Guild Wars 2

Ok first off I would like to say that I am a fan of anets work. I mean why else would I be here :P
Anyway I would like to say that I thought this new content of the queen’s gauntlet was going to be a real blast. However due to some circumstances this was not the case. Instead it was and is a very frustrating expirince….the cause of which is not the difficulty and abilitys of some of the mobs…. instead there are some other factors….although there are many factors I can say the biggest of which no doubt is the lag……which is insane and is caused by the placement of the queens gauntlet. Which if you don’t know is right above the queens pavilion. Which I would like to say is the biggest…..BIGGEST LAG INDUSING THING I HAVE EVER….EVER….EVER……EVER…..SEEN!!!!!!. there are tons of 50 +++++player zergs causing tons of lag in the area that they are in.

Now enemy mechanics that require fast reactions, precise timing, and a punishment of nothing less than instant death you can begin to see the problem when lag comes in to play.
Also some of the mechanics are bugged in combinations with lag. For example some things will not render for a few seconds after they were meant to. Which can make some things impossible to win unless you know the future….ya…that bad.

There are a few other things besides lag ..mainly bugs and such. One of which is were every few seconds during random fights you will be knocked back (like from the engineer bomb).
There are also a number of annoyances which I think we can do without. Mainly deaths….with no way of revival unless you got a friend

What I would suggest is as follows

1) Make the queen’s gauntlet instanced!!!!! (and as far away from the zerg feast lag maker: queen’s pavilion as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
2) Give a timer on the HUD for players to get a good idea of how much time they have left(the “oh will he make it” for reference of how much time you have left is really annoying and getting old)
3) Get rid of the death on lose thing…its really not as fun as it looks…..the fact you don’t get any loot is more than enough of a punishment for losing. And if you wont then at least make a way for some npc to revive them. I am so sick and tired of having to wp and walk all the way back if there is no one to revive me at the arena.

Thoughts?

+1

Also, since the arena is a closed space with a roof, I’m having issues with camera angles; basically, my character is TOO close and during encounters that use lots of effects or have lots of AoEs, I can’t see a kitten. Yes, I just don’t understand anything because my screen gets spammed with stuff and I can’t change the camera much inside the arena.

For example
Against the salazan encounter, before killing it I died like 6 times because the flames occupied my entire screen and I didn’t know where to go because everything looked like hell. I had to overcome this with overpowered dps on my side.

Against the sniper, I couldn’t use the camera angle from above and dodging the killshot while avoiding mines was a pain since I didn’t have a clear view of the red circles around me. Oh yes, and about red circles, make the floor of the arena white. Trying to look for those nasty red circles in a net of yellow steel while beneath there is some hell going on is a pain for my eyes.

Beside that, I got nothing to add. I’d just like to have my visual not screwed up, as I’m used to use far camera angles (wow habit). The arena is fun and I like fighting 1vs1

+1

Awful lag. Need to defeat Strugar and Chomper. Strugar pulls me over without me seeing any animation. Skill delay is also up to 2 seconds and picking up the meat also takes at least a second. Also need to stop and wait before picking it up or else my character randomly runs over the meat.

Another round. Strugar running towards me, pulling me over and throwing the meat all at the same time.

So true, so much lag. A fix must be implemented. That or wait till the end of the month when it’s almost over and a good chunk of people have decided to do other things. If they do even decided to do other things..