Guild Wars 2

So we all know when we see a dragon it will eventually die. This is because there are so many people around that it really doesn’t have a chance of living. This takes the thrill out of killing one. There is no accomplishment here.

One big difference between the epic boss fights of GW1 and GW2 is…. The GW1 bosses could beat you. Dhuum was a crazy man. Urgoz had an entertaining fighting style. In both cases, the bosses aren’t easy, but they are possible through coordination. I think its cheap when you call a person with more health a “boss” and less health a “minion”. It degrades the game. A boss should have a style. A boss should be unique. A boss should be able to hold their own. A boss should have an angle, an edge that isn’t just a glorious amount of health and a large pistol.

GW2 can’t support such bosses in normal play as tactics aren’t emphasized as much as they were in GW1. There has been an effort to keep the learning curve low. Mobs expect to show up and win. This is ok for people who haven’t played GW1. For people who have played GW1, the learning curve is TOO low. You figure out everything the first day you play. There is nothing else to figure out. There are no frontiers to explore. You ruined us with your glorious game anet, and now us GW1 players only get our kicks when fighting something complex. To this end, there should be available exhibition fights, complete with the lead up and the show down to challenge players to actually design their team to both make it to and then take down the boss. The dungeons in this game just have mobs with more health. That doesn’t count. They aren’t challenging, they simply take longer to clear as you try to use a straw to fill the required swiming pool of damage that needs to be dealt to win. You already have jumping puzzles, how about a few tactical puzzles like the good old days? How about if Grenth kicks you out of the underworld you spent 1000 gold to get into when you fail ANY event? There aren’t any “harsh reality” areas in GW2 and they are really needed to increase the challenge. These could be an addition to the guild mission options you are exploring. Also, the zones themselves looked epicly harsh and alien in GW1, you got there and imediately knew you were somewhere you weren’t meant to survive long. Hopefully the elimination of a dedicated healer didn’t also eliminate the possibility of these areas as well, as these are some of my fondest memories of GW1 (besides GvG).

Support entirely, Shiro was one of the few big bosses you could solo in GW1, and still, if you screwed up he could crap all over you.

Honestly the boss fight at the end of Winds of Change was quite impressive, and got my hopes up for what I would experience in this game, sadly, turned out to be pretty disappointed. I remember running Abaddon multiple times for bounties, or just for fun. Even with a group that knew what they were doing, it was still a tough fight. Grenth may be the only thing that really feels like a true boss in GW2, the dragons sure don’t. Since when is one of the dragons “minions” (Grenth) stronger than the actual dragon (Zhaitan final “fight” anyone?).

well i guess if you fight zaithan on the ground and same environment of grenth priest you wouldn’t stand a chance.
consider also what you have to accomplish before you can actually fight it…
it’s almost a roleplay thing i know but still you can’t compare the 2 events…

i killed with heroes and henchmen all the bosses in gw1 i don’t know though if that is soloing. obtaining the third tier reward from missions in the storyline that was difficult if not impossible to do only with heroes and henchmen (the quest where you had to defend the 3 trees for kurzick from luxon waves comes to mind)

By solo I mean you, and nobody else hitting it.

I agree with you to an extent, but the Zhaitan fight was still horribly underwhelming.
1. Fire big cannon
2. Watch Zhaitan go boom
3. Fire smaller cannons
4. Watch Zhaitan go boom again
5. Fights over