Guild Wars 2

As i’ve read a few threads on how people do not like the new update, I must truly and honestly say:“I love it!”

The Marionette fight is one of the most fun boss fights I’ve done in a long time; while some say that it is a zerg fest, I really like mechanics, it takes coördination and a decent amount of skill. The defence is doable, the platform phase is pretty tough; but I think it brings out the best in a lot of people to try to defeat the challenge.

I can’t say much about the wurm fight; haven’t tried it yet and I think it was kinda bugged on our server, but I’ll get around to it, and it sounds like a lot of fun as well!

The story content itself is really good; I liked the story instance in LA very much, the optional conversations were awesome and shed quite some light on a lot of subjects.

And then there’s Taimi.. well who doesn’t love her? :)

All in all, GJ ANet! Really really nice update!

Where do you go in LA to do the story content, or any of the story content (not the bosses)?
All I got was a letter saying to go check out the areas where the new bosses spawn. Standing around in Lornar’s Pass waiting for a boss that I’m told to expect to just DC from isn’t much fun.

Sieg.8439:

Where do you go in LA to do the story content, or any of the story content (not the bosses)?
All I got was a letter saying to go check out the areas where the new bosses spawn. Standing around in Lornar’s Pass waiting for a boss that I’m told to expect to just DC from isn’t much fun.

I think you have to do (not specifically win) the Marionette fight (though I’m not completely sure). After that you’ll see a living story * in LA, just enter the instance and enjoy!

So, you are the one.

“The story content itself is really good” ….you lost me there. There’s a story? Where?

Elbegast.6970:

So, you are the one.

“The story content itself is really good” ….you lost me there. There’s a story? Where?

Well I liked the story instance.. the explanations of and views on Scarlet’s plan (so far), the conversations between Ritlock and Rox, Braham, Taimi, Logan, Kasmeer and Marjory all were pretty nice, I thought!

And then there’s the bigger picture; what’s Scarlet’s ultimate plan? This is the first installment, so I’m curious to see what else there is..

All in all, yeah I think the story is very nice!

It’s an epic end battle to conclude the story, and I like the story instance in Lion’s Arch. It’s also nice to track down Scarlet’s hide out. But that Marionette is definitely too hard for casual content. Tomorrow we’re getting the same people together on Aurora Glade that got us our first Tequatl kill. I think that speaks volumes about the difficulty. Please lower the difficulty.

I agree partially to this. I like the Marionette boss fight, and Wurm bugged on me, but I wouldn’t say that the story is good. It’s mediocre in my opinion, but I definitely really like the characters. The character interactions are lots of fun. Throw those same characters into a better plot, and I’ll agree wholeheartedly that this living story was good.

I also liked the story instance, but I think it also demonstrates a severe problem I’ve had with the pacing of the Living World. The current Living Story-arc has been going on for almost a year now (The Flame and Frost prelude went live on January 28th, 2013).
And here’s this lovely little instance that tells us all we need to know about the current state of affairs, everything that’s happened so far, and how everyone involved feels about it in less than 10 minutes. In short, there’s a story that takes 10 minutes to tell, stretched out over almost a year, delivered in 2 week intervals. And there’s the reason why most people aren’t really caught up in the story.