Guild Wars 2

Thank you for adding another awesome jumping puzzle. I thought that the event had nothing left, but this, this is great.

It’s extra hard atm XD Chaos with all these people, fun though.

JP is great. In my opinion it is one of, if not the best they have ever made.

But I’m worried what it will be like when no one is there to rez you because it’s so unforgiving. So I kind of hope they add a checkpoint/auto rez system like in Goemm’s Lab and Spekk’s Laboratory.

Thanks for the new jumping puzzle. While I still haven’t completed it yet. I am having a blast trying to figure out where to go and what to do.

Seriously? Did you guys even play any other games? This is fun for you?

Well, good for you then.

Having a blast with this puzzle!

Thank you, that JP is great fun. The diving goggles are inspired – you evil, evil people

This puzzle is ok now because there are people to rezz you. In a couple weeks, it is going to be the most unfun one as it is very very very unforgiving.

Anen.1742:

This puzzle is ok now because there are people to rezz you. In a couple weeks, it is going to be the most unfun one as it is very very very unforgiving.

Unless we’re going to find out that the final chest contains the same item every day. Then, this puzzle will be the most unfun tomorow.

EDIT: The puzzle also has a tendency for letting you die in places others can’t reach. Had to respawn 5 times now at the very beginning. Not fun. Sorry. It’s okay that it’s challenging, but that’s just absurd.

I enjoy it, it can be a bit unforgiving at times but it is doable after some practice

I hate stationary jumping puzzles so this was a major disappointment to me. We need more puzzles like the mad kings clock tower.

If you love jumping Puzzles , you’ll love this Jumping Puzzle

HOWEVER

If Jumping Puzzles are work for you, you may or may not just glaze this over because the rewards are a Exotic shoulder pad with common skin.

I need the salvage ecto, so I guess I’ll do it.

Soulstar.7812:

If you love jumping Puzzles , you’ll love this Jumping Puzzle

HOWEVER

If Jumping Puzzles are work for you, you may or may not just glaze this over because the rewards are a Exotic shoulder pad with common skin.

I need the salvage ecto, so I guess I’ll do it.

Don’t do it. The ecto is not salvagable.

Only bit I find awesome is that you can be ported from the beginning to the end. 0-reward in 2mins =D

Not so fussed about the reward, but the puzzle itself is terrific. A bit tricky in places, and trying to land on a tiny platform with 10-15 other people certainly makes things precarious, but it’s a lot of fun.

Haven’t made it back up for the diving goggles yet – got close, but fell to a splattery death – but all in all it’s a welcome addition to the game.

I still say bring back clock tower.

I saw a screenshot of the tooltip at Dulfy’s website. If the money value at th tooltip is shown correctly then it will sell for 60 silver at NPC vendors… but you are not able to salvage it and sell it at TP I heard(bound on acquire). But 60 silver should be worth about 3 ectos…

Let’s see if this is every day or once per char. I think once per char – same was for the shoes at Clocktower.

CorneliusCoffin.3169:

Soulstar.7812:

If you love jumping Puzzles , you’ll love this Jumping Puzzle

HOWEVER

If Jumping Puzzles are work for you, you may or may not just glaze this over because the rewards are a Exotic shoulder pad with common skin.

I need the salvage ecto, so I guess I’ll do it.

Don’t do it. The ecto is not salvagable.

I found out just now….

So I can’t sell it, salvage it, or eat it…

I don’t want the chitty-wok stats, so it sits in my inventory.
Nice A-Net really nice.

Also the googles? Why do that? I wanted a challenging jp, not to be trolled. There is like 20 people on my server standing up there asking where the chest is, and when you naturally try to jump onto the rock, you just fall straight through to the bottom. Since when have you been able to fall through terrain in this game?

Soulstar.7812:

If you love jumping Puzzles , you’ll love this Jumping Puzzle

HOWEVER

If Jumping Puzzles are work for you, you may or may not just glaze this over because the rewards are a Exotic shoulder pad with common skin.

I need the salvage ecto, so I guess I’ll do it.

I love jumping puzzles yet found this one to be subpar and overusing bad gimmicky launch platforms. This combined with the bad camera makes this JP just not that much fun.

