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One mistake I've seen a lot of people make (and thus have exp woes) is not following Dynamic Events. Most, if not all of them, are chains. There was this Asura NPC in an area asking for some enemy parts, so you killed stuff in the near vicinity and bring them to him. Around 8/10 people were contributing to it with me so it filled up pretty fast, then after like 30 seconds everyone got a reward. At this point everybody left. I followed the NPC back to a settlement where he began talking to other NPCs. They did something together and another, bigger veteran enemy was summoned that when killed gave even more exp/karma/gold. I was the only one there to fight him together with some NPC guards.

This is but a short example of what happens with DE yet if people are not told by the game exactly where to go (or are not paying attention to the NPC's dialogue) they have no clue. There are events that have 4 or 5 stages.

I am going to agree that maybe more stuff to do could and should be added around, but exp is so easy to come by it's not even funny. I am currently getting 850 exp for every node gathered. I need 180k to level up and this is a lvl 70-75 zone where I have uncovered maybe 40% of it and I am already level 75, heck there are not even hearts in this area, everything chains together through DEs. If you are constantly under-leveled you are doing something wrong imo.

 

[Slayer-33]

What the Christ is going on? lol

 

[Snkfanatic]

Oh they turned it on EVERYONE? When? then maybe I didn't get hacked and the email is taking FUCKING FOREVER.

With the amount of people having the same problem (me included) that has to be the case honestly.

 

[Hawkian]

Oh they turned it on EVERYONE? When? then maybe I didn't get hacked and the email is taking FUCKING FOREVER.

Oh, yeah. Very unlikely you were hacked. They've commented:

We're aware that some players are unable to login due to the email authentication and our teams are working on fixing it ^SL

Bizarrely it worked flawlessly for me, just logged on, saw that it asked for an email, went to my email and clicked and said save, never bothered me again. :/

 

[kayos90]

Oh, yeah. Very unlikely you were hacked. They've commented:

Bizarrely it worked flawlessly for me, just logged on, saw that it asked for an email, went to my email and clicked and said save, never bothered me again. :/

Well, I'm just fucking pissed now. An email shouldn't take forever. Also, if the authenticator is broken, then take that shit down so people can log in. Once it's fixed, THEN implement it.

 

[Hawkian]

I was wondering, are you pissed right now?

 

[Ken]

The email authenticator worked for me too well. Kept getting emails every time I logged in so I had to check the box to remember the network I was logging in from.

"8 gold is like a little more than $40 in gems."


The gem/gold ratio is dynamic.

Dynamic but that's how much it was when the exploits were happening.

 

[kayos90]

I was wondering, are you pissed right now?

You have no fucking idea.

 

[Velion]

So...Overloading the email servers is smart i guess? Should've let us turn it on ourselves.

 

[Hawkian]

The email authenticator worked for me too well. Kept getting emails every time I logged in so I had to check the box to remember the network I was logging in from.

Yep- this is how it's intended to work. They must be beside themselves that it's just keeping people out of the game entirely right now. Double your mail servers Anet!

 

[User Name Here]

Oh they turned it on EVERYONE? When? then maybe I didn't get hacked and the email is taking FUCKING FOREVER.

Maybe it's in your spam mail box?

 

[tci]

A bit angry about it myself. I was supposed to level with a friend of mine on a new character. He have been playing alone while I have been watching the TSL4 stream.

 

[Ken]

A bit angry about it myself. I was supposed to level with a friend of mine on a new character. He have been playing alone while I have been watching the TSL4 stream.

What a jerk.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Bizarrely it worked flawlessly for me, just logged on, saw that it asked for an email, went to my email and clicked and said save, never bothered me again. :/

The email authenticator worked for me too well. Kept getting emails every time I logged in so I had to check the box to remember the network I was logging in from.

Just out of random curiousity, who are your email providers?

 

[Cronnie]

Trading post still down?

Yup.

