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    • Fox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      Really depends.

      My first one ,kudzu, took me over a year because i lacked the focus and did not want to grind mats. So i took it easy.

      Astralaria was next and i found it so pretty i wanted to have it so grinded the achievements for it and it took maybe half a year.

      Was lucky when i crafted aurora last year, since i did the druid backpack already when season 3 came out. Used the mats from the return to achievements so there was only achievement grind. Took me maybe 2 months. Vision aswell.

      End of last year i made the first gen3 leggy with the staff of aurene and primordus variant. Maybe one month for that since you have all the mats from finishing EoD mostly.

      Last month i made Exordium which i just bought most of the mats for which was a lot. But it was done in a few weeks because of that.

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      Depends on what generation and if you have a precursor or not (or the money for one.)

      Gen 1 is all about having the stuff. I already had done map completion in my main and had a gift of battle purchased ages ago for if I ever wanted a legendary. But I played engi so there was like zero reason to have one cuz they don’t show basically ever, and wasn’t a fan of any anyways. Eventually I got a precursor drop of the uh warhorn, so I made that and it basically took like… an hour… cuz I had everything and just bought some mats and etc.

      Gen 3 Ive made a few: A few days of WvW for battle. Map completion of 4 maps (or lamp lighting of 4 maps) is a few days(maybe a day for each map). Getting imperial favours is maybe a day (maybe multiple if you’re doing a lot back to back and have nothing saved). Rest is mats. Plenty long term mats that can save you from directly purchasing by doing stuff daily/weekly: ASS weekly purchases and strike CMs, runestones daily across echovald. Fishing daily for ambergris. Laurels, extra provisioner tokens, etc. can help for mats for gifts. Overall, if I’m actually dedicated and have some good maybe 2 weeks. If not maybe 2-4 months to kinda passively get one.

    • MeldrikOPMA
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      11 months ago

      I guess it technically took me 10 years? I didn’t really think about legendaries until recently, where I made the Quip. What took the longest was the achievements, but it was hilarious. Had to travel around Tyria and prank or throw pie in peoples faces!

  • Jenztsch@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    Is it in any way possible for a core engineer (with rifle) to kill Subject 7 in the Queen’s Gauntlet without killing any oozes (for the Blobs, Schmobs achievement)? I’m trying different methods but there is always AoE damage that gets at least one of the oozes…

    • gradecurve@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      If you’re absolutely stuck with just core engineer and rifle, try equipping Elixir Gun and just 111-ing it down with Tranquilizer Dart. It’s not the strongest thing around, but it’s one of the few autoattacks engie has that doesn’t pierce, bounce, or explode. Make sure you don’t have any traits like Aim-Assisted Rocket that trigger yet more AoEs.

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        11 months ago

        I also have some hero points invested in Holo, but didn’t really dip into it yet. However with most skills I’m using he regenerates HP too fast and the oozes do too much damage. I think I need to postpone this achievement until later when I have better equip or another character which is more suited for that task (I read that Necro is quite good)

        • gradecurve@kbin.social
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          Yeah, I think back when I did those acheevos it ended up being a mix of necro, mesmer, and maybe guardian, even though I’d rather play engie. Can count on it coming back next year if you don’t clear it all this time around, though.

    • Necropola@lemmy.sdf.orgM
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      11 months ago

      Took me roughly 10 seconds on my Soulbeast with Longbow. I know, this does not help your cause, but I like that GW2 professions have still (after many balance patches) unique strengths and weaknesses and that GW2 is still (even after EoD jade bots) very alt-friendly.

      I think that a Pistol-Pistol Payback Deadeye works equally good for this achievement, but I haven’t tried it yet.