Guild Wars 2

I just wanted to take the time to write a short review on my experience with the Flame & Frost content that’s come out over the last few months

I was initially quite excited to see that an exciting sounding storyline would be emerging over the next few months eventually building to some sort of epic conclusion. However the first part of Flame & Frost proved to be anything but exciting. I found myself scavenging for useless items and handing them in to NPC’s for an otherwise useless achievement. There was no excitement or fun there at all. It felt as meaningless as being in Lions Arch for the pumpkin carving achievement (and several others) and logging in and out 45 times and running around to each location over and over carving pumpkins. An unfortunate start

This cycle continued as more content rolled out. Fast forward to the two single player instances that eventually rolled out. I actually enjoyed those a lot more than anything that had come out previously. They were fairly short and to the point and unfortunately quite easy to boot but they were definitely more exciting than picking up useless mementos and handing them in. It felt more involving in any case

The 5 man Molten Weapons Facility instance is definitely the pinnacle of the Flame & Frost saga. Its definitely the best work to date. There is a bit too many trash mobs in there but the boss fights felt a lot more challenging and involving than anything we have seen previously. Its truly unfortunate that this dungeon is a temporary one as i know a lot of players have really enjoyed it. My only hope is that this dungeon emerges again in the future perhaps as an explorable instead

Final score 6/10

if it wasn’t for the Molten Weapons Facility i would have given it 3/10 as it didn’t really bring anything to the table but repetitive unfun grinding achievements. I have much higher hopes for future content

The Molten Weapons Facility is what killed this content for me. I don’t group with other players. I didn’t have to in GW1 and I shouldn’t have to in GW2. The ‘living story’ is now dead to me.

If I wanted to group with others to run dungeons, I would have stuck to playing WoW.

I give ‘Flame & Frost’ a 1/10…and, even then, I feel that I am being overly generous.

And don’t even get me started on those stupid knockback turrets….

1/10? Generous. Got 0 from me, while the two runs with the NPC’s were ok, they were no more enjoyable than the other open world content so no great shakes there there, they were just new content, the rest was just boring and tedious and a waste of time. The culmination in a 5 man dungeon removed any kudos it earned, so maybe 2 for the two NPC runs, 0 for the lost objects etc bits, -2 for the 5 man dungeon.

For a MMO supposedly breaking the mold they have really gone backwards from a good start.