Soulstar.7812:

CorneliusCoffin.3169:

Soulstar.7812:

If you love jumping Puzzles , you’ll love this Jumping Puzzle

HOWEVER

If Jumping Puzzles are work for you, you may or may not just glaze this over because the rewards are a Exotic shoulder pad with common skin.

I need the salvage ecto, so I guess I’ll do it.

Don’t do it. The ecto is not salvagable.

I found out just now….

So I can’t sell it, salvage it, or eat it…

I don’t want the chitty-wok stats, so it sits in my inventory.
Nice A-Net really nice.

You can stuff it in the MF

Gah no pleasing some people. I for one really love this JP. I don’t find it easy, not going to lie, some of it is easy, but the latter parts to get up to the diving goggles is a challenge, but it would be boring if it wasn’t.

matjazmuhic.1649:

Seriously? Did you guys even play any other games? This is fun for you?

Well, good for you then.

Translation-“I couldn’t complete it, so therefore it’s bad content.”

I enjoyed it, ANet! Keep them coming.

Most awful JP I’ve ever experienced. I loved the Halloween one but this one is just garbage. The only real difficulty comes from not being able to see anything due to a dozen xbox huge norns all stacking on you. Not to mention idiots spamming particle effects all over. It should have been instanced.

It’ll be empty by next week. What’s the rush?

to give you an idea of how hard it is to reach the goggles… i got muted because i said “thank you” to much everytime i was revived.

This JP is awful.

JP was easy – but only because of the Dulfy guild and tons of people there. Without them the trash mobs could have been a problem(if you take a bit fall damage and damage from steam and other stuff and then the mobs) and finding the way would have been a problem.

Made it up to the chest but then at the 2nd try(unfortunately you need to start from the beginnig again to go for the goggles) I died in an unfavourable location.

With a bit training this should be avoidable and leaving most of the jumps with a “good death” or even alive(with trait if you are not falling from the very top where it seems a bit easier).

This was a fantastic puzzle!

I’m horrible at these things but this one was great fun! I went splat so many times, only to rescued almost immediately by others near my point of impact, all the time with folks cracking self-deprecating jokes. The crowd was great!

Actually I think I derived my most fun simply by being in a large pack of folks all failing so hard at the same task the we had to laugh.

Getting to the chest felt great!

Now to go punish myself by trying for those pesky goggles…

Awesome puzzle and a heartfelt thumbs up to those that made it.

Magische Boek.2530:

to give you an idea of how hard it is to reach the goggles… i got muted because i said “thank you” to much everytime i was revived.

The Dead Cliff Zombie Revival Krewe says Welcome to the Ground!

Honestly, as someone who loved the Halloween puzzle,Wintersday puzzle and adores SAB

I have to say this puzzle is poorly done, as someone said the reliance on gimmicky spring platforms and camera angles kills it, honestly this puzzle is very much sub par when you compare it to the many that are superior.

That being said I DO like the idea of hidden entrances (the wall holograms) and would have preferred more use of those over the spring pads.

I’m talking the entire puzzle btw, goggles included.

What I love about this puzzle is the pads, and cogs. Facing the right direction is important. Camera is of course still a huge problem and probably makes this puzzle harder because of it.

DrMatt.9408:

Also the googles? Why do that? I wanted a challenging jp, not to be trolled. There is like 20 people on my server standing up there asking where the chest is, and when you naturally try to jump onto the rock, you just fall straight through to the bottom. Since when have you been able to fall through terrain in this game?

Since that terrain is illusory. Aetherblades use illusory terrain to cover their hideouts, including the whole ‘rocky’ dome that covers the entire airship.

Or do you believe that the airship was built inside a closed cave?

Some parts of this puzzle was fun, other parts I had to build up my courage before I would make the leap.

I went all the way to the diving location because I thought that was the way I needed to go. I was so confused after I got to the top so I looked it up, saw where the chest was and then jumped off hoping to land in a good spot. Unfortunately I died so I had to start the puzzle over.

But you know, after I did it all over again and got the chest, I felt happy.

