Guild Wars 2

Honest question: does anyone consider the process of searching for Bounties to be fun?

For me and most members of my guild we find it to be nothing more than a chore. We can’t help but feel it’s just there to make it less likely for smaller guilds like ours to successfully complete Bounties.

The fights are great though.

I know several guilds “prescout” but we find it easiest to do it like this

I start the bounty check who we have and choose one to start with (usually the easiest to find or kill to insure personal rewards)

Then I go to
http://dulfy.net/2013/02/27/gw2-guild-bounty-guide/
and click the path map for the one we are after and link it in mumble.

Everyone converges on the zone picking different pay points along the path and works against the grain so to speak. they announce what waypoint and direction they are going to avoid multiple people checking the same spot. usually within a minute or 2 it is found

When its found the nearest waypoint is found and as soon as someone with a commankittenets to the bounty they pin up so the rest of the guild can easily find it.

Then kill and rinse and repeat for the next bounty.

We do pretty much the same for finding Bounties, except with usually 5 or less players, so it tends to take quite a bit longer, which probably does end up adding an extra layer of tedium to the process.

Regardless of length, do you guys find the process of searching for Bounties fun at all?

Its no less fun than the treks … but I do understand what you are saying. and I agree it is upsetting to have 15 min to find and kill 2 mobs and lose the bounty because it took 12 min to find the first one alone.

Always cross your fingers that you get Trillia Midwell and Poodaboo (arguably the two easiest ones to find)

Darkorical.9213:

Its no less fun than the treks … but I do understand what you are saying. and I agree it is upsetting to have 15 min to find and kill 2 mobs and lose the bounty because it took 12 min to find the first one alone.

Always cross your fingers that you get Trillia Midwell and Poodaboo (arguably the two easiest ones to find)

Several others are also relatively easy or at least straight forward to find but regardless of the target I have a hard time imagining how the search can be fun. It is just a lot of time spent run around staring carefully at your screen. There is no process or mechanic. It is a braindead as can be. Whacking barrels and poking rats doesn’t really count either.

I wouldn’t say treks are the same. They are similar if you use a guide for both. In theory a person who has a good memory and fully explored the world would be able to do all the treks without a guide.

Maybe take some inspiration from the old console RPGs where you talk NPCs and they give you clues about where to go. Instead of a patrol path they would need hideouts. It would make the search less about numbers and more about knowledge of the area. There would also have to be enough locations to make checking every location impractical. It probably shouldn’t be done for all bounties but at least for the ones in Ascalon it would make sense. I would expect the Charr legions to have a decent information network.

It could also be something more simplistic and ties back to the hearts. If you had completed the heart the NPCs can provide you with some information. It would encourage map completion/exploration which would help with doing the bounty hunts anyway.

I was actually recently thinking about something just about the same.
When I was little my mother used to get a treat for my brother and I then leave a trail of clues as to where it was ie clue 1 says clue 2 is in the box that keeps food cold then in the fridge clue 2 would say clue 3 is where Robin Hood, Baloo, and, Old Yeller meet. Then on the shelf with the Disney movies we had clue 4… and so on and so forth.

So yea I like the idea of the bounty giving you a clue… ooo or 5 …
Such as the first person gives you a list of 5 people to go talk to that might have info. you have to go talk to them and 3 of the 5 have the same info and 2 have different so you have to find out what ones the majority says then go there

I mean if you ever watch like dog the bounty hunter pretty much they just drive around where the person hangs out and watch for them else talk to some other people who may know where they are….

Khisanth.2948:

Darkorical.9213:

Its no less fun than the treks … but I do understand what you are saying. and I agree it is upsetting to have 15 min to find and kill 2 mobs and lose the bounty because it took 12 min to find the first one alone.

Always cross your fingers that you get Trillia Midwell and Poodaboo (arguably the two easiest ones to find)

Several others are also relatively easy or at least straight forward to find but regardless of the target I have a hard time imagining how the search can be fun. It is just a lot of time spent run around staring carefully at your screen. There is no process or mechanic. It is a braindead as can be. Whacking barrels and poking rats doesn’t really count either.

Yes this is basically my entire complaint. I wouldn’t mind looking for bounties if the process itself is more engaging. But in its current state it’s just wasting players time for the sake of making bounties more difficult to complete.

then again if you don’t have to find the guy is it still hunting a bounty or does it become fighting in an arena