Guild Wars 2

Hi there

Ill start off by saying that I wasn’t really impressed about the first two updates on the living story, although i did do the tasks but the tasks weren’t really up to standards i guess.

This month’s addition: the Razing impressed me quite a lot actually, the mobs were not too strong and not too weak, and there were great in numbers during the tasks, allowing me to feel the Godlike satisfaction of killing them all when i unleash whirling wrath (I’m a guardian) and seeing them die around me in a circle.

That said, the instances are quite a good idea rather than the tasks be done open world, at least i have the option to do them solo or with a friend. The instances themselves are nicely done, with quite a few nice features which shows they have been done properly instead of done haphazardly.

The tasks were great even though they were normal events that you and I normally do in open world (defending, etc). It was like a minidungeon complete with an end boss which was a good fight and even had a cool conversation like the one with Braham and the molten shaman boss.

The characters are quite memorable for me, I like the way Braham’s lips move (although not really in sync with what he says). Rox looks cute despite her japanese anime style eyes which are creepy to say the least but it’s fine by me. Their armor detail is cool, memorable and for a norn, mouth-watering (where can i get that shield and shoulders )The conversations inside the instances were cool for me like the time the cute devourer kept following Rox.

Other tasks like the interpreting thingy was good in my opinion. I loved the way each 12 locations had the mysterious device rather than a random location placed into it, then i had to go to each location and be disappointed that there was nothing there (such as the lost items in The Gathering Storm).

It would be cool to have more of these in the future, I believe you guys did this quite right and this patch has hit the notch that ive been looking for to keep myself interested in this game for longer periods.

Thanks for reading!

Yeah, this really felt to me as the return of gw1’s missions. The first time i played through them was amazing.

The reward for them isn’t super awesome, but the content itself doesn’t take that long either and it simply is fun to do. I wouldn’t mind things like this in the open world.

I’m really looking forward to other missions they come with if they can keep up this writing and voice acting. There was small amount of character progression in it as well.
If this can continue with other character or the same character, or whatever simultaniously with instances all over the game added over time and what not. ANd if the replay option for the missions stay there, then you have LOADS of content, that is fun, doesn’t need a super reward, (though some would be nice ofcourse, especially if replaying certain events after a while is your thing, i feel that it should be possible to work towards something with that.

Sadly, I do not like BLC RNG like rewards. I did try for a few chests with some of my gold and surplus gems, and I cant say that anything in the BLC is really worth it.

And if they can keep the writing upto the quality of a tv show then yes, that would be awesome. However, please do not make us wait for months again. =P