oooowwwnnnzzz

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

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Wow. Very nice work on the gif.

But yeah, I agree, that's way too much favor, I think they should work it like such:

For every maxed title, it adds 1 minute of favor. 50 Maxed titles are required in order to regain favor of the gods.

Obviously 3 is too much, since it'll never go away...

Theus

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

W/Mo

Why is it even considered favor anymore?I mean,all the countries have it.

Keifru

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Meep] Biscuit of Dewm

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Theus
Why is it even considered favor anymore?I mean,all the countries have it.
Because the gods bless us which is still having favor.

Maybe have it where if it goes over like 5 hours of favor, the gods get angry at us abusing their kindness and margonites swarm towns? now that would be funny

LumpOfCole

LumpOfCole

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Orlando, FL

Rt/

All this serves to tell me is how not special my super special new title is

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by TiNkLeR
Its awesome! Now we all have acess do FoW and UW! Why are you complaining? Or are you just joking? lol
Agreed with the above.

Now that everyone can do his/her favourite area whenever they want, there's someone that ALWAYS but ALWAYS has to complain, to the complainers: how is this affecting you? or you're so obsessed by money that you want ectos to rise? Goddamn now that its working fine stop complaining like little kids and let everyone play the areas when they want.

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Oh please. It's obvious what the problem is. What's the dealio with favor when you constantly have it anyway? Why not just have permanent favor, period? It makes no sense.

Luckily, ArenaNet isn't overly incompetent like some MMO developers (Korea, I'm looking at you). I'm confident that they will do some tweaking with this whole favor stuff.

Btw DarkGanni nice avatar.

Also, that character in the gif is my main. Yay!!

iamanalog

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rt/

Trapped in the Closet FTW!!!

ockhams

ockhams

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

the problem with perma-favor is that there is no incentive to do anything more than what you might have done normally. i think right now a lot of ppl are specifically working on titles because they want the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing hall prize. and the favor change is meant to encourage that for when guild wars 1 dies. gw1 will turn into grinding rubbish and highlight the new game, gw2. whoopee.

i mean, what the old system encouraged the cross union of pvp and pve. and it has been very clearly stated over and over again especially here on guru that pve shouldnt be tied to pvp. so i think anet has gone that extra step to kiss some ass and untie the two. but i think its garbage.

it used to be that when your region had favor it was (while predictable, europe/america) still somewhat glamorous. and it gave a reason for ppl to HoH. now what is the point to HoH? an emote? sexy. but there is no real reason at all to HoH except if you like that format. kinda balances out the other pvp formats but definitely takes away any of the glamor and any pve related reason to pvp at all.

the favor changes effectively unties pve from pvp. thats the way i see it. and yes i think its RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing lame.

generik

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahlia Tane
What movie is that from?

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by generik
What movie is that from?
No idea. I plucked the GIF from the internet and changed it.

Indian

Indian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

[SWIM]/[HooD]/[RFE]

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lol thats hilarious

iamanalog

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahlia Tane
No idea. I plucked the GIF from the internet and changed it.

That Gem is from R. Kelly's Trapped in the closet, the most epic of Tales!

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

They might as well just drop favor all together if this carries on.

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

lol that is awesome. And ya they will change the favor system probably.

phallanxian

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by ockhams
the problem with perma-favor is that there is no incentive to do anything more than what you might have done normally. i think right now a lot of ppl are specifically working on titles because they want the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing hall prize. and the favor change is meant to encourage that for when guild wars 1 dies. gw1 will turn into grinding rubbish and highlight the new game, gw2. whoopee.

i mean, what the old system encouraged the cross union of pvp and pve. and it has been very clearly stated over and over again especially here on guru that pve shouldnt be tied to pvp. so i think anet has gone that extra step to kiss some ass and untie the two. but i think its garbage.

it used to be that when your region had favor it was (while predictable, europe/america) still somewhat glamorous. and it gave a reason for ppl to HoH. now what is the point to HoH? an emote? sexy. but there is no real reason at all to HoH except if you like that format. kinda balances out the other pvp formats but definitely takes away any of the glamor and any pve related reason to pvp at all.

the favor changes effectively unties pve from pvp. thats the way i see it. and yes i think its RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing lame.
not many people are winning halls to get favour most people winning halls are pvp players who play halls for rank and because they like playing halls

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

Quote:
Originally Posted by TiNkLeR
Its awesome! Now we all have acess do FoW and UW! Why are you complaining? Or are you just joking? lol
More access = more supply. The price of ecto and shards are going to bottom out soon. 3 weeks after GWEN the price will plummet.

Better dump your stock during the first week of GWEN to get rid of them while players want new armor.

