Just my personal opinions of the Halloween event up to Act 3. Not trying to hate/praise Anet, rant, or piss anyone off. Just my personal opinions. Feel free to comment
Pros:
-Love the scavenger hunts. Instead of using a guide I recommend doing them solely based on the clues. Very fun and the two books are a cool idea for back piece skins.
-I really like the Mad King’s clock tower jump puzzle. I understand that it frustrates many people who either physically cannot do it due to age/medical reasons or because their computers are lacking in speed and graphics. My FPS, however, is not that high even when on the lowest graphics settings and I still managed to complete it after about 2 hours of trying. I really enjoy a good challenge and it’s very rewarding when you finally accomplish something so hard.
-I like some of the Halloween weapon skins. Especially the shield with its particle effects. The greatsaw greatsword is okay but not really worth the price. I would also LOVE the scythe if it weren’t so plain and didn’t cause two scythe blades when being used on a necro staff.
-The Mad King emerging from the LA statue was pretty cool, and the dungeon that followed is fun and appropriate for all levels. I cleared it maybe 10-15 times. Even managed to solo it once.
-The costume brawl has been really fun for me. That being said I own the Mad King costume which, I’ll admit, is a little OP, but fun nevertheless.
Cons:
-Right off the bat I did not like the whole getting unique halloween skins from the chests idea. From the spending real money on keys to the disappointing chances of actually getting a skin, I was just disappointed with the whole thing. I understand Anet needs to make money but I’m sure they made more than enough through people buying costumes and whatnot. Just a bit unfair that all the cool skins people actually want are so expensive. I managed to save up for a shield, which I bought, and am now saving for a scythe, but I basically had to spend all the money I’ve been saving for t3 cultural armor as well as sell tons of mats I was going to use for crafting.
-I did not like the lack of explanation on the halloween achievements/challenges. I was often very confused as to what was currently available and what was yet to be released. I’m the type of person who has to achieve everything as soon as it’s released, so that just bugged me a bit.
-I’m disappointed that the “one time event” was a 30 second cutscene that I could have watched on youtube rather than having to leave work early for. I was even more disappointed that we didn’t receive some sort of special item for being there, which was basically why I left early to get there. The Mad King instance made up for this a bit, but the reward was rather lacking. I was expecting to get some sort of cool crown or armor skin from the chest after killing him and only got a 10 slot bag. To make it worse, I did it on my main character who already has 15 slot bags. I put it in my bank to transfer it to a different character who could actually use it only to find it was soulbound. Seriously? What a waste of a reward item.
-Like I said, I completed and enjoyed the clock tower JP, but feel really bad for the people who won’t get the achievement for it just because their computers are not good enough or they don’t have the skill/capability to complete it. And as others have said, it would have been much better as a solo or party only instance so you can actually see where you’re jumping half the time.
-I do not like that the second part of the scavenger hunt is in higher-level places such as sparkfly den. I realize people have been doing this successfully on characters as low as level 5 or 6, but it takes a lot of time and group effort to do this. And when 5/6 of my characters are under level 15, it’s a pain to try and do it on all of them.
That’s about all I got for now guys. Ended up a bit longer than I would have liked but I really wanted to express my opinions. Feel free to share yours as well.
TL;DR: Shut up and read a few of my points and comment :P