 

[kayos90]

I checked every single email box including spam. I'm pissed because I NEED to play this game for review. When I dedicate a time of the day to reviewing a game and it's not working I become extremely upset/frustrated because now it's stupid and wasting time. Luckily I have review Dark Souls too so I'll do that. But as a reviewer you have no idea how angry this makes me.

 

[tci]

What a jerk.

Not at all. My main is lvl. 28 or something. He got the game this weekend.

 

[Hawkian]

Just out of random curiousity, who are your email providers?

*shrug* Comcast, but it's a known issue for them, people clearly aren't getting the authentication emails they should be.

 

[Kalnos]

So far the Renown Hearts seem like a step back from modern WoW quests. All of them seem to boil down to kill this or click this. I think the 'click this' is where I have a problem with it. Light a torch, destroy artifacts, collect items, etc all boil down to walking up to something and then clicking on it where in WoW they have added all sorts of interesting quest specific items/vehicles and what have you that you need to use.

The dynamic events can be amazing at times, when they aren't an escort, but the really cool ones are pretty rare (Caledon Forest worm was awesome).

I'm just finding it hard to get excited about the PvE in this game.

 

[Kikarian]

EDIT: I was wrong.

 

[tci]

Has everyone checked the spam folder for the email? It worked for some of the people I know...

Yes...

 

[Kikarian]

Yes...

Oh, My bad my friends were trolling -.-

 

[RS4-]

The areas that have people continuously spamming skills in anticipation of events, I came across one but I wasn't getting any XP lol (maybe because I was level 15 while the mobs were 20+). I'm assuming they're doing it to farm xp and drops?

Rare drops and higher, just salvage eh?

 

[Mothman91]

Damn, this is very serious. Hope ArenaNet can solve this out. I haven't gotten any email authentications.............................yet.

I hope I don't get into this mess.

 

[kayos90]

I feel like they should just TURN THE FUCKING THING OFF so people can log in. Once you have it fixed then put it up. This mentality is insane. If they can't turn it off, then tell us WHY!

 

[Vincent Alexander]

*shrug* Comcast, but it's a known issue for them, people clearly aren't getting the authentication emails they should be.

Yep, yep. Just wonderin'

Maybe when I'm up from a nap this shite will be taken care of.

 

[Hawkian]

interesting quest specific items/vehicles and what have you that you need to use.

There are quite a few of these- don't give up hope yet. In one there's a rifle that lets you trap minotaurs when they're below 50% health, another you're inside a golem, and one where you have to lure and trap invincible crabs.

 

[etiolate]

Isn't this the same issue they had before with the authentication servers?

 

[Artanisix]

How to powerlevel: Dolyaks

 

[Kai Dracon]

Isn't this the same issue they had before with the authentication servers?

I guess? Except now people who aren't getting the email cannot log in to play in the meantime.

Perfect timing too, during labor day weekend.

 

[Mothman91]

How to powerlevel: Dolyaks

explain...

 

[kayos90]

I guess? Except now people who aren't getting the email cannot log in to play in the meantime.

Perfect timing too, during labor day weekend.

Yes. No fucking kidding.

 

[Sethos]

How to powerlevel: Dolyaks

Lemme guess, WvWvW escort?

That's my dirty little thing. Incredibly effective.

 

[Deitus]

explain...

Escorting Dolyaks in WvW is considered an event, and gives good exp rewards for completing it. If you want to mind numbingly grind your way to level 80 by basically doing nothing, that's the easiest way.

 

[Fivefold]

Don't want to be blaming the victim here but I've had absolutely no problem with my account so far. Received my auth email instantly.

People getting hacked either:

1. Used the same email/password they used in a compromised site (last.fm was the latest, most high profile case IIRC)

2. Have an active keylogger in their system.

Anet not providing a functional authenticator (email or dongle or app) day 1 is of course their fault, but if the user's security is already compromised from start that won't do much anyway.

 

[Sethos]

Escorting Dolyaks in WvW is considered an event, and gives good exp rewards for completing it. If you want to mind numbingly grind your way to level 80 by basically doing nothing, that's the easiest way.

