Guild Wars 2

I’m not the best GW2 player by any stretch of the imagination. Not even at PvE. But I love the Gauntlet.

Why?

Because I have to do it solo I know it’s actually me whose doing it. Everything else even moderately difficult I do as a team (or at least at the same time as other people) and even if at the time I feel like I’m contributing something meaningful afterwards there’s always that nagging doubt that maybe other people carried me through it, maybe I was even in the way.

But in the Gauntlet there are no other players. When I beat one of the bosses I know it’s me who succeeded. I got it right – my build and my plan worked.

It’s also a great opportunity to really learn the mechanics. Because it’s just you and your opponent/s in an otherwise empty arena it’s much clearer what’s happening. If I dodge and don’t die to a powerful attack I know I got it right. It’s not that the terrain got in the way, or someone else interrupted them. If I need to kite or strafe I can focus on doing that without worrying about what else is going on around me. (Also even with camera issues a circular arena is a great place to learn to circle strafe.)

I think even if I don’t actually manage to beat all 3 tiers (I’m up to Salazan so far) I think I’ll be happy with what I have achieved just because it will be proof, to me, of what I can actually do.

(The only downside is that if I don’t bear Liadri it will really mess up my mini collection. I wish the mini wasn’t account bound.)

Honestly I know how you feel. I’m not sure if I could call myself mediocre. I dunno, I don’t really try to rate myself.

But I have gotten to tier 3 easily. Tier 3 gives me issues as an Elementalist only because of the achievements wise. I enjoy the challenge and I know I can beat the bosses up to Liarl but I’m not precise enough to get the achievements (right now or with my build/gear) and I feel good with what I have done.

If I don’t touch the gauntlet again this time around I will feel content with it. I enjoyed the challenge and the bosses and just something new that let me test myself. It was fun to figure out.

" When I beat one of the bosses I know it’s me who succeeded. I got it right – my build and my plan worked." – Exactly how I feel. Glad to see like-minded people taking the event in stride.