Guild Wars 2

I have been participating in the Halloween Event since it went live and there’s a few problems that I have with it and I would like to address them and possible improvements.

Before reading on, some people may find this thread to be nitpicking but I’m primarily posting it as more of a feedback based on my opinion.

1. Costume Brawl and Skills

I have a major issue with the way the Costume Brawl works in this game. I bought the Mad King costume from the Gem Shop and preceeded to test out the skills in the bank when I noticed that no matter what skill I used, it always put me into the costume brawl mode, which is very frustrating considering I just want to preview the skills and having to constantly press the 5 skill key to leave after I use the skills is terrible.

Also, I’m unsure if it’s a bug or not, but I have been attacked without even having a costume on. Is that how it’s supposed to work?

Fix

There’s two ways to fix this issue and those are:

1. Enable a Costume Brawl on/off button that is above the skill bar so you can use the 5 skill without having to constantly leave the costume brawl mode.

2. Add an NPC to teleport you to a Costume Brawl Arena like the first game had. It worked really nice, so why fix what isn’t broken? (Plus it also gets annoying running through town and there’s just total chaos going on, and like I said before, I’ve been attacked without even having a costume on and minding my own business)

2. Costume Toys Need Previews

I was already planning on purchasing a costume before the event, but the issue I ran into was that I like to know what all I’m purchasing and what the complete package will offer considering I’m paying with real money. That being said, I noticed they came with toys to play around with in towns like the Chef Costume and the Pirate Costume but also like those, you cannot preview what the skills you get with the package does.

I’m happy I bought the costume, but it litterally look me a few minutes to decide because I was weighing out the pro’s and the con’s, but when I don’t know what the toys skills will yield, it was also frustrating.

Fix

Allow a preview skill bar option in the Gem Shop for costumes that come with toys. Not necessarily to show the skill animation or anything because that would take a lot of time, but if you just show the skill bar so you can hover over each skill and get descriptions would be very nice.

3. Festival Hats NPC Needed

With costumes being bought and event hats/costumes being received it forces us players into either buying more bank space or buying more inventory slots, which I think is a little unfair.

The first game had a Festival Hats NPC that could see an event item and costumes and replicate it on any character on the account for a small fee of 10 gold, so why can’t it work here?