Guild Wars 2

Yea I understand there was a one time event but what is there to do AFTER the event? Southsun cove is suppose to be a permanent feature but when you go there it looks like almost all Dynamic events on that island were just for the one time event.

I went around the entire island and I found 3 Dynamic events. Collecting eggs, retaking a camp and a shark.

Is that really whats going to be here now that the one time event is done? 3 dynamic events and 2 jumping puzzles and just a bunch of veterans to farm?

I’m wondering about that too. The event was nice but if that was all about the island I won’t go there very often. When it was first announced I thought it would be something like Orr or at least something like the starting areas of the game.

there is around 6-7 Dynamic Events:

- Collect eggs
- Collect Golem Parts
- Retaking the camp
- Kill the Reef Shark (Chest spawns on the ships deck after shark is dead)
- Kill the Broodmother (Chest spawns near the cave entrance where you would go to collect the juvenile Reef Drake)
- Collect Consortium Items

and probably a few more but i can’t think of them atm

roostapro.9827:

there is around 6-7 Dynamic Events:

- Collect eggs
- Collect Golem Parts
- Retaking the camp
- Kill the Reef Shark (Chest spawns on the ships deck after shark is dead)
- Kill the Broodmother (Chest spawns near the cave entrance where you would go to collect the juvenile Reef Drake)
- Collect Consortium Items

and probably a few more but i can’t think of them atm

That’s incredibly small amount. Half of them are almost never active and take a long time to be active.

There isn’t enough.

Need chest events like orr temples.
Need a big chain event.

I said something about this when the event was first unveiled. It makes no sense to me why they added a new map that doesn’t mimic the same system as the rest of Tyria. If it’s a permanent addition, it should act like it. :P

It should have hearts and vistas and skill points, or— at the very least— something that keeps track of the POI’s and whatnot like every other map in the game.

It would be worth visiting if they had left in that exotic accessory for 1k karka shells, but it’s gone now. I was planning to buy some shells to get a couple of those accessories, but then they nuked the NPC in last night’s “no content changed” (cough) update.

I agree it almost feels like a map that’s still under development.

zexion.5842:

I went around the entire island and I found 3 Dynamic events… and a shark.

From the sound of things, were you jumping said shark?

I did enjoy the event, but the area itself makes me a bit sad. It looks really nice, and it is a very different setting from the rest of Tyria so far, which I like. But I was hoping that it was going to be bigger though, it’s about half as big as I thought it would be. And besides:
1) the new food, passion fruit (which still needs a bank collectable slot)
2) the rare-ish drop of the karka shells (which weren’t able to be used in the “discovery” tab of armorsmithing last time I checked and I have not found any new recopies from vendors)
3) a new place to get an ori node or ancient sapling
There isn’t much to gain by going there.

As stated above, for a lvl 80 zone, there isn’t much to do yet. And if the karka have the same drop rates as over the weekend they’re pretty useless to fight. I think the only ones that actually gave me drops were the young karka or veteran young karka. I just thought it was funny that they say in the Nov 15th patch notes that Vets and Champs are going to start giving better drops, and then every Veteran Karka gave basically nothing, and considering how long it takes to kill them it really isn’t worth it right now.

I also think that the Collect Consortium Items was bugged last night, seeing that the quest was active, but there were no items to collect or skale to kill. But there were a bunch of new “tourist” npcs, and there were golems building an asura gate, so I hope that new DEs are going to be popping up there shortly.

The karka shells can be used to craft Apothecary’s insignias and inscriptions, and they should have been added to your list of recipes automatically.

zexion.5842:

Yea I understand there was a one time event but what is there to do AFTER the event? Southsun cove is suppose to be a permanent feature but when you go there it looks like almost all Dynamic events on that island were just for the one time event.

I went around the entire island and I found 3 Dynamic events. Collecting eggs, retaking a camp and a shark.

Is that really whats going to be here now that the one time event is done? 3 dynamic events and 2 jumping puzzles and just a bunch of veterans to farm?

Go there and complain about the botched event in chat. :-P

Besides the orichalcum nodes, I see no other reason to ever going back there.

there’s also some event by the jump puzzle, where you escort an asuran demo-man to blow up the nests near the puzzle. was short and fun (5-10 minutes), and it had a chest (loot varied, but i got 1 blue, 1 green). it can be easily done with 2 players.

