Guild Wars 2

So… we have a combat condition which can only be removed by doing something for which there is no combat user interface element.

In case you haven’t noticed, the Sugar Crash condition in the Mad King’s Labyrinth is prevalent, devastating, and unfair.

It’s unfair because it happens during combat but we have no in-combat tools to manage it.

I’m expected, in the middle of combat, to open my inventory and double-click on candy corn in order to remove the Sugar Crash condition.

If you were going to do this, wouldn’t it have made sense to roll out a UI change whereby several consumables could be “favorited” and placed on a hotbar to be clicked once or keybound?

Because unless you do so, you have absolutely no business introducing a mechanic like this into the game.

Sure, you could say this “isn’t hard.” but that’s not the point, is it? Suddenly my user interface is a combat obstacle? Since when was that ever cool? Is someone going to say it’s a “fun challenge” to move, fight, dodge, and open my inventory and use consumables all at the same time?

Otherwise, this mechanic needs to just disappear from the game right now. You want to slow people down? We already have a mechanic for that. It’s called “chill.”

Are you even aware of how you get the sugar crash in the middle of a fight?

Draygo.9473:

Are you even aware of how you get the sugar crash in the middle of a fight?

That’s not the point, either, is it? Unless there’s a way to deal with it in combat it doesn’t belong.

There have always been in-game debuffs that cannot be removed during combat. For example, the corrupted statues of Gods in Orr create various effects that cannot be removed by the individual player.

Just be on a sugar rush none stop, and you won’t even notice it.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

There have always been in-game debuffs that cannot be removed during combat. For example, the corrupted statues of Gods in Orr create various effects that cannot be removed by the individual player.

Very true! However, this debuff can be removed by the player. Unfortunately, it has to be done very clumsily while trying to do other things at the same time. That’s just not good combat UI design in my opinion.

In an interview (if I remember right) with Matt Visual, Isiah Cartwright (apologies if I misspelled the name) said they were looking into the possibility of a way to hotbar/hotkey consumables but they didn’t want to clutter up the UI. I sincerely hope they can and will accomplish this, because this Sugar Rush thing is a perfect example of why it’s needed.

It bothers me that they would include a mechanic that screams for such a feature, but not include the feature itself.

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Just be on a sugar rush none stop, and you won’t even notice it.

More open bag/double-click on food repeatedly? No thanks! Me want shortcut.

Just pay attention to how you’re getting it and the try not to get it. It’s avoidable.

Ayrilana.1396:

Just pay attention to how you’re getting it and the try not to get it. It’s avoidable.

This.

And eating more candy only puts off getting sugar crash again later :P

Looks like some one stood in sugar coating to long that or you fail at avoiding candy elementals.

The sugar isn’t really a big problem. Either that or I haven’t been getting hit with it..