Guild Wars 2

I’ll just put this here and say it simply in the hopes that the thread gets read by the folks who might have some design control.

I want to fight your dragon. I don’t want to fight your server mechanics.

The overflow shard system works great in a lot of ways. If you want to go to a zone to get a little something or the other done for living story, gathering, what-have-you, it’s always available.

For large boss fights it does not work. Last night was the single most frustrating experience in my time on GW2 and the only night I really left with a bad taste in my mouth. SoR was working on their attempt, coordinating over VoIP in GREAT detail. It took me a half hour just to join a party in the zone via party ferry. That’s not really how I wanted to spend my time right clicking a party member, and selecting join, watching the zone full box pop up, and then doing it again. Then during the fight I had a brief disconnection at the 3:00 minute left mark, seems to have been Time-Warner’s fault (graphics low, RaidCall also cut out briefly). I got back quickly but… I was in an overflow shard again.

I don’t know what you are going to have to do to alter this, but it needs to be changed. Perhaps there’s a way to lock people to shards during an event, a place reserved. Maybe there’s a way at the very least to tag participation so that achievements and loot might happen even if that disconnect happens. Maybe there’s another solution. God help you if the attempt had been successful, because then not only would I have been cut off from participating in the event at the critical moments, but also the achievement and the loot and the overall pleasure in being part of a successful ensemble effort.

In other MMOs I raided extensively. I LOVE large group ensemble challenges. The Tequatl fight is really great. I’d love to play it. Please make it so I can return to the fight.