Guild Wars 2

when im in orr and i know im not alone i just run past almost every enemy. why? i enjoy the combat, and i dont expect a significant reward every enemy. so why dont i play combat i enjoy so much?

alright the whole orrian area is boring to me. its not that the battles arent challenging enough and the rewards are great enough its just theres too many of the same enemies and no variety. they enemies take far to many hits solo , and they all basically look the same. this is compounded by the fact other players do the same thing unlocking way points is a chore. whats the solution? for me its easy enough. remove all personal story elements including the final dungeon from orr. i dont want to go there but i do want to complete my personal story. if i want to fight battles that are seemingly endless time consuming and with a moderate challenge ill go there. (which does happen sometimes)

another solution is to cause events to spawn the current number of enemies and then some, but remove most of them once the event has been completed unless the map population is very high. the karka islands are fairly difficult as well but at least visiting there isnt required to do anything. your personal story wont steer you there and there are many worthwhile drops from the run of the mill enemies there.

the solution is not to give enemies more grab and pull/cripple/stun/chill abilities. all they do is aggravate the player . and the points where they do cause the player to stop and fight theyre usually too low on health to survive. forcing a player to do something they dont enjoy doesnt somehow make it enjoyable, just as burning your hand doesnt become fun after the 50th hour. keep in mind map population vs enemy population. if everyone on the map were less than a minimum needed to take on balthazar at the moment lower the monster count. my personal favorite solution is to make the entire area optional. its bland and ugly unlike the rest of tyria (even scorched charr areas are prettier) and i dont want to go there and cant imagine ever wanting to be there except for something that i can only get from there.

Remove Personal Story from Orr

Uhh…isn’t the overarching theme of your story getting rid of Zhaitan? Who lives in Arah?

Saying getting rid of the Personal Story elements in Zhaitan’s homeland is like saying make fighting Voldemort in Harry Potter optional.

Reduce Mob Density

It’s the land of the Risen. Doesn’t it make sense to have a large number of Risen?

Optional

Outside of the Personal Story, it is optional.

All in all, what I got from this post is ‘make Orr more solo-friendly’, which should never be a solution in an MMO, IMO.

Frostgorge Sound it always there. That’s a nice area.

No matter how pink ribbons and butterflies people put around the Orr greatness, Orr sucks as a game mechanic for most of the casual players. If they put the end of the personal story in Orr, they should have thought that personal mean personal not seeing some other character taking the lead role in MY story. WTF, a dungeon at the end of my story? Besides, getting there ruins all the fun.

Sorry, but in this way, 75% of the players who bought the game for the story will quit the game before they reach Orr and this is a bad marketing for future sells.