Guild Wars 2

As a long time GW1 player and now a GW2 player, I’ve experienced my fair share of events in the world of Guild Wars. Some of my fondest memories in GW1 were participating in the holiday events. The Halloween event last month was also fun.

But to have a 3 hour dynamic event in which people were having crash issues, and to have a major crash issue (where many, many people DC’d) at the very end of the event is not my (or I assume anyone’s) idea of a fun time. Additionally, many people do not have time to participate in an event for 3 hours straight, particularly due to differences in time zone.

So if I were to sum up my suggestion it would be this:

1. Have shorter events (i.e. not 3 hours)
2. Have repeatable events as was done in GW1 and at the end of the Halloween event
3. Have some sort of middling reward system (i.e. just a hat isn’t very much, but 2 exotics which may be precursors, a 20 slot box, and a unique back piece is a bit much)

Thanks for listening to feedback. I’m a longtime fan of ArenaNet and I hope to continue being one.

Halloween had events that you had 2 days instead of 1 to complete.

It was a disaster.

Then around comes this patch, with a one-time event that drops loot that has an actual impact on gameplay.

Need I say more?

I’m not sure what you’re saying. Having 2 days to complete something makes it a disaster?

Yes, the loot from Lost Shores has an actual impact on gameplay. But many people were unable to attend the event due to timezone constraints or the length of the event. Additionally, many people who actually participated in the event were left with nothing due to crashes and disconnects throughout it.

There’s no issue with drops that actually have an impact on gameplay. I think that’s preferable to a cosmetic item in most instances. But there’s no reason they can’t have it be an event that occurs multiple times during the day, and they could just restrict it to once per character or account (in terms of rewards, not participating). There could also be diminishing returns for those who do it more than once for those who do have the time or ability to dedicate more time to the event.

One time events only tend to segregate the population from those who can and those that can’t. At least make them a week long so people who have jobs have the chance to participate. Not everyone got the weekend off.

All Anet has done is to disenfranchise a portion of the community. Consider- it doesn’t matter how appetizing you make the game when folks are forever branded because they couldn’t participate?

Leaves a bad taste.

Take the resources that would normally be used to create one time events. Then use them to do something that benefits the entire community. Some examples:
– Bug fixes
– Making the rest of the Lost Shores weekend better.