Windfreeze.4701

Big oof. I get that kitten happens, and having all facets of a game studio be on exactly the same page is a lot of cats to herd, but when the official announcement very explicitly states that required purchase of expansions to get their corresponding relics won't begin until the FIFTH one, that's..... a very pricey thing to mislead players who don't own SotO on. From a technical perspective I don't know how a fix for this would be implemented, but since this is a pretty direct conflict of communicated promises about expensive in game materials and functionality, I feel like something ought to be done even if it doesn't affect a super huge audience. This game thrives off longtime dedicated players who, yes, use alt accounts; alienating them isn't ideal.

Middle bush is currently (still? was this ever truly fixed?) bugged for #12, "Likes to hide in garden landscaping".

Skimming the forums, I saw a lot of people were having trouble with the No Lasers! achievement. I was included in that number, until a friend and I found a way to easily get it. So, starting off: some basic info about the specifics of the achiev. If a laser hits anyone, you have to leave the fractal entirely and come back. GG'ing won't work.If you're fast, the person being targeted can GG before the laser strikes. The other player(s) can then also gg to reset everyone, and since technically none have been hit by a laser, leaving the instance is not necessary. (this is a good way to save yourself if you're stranded nowhere near a shield crystal and you know it's gonna get you.)The laser CAN be evadedThe laser CAN NOT be blockedKilling a tentacle or a jade collosus spawns 1 shield crystalJade collosi will reflect projectiles UNLESS they have already been engaged in combat (by a pet/minion aggro, some sort of non-projectile pull, another player, etc.)Take a LOT of stun breaks/speedups.When a laser hits your crystal and gives it a charge, you don't HAVE to throw it. Holding onto it or dropping it will retain the crystal.So, onto what we dubbed the "Crystal Garden" method. (We were a DPS soulbeast duo on voice chat for this; the more people you have helping you, the more complicated it will become to coordinate sharing the crystals, but voice chat is not necessary for this method as long as everyone has patience and doesn't greed.) Fight starts; wipe out the irukandji first, and the 2 back tentacles last. Once the last one is down, retreat to the far end of the space from the jade maw- it'll give you some breathing room. The very beginning is somewhat luck- a reflecting crystal/collosi may spawn right near you, in which case, hell yeah. Whoever gets the skull, grab a crystal and retreat back to that starting point where the tentacles won't knock you down. DON'T THROW IT. Just hang onto it, while the other person(s) deals with the nearest tentacle and/or jade collosi. If the skull targets you again, great; keep holding onto that crystal like a champ. If it targets your partner, assuming they don't have a crystal themselves, DROP YOURS for them. Also do not have them throw it- have them hold it, because now it's your turn to pull and kill some jade collosi. Repeat this process- absorbing the laser and taking turns getting crystals from the adds- until you are both able to each hold 1 crystal in your arms, and have at least 3 spares on the ground right near you. You can then take turns throwing charged crystals (or designate one person to be the thrower) and constantly keeping a supply of 3+ spares on hand. Unless you get unlucky with add cc or other small mistakes, the Crystal Garden is a very safe way to get the cheevo. We'd failed over a dozen times, then got it on the first attempt by doing it this way. Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck!

This popup is driving me absolutely nuts too. Did you ever get in contact with customer support, and if so, what did they say? Yeah, I did. The response was something like "sorry we aren't doing a thing about it, but know it's driving me nuts too."Me too! I sent in a ticket and that's basically what they said. However, they did tell me how to "get rid" of it, sort of. This is the reply I got: "Thank you for getting back to us. I had the exact same issue when I first hit level 80. The easiest way to stop those pop-ups is to move into your Heart of Thorns or Path of Fire content. Get your first Mastery Point and the pop-ups will only appear when it really is time to change something. As soon as you do, you have the freedom to move back to the storyline you were doing previously. (I did myself)" So I did that. However, in doing so, I got to play through like 30 minutes of stuff with characters I had no idea about referencing things that were basically spoilers unbeknownst to me at the time. I also can't guarantee that's what fixed it, because right around the same time I did that, I'd gotten enough central Tyria mastery points to finish the Pact Commander line and begin training something else. I haven't seen the popup since however, despite running around Central Tyria with my Legendary Crafting line ready to be mastered (despite not having points for doing so, which is what caused the popups in the first place.) So perhaps their suggestion fixed it, or perhaps finishing the Pact Commander line fixed it, or perhaps it somehow fixed itself. Or perhaps it'll come back some day and I'll kick a chair through the wall. Who knows. I hope their suggestion, paired with what I did, helps someone out though. Good luck, guys.

This popup is driving me absolutely nuts too. Did you ever get in contact with customer support, and if so, what did they say?