Guild Wars 2

I’m sure there are better places to give the dev’s a shout out but I’m doing it here.

I just love the Halloween jumping puzzle. I’ve yet to complete it and it is the most challenging and creative event I’ve encountered in gw2.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks

I agree the jumping puzzle is really fun and awesome. The entire event so far is really good and coming together nicely. Me and my guild having such a good time thank you

Agreed. It was awesome.

Despite me taking multiple hours to complete it, I still feel it was entirely worth it. I’d love to see more of these getting added in the game.

Yes, I found it insanely fun! :] By far the best jumping puzzle in the game. I don’t find it overtuned in the slightest, although the big zerg at the start obscuring your view can be tricky.

You really don’t need any speed boosts for this, because there isn’t a single jump that’s a real stretch. Also, towards the end, stay to the right and take the narrow beams up rather than following the floating rocks to the left. You also have plenty of time once you clear the leap of faith; I’ve found myself having to wait two full rotations at the top before the lightning breaks the glass.

There is nothing unfair about the puzzle, it is not overtuned, it is not broken. Just keep at it, people!

I love it too. Thank you very much for it. I hope we’ll see more jumping puzzles at same and some at even harder difficulty later
And thanks for letting us farm it for ToT bags so I still can do it over and over again and still get something for doing it. I really enjoy this one

I am sad there are so many unhappy / disappointed feelings towards this jumping puzzle.

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I felt this was THE best jumping puzzle I’ve encountered in the game so far.
It’s the only jumping puzzle that has an emphasis on speed.
The group running gave it a sense of ‘rat race’ where the weak perish and the agile survive.
Along with the speed gave the event a lot more fun than others because I’d often be there alone and just take my time.

True if you die early you have to wait longer than if you survived.
But it’s not that long.

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And peoples complaints about not being able to see their characters I find unfounded.
You can easily know where your character is because your character is in a fixed point on your screen.
Combine that with the maximum jump range you can easily traverse jumps until the mass has fallen to the Rising Goo.

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I just feel if your looking at your character for the need to accurately determine jumps then you’re going too slow anyway.
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- BEST JUMPING PUZZLE SO FAR!
My Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBa-tJj0Iao

yea its the best jp in the game ^^
most challenging one ever haha

Glad to see so some positive feedback. It hurts my heart to see so many people complain about this puzzle. I’m afraid Anet will listen to all the whiners and make things easy in the future. The reason I love this game so much is because it’s NOT like other gamers and people need to realize that.

Instead of grinding in the labyrinth, why not spend a couple of hours on a jumping puzzle? It seems people tried for maybe an hour then gave up and complained.

I think Anet is well aware that the majority of people who enjoy the content wont bother to come on the forums because the majority of people that go to the forums are the ones here to complain. That and some regulars that post here often.

The many complaints on the forums aren’t an accurate representation of the player base and there’s nowhere near as much complaint about the puzzle as there is about the lion chest incident from act 1.

If anet keeps rolling high quality puzzles like this out in the future? They have a guaranteed customer right here <3 Hopefully they won’t make it easier! Or they could put in different difficulty for people at the penalty of reward…but never easier! It’s fine as it is <3<3

it’s a rat race and i love it! im still at it but it is super fun though!

At first it was hard , but now i do it for the lols.

Did it 6 times atm , races :

3 human/2 norn/1 asura

I agree. The jumping puzzle has been the best thing through this event so far! I loved it, got mad at it, cheered for others, and just overall had a ton of fun with it. Thanks devs! It really is the best thing in the event so far.

As much as the clock tower made me rage at first, I’m a huge fan of it, the reward at the end was nice, and the adrenaline rush was awesome.

Good job, very fitting Mad Mad puzzle.

I agree, it was a ton of fun.

I’m not a fan, it didn’t feel rewarding enough for the initial difficulty, then after you get the muscle memory it becomes too easy.
They should nerf it a little so a larger portion of the player base can finish it.
Just my 2 copper.

My baby warrior at the reward chest:

I too love this puzzle and think the developers did a great job with it, both in terms of visual design and music, as well as the actual jumping in a race against the clock element.

The “decoy” reward chest halfway up was also sheer brilliance – the first time I got that high up in the puzzle I saw the chest and made straight for it, thinking that was the end of the puzzle… as I fell to my death in the green goop below I could almost feel some scumbag dev snickering at me. xD

But what I love most of all about this jumping puzzle is that I really felt a sense of progress, because not only was I getting a little bit higher up the tower with every few tries, I was also getting a lot more efficient at each of the jumps, which led to a real sense of steady progress. And ofcourse eventually reaching the top with my heart hammering in my chest was simply euphoric.

PS: I agree that larger characters blocking your view is a bit of a problem at the start, but I don’t believe making the puzzle a solo instance would be the way to go. Someone else came up with the idea of making other players see-through (sort of like the ghostly form), so that they don’t obscure the view of your own character, but you can still watch their progress through the puzzle and follow them. I really like that idea and think it would be a good compromise.

Even though I still hate Arenanet for their seemingly anti-farming stance that is slowly ruining the game for me. I can say that after completeing this jumping puzzle over 40 times, this is the most fun I have had in game since launch only thing that comes close is the EB jumping puzzle. Kudos to the designer and lets get a new one every month