Lame- Can no longer donate faction to opposing Faction

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

Mo/

Ok... so... I've been in several different luxon and kurzick guilds in the past, and despite which Faction I am in, I always AB for the Kurzicks, simply because I'm focusing on just one title track and refuse to do both, ESPECIALLY considering there are now PvE titles associated with them Separately...

In the past (WEEK) I have had no problem being guested to Kurzick guilds and ABing for faction and then going to their hall, and raising their faction for their alliance 10k a drop...

TODAY I just noticed that the Rewards ambassador refuses to let me donate faction to the guild if I'm not associated with Kurzicks through my alliance.

This really annoys me because Anet is saying: "Hey, if you want to donate faction to Kurzicks, you NOW have to leave your guild to do so"

Hear me out, HAD this been implemented since the beginning I would have NO Qualms whatsoever, however, This new update basically says "If you want to increase your Kurzick title like the rest of the Kurzicks, we're forcing you to leave your guild and find a new one or have nothing to do with us at all"

/end

I find it annoying, and have nowhere seen an official update about this.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

Well, that's the way it should have worked from the beginning.

About time they fixed it.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal Kronik
Well, that's the way it should have worked from the beginning.

About time they fixed it.
Yeah, they should have made it that way rather than letting people believe they could grow attached to a guild, and then say they have to -choose- between their guild or their title-track.

Stormcloud

Stormcloud

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Oregon, USA

Just donate in HzH for Amber chunks Still applies to your title track.

Swift Thief

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

Aatxe Pirates [YaRR]

A/

Can we still buy skills, amber/jade, and scrolls from the other faction? If not, then I'm sad.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Swift Thief
Can we still buy skills, amber/jade, and scrolls from the other faction? If not, then I'm sad.
yes you still can.

You just can't donate towards their Faction... meaning... no double points for dropping *sigh*

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal Kronik
Well, that's the way it should have worked from the beginning.
Why ?

Lets say your a PvE player and spend months working on the Kurzick skills on the side while doing whatever you do most of the time. Then something happens and the guild your in falls apart, so you go looking for a new guild. You find a guild that some of your previous guildmates (who don't care about the factions PvE skills and won't be willing to leave this guild) are in and it looks good, except its a Luxon guild with multiple people with high Luxon titles.

- Join them, then spend months to get your Luxon title up to the point where its equal to to what you had in your Kurzick rank to start with.
- Try to convince them to change sides and screw over their Luxon players
- Leave them and your previous guildmates behind and try to find another guild that fits you while having nobody in it that you know.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

3rd option. If your title is more important than your guild...stay with that faction. If your guild is more important than your title (like me), then you work on the new faction.

Steps_Descending

Steps_Descending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

IN my pocket plane. Obviously!

Little Tom's Pocket Plane [THom]

Me/Mo

While i'll admit that "fix" isn't exactly fun or deserved. (why NOW by the way?) There is a way to get the 2xfaction bonus without being in a kurzick guild, the PvE skills still give you the double title points.

But unfortunately, yes. Depending on how high you want your title to be, you will need to create new chars, the bright side is that every one of your chars will have all Kurzick skills...

AlienFromBeyond

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steps_Descending
While i'll admit that "fix" isn't exactly fun or deserved. (why NOW by the way?) There is a way to get the 2xfaction bonus without being in a kurzick guild, the PvE skills still give you the double title points.

But unfortunately, yes. Depending on how high you want your title to be, you will need to create new chars, the bright side is that every one of your chars will have all Kurzick skills...
Unfortunately that requires you to already have at least rank 1 of the title. Not to mention the time it takes to get a character to HzH/Cavalon would get you more faction by doing more FFF than the double bonus from getting PvE skills.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
Why ?

Lets say your a PvE player and spend months working on the Kurzick skills on the side while doing whatever you do most of the time. Then something happens and the guild your in falls apart, so you go looking for a new guild. You find a guild that some of your previous guildmates (who don't care about the factions PvE skills and won't be willing to leave this guild) are in and it looks good, except its a Luxon guild with multiple people with high Luxon titles.

- Join them, then spend months to get your Luxon title up to the point where its equal to to what you had in your Kurzick rank to start with.
- Try to convince them to change sides and screw over their Luxon players
- Leave them and your previous guildmates behind and try to find another guild that fits you while having nobody in it that you know.

QFT

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Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Aw...this does make me sad. I've been planning on getting at least rank 1 of the Luxon track to buy Luxon versions of all the PvE skills too...

No real reason to have them, just for show.

the_jos

the_jos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Hard Mode Legion [HML]

N/

Oh, I have several people including officers in my guild that were kurzick once and have friends in kurzick guilds.
They are free to leave in these kind of weekends to get their kurz track better and join back after the weekend.
Happened in the past, most probably happens again this weekend.

jelmew

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Holland

[Kaiz]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphic Divinity
Ok... so... I've been in several different luxon and kurzick guilds in the past, and despite which Faction I am in, I always AB for the Kurzicks, simply because I'm focusing on just one title track and refuse to do both, ESPECIALLY considering there are now PvE titles associated with them Separately...

In the past (WEEK) I have had no problem being guested to Kurzick guilds and ABing for faction and then going to their hall, and raising their faction for their alliance 10k a drop...

TODAY I just noticed that the Rewards ambassador refuses to let me donate faction to the guild if I'm not associated with Kurzicks through my alliance.

This really annoys me because Anet is saying: "Hey, if you want to donate faction to Kurzicks, you NOW have to leave your guild to do so"

Hear me out, HAD this been implemented since the beginning I would have NO Qualms whatsoever, however, This new update basically says "If you want to increase your Kurzick title like the rest of the Kurzicks, we're forcing you to leave your guild and find a new one or have nothing to do with us at all"

/end

I find it annoying, and have nowhere seen an official update about this.
Just keep buying kurzick/luxon skills. Even though you won't use them.

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

jeese alot of you arnt getting this - sure you can still buy amber/skills/scrolls

but that doesnt make it all ok - If someone told me that they wont sell me a nice burger ive been eating for years beacuse i moved hous -its not exactly "Oh its ok, ill go for the less tasty hotdog"

basically we're being conned out of our titles by this

pingu666

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

guildhall

[DETH]

its been like that for awhile? i remmber it being like that since the last faction/ab weekend :\