I read the topic title and thought "oh God, is it that time of week again already?" and then my stomach sank a little. Here's hoping the rainbow star quest is doable. 🤞
@RockScorpion384Yes, I know what you mean.
I loved the GW2 option to convert the stars from the quest board to rainbow stars for the chests.
There, I've always looked at the event calendar in advance & if there's one I don't fancy doing, made sure I've got the max rainbow stars I can carry in the previous event, built up 200 quest stars ready to convert & with a little extra push in the quests, can still get all the chests without having to do much or any of the event itself.
I prefer that system!
@TLEsquire It SOUNDS doable - providing you don't get quiet lobbies or team-swapping . . . 🤞
Taunting and public statistics evoke the same self-centered play styles.... it’s like the challenges coupled with emotes/taunts, and stats are just begging for individual gaming. Why hasn’t someone realized these challenges (AND STATS) could be tweaked to ENCOURAGE fun and fair-minded team play?
As @RockScorpion384 stated, “Win 5 matches = 10 stars” doesn’t sound fancy but it would be better than collecting orbs in Vanquish Confirmed because tons of people dislike the mode and as @TLEsquire mentioned, scouring around the map in attempt to gather orbs doesn’t exemplify team spirit. As result, most people play the community portal until they accomplish their goal and leave (never to return) or they fail to complete their goal and turn the game off out of frustration.
I don't mind Rando Confirmed.
I know some people want to play their favorite characters but I like that Rando Confirmed just saddles you with something. With Rando I don't feel a large amount of pressure to perform since my character is no longer my choice and instead I just try to play the role assigned to me and some of my best performances happened when playing a character which I probably would not have chosen for a round of Vanquish Confirmed.
Collecting the 10 Orbs in one round was a bit of a chore since you sort of have to play more aggressively and take more risks but, by chance or not, I finished it on both my account and my son's account when I wasn't really trying to play differently to accomplish it. Once I stopped trying and started just playing with the attitude that I would get it when I got it I wound up attached to a pretty good team and received my pittance of Rainbow Stars within three games. Luckily Orbs from both your team and the other team count.
Now that I've finished it I'm not likely to go back to it without a specific PvP quest which I'm trying to do- since Turf Takeover is in the state it's in I will be more likely to do those PvP quests in Rando instead.
I actually really enjoy Rando, it was one of my favorite portal events in GW2 but not a fan of some of the very specific weekly challenges that BfN has. reading about this week's, at least they aren't as bad as some have been, they remind of some of the quests in GW2 to grab orbs which could be annoying, but at least it was a standard part of the mode. The boss TT challenge(s) of opening chests was a really bad idea for example, any time they encourage you to go out of your way for selfish reasons in a team game is a bad idea.
Thing is that in GW2 you could do it in private/solo mode...
but in BFN you are forced to play over and over again in Pvp like it or not till you reach the required goal.
I don't mind a bit of Rando it can be fun.... but the weekly mode thing is lousy.... forced play... for a measly 40 stars.
I've completed my challenges for this week and a bit fed up with the mode already, probably wont play it again often if at all.
The weekly challenges seem like a total chore, not an enjoyable fun time...
The way things are going its almost like they are trying to kill the game by boring us to death purposely, causing so much frustration, stress and disappointment for the players who are trying to hang in there.
Most of us here are total fans of the franchise and we are fed up with the situation, one can only wonder how the newer players feel with all this going on.
Its just not fun!!
Ironic really when you think about the fact that most people are attracted to this game precisely because it is fun (or should be) and doesn't take itself as seriously as other shooters..... sadly it would seem that in reality we are getting the exact opposite.
@asabaida wrote:Thing is that in GW2 you could do it in private/solo mode...
but in BFN you are forced to play over and over again in Pvp like it or not till you reach the required goal.
I don't mind a bit of Rando it can be fun.... but the weekly mode thing is lousy.... forced play... for a measly 40 stars.
I've completed mine for this week and a bit fed up with the mode already, probably wont play it again often if at all.
The weekly challenges seem like a total chore, not an enjoyable fun time...
The way things are going its almost like they are trying to kill the game by boring us to death purposely, causing so much frustration, stress and disappointment for the players who are trying to hang in there.Most of us here are total fans of the franchise and we are fed up with the situation, one can only wonder how the newer players feel with all this going on.
Its just not fun!!
Ironic really when you think about the fact that most people are attracted to this game and precisely because it is fun (or should be) and doesn't take itself as seriously as other shooters..... sadly it would seem that in reality we are getting the exact opposite.
This. You nailed it. Sometimes I sit here wondering if they’re truly pushing the limits (intentionally) to see how much we will tolerate. Never seen such puzzling decisions made in my life; point and case: Space Station still trumps Oak and not by debatable standards.... no channeling delay, no cool down for alternating forms - for HOW LONG now?
Continually releasing patches that change nothing, not acknowledging our gravest concerns (Rainbow Stars, Rux, FOMO, etc)....
...none of it makes sense. Perhaps they don’t see their tacky decisions as they’re making them but shouldn’t hindsight be 20/20?
