Should have had some of the GW2 fast farming guys join you on this. Or better yet invite them to a tea time where you all talk about meta events. That would be sick

What this video overall emphasizes to me is the variety of metas available. Everyone has their fav for fun for different reasons, and I really appreciate that.

Metal Legion meta in the D tier of fun is absolutely criminal. It's one of the most fun and memorable events I've had in an MMO, let alone GW2. It might not be for everyone, but it's a unique and extremely fun experience imo.

Teapot, can we get a currency tier list? Rating in terms of usability and then perhaps ease of access.

Did Dragon’s Stand last night with low population. We struggled and managed to get to the final phase with only 3 minutes left. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had in a meta event. Was so challenging!

I love this kind of content. Great work

Serpent's Ire was graded way too highly. The fact that it's in the Brand prevents it from ever being fun. In addition the final boss going invincible so frequently makes it tedious and boring at that point (which you criticize Shadow Behemoth for the very same thing).

Quick note on Svanir Shaman. It does, however, teach Ryland's mechanics in DragonStorm. But slower. It's actually almost exactly the same for some of them. So that's actually cool. Same with the jungle worm in caledon for teaching basic triple trouble attacks. It teaches the mechanics. It's actually a really smart rework imo. (This might be super obvious or known, but I just think it's cool)

Speaking of the Temples of Orr - consider the possibility of an Assault on Arah or Temple strikes with CMs... That would be something special to see as a way to revisit the encounters there, too.

Cannot ever get enough of your content.

TT is probably the best designed meta in the game. You have very specific and well defined roles, so some level of organization is needed or it'll fail. So you get a group of 6-10 people who cover these roles and command, and then you have room for a massive zerg. I don't think there's any other meta events which have a need for roles like this.

Love these videos, this one was a good'un. It got me thinking though how my favourite maps (grothmar, kaineng) have terrible metas so I don't go to them very often. So what about a map tier list, in terms of design/exploration/scenery?

I agree. They really should buff Orr, both in terms of damage/health of mobs and the loot. Updated Temples and Gate of Arah would be amazing, I still have so many great memories of those events.

I agree about Pinata, but I was doing it almost daily for the Amalgamated Gemstone and after about 6 months got the confetti drop :D

Offhand, I don't even remember what Kourna's is, and I really hate oil floes for some reason, though I can't articulate why. Fun list, though! Also I love that we're all still in love with HoT events years later. They're just so good.

Dragons end is nice when you win I imagine. Not sure what's going on but have lost that event 3 times in a row so far with a full map. Have yet to complete it.

I hecking love meta events ! 64 of them in a single video is just too much content !

Triple trouble has fully geared 3 of my alts with ascended equipments. I say S tier :D

Now make a Living world episode tier list, maybe rank them in terms of how much it helpsnyour account progression, good items you can get from them, unique rewards like the 32 slot bag in sandswept

The force is strong with this Teapot! ;)

There are 3 metas that are very neglected: Fire Shaman, Dreg Commish, and Ogre Wars.

Unpopular opinion: I like burried treasure meta. Its just more exploration based and basically a little mount race between each chest with the added fun factor of the route being different each time. That's just from solo running it, there's probably a degen way to get a bunch of people in one spot and just farm chests in the same section forever. For rewards you can get the music box drop which isn't too bad, but it's rare.

I hate metas that take forever (like Dragon's End) or involve very tense "follow the tag" chases to tag things before they die (Drizzlewood South or Dragonfall). Ultimately I want something relatively quick I can fit into my rotation of daily tasks without having to stay up later than I intended, and something that doesn't have me sweating so hard I can't enjoy a glass of whisky on the side as I play.

I don't have a lot of spare time, so it's funny to see your S tiers are the ones I try to do daily haha

I like how Dragonstorm's gold/hour is S-tier just because of how little time it takes to get around 5 gold.

Dragonfall gets carried by the fact that the music playing during the final fight is a straight banger

Chak Gerent loot, secret is you spend that 10-15 minutes waiting looting the 4 lanes, 'cos once that wall comes down those caches vanish. It's more like A-tier loot if the individual lane metas were done; maybe ~30 extra "chests". If there's only the big chest and the room beyond the wall then yeah, C-tier.

Can we get a link or download of the completed tier list? Thanks

Battle for Lions Arch without the Breachmaker felt like half of that event is missing. When playing it back when it came out the zerging first and then the battle on the brechmaker was epic. I don't get why they did not bring the whole fight when they brought this back.

Ooze pits A, and metal legion D. I'd rate them the other way around

Is it really worth the waiting time after the Chak meta, or can you leave the map after the giant bug is down ?

Dragon Stand is a master piece for sure!!

I love seeing people debate where events go. Let’s you know just how many things people can find fun, and even if you don’t like something, someone else will.