Alias_X

Alias_X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

As soon as GWEN is released, people will have to go for all new titles - which will take loads of time, or they will simply be busy going through the game and there won't be a maxed title for a long time. Believe me, Anet has the ability to monitor the number of titles maxed, and I bet they did before they decided to make this change, so why don't we all keep our pants on and try not to cry when there isn't any favor in a week.

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

Errrr Access scrolls anyone? I don't see the difference honestly other than one is free and the other isn't. Access scrolls are favor on demand. So what's the big deal?

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

I love it.. all the complaining people did about the new system.. they got owned.

Molock

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Qu??bec

Legacy of Angels [Halo]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Malice Black
They might as well just drop favor all together if this carries on.
I agree... at the rate people are maxing titles favor might as well be infinite.. and it makes me sad that my KoaBD will soon be a piece of trash

Plague on a Stick

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Advent To Glory[xAGx]

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people are complaining because now that we pretty much constant favor everyone will be farming away and the price of ectos and shards will plummet down, not bad for me cause as soon as i get ectos i sell them.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Ironic...

When this change was first made, people were complaining...saying we'd never have favor because people wouldn't be maxing enough titles, or would eventually run out of titles to max.

Now people are complaining because we have too much favor.


>.>

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

it was funny....i tried to cap 1,337 minutes, but it didnt hit it... ;-; it was at 1,338

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by lyra_song
it was funny....i tried to cap 1,337 minutes, but it didnt hit it... ;-; it was at 1,338
You could have just waited a minute and then taken the screen.. smart guy.

Silly Warrior

Silly Warrior

Hold it!

Join Date: Jul 2006

In your local courthouse.

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

I tried the same thing last night Lyra, might have been on at the same time as you :P.

And yes, I would have used it as my signature.

Alias_X

Alias_X

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Molock
I agree... at the rate people are maxing titles favor might as well be infinite.. and it makes me sad that my KoaBD will soon be a piece of trash
You have to understand that this will not carry on. People will be more concerned with playing through GWEN than maxing their sweettooth title. Hell, people will then farm gold (No title for that) for their new GWEN armor.

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

This does show me that people are getting titles a lot more often that I'd have imagined. It was also pretty cool to get a few pms from strangers when I got Legendary Guardian.

But this shows that Anet miscalculated. The 3 minutes per certain maxed titles is purely arbitrary and shows that implemented real world, it doesn't acheive its goal: which I assume to be tying favor to pve elements in a way that makes favor still rewarding and something to enjoy while we have it.

Now, it's cheap, constant, and almost irrelevant.

bebe

bebe

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8

Put the peanut in the peanut hole!

The favor system is just laughable right now.

Zephyr Jackson

Zephyr Jackson

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kansas

E/Mo

I asked gaile right after dragon festival, and she said that if everyone just maxed 1 title a year, we would have favor all of the time....

AngeloM3

AngeloM3

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

RI

Diciples of Rage [RAGE]

Ectos and Shards prices going down?

Hmmmmm we've had what?? 3+ weeks of constant favor........hmmmm oh look Ectos and Shards are still at the same price.

Another thread that should be deleted.... OP is one of those gamers that is NEVER satisfied. Here's a tip... uninstall GW and go LARPing.

Tahlia Tane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by AngeloM3
Another thread that should be deleted.... OP is one of those gamers that is NEVER satisfied. Here's a tip... uninstall GW and go LARPing.

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

it's possible that ecto/shard prices are not going down because they are already at rock bottom. It's possible that their price reflects the amount of time and expertise it takes to farm them, and very little else (such as scarcity) adding anything on top of that.
Say an average smite run nets you 1 ecto, which is 4.5k. Say it takes you 25 minutes to farm it (solo). So that's barely more than 9k/hr, which is about the same return as most reasonable farm runs, whether that's rares, greens, or just huge amounts of merchant fodder.

angelo: nice trolling attempt, but to be realistic, trading one crap favor system for another means both are equally criticizable.

B E A S T

B E A S T

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2007

Anywhere but Guild Wars now, sadly.

It's a shame, this game had so much potential, but is ruined due to stale gameplay and lame updates

Quote:
Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
trading one crap favor system for another means both are equally criticizable.
Completly agree with this statement. I would not be surprised to see a diffrent favor system implemented by the end of September.

sindex

sindex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

California

Swords of Night & Day [SWRD]

You guys will be singing a different tune if they do change it again, or when people start to wane off from playing GW.

AngeloM3

AngeloM3

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

RI

Diciples of Rage [RAGE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by VitisVinifera
angelo: nice trolling attempt, but to be realistic, trading one crap favor system for another means both are equally criticizable.
I'm sorry man... but how many "New favor system sucks" threads do we need.