Guild Wars 2

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i think this would get more people doing events in the emptier zones when everyone actually knows where to go

Nah, I used to think the same but people don’t care about empty zones. Some only do events if they see people around and some others just don’t give a kitten (they can farm the same event over and over).

It’d be nice to see the state of all the metaevents in the zone you’re in. Just the 2 or 3 metaevents in the zone. The same way you can already see the nearest metaevent.

I would like to see more current events circled on the big maps. Certainly all the meta events.

Not being able to see events from further away means you wander around looking for events to do or trigger. On days when I am trying to do my daily and time is short, it means I head to the noob zones where I know already where they are. I would go to the higher level zones on those days if I could find events easier.

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I would like to see more current events circled on the big maps. Certainly all the meta events.

Not being able to see events from further away means you wander around looking for events to do or trigger. On days when I am trying to do my daily and time is short, it means I head to the noob zones where I know already where they are. I would go to the higher level zones on those days if I could find events easier.

Yeh, showing them all would help the PVE in this game not feel so “dead”

Yeah +10 to this, I don’t find trawling around the maps looking for events any fun.

I wholeheartedly agree with OP. Bought gw2 a couple weeks ago, now have 2 lvl 80’s. Currently game seems to be 95% standing around waiting for events to happen. This is becoming the most excellently technically implemented, most environmentally gorgeous, boring as hell MMO I’ve ever played. Other issues aside, things I think would help the event situation are:

• Announcements of meta events should be seen by entire zone. Shouldn’t have to stand so close and do nothing but kill yard trash that happens by while you wait.

• Spawning windows are too long. I’d be fine with an increased minimum time before they reoccur if the random windows were shortened.

• Timers should not be left to 3rd party fan sites that anyone can mess with. An in-game UI that is set correctly by the server the last time the meta event ended is needed. Random window would still be random, just remove the possibility of trolling. Little events don’t need to be tracked, simply see orange circles on map for entire zone as OP suggested.

Couple other event-annoyances I came here to mention before I saw this thread…
*Jormag takes FAR too long for the same loot as the others.

*SB should wait a little bit longer before spawning after pre-events so someone who is over at the monestary completing a pre-event actually has time to run back before he spawns and is already dead.

*Maw mobs need a bit more health and/or a few more spawning so they don’t die before you even see them appear. Very hard to get above silver even for a ranger with a shortbow that knows the event. It is silly hard to tag during Maw unless you’ve playing at 3am. :P