Guild Wars 2

I wanted to finish the monthly thing. Considering I had just started like a week ago, I obviously didn’t have time to get all the salvage. I also didn’t want to do dungeons or WvW because I was and am still learning how to play. So, Jumping Puzzles.

I did quite a few of them but got utterly and totally stuck on Troll’s End with my max height, max size Charr. After I finished it in 2 hours, my blood pressure was probably to dangerous levels. I got fed up with them and just decided to run around in WvW and fail utterly. I finally got the 50 kills.

I decided to try on my smallest size Human necromancer. Took me 7 minutes. The camera wasn’t stuck in the wall the entire time so I didn’t have to make jumps from memory after watching videos of people do it.

The camera isn’t even the biggest issues. When you jump with a tall race so close to the ceiling, it looks like you only jump about 3 inches; almost like a fidget. You know the first jump you have to take after dropping from the ceiling and walking across the boards? As my Charr, I couldn’t tell if I was stuck to far into the corner and not really jumping or I was doing a full jump and the camera was making me think it was just a figet. With my Charr, I failed to make that first jump 27 times. Yes, I counted. The jump was effortless with Small McTiny.

When you are making the jumps surrounded by the stalagmites as a big Charr, it looks like you are stuck in the wall. The camera goes off center. I failed those jumps at least four times apiece.

I only had to repeat it twice with my Human, both because of my own mistakes. With my Charr, I lost count how many times I failed and had to start over from the beginning. I highly doubt I just got so much better after doing it once with my Charr that I was able to do it quickly with my Human…

Please look into this. It is ruthlessly unfair for players who are bigger races. If you have done the puzzle with a smaller race only, try it on a Charr or Norn.

Be well.
-Azernak0

Character size problems in jumping puzzles are nothing new. Try doing some of them on largest possible sized male Norn. I don’t know if this is an issue they can correct. I keep my Azura as my jump puzzle alt. There are many jump puzzles where as they say, size does matter.

I would say that each JP should have an NPC in the front that allows you to shrink yourself down to 1/2 the size for the duration of the JP, or give you a cancel-out ability or something.

I agree that jump is horrendous on a large character. Had a nightmare of a time with jumping puzzles when I started playing charr instead of Asura, not only because of strange camera angles but also trying to judge when I am right at the edge of a platform with the charr run animation.

That said, I don’t think they need to change this jumping puzzle. Yes it is harder for larger characters but not impossible, and besides us fatties will probably get our own back again when the Mad King’s Clocktower returns!

You only needed to complete 12 jumping puzzles for the monthly, and there are plenty of others to choose from besides this one. If players are deadset on completing this one, then it is in a neutral zone and easily accessible by even a newly rolled midget character.

On a side note if you ever find yourself pressed for time for monthlies again, a good way to power through the salvage one is just to place buy orders on a load of white salvageable junk (e.g. Torn Rag) and then stick whatever you salvage back onto the tradepost. You won’t lose any gold, might even make a small profit in the process.

Up asura for JP’s)

Or they could, you know, just use a large character for playtesting when they design the things.

Troll’s End is horrible on the camera, even for human characters. Those jumps across the boards are impossible to see. The ceiling forces the camera into the back of the head of your character, and it spazzes out too.

I Forged my Charr an Endless Toy Soldier Tonic. Now he can be Asura-sized whenever he needs to be.