Guild Wars 2

Human
Elementalist
No Speed Buffs
100+ attempts easy
1 Success

Most frustrating and ultimately rewarding experience I’ve had in a video game. Ever.

Asura
Guardian
No boosts.

It was a greater challenge to actually see my character than doing the puzzle.

2x Guardian and Elementalist no speed boosts

BUT I eat candy corn for the final jump

Hardest part is dealing with the horrible camera clipping, the bug booting you for no reason and the huge kitten norns blocking the view in the beginning.

Human – Miyu Aihara
Ranger – 80
No speed buff

Easy enough once you get the hang of it. I would say that if there arent any players who are jumping it at the exact same speed and time as i am, my success rate is about 75%-80% with my Charr.

I started farming it for the Halloween bags.

Beat it as:
Sylvari Ele, No speed boost
Asura Guard, No speed boost
Sylvari Thief, No speed boost

Beat it as:
Charr Warrior, no boost.

Did it twice, feels SOO good to finsh it!!
Sylvari, ranger
No speed boost

Sylvari Elementalist, no speed boost.
At the start it was really frustrating because I couldn’t get past the bit after the pause, but two hours later it was exhilarating because I kept getting so close and knew that any attempt could be the one I got it.

Sylvari- Karivis
Necromancer
no speed boost

After ridiculous number of attempts I have finally been standing at the top. Was so happy that messed up the VERY last jump…
Before even the next run begum the New Build Restart timer decided to show off… Such a coup de “grace”.
Done it shortly after restart!

P.S. A decent Norn is the worst thing that can company you at your way up. :P

Human Female Necro
Human Female Guardian
Asura Male Mesmer (Frosura)
Norn Male Thief (a very fat thief)
Charr Female Elementalist
Sylvari Female Engineer (Shroomvari)
Norn Female Ranger

No speed boosts on any.

Human Ranger, no Speed Buff, beat it 4 times.

Just requires a LOT of patience.

Just did it on my human warrior. I stayed up so late I eventually had my own instance! Cos everyone left or completed it. So had two hours solo to get it!
Boy it was tough. Glad I got it but took too long

7 times complete:

5x as a human ele, no boost
2x as a charr ranger, 10%

I have completed the tower over 40 times now. It’s so easy now that I don’t even really think about it anymore. It just takes patience and obviously skill.

Today, I was able to do it 27/29 times.

Asuran engineer with no speed buffs.

Took quite a few tries and as a long term gamer I can see why people with less experience are having issues.

The ooze is a tad too fast and the larger races make it hell to see where you are jumping! Enjoyed the challenge :-)

Human
Thief lvl80
No boost (aside for traits don’t see how people could have boost since skills and signets are disabled)
Must have tried 100++times, did it 3 more times after the first success.

Very frustrating, yet fun at the same time ( remind me of those old school games where you had to escape the base before it blows up…).

Kuddos to the designer, I want more like that!!

I beat it. See my thread Clock Tower is NOT Fun for why I still think they should make some minor changes to it to make it more user friendly and fun without losing the difficulty or challenge.

I’ll just leave this here.

Human
Necro lvl 80
No speed boosts
15+ tries or so to get it

Once i got past the initial cluster of people and slowed down a bit it actually wasn’t too hard. Should be able to do it again if i want.

took me 3h yesterday to beat it with my asura elementalist (no speed buff).
fun fact tho.. my brother plays a norn ranger, and was jumping with me. only thing is.. he made it to the top almost every single time!

Human
Elementalist lvl 80
25% passive speed boost
Here is a lil vid i made, ppl say the music is bad so turn it down : ) lol

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/halloween/Faux-Sushi-s-Mad-King-s-Clock-Tower-Video-Guide/first#post563998

Will never complete it since there is 15 ppl that jumps at the same time and im a little azura.. God fail anet…………………

Finally got the time to do this after exams, took me nearly 2 hours to get it down but after the first success my 7 other characters were easy The same doesn’t apply to charr, but now I can say I did the puzzle 8 times repeatedly with all races. Amazing sense of satisfaction and ok rewards, hope there will be more in the future like this.

Beat it on Asura (1st toon), Charr, and Sylvari
Warrior, Elementalist, Mesmer

I got frustrated initially by having trouble seeing my Asura. However after several runs it should become quite easy to blindly make those 1st jumps after the pause and it quickly became a non-issue.

I love this jumping puzzle and would be horrified to have ANet dumb it down.

