Guild Wars 2

I realise this is unlikely to get any attention, but… I suspect a number of Anet’s developers weren’t even born when Manic Miner was released. I not only was, I remember the game as it was then. It was a great game. Then.

I really don’t want to be forced into playing a platform game to complete a map. Let’s not call it a “jumping puzzle”. It’s not a puzzle, it’s just a case of finding the right place to start from, for the most part. Mostly they’re fairly straightforward, but there’s one or two (notoriously, The Wall in Diessa Plateau) where you you’ve got to find the right place & then be pixel perfect…. That’s a 30 year old concept, Anet. I’m not arguing that vistas should not be a part of the game; just that, at least in future regions, they should not be part of map completion. They’re irritating on one alt. Take pity on those of us who run multiple alts and have to to repeat the same stupid mini-platform game time & again!

I disagree with the exclusion of map vistas from map completion.

However, I wouldn’t be against the concept of parts / all of the concept of map completion being “account bound” rather than “character bound”.

I detest the actual full-on jumping puzzles, but the vistas arent quite so bad (with a couple exceptions that i loathe like you)

I wouldnt mind if the Vistas were dropped from completion, however in fairness I dont think they should be (and this is coming from one of the worst puzzle-jumpers in the game i assure you). Mostly, because endgame levels do not have Renown Hearts; and need the content.

Adding a Map’s Events to completion would make sense to me, and would aslo promote co-op play…. but, that detracts from the essence of this thread. So ill leave it like this… =]

i too found some vistas tedious, but to remove them from map completion is not the way to go about it i think. the character bound vista idea is not so bad though. people could then farm the regions more efficiently though (since getting 100% completion is very rewarding) and this might mean a price drop in mats (then again, not the end of the world)…
to the alts and not wanting to do the vistas, you do not have to do vistas or area completion if you do not want to, no one is forcing you. but the rewards are pretty sweet though, especially with the higher level zones.