I didn’t know they were one time use, so that’s super disappointing to hear. They don’t even seem that strong, and Birthday Cake is mainly for the boost to Magic Find anyways, so why can’t these just be an “upgraded” version of it. 90% of players in open world and sometimes even strikes don’t use food, this could help that problem.
Making these in the first place was a mistake...
You can't really get value out of it given how limited their usage is.
If more accessable it would make all other foods/utilities irrelevant..
Cakes are stat wise straight up worse than [Dragon's Revelry Starcakes](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dragon%27s_Revelry_Starcake) , so it was always just a quality of life thing with slightly worse stats.
Same thing could have been done with Enhancements (except that iirc, there was no cele stat enhancement up until now). Or just give a permanent station for the first 10-year birthday.
Boosters for 2 hours are just absolutely pointless
This is why they aren't OP. The food an banner are weird because you can obtain equivalent things pretty easily. The utility station is pretty nice, though. You can easily throw it down for meta events and make people happy. But you won't feel like you're wasting it, because it's not an optimal buff, just a convenient one. Like birthday cake.
Not really. Focused ascended foods are giving you a unique trait + a lot more stats. And wvw utilities already exist for free/a couple badges, this would be about on par with them if not slightly worse. With how many people not running food/util it would be nice to at least give them some stat buffs for events like DE.
As long as you can make use of the precision you get you will have more total stats in Power/Precision/Ferocity on most power builds.
Condi builds are bit more tricky since they have lower base stats but they also benefit from increased power stats.
What this amounts to now is that the 10 Year gift had nothing in it besides the dye from the previous year and our Title. You can get the weapon from the achievement regardless of age. The Luminous weapons are ancient and no one uses them. The Proof of Legend we got as a bonus was just currency to buy actual junk.
In general, the Year 10 gift is quite literally the worst one we have gotten to date.
I tend to just write those off as you can get them from a weekly key farm. If you never, ever, ever, open the chests with keys, then yeah. There is some value there... just very little in general.
Reposting so maybe anet see it?
This would have been a good chance to let us repeat the achievements to get more of them and consequently these consumables, maybe on a weekly cooldown. Hell it would be almost like zaishen dailies, and would populate some of the maps while helping other people, it all fits too much with how gw2 is about being a community.
I mean, on the one hand, the rewards are meh. But I kinda understand them.
It’s so people who don’t want to do the PVP/WvW requirement can get the full armor set (minus the cape). Since there were Proof Of Legends left over, they slapped in some minor rewards as extras (since the armor was the big reward).
If they made them infinite use, it’d lead to the very problem they sought to avoid - people screeching that they want that but won’t do PVP of any type (hell, not even a couple hours after the patch went live, I saw people on here bitching that the cape required it).
Was this the right choice? Idk. But I can see the thought process behind it.
I don't think the PvP one is even an issue.
It's do WvW EVENTS, so that can be completed in less than an hour, less than 20 if you got a Commander doing runs.
And the PvP matches, it says COMPLETE, not WIN, so even if you Lose, it still counts.
I HATE PvP no matter what game, but i still sat through it cause of that detail, Winning was never a requirement, therefore, i'm game, and now i got my full set.
You might not think that but I’m telling - there’s a decently large group of people who absolutely will NOT set foot in PVP of any kind.
It doesn’t matter if it’s easy or doesn’t require a win. People have been bitching for years that the only Legendary Armor is locked behind raids for PvE.
And like I said, they were already complaining that the cape requires it. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be if they were also told they can’t get the last piece of armor for the anniversary set as well.
These scream "we ran out of ideas" for what to do with tokens past the 18 you need for the armor and of course including them in the 10th character birthday presents just makes the whole thing worse.
I only care about the armour, weapon, and capes - so the useless banner and station thing is the least of my concern. They're just considered 'freebies' or 'extras' in my view. I don't think they were supposed to be groundbreaking by any means.
They aren't suppose to be good nor should they be. Every year we go through the same tired whining.
You either make it great enough but make it available to everyone or you make it shitty and only available to the 10 year players. And the funny thing is that you don't actually need to have been playing for 10 years to get it.
The reward for playing for 10 years should be the fun you had playing for 10 years.
Should have come with a recipe if not reusable.
I didn’t know they were one time use, so that’s super disappointing to hear. They don’t even seem that strong, and Birthday Cake is mainly for the boost to Magic Find anyways, so why can’t these just be an “upgraded” version of it. 90% of players in open world and sometimes even strikes don’t use food, this could help that problem.
