Guild Wars 2

problem : relatively empty openworld pve , players don’t have enough incentive to explore after 80. most players would just LFG for dungeons in lion’s arch and move out from there.

solution? :

have our respective orders (durmond priory,whispers,vigil) in Lion’s Arch give us daily/weekly missions which are basically unguided multi-step quests.

players will be given a number of choices of missions.
mission 1- doable by 1 or more
mission 2- doable by 3 or more
mission 3- doable by 5 or more

example scenario

mission1
“a new leader have risen among the sons of svanir , investigate and act as neccesary”

1) go to hoelbrak to seek out eir , eir tells you to seek out <named npc> in lorna’s pass.

2) personal artifacts /journal of <named npc> are found at lorna’s pass. upon reading journal , player discovers he was investigating a charr who have planted a device among the leaders of the sons of svanir.

3)players goes to fireheart rise to rescue <named npc> who then points players to “that puzzle dungeon at plains of ashford” to learn more about this mystic device
*always thought this was a pretty cool dungeon , but not many people have tried to solve it or even know about it"

4) bring back device to order leader . get reward

the main idea is to add more events which are triggered by these missions (accepted and activated by players) , and lead them out into the openworld , do some basic problem solving (Not too reliant on lore).

this makes the world more alive , lets areas that aren’t frequently expored get appreciated by more players.

it also create contents for players who doesnt have the typical mmo background.

• i have a group of friends whose only mmo experience are maplestory and facebook games and they are pretty old as well. At 80 , there really isnt much thing left to do on the PVE side of things , other than dungeons , and going into dungeons is a horrible experience for them. so , create content for these players is something anet have to consider imo.

Man I love this idea! This would totally flesh out the end game for guild wars. I just hope they scale the rewards for each mission though.

I suggested something like this, but I didn’t flesh it out this much

I like it, and totally agree we need more to do at cap

with the Mad King’s scavenger hunt being proof of concept , iam pretty sure the devs already have existing tech to put this in place

if this catches their attention , this can actually get implemented really quick

Nobody’s doing anything that’s already in the game. Entire zones are empty, the dragon zerg isn’t even completed on most servers anymore.

You don’t need more to do, especially considering how you don’t even do what you have now.

Nels the Cornwhisperer.8025:

Nobody’s doing anything that’s already in the game. Entire zones are empty, the dragon zerg isn’t even completed on most servers anymore.

there really isnt any incentive to do anything other than dungeons/orr/dragons atm.

you’ll explore only when you are leveling.

once you hit 80 , the only places you’ll go is dungeon/orr/dragons.

even then , orr and dragons gets really boring fast.

Nels the Cornwhisperer.8025:

You don’t need more to do, especially considering how you don’t even do what you have now.

you need more choices in what you can do at 80.

i have friends at 80 who have for the past weeks, logged in , grind orr , farmed dragons.
and thats all they do , because they don’t want to do dungeons.

we definteily need more to do(choices) at 80 , cause many players are beyond bored of dragons and orr. at the same time , these very same players have alot of unexplored places.

why do they not explore those places then ? , no incentive.

its a chain that a-net needs to break
1 – “orr/dragons gives the best loot”
2- “but iam bored of them”
3 – “why not do other stuff ? , explore ?”
4 – go back to 1

they need a nudge in the right direction to explore what a-net has to offer , which is not just orr and dragons. and i am saying this for those players who can’t do dungeons ( read orig post)

You need to be given a reason to do what is already there IMO. There is tons of events ppl havent experienced even if they have multiple 80’s. Even if they have world completion. Re-structuring zones to give you a reason to do stuff to obtain other stuff in a more easily identifiable way.

It needs to be structured in a way that lets you readily track a progression. When you were lvling you had your main story that kept you in a progression.

Add something, anything to the pve aspect to continue in some form, may it be individual or group.

Nels the Cornwhisperer.8025:

Nobody’s doing anything that’s already in the game. Entire zones are empty, the dragon zerg isn’t even completed on most servers anymore.

You don’t need more to do, especially considering how you don’t even do what you have now.

Unfortunately people aren’t doing them because, when compared to The Cursed Zerg, they just aren’t rewarding enough. Why spend 20 – 30 minutes setting up the dragon fight and taking a dragon down when you could just cycle The Cursed Shore for Karma and Loot?

If they made these activities worth it reward / time spent wise in comparison to The Cursed Shore, then people would do them.

For example, if they had a Karma Vendor after the Dragon Fights (much like the Temple Takeovers) that offered unique armour skins (i.e. Branded armour for the Shatterer) / weapon skins (Clawed weapons for Jormag) / rare crafting mats for Karma (account bound so they don’t flood the market), then people would be more inclined to do them. As it is, the only vendor on offer is after the Claw of Jormag fight, and he sells Icy Runestones for Gold.

Same with these missions. If people were given the opportunity to get something out of them, then they’d do it.