Guild Wars 2

Being the completionist freaks that we are, me and a buddy decided we were going to get this done. We both get distracted easily though so it has taken a while. Now that it’s done we both have some impressions to share and if you don’t want spoilers, don’t read any further.

First off all the stories send you all over the maps, so if you’re trying for map completion too, the personal story line is a good way to start. I mentioned that we can get distracted? You’ve been warned.

Next, the individual chapters of the story are highly variable in difficulty and we both had to ask for help at times. Often we simply bagged it and went to level up, get better gear, then go back and try again. Food and artificer potions were also a big help at times.

Later we discovered that if we were doing the exact same story, at the same level we both got credit for completing it, which simplified things a lot. We just waited until we both had time and did a bunch together. Last night late we finished the second to last quest, but it was late.

So today was the day. The day to go and kill the big boss dragon, which unfortunately came down to spamming “2” to kill the dragon. We’re both underwhelmed. That was it? The big ending? We’re Saviors of Tyria because we can spam one key? And this was after almost 2 hours, so long that we had to finish with 4 people after 1 dropped out, because it simply took too long.

Seriously underwhelmed.

(I’m not a fan of the dungeons to begin with, but Anet, you’ve got to tone down the HP on the bosses, and develop an in-game lfg system. Not everyone can play for hours at a time.)

The rewards in the dungeon weren’t that great, but I think we’ve all gotten used to the low drop rates around here. I got one yellow item for all that time spent so I doubt I’ll be going back there except to help guildies finish their story. The rewards from finishing the story also weren’t that great. As some people here have mentioned you can get better loot from some of the jumping puzzles.

So anyway, I’ve got 4 other character but now that I have at least one in each of the Orders I doubt that I will go any further on those story lines. Anet, I hope you’ll take these comments as constructive criticism, but I know there are higher priorities than re-writes on these stories.

Spoiler Warning

After all that I would like to ask if we can can somehow re-stage the entrance to Fort Trinity. There is a a particular scene cut-away that would make for an awesome personal wallpaper. To be honest, that alone would be the most unique item in the game. A personal wallpaper. I would make prints of mine. I wasn’t fast enough on the screen shot key.

Thanks for listening.