Guild Wars 2

seriously. i’m surprised at how well it responds (at least when you’re not lagging, i guess). i was having fun just skating in circles for a good 5 minutes.

josh, you should totally ask some of the “core-world” level designers if they don’t want to try and put the slippery ice on tyria, maybe once we push further north :P

I agree with this. It is a good mechanic that does not make ice too frustrating, though, so it could be applied to the rest of the world IMO. Really well done.

I disagree. As long as you don’t jump it feels nice, but I don’t get why you can’t turn any more when jumping – makes it very frustrating to navigate sometimes.

Agree with the OP, it might be a little over the top on the slopes surrounding a certain boss but otherwise I really enjoyed it.

I think perhaps it would be better utilised as a dungeon mechanic, rather than open world, where it could really be used to create some interesting fights.

Though I suppose a skating event on the lake in Hoelbrak could be fun.

It’s cool until you run into an ice hill. In any other game the momentum you build up moving toward the hill would be used to propel you up, but in this case you are stopped cold because the momentum of gravity instantly defeats whatever momentum you have otherwise.

Fimbulvetr Wraith.2379:

Agree with the OP, it might be a little over the top on the slopes surrounding a certain boss but otherwise I really enjoyed it.

I think perhaps it would be better utilised as a dungeon mechanic, rather than open world, where it could really be used to create some interesting fights.

Though I suppose a skating event on the lake in Hoelbrak could be fun.

They should implement ice into keg brawl

Kal Spiro.9745:

They should implement ice into keg brawl

I thought that, then I remembered the barrels already have a slippery ice ability.

I suspect there is a danger it make the game a little too hard for people to just pick up and play. But overall I agree, I think it would add to the fun.