Add to that, on one of the routes you can bunch up two of them either by luck or with some speed abilities. Then you only need to follow them 50% of the way and they will both give you a gold completion when they arrive. That's like 4 minutes of double event XP over and over again.

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Add to that, on one of the routes you can bunch up two of them either by luck or with some speed abilities. Then you only need to follow them 50% of the way and they will both give you a gold completion when they arrive. That's like 4 minutes of double event XP over and over again."


Pro-tip: You can get the other 2 on the opposite side of the map as well for 4x event XP.

 

[Mothman91]

Escorting Dolyaks in WvW is considered an event, and gives good exp rewards for completing it. If you want to mind numbingly grind your way to level 80 by basically doing nothing, that's the easiest way.

WvW? Ehhhhh, I don't think I've played WvW for even like 5 minutes. When I was in there, they teleported everyone back into Lions Arch because they were going to restart the servers or something.

 

[Sethos]

"Add to that, on one of the routes you can bunch up two of them either by luck or with some speed abilities. Then you only need to follow them 50% of the way and they will both give you a gold completion when they arrive. That's like 4 minutes of double event XP over and over again."


Pro-tip: You can get the other 2 on the opposite side of the map as well for 4x event XP.

Really? Damn, how's that possible

 

[kayos90]

Honestly, I don't think I got hacked. My password remains the same. I can log in. I just can't verify the fucking log in. So they turned on Authentication for me without my knowledge and I can't access it as a result.

 

[Kai Dracon]

I've gotten no previous emails indicating someone was trying to log in, and I have a password created specifically for GW2 that's never been used before. And of course, I can actually log in. It's the authenticating email itself that won't send.

 

[benny_a]

I tried the Dolyaks stuff in WvW and escorted them like 8 times but only got exp 2 times.
One time was when I had to defend the Dolyak from enemy players and once the Dolyak died to enemy players.

Killing enemy Dolyaks gave me the completion event every time.

 

[Hawkian]

Honestly, I don't think I got hacked. My password remains the same. I can log in. I just can't verify the fucking log in. So they turned on Authentication for me without my knowledge and I can't access it as a result.

Yeah, I think your account is safe. It's bizarre to me that so many people are missing their emails as mine was literally, I mean, it was in my inbox by the time I tabbed to it to check. I think it's a mail server issue honestly... hoping they get it locked up quick.

 

[bogg]

Same thing here. And we finally managed to get a party to do CM on gandara, I couldn't enter the instance so I tried logging out, now I can't log back in. sigh.

 

[kayos90]

Yeah, I think your account is safe. It's bizarre to me that so many people are missing their emails as mine was literally, I mean, it was in my inbox by the time I tabbed to it to check. I think it's a mail server issue honestly... hoping they get it locked up quick.

It's been hours....

 

[Mothman91]

I should really check out WvWvW then.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Yeah, I think your account is safe. It's bizarre to me that so many people are missing their emails as mine was literally, I mean, it was in my inbox by the time I tabbed to it to check. I think it's a mail server issue honestly... hoping they get it locked up quick.

I've heard a few people say that they got the email instantly but it was earlier in the day than the lot of us.

Right now, it seems to be non-functional.

 

[Zoink]

So... isn't the leveling balanced to take crafting into account? It seems they really want to encourage people to craft here, especially with the bonus XP from discovering, and the fact that the gear you craft for yourself can actually be really great at any given level range.

I don't think so. I got to level 80 with zero xp from crafting, pvp, dungeons or xp boosts. There was a couple of times I thought, "oh crap...I have nowhere to go" then I realised I had missed entire zones. The xp from personal story is insane, I always did them -2 levels and it wasn't unusual to get around 20% of a level on completion.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Goddamn, having to do level 28 events as level 25 just isn't fun.

Maybe i'll focus my time on some crafting instead.

 

[Artanisix]

Not only do Dolyaks give xp, they give stupids amount of karma and silver too.