Guild Wars 2

Well, it has been a long journey getting towards the end of my personal story. After the Risen invading Claw Island, fighting a huge dragon that was one of Zhaitan’s minions, i sat back and imagined how awesome the fight with Zhaitan would be.

As i entered Arah Dungeon, i felt a cold shiver down my spine and throughout the whole mission i felt that i was being tested. Tested because throughout the whole of Guild Wars 1, Guild Wars Books, and through Guild Wars 2, Killing an Elder Dragon is an “impossible” task, just like my personal story suggested.

A cut-scene came, showing Zhaitan in his glory, then the moment to kill Zhaitan came upon my party, i thought this is what Guild Wars is about, the magic of the lore, the magic of the previous tricky battles with huge creatures.

I boarded the cannon, and began to press 2, surely just to weaken him a little bit before he attacks, or summons a minion, or does something that an Elder Dragon has the power to do. 50% health gone and i’m still waiting to fight him, to dodge his heads as i cast my spells on him. 25% health and i’m thinking this cant be it?

0% health. Probably one of the biggest disappointments in my life so far. Actually heart-breaking after being a dedicated player, seeing Ascalon before The Searing, before Destiny’s Edge allegiance. Waiting countless years for this game to release.

So yeah, a cannon killed Zhaitan, any citizen of Tyria could of manned its post, probably even Garm. I feel like i haven’t fought Zhaitan yet, and that’s because i didn’t.
Don’t get me wrong, i love the storyline, fighting on Claw Island was just amazing. But this is how it ends?

I’d rather you, Arenanet, released the game a month or two, even a bit longer. I could wait to be amazed, just on the basis that it included a fitting fight based upon the story and lore so far. As a game designer, i’d be severely disappointed, not with the game, not with the lore, but with the lazy, unimaginative and erroneous ending.

TL:DR; Press 2 to kill Zhaitan, the hardest fight in all of Guild Wars to date (insert trollface here).

Feel free to post your thoughts on the ending of killing Zhaitan, i’d like to hear it. Also, i’d like to hear if a developer or designer or anyone in the creation of Guild Wars 2 has had the chance to actually sample the end of their own personal story.

He died of laughter from people spamming ‘2’ for five minutes.

The End.

Was a bit disappointing when i took part in that fight. Spamming fireworks at an elder dragon for 5 minutes. It seems really lame considering all the hard work destinies edge put into slaying an elder dragon, including having another dragon fight with them, just to get here and see them must have done something horribly wrong if that is all and elder dragon has to offer.

I haven’t finished my story quest (due to a bug I’m waiting on being fixed on one of the missions before it) but I’ve heard that this is the ending. Admittedly I’m pretty disappointed with it too, but I haven’t been happy with personal story overall since Claw Island. I do wish they would’ve done something better here. Maybe we have to keep Zhaitan debuffed with the cannon and if it wears off, it makes him harder to damage or something. =/ But yeah… pretty lame.

I have to admit that the Zhaitan “battle” was really simple. I had to work harder to beat Shiro, Abaddon or the Lich.

It’s not made very clear (at all) but the cannons on the big shiny airship are special somehow. They tie back in to one of the previous quests where you discovered a way to poison the dragon’s magic and send it back. That’s why they are all pretty and sparkly and gold whereas the previous cannons in the mission you use to kill -other- dragons were like the ones you find out in the world.

It is a bit anticlimactic.