This puzzle is nice.. it’s actually sorta a puzzle. My only quibbles would be that these sorts of things need many more overflows as I had horrible lag due to so many people being there. Also I second the need for a checkpoint autorez from falling for when the puzzle isn’t being ran so much in the future.

There’s a big difference between challenging and just tedious long with no room for errors and randomness in the jump pads/gears.

Clock tower was challenging, this is just real easy, with added randomness to make it seem less easy.

Coming from someone that farmed the clocktower and wintersday puzzles and had loads of fun there, i was bored before i even got to the top, i did complete it for the sake of doing it but i’m never doing this one again. Huge disappointment.

DrMatt.9408:

I still say bring back clock tower.

Only way I would enjoy a timed puzzle is if they made them soloable or party instances.
Meaning you can do them by your self or people in your party that you chose to be with.

I don’t want to be stuck behind 10 norns and 8 chars blocking my view on everything.

Wolfey.3407:

DrMatt.9408:

I still say bring back clock tower.

Only way I would enjoy a timed puzzle is if they made them soloable or party instances.
Meaning you can do them by your self or people in your party that you chose to be with.

I don’t want to be stuck behind 10 norns and 8 chars blocking my view on everything.

If I recall correctly the reason for that was bad info. The guy who made the clock tower made it under the belief that it WAS going to be a solo instance.

This might actually be a good puzzle if the spring platforms weren’t so horrendously buggy. More often than not they shoot you in the wrong direction or not far enough.

Which is fine considering it doesn’t reward me with anything. In the end I found the puzzle to be ridiculously easy. I was expecting something like the stones. That was actually fun, but not very hard. I think the best jp anet has ever done was os. I would encourage them to build more like that instead of this one.

I’m sorry if that offends anyone. If you are on BP and see me on just ask and I will switch over and port you for free.

Edit in case people think I am being sarcastic pic of achievement. I’ve done this on 4 characters so far, first time every time.

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

I was expecting something like the stones. That was actually fun, but not very hard. I think the best jp anet has ever done was os.

It would actually help if people knew what you are talking about …. what the heck are the “stones” and what is “os”

Do not like the new puzzle: it has HUGE camera issues that need to be fixed here to make it entertaining.

Good that I already got my Dive Master achievement and just had to go for the chest and not do it again.

But with some rework on certain places this could really be a great JP.

Reward in the chest: crap. But hey, did anyone expect something else in a JP chest?

Gumby.1708:

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

I was expecting something like the stones. That was actually fun, but not very hard. I think the best jp anet has ever done was os.

It would actually help if people knew what you are talking about …. what the heck are the “stones” and what is “os”

Sorry about that.

os = http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Obsidian_Sanctum

stones = http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Skipping_Stones

I found OS to be a really fun jp. The only thing this one is good for is farming a good amount of money quickly. They drop tiny loot bags which have good mats that sell quicklyi, some good greens etc. See pic. Will upload a second farming spot in a sec.

Second one is on top of the air ship, respawns are relatively quick. Have to change out characters every so often though =(

I’m hoping Arenanet doesn’t get deluded by the few whom are complaining it was too easy. Without the horde of people in there, it would be much much much more difficult. The majority probably wouldn’t even finish it.

The people who are complaining that it’s too easy are talking about the mesmers portaling everyone to the chest from the nearby waypoint outside the puzzle.

Rottaran Owain.6789:

The people who are complaining that it’s too easy are talking about the mesmers portaling everyone to the chest from the nearby waypoint outside the puzzle.

No, there are even videos showing you step by step how to complete it.

As to the OP absolutely. This entire jp was designed to punish anyone not playing asura/sylvari/human. I can dot his easy on my asura/sylvari and I found the puzzle to be kind of boring on them. On my charr, screw it. It’s not even difficult because of skill. It’s difficult because of the camera, the way my guy will get down on all 4s (wish they would add an option to disable this) etc.

It isn’t difficult because of the skill of the jp. That’s just bad design. It’s an artificial difficulty, similar to the aether blade retreat. Instead of putting work into making difficult content they took the easy way out. If you have an asura save yourself the trouble of doing it on anything else. Once you do though you will probably feel the same way I did. The puzzle was too easy. I think that os, and the skipping stones are good jumping puzzles. They are fun, and only in a few spots is the camera the issue. I wish it were none, but that’s just how it is setup.

