Green glyphs are not fun
I'm mainly creating this thread because I need to vent. Like, I'm all for a new type of challenge in the archives but this whole experience is the opposite of fun for me.
First of all, it's entirely unclear to me when these things actually spawn. From reading the challenge, there's nothing that indicates they are in any way related to gens, but they are. I've run around entire maps without finding any glyphs only for them to be revealed in spots I had already checked after meeting the hidden gen criterion.
Secondly, to make this even more tedious, the two glyphs that spawn for you can be stolen by other people. With the gen requirement in mind, which makes you focus on gens rather than running around the map searching for glyphs, you are at risk of your glyphs being taken by someone else with the challenge.
And I just had a killer who saw me do a green glyph in the end-game and decided not to let me have it, which only adds to my frustration.
End of rant.
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I wonder why you have to progress, could it be that people ruined the game for other people by ignoring the goals of the game to hunt glyphs?
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Can be said about most of the archive challenges though. :p And I shouldn't have to go to the wiki of the game to understand an in-game challenge.
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There is technically nothing wrong with the in game description.
The problem is trying to rush it. The way that ruins in for others. I got mine done in a single evening, easiest thing.
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I'm legit trying the right way by doing gens and looking for the glyphs at the end of the game but most of my games don't make it that far... I've been on this all evening and I'm at 5/8.
It's horrible.
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I see what you're saying and I agree but honestly the challenge is still kind of boring and meh. All challenges should be things that naturally occur within the game. This challenge is the equivalent of a player just farming totems instead of playing the game.
As far as I know this information is not present in game so no one would normally know this unless they wiki'd it. I don't blame OP for trying because ultimately it's still a meh challenge that feels like filler content. Just wish BHVR kind of was a bit more lax on this challenge or gave it a fun spin instead of "cleanse a special totem" essentially.
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Yeah, give it an interesting spin, or make the requirement lower than 8. :p
And yep, I had to find out from a Youtube video that the glyphs are related to the gens, which isn't the case for any of the other glyphs in the game... When I read this glyph had to do with totems, I slapped on my totem build with Counterforce and Small Game, only to learn that this strategy is actually counterproductive. :/
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Just play killer, it's really easy for them. Esp since you are way faster at channeling the glyphs.
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All you have to do is finish one gen and go around and look for the glyph. Same for killer, just hook someone once and they should start appearing. I personally liked doing this challenge with billy because of his mobility. It's definitely not a fun challenge because the glyph spawns are more limited than totem spawns, but at least they give a lot of bp.
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That's a good idea, actually. I'll try it.
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Most of the latest glyphs are just "do this extremely unclear thing and throw the game while you're at it".
White glyphs were not explained at all and as far as I know are still not in-game. Green glyphs are even more cryptic.
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So a lot of you are misunderstanding this.
Anyone on the challenge can interact with one, and you can have 6 out in the arena at once.
Whenever a generator is finished, a green glyph spawns.
Whenever someone is hooked, a green glyph spawns.
You don't have to be a killer to get a glyph that spawns from a hook event.
You don't have to be a survivor to get a glyph that spawns from a generator completion.
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I like that you need to work toward objective to progress the match for the glyphs to appear. Yellow, White, and even Blue glyphs have players not do anything to help because they are more focused on the glyph than they are the rest of the match.
I do wish that others couldn't steal your glyph and that it didn't take so long to collect the green glyph as survivor.
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I do these as Wraith. Just take control of the match, then zoom around stomping glyphs.
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Honestly it's really frustrating, but not too bad. Just takes a couple rounds. Sometimes I find one, sometimes none, sometimes six. More seem to pop up as you pop gennies tho. Like, I went around the entire map got one. After a gen pops, take a lap around the map. You tend to find more that way. It can also depend if the other players are being greedy and taking your objective lol.
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You can't blame anyone for misunderstanding, none of what you mentioned is explained anywhere in the game (not that you're blaming anyone).
Very interesting information though! I assume for a glyph to spawn from a hook action, the killer I'm facing has to have the challenge active? Because this Nurse yesterday was destroying us and her hook actions definitely did not spawn any glyphs. Then we completed the fourth gen of the game and my second green glyph spawned. That math doesn't really add up with what you're saying either, unless someone else found two glyphs for the other two gens...
What you're saying could be 100% right, but there's no way to know for sure what with other people being able to take your glyphs and the very cryptic in-game explanation. It's all just so very vague and confusing and I think that's what annoys me the most about this challenge.
Edit: fixed a typo.
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I also did them with Wraith.
Worked good.
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One thing to keep in mind with the green glyphs.. The points you get doubles with each glyph.
500 for the first
1000
2000
4000
8000
16000 for the 6th one. For a total of 31,500 bonus points if you do all 6 yourself. So if you're the only one doing them, it's worth going out of your way to grab them all, and their auras show during the collapse, so open a gate and look around to find the remaining ones, if there are any left to grab.
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I made a topic about this a while ago and a dev replied.
Apparently the description was updated in the PTB, IIRC.
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Lovely, thanks for letting me know. 😊
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Don’t stress it too much. It’s kind of a high risk, high reward with a little bit of luck type of thing. Just treat it like any other time consuming challenge, and keep playing. Eventually you’ll get it within 24 hours or so.
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I logged onto the forum just now to share with you how many Glyphs I found in one match.
Good luck.
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Hehe, teach me your ways!
Thank you, I'm at 7 now. 😊
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Sweet - You'll be able to get 10 (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) in two goes next page!
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Zzz indeed. xd
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I guess it'd make the challenge a little bit too easy but I wouldn't mind if it showed an aura of the glyph for a few seconds after a gen is finished, similar to how purple glyphs work. Some games I find multiple glyphs and they pop up right next to me after I've finished a gen, other games.. I don't find any glyphs the entire game and even when EGC is triggered I only see one or none. For me, they're frustrating to do.. but it's better than the stupid no mither challenge
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All the glyph challenges suck.
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Yup, these suck.
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Saaaame. I hate these ones. I also don't think it necessarily stops you from throwing. My normal strat with glyphs is to go pick them up at the start of the match and then play normally. Now, I have to stop in the middle of the match, just as things are getting spicy, and go running around in a circle so someone doesn't take my glyph before me.
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