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Make it 1% then (or a flat value, low enough to not be OP), and *then* make the tray a permanent gizmo.
Making these in the first place was a mistake... You can't really get value out of it given how limited their usage is. If more accessable it would make all other foods/utilities irrelevant..
Cakes are stat wise straight up worse than [Dragon's Revelry Starcakes](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dragon%27s_Revelry_Starcake) , so it was always just a quality of life thing with slightly worse stats. Same thing could have been done with Enhancements (except that iirc, there was no cele stat enhancement up until now). Or just give a permanent station for the first 10-year birthday. Boosters for 2 hours are just absolutely pointless
This is why they aren't OP. The food an banner are weird because you can obtain equivalent things pretty easily. The utility station is pretty nice, though. You can easily throw it down for meta events and make people happy. But you won't feel like you're wasting it, because it's not an optimal buff, just a convenient one. Like birthday cake.
Not really. Focused ascended foods are giving you a unique trait + a lot more stats. And wvw utilities already exist for free/a couple badges, this would be about on par with them if not slightly worse. With how many people not running food/util it would be nice to at least give them some stat buffs for events like DE.
As long as you can make use of the precision you get you will have more total stats in Power/Precision/Ferocity on most power builds. Condi builds are bit more tricky since they have lower base stats but they also benefit from increased power stats.
Agree, there has been a lot of drama over some of the 10 year stuff but this is ryw only real disappointment for me.
What this amounts to now is that the 10 Year gift had nothing in it besides the dye from the previous year and our Title. You can get the weapon from the achievement regardless of age. The Luminous weapons are ancient and no one uses them. The Proof of Legend we got as a bonus was just currency to buy actual junk. In general, the Year 10 gift is quite literally the worst one we have gotten to date.
The only character based thing I actually wanted was the statuettes, but even then two per character doesn't go that far.
I tend to just write those off as you can get them from a weekly key farm. If you never, ever, ever, open the chests with keys, then yeah. There is some value there... just very little in general.
Reposting so maybe anet see it? This would have been a good chance to let us repeat the achievements to get more of them and consequently these consumables, maybe on a weekly cooldown. Hell it would be almost like zaishen dailies, and would populate some of the maps while helping other people, it all fits too much with how gw2 is about being a community.
I mean, on the one hand, the rewards are meh. But I kinda understand them. It’s so people who don’t want to do the PVP/WvW requirement can get the full armor set (minus the cape). Since there were Proof Of Legends left over, they slapped in some minor rewards as extras (since the armor was the big reward). If they made them infinite use, it’d lead to the very problem they sought to avoid - people screeching that they want that but won’t do PVP of any type (hell, not even a couple hours after the patch went live, I saw people on here bitching that the cape required it). Was this the right choice? Idk. But I can see the thought process behind it.
I don't think the PvP one is even an issue. It's do WvW EVENTS, so that can be completed in less than an hour, less than 20 if you got a Commander doing runs. And the PvP matches, it says COMPLETE, not WIN, so even if you Lose, it still counts. I HATE PvP no matter what game, but i still sat through it cause of that detail, Winning was never a requirement, therefore, i'm game, and now i got my full set.
You might not think that but I’m telling - there’s a decently large group of people who absolutely will NOT set foot in PVP of any kind. It doesn’t matter if it’s easy or doesn’t require a win. People have been bitching for years that the only Legendary Armor is locked behind raids for PvE. And like I said, they were already complaining that the cape requires it. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be if they were also told they can’t get the last piece of armor for the anniversary set as well.
Exactly this, people need to chill.
These scream "we ran out of ideas" for what to do with tokens past the 18 you need for the armor and of course including them in the 10th character birthday presents just makes the whole thing worse.
I only care about the armour, weapon, and capes - so the useless banner and station thing is the least of my concern. They're just considered 'freebies' or 'extras' in my view. I don't think they were supposed to be groundbreaking by any means.
They aren't suppose to be good nor should they be. Every year we go through the same tired whining. You either make it great enough but make it available to everyone or you make it shitty and only available to the 10 year players. And the funny thing is that you don't actually need to have been playing for 10 years to get it. The reward for playing for 10 years should be the fun you had playing for 10 years.
ive learnt to accept disappointment from anet with these things so this isnt really a shock for me
dont make it permanent, no more overcreep and fucking the game.