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

Rottaran Owain.6789:

The people who are complaining that it’s too easy are talking about the mesmers portaling everyone to the chest from the nearby waypoint outside the puzzle.

No, there are even videos showing you step by step how to complete it.

As to the OP absolutely. This entire jp was designed to punish anyone not playing asura/sylvari/human. I can dot his easy on my asura/sylvari and I found the puzzle to be kind of boring on them. On my charr, screw it. It’s not even difficult because of skill. It’s difficult because of the camera, the way my guy will get down on all 4s (wish they would add an option to disable this) etc.

It isn’t difficult because of the skill of the jp. That’s just bad design. It’s an artificial difficulty, similar to the aether blade retreat. Instead of putting work into making difficult content they took the easy way out. If you have an asura save yourself the trouble of doing it on anything else. Once you do though you will probably feel the same way I did. The puzzle was too easy. I think that os, and the skipping stones are good jumping puzzles. They are fun, and only in a few spots is the camera the issue. I wish it were none, but that’s just how it is setup.

Yeah it was specifically designed to punish the norn and charr. God anet why you so evil to actually spend extra resources and time to specifically punish norn and charr

i keep trying to figure out what OS is. and it’s Obsidian Sanctum isn’t it? loll dangit.

i loved the Clocktower as well. camera was never an issue for me there, as a Norn. though.. the Humans running in the same instance as me would beg to differ.

Xenlai.8694:

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

Rottaran Owain.6789:

The people who are complaining that it’s too easy are talking about the mesmers portaling everyone to the chest from the nearby waypoint outside the puzzle.

No, there are even videos showing you step by step how to complete it.

As to the OP absolutely. This entire jp was designed to punish anyone not playing asura/sylvari/human. I can dot his easy on my asura/sylvari and I found the puzzle to be kind of boring on them. On my charr, screw it. It’s not even difficult because of skill. It’s difficult because of the camera, the way my guy will get down on all 4s (wish they would add an option to disable this) etc.

It isn’t difficult because of the skill of the jp. That’s just bad design. It’s an artificial difficulty, similar to the aether blade retreat. Instead of putting work into making difficult content they took the easy way out. If you have an asura save yourself the trouble of doing it on anything else. Once you do though you will probably feel the same way I did. The puzzle was too easy. I think that os, and the skipping stones are good jumping puzzles. They are fun, and only in a few spots is the camera the issue. I wish it were none, but that’s just how it is setup.

Yeah it was specifically designed to punish the norn and charr. God anet why you so evil to actually spend extra resources and time to specifically punish norn and charr

It’s either that or you admit Anet has seriously flawed software that is incapable of working correctly. The fact that you get pushed through the roof at the diving part is another example of it. They needed to have that higher so that large characters could still see. Why didn’t they? Can you really attribute so many mistakes to just them being bad? If so where does that end, at what point is someone accountable for doing a bad job?

The places where the camera goes crazy on large characters could easily have been adjusted. So they either didn’t bother play testing, or they intentionally did it that way. Maybe I’m wrong and they didn’t do it intentionally. Of course that means they have horrible QA, and don’t bother properly testing anything. That is believable considering the level of content they release at times.

You’ll still need to get the goggles if you want the bar for Dive Master to be full – which is important to some people. I myself don’t care much about the achievement points or titles(why is there not title for Dive Master)?

So I’ll do it again… when I’m in the mood. I also still need to to a lot of other google locations since they implemented them when I already got World Completion on my main and I did not want to go to all other locations again(but doing some while leveling Alts).

Yes: Cam sucks a bit. As we all know already from other puzzles that have even worse cam.

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

No, there are even videos showing you step by step how to complete it.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/skypirates/The-new-jumping-puzzle-is-SO-easy/first#post2330789

This is the thread complaining about how easy it is mentioned in the OP. I agree that it’s rather poorly designed with the launchers that seem to shoot you downward half the time, and the general layout with so many walls to jitter the camera about, but that’s not what the OP was reffering to I think.