Too bad i can’t enjoy this new zone solo, can barely kill a karka…..and if i do there is no loot to collect. Its such a beautiful place, i was hoping for a zone that was not as hard and ulgly as ORR for my 80 to play in and collect level 80’s loot.

Not every player wants constant challenge and group play when they reach 80!

lisamee.2408:

Too bad i can’t enjoy this new zone solo, can barely kill a karka…..and if i do there is no loot to collect. Its such a beautiful place, i was hoping for a zone that was not as hard and ulgly as ORR for my 80 to play in and collect level 80’s loot.

Not every player wants constant challenge and group play when they reach 80!

Yeah, I find Orr kinda ‘meh’ as well, compared to much of the rest of the world. But if you’re properly equipped, you can solo this area, it’s just very difficult. Added to that, there doesn’t seem like there’s much to do but farm. And even then, the drop rate seems lower. I’ve taken to playing my 80 in Frostgorge, maybe that’s an option?

As stands right now, there’s nothing to do in Southsun Cove except fuel a players desire for a change of scenery when farming/questing at lvl 80 but even then a player will go right back to Orr because let’s face it…..Orr’s just better.

Southsun Cove should’ve at least been on par. There needs to be more going on there and there just isn’t.

Nanashi.6297:

I’m wondering about that too. The event was nice but if that was all about the island I won’t go there very often. When it was first announced I thought it would be something like Orr or at least something like the starting areas of the game.

I suspect Anet not having enough time to flesh out the island, asides from the 1 time event. I think they only had enough time to complete the 1 time event. It does feel very empty on the island at the moment.

I hope they expand the area in some way so that it doesn’t just turn into a wasteland.

Well , the island got some ori nodes … and that is it heh.

They said the island would take on new events and change over time.

I wish they would at least bring back the vendors. I was actually attempting to save up some karka shells. I’m not sure if they are coming back or glitched. I please ask of you bring them back.

TransparentlyOpaque.1824:

They said the island would take on new events and change over time.

Well they better add it soon, the whole area seems unfinished imo.

I noticed the ori node to the left side of the main bridge has disappeared today.

Should make Southsun a fishing resort if they ever implement fishing.And maybe have a Karka zoo & circus.An Asura ringmaster.

It’ll be built up – give them time guys. We JUST re-took it from the Karka (kinda).

zexion.5842:

Yea I understand there was a one time event but what is there to do AFTER the event? Southsun cove is suppose to be a permanent feature but when you go there it looks like almost all Dynamic events on that island were just for the one time event.

I went around the entire island and I found 3 Dynamic events. Collecting eggs, retaking a camp and a shark.

Is that really whats going to be here now that the one time event is done? 3 dynamic events and 2 jumping puzzles and just a bunch of veterans to farm?

Not to mention how terrible those little DEs are as well. Like the one where you have to constantly dodge a swarm of dozens of burrowing worms, and if you miss a single dodge you die instantly and get sent to the other side of the map.

Bhadur.4561:

I agree it almost feels like a map that’s still under development.

Agreed. Even during the event, the placement of enemies, difficulty of getting up the cliff onto the western half of the island if you fell off, and lack of poi’s, vistas, hearts, etc made it feel half made. Which is a pity, since its a pretty map with some innovative terrain.

roostapro.9827:

there is around 6-7 Dynamic Events:

- Collect eggs
- Collect Golem Parts
- Retaking the camp
- Kill the Reef Shark (Chest spawns on the ships deck after shark is dead)
- Kill the Broodmother (Chest spawns near the cave entrance where you would go to collect the juvenile Reef Drake)
- Collect Consortium Items

and probably a few more but i can’t think of them atm

if it was that small chest, thats allways there for the reef shark

FREE boat rides to and from Lion’s arch! until the NPC starts charging me karma or gold, i will attempt to show my appreciation for it, even if i do not play on the map anymore.

Mine ore I guess. I will never touch another karka after this event. Useless island.

Theres a rich ori node aaaaaaand…

Okay that’s all I could think of.