I love dragon storm.... i get em shivers at the end everytime =]

10 minute loot waiting at Chak is really A fun :)

LwS3 is pretty good for ascended trinkets, it’s fast, fun and there are always people doing the maps. Bloodstone fen is super fun with the ambience and boss fights. It’s my favourite map atm.

how would you rate the Ley-Line-Anomaly? personally i think it`s like C tier in fun but for profit I would give it at least A, maybe even higher. Love ur list tho :D

The boss of Serpent's Ire would be a lot more fun if it went less invul than every 5% from 20%. That makes it a slog.

Spec chamber pre event is a big farm for trophies and karma

Can you make a new meta tier list for the expansion only?

On Buried Treasure (Desert Highlands Meta) This meta was never huge in terms of money. At the time of release the largest money from it where Recipe/Inscriptions for Harrier gear and Sunspear Weapons for Collections. This was before normalizing all Stat Selectable gear to have all stats from Core, HoT, and PoF. Most gold were from the high level of "gems" these chests contain. (See also Krait Sunken Treasure chests). These included HoT gems so extra Freshwater Pearls for a nice bonus. Dragon's Fall tanked the value of chests since it brought a larger and easier influx of gems to the game. I find Buried Treasure an attempt of a more PoF style Meta. Remember all the discussions of EoD? "Is is going to be more like HoT or PoF?" PoF is an easier more laid back experience. It focuses on the large maps and exploration. Elona has tons of Jumping Puzzles, Ruins, Jackal Mazes, single chain Events for a player to just go and solo it. How great is the Dwarf Dungeon in Desert Highlands? Who remembers it? No on b/c it doesn't have an event, META, or AP attached to it. Is the Dwarf Dungeon still great and an awesome experience? Yes.

2 gold per mystic coins were mad back in the day, pinata is always full nearing boss kill

I didn't even realise there were so many metals in the game. Haven't even completed some of these (like ooze pits)

Gyala Delve placement aged well, huh? Dang, I enjoyed having a meta I could run once after work.

Where is my favourite meta boss Drajjar??????? wtf teapot

Im super new and ive done dragonstorm like twice already but public , may i know why public is A tier and Private squad is S?

Please provide a link to the output graphics

I wish my Dragon's End experience was as great as it is for Teapot. Only ever had one successful run and a dozen failures. It's neither fun nor profitable to go through the entire escort, fail the final fight consistently at the second champions phase, and get absolutely nothing. And that's with all the prep done and most people with max stacks. It just doesn't happen for me. F for both lists. Much better for morale and income to do other metas.

Grenth Temple back in the day... "JONEEEZZ!!!!" ( everyone drops heals on Jonez as he nearly dies to like 3 wraith wells ). And the misery of having to wait for the restart if he dies made the last room so tense it was epic. And the armour he sold was cool back then. S-tier back in the day; now, I kinda want to put it in B for the memberberries.

Metal Legion Concert is A tier for Fun Factor.

Make a tier list of pve encounters, dificulty vs fun

Dragon Fall dog tier? This event is another master piece in my opinion i love it.

Dragonfall is only "ok" if you have Skyscale, otherwise I agree with what you said. I feel like Dragonfall meta and the map in general is probably the only map in the entire game that feels like it's designed around one very specific mount. Sure you can get around with other mounts but omg before getting Skyscale all that meta was me trying to keep up and chasing the entire group with their Skyscales. Sure the meta is profitable noneless but it's an absolute pain if you don't have Skyscale. Even the TPs and the "one time use Skyscales" doesn't help that much to remove that feeling that because of not having that mount you basically don't belong there.

I almost never find a dragon's end meta any more. I started out in one the other day as a quick catalyst, but got kicked because the com didn't consider quick cat to be good enough at providing quickness. So it has been a couple weeks since I have found one. Sad.

Personally I love the Dragonfall meta and the whole event, but only if I'm leading the farm squad, otherwise it's a map I just play on autopilot

What is Imperial Favor useful for? I have ridiculous amounts and have nothing to buy with it.

I'm a newer player. I only play 3 of these: Triple Trouble, Tequatl, and Claw of Jormag. I agree with your analysis. Triple Trouble is easy for me at this point, but the loot is 99% sCrap, and a few that sell for 10 silver. I did get my first ascended gear with the Regurgitated, so no complaints there. Still, I run it every day. Overall, I say rewards in this game are kinda sucky. I practically get nothing I can use 99% of the time playing story. People say it's not gear oriented, but it's still a big part of the motivation for playing. Even changing how I look would be nice. I'm still wearing the same Scallywag chest strap I got 2 months ago. I know I'll get more doing fractals/strikes, etc., but you would think killing a god in Path of Fire would have gotten me SOMETHING I could use.

is LW4 good for ascended trinkets? You can only buy trinkets with Difloruote crystal and mistborn mote. For both of these it's easier to get Eternal Ice shards and convert but that's 2000 eternal ice shard cost in currency if you're turning unbound magic into gold. Would rather farm 250 S3 currency than 2000 eternal ice shard. Obvs for 1 ascended neck and 1 ascended accessory the IBS ones are a no-brainer as they are much cheaper than the S4 ones.

Mighty I would love to see a new Zero to Hero run on a fresh account without buying the DLCs or spending a single penny,. That would encourage the new comers to invest some time in the game, people who have second thought whether the DLCs worth it or not, or people who can't afford the DLCs. Love your content and keep up the good work.

