Guild Wars 2

So I tried out the LS content this weekend, it was painful. My system generally runs between 40-60 FPS (vsync’d to monitor refresh, so it’s limited), smooth. Just the number of folks at the event brought that down to 10FPS, making it largely a matter of ressing and running. So, not fun to say the least. So I say to myself, “Self, it’s new content. Everyone’s there, We’ll come back later (I know the big event is one time, no big deal. I just want to check out the area.)”

So I come back today to try one of the little events. Now mind you, I’m in all exotics, the whole nine yards. I stumble on a “gather the golem parts” and evade the wyrms quest. I figure, ok, I’ll try it. Also, note, not a glass cannon build here. So I’m in there, I get a couple parts. BAM. One shoted. I’m like, what the?! So I repair return, try again. BAM one shotted again.

After seeing this and the killer GM philosophy in sections of the Personal Story and the mob mentality of Orr, I’m sensing a theme. That theme being, ANet has no idea how to moderate difficulty. This is not fun and if the rest of the new content is like this, I don’t see why I’d bother with it. I enjoy the game, I enjoy combat in the game, but only the most masochistic would call this content good. Learn to balance your threat, Anet. Else people are just going to turn off.

Be prepared to have your feedback “merged” and lost in the sea of tears that can be found on this thread by one of the moderators: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/lostshores/Lost-Shores-Feedback-Thread-1

That’s how they’re handling any form of negativity towards this event.

Yeah on that note anyone under ~lvl 40 had a really hard time staying alive long enough to feel like they’ve participated.

The worms are way too powerful. They are the most powerful creature in the game. They are also invulnerable.

the “gather the golem parts” event was annoying, but I went in there as a scaled up lv30 with 30 gear, but was able to do several of them. The swiftness from signet of rage and activating the warhorn on bind helped a lot.
The additional event of defeating them also played out well. though I just shot arrows from afar.
I did get one shotted from everything else lol. Love how I revive inside the AOE and die again in 0.1sec.

Yeah I did that event as well. The character I was using is an 80 ranger in full exotics with vit/tough build. I wasn’t getting one-shot or anything, but I did die a couple of times when two of them would hit me at the same time, or one would get me twice. It works better if you use group tactics and let one person with a speed boost run in and lure them away, then grab up the gears closest to the entrance. Take turns doing that and you can do it with two people. The gears had a decent respawn rate, so there is no need to put yourself in needless danger by running too far. I agree that the damage from them was excessive. What’s funny is the veteran that spawns afterwards doesn’t hit as hard.

Actually it was some of the people who were not thinking that often got killed. Running up to the ancient karka who just sits there spraying acid.

I only died once trying to rez someone who went somewhere stupid like in the karka acid.

Otherwise working as a team you can easily avoid most the armor damage/dying a lot.