Guild Wars 2

Seriously? sure fine I’ll just roll an alt to do your silly jumping puzzle cause every fall is a DEATH.

Oh and add me to the list of people who hate jumping puzzles. The body collisions and camera in this game are awful.

Not every fall is death… Most of them are, though, I agree. And people are simply ignoring most bodies. That’s the biggest problem.

(and I’ve falling on my way to those goggles and lived several times… by falling in the water with just enough depth to make me go swim… I swear, it was not deeper than my knees!)

Play necro.
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The only reason I don’t mind so much is that there are constantly events going on that will recoup your loss. And you can start the events simply by interacting with the merchant’s items.

Basically this. I’ve lost so much money by trying and trying to get the crystals since I did not want to use the guide to get the achievement :P

KratosAngel.7289:

Basically this. I’ve lost so much money by trying and trying to get the crystals since I did not want to use the guide to get the achievement :P

It’s more fun just free exploring to find them. There is more challenge in it that way.

But to recoup your losses from dying just do a handful of events. One per death will refill all you lost plus some. And you can start the events pretty constantly.

Unfortunately the bazaar is not a city since it has mobs and dynamic events. Fortunately this issue is limited. Once you have all those crystals, you’re done. No need to continuously jump and fall. And as compensation you received several golds from APs. So I see no problem there (for now).

But instead I’d rather like to see a skill everyone gets. Cast 10s (fully interruptable, like downed heal), CD 2 mins, “teleport to lions arc/ your home city”.
And additionally to that, I’d also like to see waypoints between cities should be free as well. There are asuran portals, so given 3 loading screens you’re there, too. Just shorten it to a single one.

Nretep.2564:

Unfortunately the bazaar is not a city since it has mobs and dynamic events. Fortunately this issue is limited. Once you have all those crystals, you’re done. No need to continuously jump and fall. And as compensation you received several golds from APs. So I see no problem there (for now).

But instead I’d rather like to see a skill everyone gets. Cast 10s (fully interruptable, like downed heal), CD 2 mins, “teleport to lions arc/ your home city”.
And additionally to that, I’d also like to see waypoints between cities should be free as well. There are asuran portals, so given 3 loading screens you’re there, too. Just shorten it to a single one.

Teleport to Home Instance button. Can leave Home Instance to enter Home City.

It’s not even about “hearthing”, it just makes it so instead of ending up at Lion’s Arch, we end up where we SHOULD end up.

Nretep.2564:

Unfortunately the bazaar is not a city since it has mobs and dynamic events. Fortunately this issue is limited. Once you have all those crystals, you’re done. No need to continuously jump and fall. And as compensation you received several golds from APs. So I see no problem there (for now).

But instead I’d rather like to see a skill everyone gets. Cast 10s (fully interruptable, like downed heal), CD 2 mins, “teleport to lions arc/ your home city”.
And additionally to that, I’d also like to see waypoints between cities should be free as well. There are asuran portals, so given 3 loading screens you’re there, too. Just shorten it to a single one.

This is the technical explanation, I think. It’s not classed as a city for waypoint purposes because it’s a location with enemies.

I don’t think there’s a reason for a ‘hearth’ type skill – instead, I’d just propose making waypointing to a city always free. It’s not like we can’t get to the cities for free anyway, it’d just speed things up and remove Lion’s Arch congestion.

The sanctum sprint game gives at least 8 silver no matter what place you come in, so 10 runs will get you almost 1g if not more. Don’t see how people can have trouble with money in waypoints in this map when it gives you an easy way to get the money back 10 fold.

yeah i was complaining about the waypoints day one, me and a buddy wasted so much money porting everywhere after death going for the sky crystals…then i found out about the sprint race giving you 10ish silver no matter what place you finish…yeah ok time to farm some races lol

Wait.. the races give money now? Did some races the first day and I don’t recall getting any coin. Maybe it was patched?

cuz arena wants us to stay poor…i spent 17g on the quaggans, i never ever buy any of those expensive gem store pets, but…. they’re quaggans, i had to have them

quaggan. quaggan.

Sousui.1635:

Oh and add me to the list of people who hate jumping puzzles. The body collisions and camera in this game are awful.

Just for you: some pictures of my warrior standing perfectly still. Also at one point I think playing air-guitar on an air-stage.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Wait.. the races give money now? Did some races the first day and I don’t recall getting any coin. Maybe it was patched?

There is a chest after the finish line, when you open it you get a bag of coins and some other stuff.

Mathemagician.1836:

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Wait.. the races give money now? Did some races the first day and I don’t recall getting any coin. Maybe it was patched?

There is a chest after the finish line, when you open it you get a bag of coins and some other stuff.

They must have changed this since the patch went live. That chest only yielded me mostly blues, and the rare yellow on patch day.

It’s a money sink.

I died a decent number of times, but about half the time I was revived – the other half I landed somewhere totally out of the way and no one was around.

I also got 8-10 silver per bag running the race the past hour or so, so I’m pretty sure that I’ve gained over-all.

Nretep.2564:

Unfortunately the bazaar is not a city since it has mobs and dynamic events.

Has not stopped LA from having both…

This is mainly an annoyance issue. The problem is that, before you discover all the cool aspects of the area, this issue comes up and creates a negative first impression. After doing Spekk’s Lab to get the achievement, it seems like the mechanics there are really quite good. And the JP was out very early. Why does Arenanet keep messing up the basics that they clearly had mastered at launch?

Slightly off topic, but related. They have toned down the supply delivery event which apparently was supposed to be a nice introduction to the zone. But nobody seems to know this so they are no longer even bothering with it. Another blown first impression. It is really a shame since there are so many very cool things about this zone. Probably not for those who hate jumping puzzles, but you don’t have to be a big jumping puzzle fan to have fun there.

The Bazaar isn’t a town. Therefore, waypoints cost money. It’s how it works everywhere in this game.

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Wait.. the races give money now? Did some races the first day and I don’t recall getting any coin. Maybe it was patched?

Yeah there was a quick addition in one of the patches, the chest now gives you a bag o coins (i’ve gotten anywhere from 12 to 9 silver, mostly 9 silver), a thing of karma (700 i think?), then blues and greens (a friend did get a rare, and i got an exotic out of it)

Kinda have to agree.. the combination of a high likely hood of repeated falling deaths with a payed waypoint has pretty much killed all my interested in exploring this map.

after my second fall I just logged out.

Gold Sink

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If the waypoint cost is breaking your bank…then you’re not selling your Quartz like you suppose to.

’nuff, said.

Uh wrong need at least 200 for an achievement lol

Sandman.7019:

Uh wrong need at least 200 for an achievement lol

How am I wrong? You obviously don’t know how the market works since you are blindly passing on an opportunity.

Eh, it would have been nice to have seen these way-points being free. When you’ve got an environment in which the climb to the top is a massive achievement, quick movement really would have been nice. Let the penalty be in the time lost/equipment cost of death, but additionally crippling travel with the silver is a little mean. That being said, I don’t mind too much.

What happens when you die and you don’t have money for a wp?

Just make an alt, strip it neked, and enjoy dirt cheap ports.

Morbyd.3761:

Just make an alt, strip it neked, and enjoy dirt cheap ports.

You shouldn’t get armor damage from falling.

But I’d agree: Use a low-level character.

There’s no benefit to using a level 80, since everyone’s upscaled. (And besides, there’s only a few events with monsters… and they have to be started by players anyway.)