The piñata. 😂 what did anyone expect

I know you already talk a lot during your things, but it would be nice to mention more where these metas are, i found myself pausing and looking at the wiki too much, just to go, oh yeah that one. Comments could say learn the names, but there are so damn many, some i didnt even know were technically metas

No link for the tierlist? 😢

ngl the skyscale pushes the DS meta from an S down to a B for me, it's just not quite as fun an event when everyone rushes in front of you, effortlessly flies from platform to platform whilst you're struggling to keep up by gliding to the action. the meta was not designed for the skyscale and the inclusion of it ruins quite a few aspects of it

How can i make dragon's end more profitable? Because now in 2024 memory of aurien are only 50 silver

I am a returnee after 8 years and I am completely lost in what a Meta Even is 🤣😂

I know there are people who can do Dragon's end successfully. I have only ever been in one group that completed it. Finding a group that isn't full near the time is so difficult. Don't get me wrong, it is awesome and fun.... but I can't ever find a group that does it right.

i disagree with Dragon's End being S Tier in terms of profit, it's just a slog to get good prep phase, and the final rewards don't really feel worth the 45 minute average time you'd be dedicating to get in, form a cohesive squad, and succeed. it's not the worst profit either, but Dragonfall, Drizzlewood, and Silverwastes are no risk with higher average reward.

Omg dont throw the concert into D it is so cool, i wished they did more of those

The only good part about the Kourna meta is that you can kill players by EMPing the poison bombs during the golem fight.

I think Dragon's End is an A tier somewhere. It has a boring zone that it takes place in and the pre events are just as boring. The only good thing about Dragons End is Soo Wong. Its the best Dragon Encounter in a meta event so far. However it is with its issues. Targeting Soo Won is just diffucult as there are so many ads spawning everywhere. Its very messy and chaotic. You also lose your EMPs if you jump from platform to the other bosses and keep having to pick them up. And then there is the spear with the whirlpool. Is that hard to throw at Soo Won on purpose? Aside from that the fight is beastly.

As a player who doesn’t have a skyscale, just want to call out that the fun factor of many metas (DS, VB boss rush, etc.) is significantly decreased because you spend more time scrambling (and failing) to keep up with the skyscale players who rush ahead way faster.

This is why the Kaineng statuettes are so expensive...

Yes DBS is very fun me playing on EU join meta train, the Commander said: BIG CC only!

Ember bay has a meta?

The only ember bay meta I know is the Chalice of Tears

I still can't believe Teapot put Svanir shaman as high as he did. HAS HE DONE THAT EVENT RECENTLY?? OVER DRAGONFALL? MAP COMPLETING ORR WHILE RP AS A WATER MAGE ELEMENTALIST IS MORE FUN THAN SVARNIR SHAMAN!!

I’ve been playing for around 6 years on and off and i don’t know around 80% of those metas existed 🤣

"Maybe one or two of you still like fun." We're a dying breed, but there's a few kicking around still. Usually doing nothing impressive, but we're here.

I agree with fun list but the profit one maybe need to be done with someone from FasFarming comunity.

Great video but putting SW lower than Fire ele is criminal

"back in the day there was no ascended" - so did the legendaries have exotic stats, or were they actually the best weapons?

Svanir shaman is Kourna on fun tier.

Can you post the tier lists in the comments? You got the watch from me. Would like to work through the list, no way I'm rewatching a 90min vid

I embrace the ooze - MightyTeapot

Isn't Aspenwood missing? It's technically still a meta, even if no one really run it.

The Delve is great. The only part I don't like about it is the Turtle walls.

Can you do JP tier list?

I dont like Dragons Stand. Not having a skyscale makes the bossfight just a pain.

dude .... are you wearing a new T-shirt? o.O

Meta Events is the only fomo for me. Missing the meta experience shortly after release has gutted me since HoT. Doing it meta for first cpl times is always cool, but sharing that with others,regardless if its good or not, is better

I've been waiting for this since birth

got the confetti while watching this ez

I do wonder how many confetti you got from Piniata .. Cause you've been playing for a while .. Ive been doing Infusion meta Train daily for past 2 months on reset .. Of course it never droped 😂😂but eh..

The fun factor of this video is S tier

Tequila C at best fun factor

Triple Trouble, yes it's S-tier gameplay, yes I have all the unique armour pieces, but let's face it they're covered in wurm puke.

you needed a "core" profitability tier below d lol

In other words hot as a package was god tier.

Soo Won meta- S+ tier Everything else F+ All hail Soo Won 🎉

PINATA - I've reported this on a few occasions over the years but no positive reply from ANET... so lets make a few people unhappy! If you don't click on the boxes top of your minimap you can get the daily box up to FIVE times. Log in on an alt on the hour, AFK on a busy map for 20mins, get the box. Repeat 5 times, 5 times the chance of infusion, that's a lot for doing nowt. *Watches as the price of Amalgamated Gemstones plummets while chuckling to himself...*