Guild Wars 2

Hi guys.

While typing this, “I’m Jack’s raging bile duct”.

I’m angry, disappointed, but I guess mostly just jealous that because of the timezone I stay in, I’m unable to have the opportunity to experience all the content (and in particulor one-time events) that other players have access to. I’m not excluding players from other regions of the world, but believe Oceanic regions have it the worst of.

If I look at the trend of event timing, it would be safe to assume that we’ll be left in the cold for every major event from now on, and I don’t think it is unreasonable for me to feel disappointed because of that. I am not raging because of a one-time failure to be able to attend, but because it seems like most of us wil not ever be able to attend major events and/or its finales.

Guild Wars 2 is afterall an MMO, a global product, not limited to a single region, sold throughout the world. We have ideed paid the same amount for the game as those in the Americas. We also spend cash on gems, yet we’re excluded from those most memorable and seemingly most profitable and rewarding events: And it is exactly that, which makes my “bile duct rage”. (Whether justified or not)

As a GW1 veteran, it was common practice by ArenaNet to have event finales repeat every 3 (or so) hourse over a 24 hour period, why not in GW2?

So, my suggestion is this:

Many (if not all) Oceaninc players like myself will agree, that you (ArenaNet) will have to re-evaluate the timing of one-time events, and implement a model closer to what you had in place with all the major events in GW1. Easy as that. It will greatly increase my perception of the game, as well as tens or even hundreds of thousands of other faithfull players.

It will also make by bile duckt rage less.

Pretty please, and thanx in advance!

I completely agree with you.

It seems that whoever’s in charge of this stuff at ANet doesn’t realise large chunks of the southern hemisphere are ahead of North America, time wise.

So, ANet, when you organise something for later on a Sunday, people in Australia (for one example), are already in bed. Infact, if it’s particularly late on a Sunday, they’re already sitting at their desk, at work, on Monday.

A guildmate described the loot to me, thus: “We got a new accessory that was leagues better than anything I had on (which you can buy from a vendor but it costs 1,000 shells) and a free 20-slot bag in addition to two random (special) rares and two random (special) exotics.”

Do you think I, and other Aussies, would have liked a shot at that, ANet?

I understand the desire to do one-off events. But if you’re going to toss out good loot, why tie it to the one-off event that not everyone can get to? Still do the one-off event, and let the fact people got to do it be “the reward”. Leave the good loot to activities that EVERYONE can have a shot at. This isn’t rocket science.

And, if the loot is particularly good, make it so people can’t repeat/farm the tasks.

Simple.

PS: I remember how events were handled in GW1 as well. That worked well. Why on Earth you’ve taken this severe turn away from that, I have no idea?!?