Took about 7 hours in total but I finally finished it.

Sylvari
Ranger
No boosts

I should have completed it much earlier but my hands and eyes stopped functioning together.

I loved it. Took me an hour the first time and over an hour for the second! It is very well done, and a fun sense of accomplishment.

“/say’ was also a blast. People were joking and generally good spirited about it. I only saw people ask for Charr and Norn to take armor off.

Completed it 4 times now. It’s actually starting to get fun again after a while. :P

after 12 hours i BEAT IT! seriously this deserves to be in castlevania 3 or something, that was some nuts hard platforming

Sylvari
no boosts
beat it after 3h, then twice more in under 15minutes

Sylvari Thief
No speed boost

Charr Ranger
No speed boost :)

I love this puzzle! It’s my first ever jumping puzzle in this game. xD Killed me for 8 hours, but now I can get through most of it easy. :)

Here. Engineer, no speedboost whatsoever.

Sylvari Elementalist
No speed boost

Beat it after about 1 hr 45 min or so. It was incredibly frustrating but I liked the challenge of it. I’ve done it about 5-10 times now to get the various chests strewn about. Very enjoyable. Gets my heart racing and palms sweating every time! :D

Sylvari
Ranger
No Speed Buffs
14 hours of strait trying
1 Success

I have never been so angry, depressed, unemotional, frustrated, or hated charr so much in my life, but I do believe I will never be as happy as when I made the final jump into the clock tower. I know now what it feels like to have my soul stolen from me and to win it back through blood, sweet, tears, 2 computer screens, and a keyboard.

Lots of frustration. Not alotta of happy endings

Human
Engineer

Took me 2 hours of trying to finally lock it down. That was a very frustrating puzzle.

Charr
Warrior
No Speed Buffs
4 hours trying over 2-3 sessions.
1 success (more than enough for me)

i felt almost guilty being a charr and watching everyone fall as my larger than average backside got in everyone elses way. Half the time i’d overtaken everyone after the first jump anyways…but haters gotta hate i guess :P

Asura
Warrior
No Speed Buffs
about 3 hours of trying-1 success

Asura mesmer.
Charr necromancer.
Human engineer.
Norn elementarist.
Asura thief.
Sylvari guardian.
Sylvari warrior (multiple times, checking droprates for trick-or-treat bags).

No passive speedboosts.

Norn was hardest, cause I find it difficult to judge exact position on the ledges in the crowded parts. Also, the optical illusion that they run slower than the other humanoids doesn’t exactly help

Asura Elementalist, One with Air trait, level 30.

I’ve tried it again with other (non-Asura, non-boosted) characters. On the one hand, the camera isn’t trying to kill me and I can actually see my characters. On the other, I’ve gotten so used to the extra time buffer the boost gave me that I find myself going way too slow.

ETA: Human Mesmer, no speed boosts.

Took a couple hours to do it the first time. After that it just gets easier and easier because the jumps become second nature.

Sylvari
Mesmer
No buffs

10+ hours, but finally done

Beat it on my Human Engineer. No speed buffs, 7 hours worth of effort. HANDS DOWN one of my favorite experiences in this game, either way.

As for everyone whining about the norn and charr, quit blaming mistakes on them. It’s frustrating enough having a quirky camera or a weird jump/run animation, but for everyone else to demonize you for it? Besides, complaining and whining doesn’t make them any shorter. Once you get used to the lay of the land (like everyone else has to), other people don’t make a difference.

Norn
Ranger
No buffs

after 4-5 hours of trying it with my human guardian i gave up and switched to my norn. Not being able to see yourself because of the other players = failed JP design in my book. I will not do this JP ever again…

Sylvari Engineer
No boost

There should be an achiv for failing 200 times in the row :P

Completed it countless times now, I think I might be addicted to it.

Human necromancer
No speed boosts

Now I’m helping other people complete it, by showing them where to jump.

Hell yea i did took me 4h to make to the clocktower
Sylvari Necro (38lvl)
no speed boost

P.S. kitten now i want to do it again just to make a screenshot – kitten you clever ppl who took it the first time and posted it here lol

After giving up after a bit the first day went back today and got it in 2 hrs of tries, kept getting close then failing miserably lol so bad.

Human Mesmer, not doing it again, once is enough for me.

Finally beat it today with my Sylvari Thief after mistiming the final jump 7 times.

Human
Ranger
No speed boost
5 hours for the first success

Now I can beat it without any trouble while getting all three chests along the way.