Guild Wars 2

I have to say this is pretty much my favorite Update yet for Guild Wars 2, Great work everyone at Anet, you did an amazing job.

I could only play for an hour or so last night but my first impression is best summarised in one word: Epic.

I totally love it.

My summary

WhoooOOooaaa cool cinematic

followed by

1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

Warrior I presume?

The plus:
The update seemed polished and issue-free, interesting setting and atmosphere.

The minus:
It’s a zergfest that does nothing to challenge the player. The best updates, such as Zephyr Sanctum, Adventure Box, Queen’s Jubilee, etc all had elements that challenged players in a variety of interesting ways, giving memorable experiences.

I give it a 5/10. One step forward with the Marionette fight last update, two steps back with this boring blobfest.

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The plus:
The update seemed polished and issue-free, interesting setting and atmosphere.

The escort missions vanishing in the middle, Slayer potion causing you to take 10% more damage instead of reducing it, Rescued prisoner count sometimes gets bugged. (Last run showed me at 4600 rescued citizens…too bad it didn’t count like that.)

Not quite issue free.

Zergfest. Tag as much as possible. No real good rewards. No bug fixes, only bugs created.

Such a shame that some people can’t take a moment to look past game mechanics and just enjoy the scale of the event that’s happening in front of them. When I said epic, I was referring to what is happening and the scale on which it is happening. I wasn’t talking about the bugs (there are always bugs in a new release) or the fact that it’s a zerg fest (which, IMO, in this case helps to create a feeling of scale so in this case I see it as a plus).

Can’t wait to get home and zerg away

LA is truly destroyed, I didnt play for long because it was almost 0:30 when I could login again. But it looks like a battlefield alright.
Too bad the rest of the “content” is just a rehash of previous living stories. Go with a group there, foes will spawn, more will spawn, champ, kill untill timer goes away.

It can’t be perfect because it has Scarlet.

Actually since the Twisted Marionette, I’ve grown quite fond of Scarlet’s story. I wonder how it’ll end

Quite enjoyed this all nighter getting to know all the mechanics in the new events in LA.

Good update. Makes me wanna do PvE which I usually avoid in favor of WvW.