Guild Wars 2

i really do, and this is only a rant against the z axis used for evil puproses of making people rage quit the game.
i was stuck since release in there doing only that for the only purpose of the stupid goggles!

nice job they don’t count as achievement if you die and i think it’s not fair i have to see a video on you tube to know where and how to jump down or be ready to restart over and over and over and over and over and over and over….

ty and sorry for raging here, i just wanted to outburst my angst

The goggles are completely optional. If you do all the other diving locations, then you don’t need it.

And seriously, it’s not much of an achievement if you didn’t actually achieve the dive and still get credit.

kokocabana.8153:

The goggles are completely optional. If you do all the other diving locations, then you don’t need it.

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This is actually wrong. If you didn’t already have the divemaster achievement before the new goggles were introduced, you will have to get the new ones too to complete it.

Only thing I really hate about the dungeon is there are no ‘respawn’ points, like we had in Goemms, and Spekks (? the one with the timed platforms over lava, in Caledon I think). I finally got up to the goggles, only to die by hitting one of the platforms close to it (I tried looking at dulfy video, but I couldn’t remember where to jump). When I was at goggles, I didn’t want to jump either, since I knew if I miss it would have to do all of it again, which isn’t fun.

I have come to frankly hate and despise all jumping puzzles in game. I do understand having a ‘difficult’ path to get somewhere, but this jump puzzle kind of content is not something I have ever wanted in a game that is called ‘mmo’.

The halloween one I spent WAY WAY too much time on and failed so badly (partially due to a mouse issue) was horrible. The Xmas one I only spent 30 minutes on, before I said F this.
The ‘super adventure box’ whole story actually got me considering a new game, absolutely a TURN OFF for content in general + a lot of jump puzzle crap.

I totally understand a lot of people enjoy doing, from now on I shall simply abstain from any future ‘living story’ content that will require a jump puzzle component because doing this activity because it drains all fun from playing for me. Which also means for me, I’m starting to keep eyes open for new games coming up. Not that it is only puzzles that has been turning me off, but as I decide to remove parts of the whole, the less there is to enjoy about the game.

/shrug

GuzziHero that’s an extremely rude comment full of condescension. You must think you’re entitled to reprimand whoever you like. It’s not up to you to judge other people.

First of all the OP obviously tried many times. It’s not like they failed once and came here to rage. Second, the OP clearly states that they just had to get that out of their system. Lastly, the camera angles are a real issue in this puzzle that make it harder to gauge jumps in some spots.

Best advice I can give is that if someone is feeling too frustrated it’s best to take a break. Then go back and give it another go. I find that usually helps a lot.

I too hate JPs, which is why I loved GW1. Nevertheless, with some great support from other players, in particular with portalling and rezing, I managed a number of efforts at the dive. Finally I did the dive – and didn’t get the credit – I think I must have somehow lost the goggles before landing in the water or something. At this stage I too was on the edge of rage-quitting this game.

I am not inclined to waste more hours trying to make this dive. I started Dive Master two weeks ago when being a super-expert jumper was not a prerequisite for it. I’m hoping that is still the case. If it turns out this dive is now required for the achievement, I think I shall be coming to the conclusion that there are better (or at least more enjoyable) things I can be doing with my time. I mean why should a title that was fairly straightforward to get one week suddenly be made incredibly difficult to acquire the next week? Why should I bother trying for any achievements, titles, legendaries, or whatever, if I suspect Anet might suddenly decide to do something to make them so much harder to get for those who haven’t already got them?

Sorry for the rant but like the OP this got to me.

skullmount.1758:

Only thing I really hate about the dungeon is there are no ‘respawn’ points, like we had in Goemms, and Spekks (? the one with the timed platforms over lava, in Caledon I think). I finally got up to the goggles, only to die by hitting one of the platforms close to it (I tried looking at dulfy video, but I couldn’t remember where to jump). When I was at goggles, I didn’t want to jump either, since I knew if I miss it would have to do all of it again, which isn’t fun.

Yeah, they really could have stuck a WP inside there, it’s one of my only complaints.
That, and I don’t see the exotic shoulders having much point in the chest, being unsalvageable, un-TP-able, and vending at a whopping 3s… Lol.
But they’re free and you get other stuff in the chest, so hey.

Anet isn’t evil for making you exert a modicum of effort to get an achievement with no purpose, sorry.

Was this JP what all the anger was all about? One of the hardest jumping puzzles in the game? I breezed through this thing, and had to redo it only three times before making it to the top. After that, I had a hell of a lot of difficulty completing Super Mario Bros 3 on the NES that very same evening.

I have to wonder if some of the complainers have even tried the Griffonrook Run before yelling that this new JP is the hardest one in the game.

Griffonrook Run is actually pretty easy if you’re not bothering with the bomb.

And this new JP is indeed one of the hardest ones in the game. It’s long, filled with mobs that are more difficult than normal enemies in the map, and has several points where if you die and don’t have anyone around to res you, you have to start all over again at the very beginning. It’s a fun challenge for someone like me who loves JPs, but I can see why it would be immensely frustrating for someone who doesn’t.

On the bright side, at least there’s still Mesmer portals!

Zaxares.5419:

Griffonrook Run is actually pretty easy if you’re not bothering with the bomb.

Where’s the fun in that?

Zaxares.5419:

On the bright side, at least there’s still Mesmer portals!

Oh yes. And I think people should stop complaining about the mesmer portals. I’m glad there’s an alternative for people that don’t like platforming. It’s nice seeing players helping each other out.

Zaxares.5419:

Griffonrook Run is actually pretty easy if you’re not bothering with the bomb.

Really…..? So your first time there without any knowledge of it was “easy”. You are the god of JPs then. It wasn’t easy at all to us mere mortals. Until we tried it a few times and/or read up on it.

The new JP was easy to me due to the amount of portals and the lack of interest in the diving ach……but that’s me :P

So we have a content, a jumping puzzle, that’s very difficult and time consuming but doable solo, not so difficult with few players, easy with 50 players and a joke with 200 in a mmo. You can set your own difficulty level. In fact, guest to a crowded server and you have as many or as little wps as you want thanks to mesmers. Isn’t that what we want?

BTW, +1 for Griffonrook but it’s not something I want to go back and do again haha.