Just reading this...
Svardborg contains one of the hardest achievements to earn in the game, entitled, “Master of Svardborg”, which can only be earned if no one in your party is put into a downed state during the fight (this includes soulforged, but the death counter is reset if the entire team wipes)
Complete the thing should had been enough, or if you wanted to go that route make it to that you have to stay in the arena wich mean not completely dead or why not even NOT DYING YOURSELF. But not getting down and revive for an entire group at all is pure BS. Between this and the complete bore fest of fishing for 50 rank 5, wich come at 1 every once in a while only, this has killed my interest for this game. Achievements was one of the few things that kept me motivated,
And to add insult to injury, its only 5Gs !!
its bad enough to depend on other peoples DPS and IL to get some achievements like gold ranks etc, but to add a factor where i have to depend on there skills and such on top of character builds... thats just too much.
And chances are, considering how bad this mod is and nobody like it (nobody like to uber farm/grind and lots of peoples already decided to wait for mod 11 for the other new weapons) the reality is i won't even probably be able to come back later down the road even if they gives us more ways to resist the whipes as nobody will play this anymore.
Cryptic if you keep hitting yourself in the feet at one point you will blow the entire limb...
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You miss the point. Free or not free, it does not matter. As a matter of fact this has been proven this model is making more money for the compagnies, thus why its everywhere. The free factor is only there to lure players to start it, eventually they are pretty much bound to drop money on it, even if they control themselves. Its especially tempting when you realize how much you need some stuff like bigger bags and at least a purple mount.
The problem at topic here is some of us worked hard to complete the game, and to be fairly honest i welcome new achievements in game, it gives us new stuff to do. But they could had choose some much better stuff and make it fun. For exemple instead of 50x rank 5, why not find 10 or 25 treasures. The maps drop more than the fish (at least for me) and it gives item at the same time, so it make it double worth. If your not down for that fishing grind, then you can buy the maps from players.
Instead of the whole party not dying in swarborg or whatever its call, they could had make it so its only YOU that need to not die. Encouraging personal skills and good play. But as it is right now, one dude not paying attention getting whiped during the big attack or whatever and thats it... not getting it.
If the raid was like a spider or such, i could understand. But we are talking here needing players 4K !!! The 3200 entering requirement is bogus just like everytime as 3200 is way too low. So you need to find 9 other 4K or close to it players, you need to have at least 2-3 DCs wich are pretty rare on this game, 2 tanks, and VERY strong DPS. Im probably gonna be considered weak for this just cause i don't have a 4000 mount or max guild boons. At some point i wish they would push equal. CN was a very decent type of dungeon. It was hard a bit at first but become managable very fast with a good team.
For example the fishing one is designed to encourage people to fish, if you don't want to you don't have to.
Fair enough "Master of Svardborg" is going to be tough for some players, but if you've done enough to unlock it then you're probably a decent enough player to survive & if not put more effort into levelling up your character rather than relying on others to carry you through content.
Its bad enough seeing votes to abandon in edemo before the bloody thing starts. Do we need more conventions to encourage selfish behaviour?
I have no problem with uber tough accomplishments. They give more satisfaction than box-ticking simple achievements to post on a timeline.
I don't imagine getting such a group together will be easy in and of itself, so more satisfying when you complete.
I am willing to give up on a rank 12 right now to be able to get this damn achievement... thats how much it annoy me. Yes im offering a rank 12 to any group/guild that can make me get it.