Guild Wars 2

Here’s a great idea how to make the home instance get more use: Add a target golem!

In the mists we have Target Golems which let us test damage and builds on them, but we don’t really have that for PvE where we can use consumables and racial skills.

Adding Target Golems to the Home Instance would certainly make it get much more use and make it look more lively.

In addition, we should also have a Master of Damage similar to Guild Wars 1 which tests our DPS and total damage over time.

Also, I think it would also be really cool if we could set particular boons/immunities to our Target Golems, so we can test all sorts of builds on them! (Examples: Bleed Immunity, Stability, and Regeneration.)

It seems like a small thing, but in GW1, I spent tons of time in Isle of the Nameless testing builds, and I think being able to do the same in GW2 might give the Home Instance more recognition, and actually be pretty dang useful too!

This is a great idea indeed, one of the best suggestions I’ve come across in some time
it’s a nice addition and it’s private for your eyes only because what is the point of testing in the mists where everyone present can see what you’re working on.

I really hope ANET takes this suggestion because it would promote us to visit the home instance frequently.

In the expansion when they start to update it more, this will give us a good NOT-forced reason to visit it frequently and learn about the changes in between quests.

If ANET were to implement this suggestion and possibly consider taking it a step further, it would also be cool if we could design our own bosses too.

Kain Francois.4328:

I really hope ANET takes this suggestion because it would promote us to visit the home instance frequently.

In the expansion when they start to update it more, this will give us a good NOT-forced reason to visit it frequently and learn about the changes in between quests.

Even if they had that I still wouldn’t go in the home instance, as the home instance is only for missions and such…

Building on the idea about a “customized” training partner, it would be cool if we had a boss with infinite health but zero damage.

Some sort of boss you can endlessly attack and practice your dodging in a realistic PvE-situation.

Maybe something like the starting-NPC we help? Examples: Riot Alice, Dinky, etc…

Training targets in general would simply be awesome!