Guild Wars 2

Yeah, you’ve read it right. I’ve seen to much complaining about this whole fractals thing. The only thing that people do in this forum in general is complain about everything that is wrong, while often, it isn’t half that bad as people make it. I love the fact that there is a Dungeon that starts easy, but gets harder with every level. I also like that you keep needing higher infusion to progress. I’m at Fractals level 14 now, did the daily at level 10 a few times and I already got 3 rings, so the drops are all in all not that bad, but it might just take you a few days to get there. There’s not much fun if everything comes easy. Two other complaint I have seen over and over again are the following:

1) It’s hard to find a group.
2) Fractals tears groups or guilds apart because of the different levels.

Well, for the first, there’s this great site called GW2lfg.com. Really, over all the European servers together, it is definatly not hard to find a group that is looking for the same fractals. When I post something there, I usually get a response in a few minutes, or find a party there that is almost full. For the second part, seriously, be social. It are supposed to be your friends and guildies. What is the problem of re-doing a fractals once or twice to get your friend of guildy up to the level where the rest is. These complaints are not valid, and shouldn’t be the primary concern.

Of course, there are still some things that do need to be fixed, or would improve the Fractals Dungeon:

1) Getting back after disconnecting. This is probably the most important one, that might be the only thing that is seriously needs fixing with Fractals. Although it is very well possible to complete a level with 4, it just sucks that a disconnected player can’t get back and can even kick the rest of the party out. However, Anet is fully aware of this, and this will get fixed as soon as they found a solution.

2) Lacks of overflow server outside primetimes. Yeah, it is not so hard to find a group as most people claim since you can join together with other servers. However, getting together in the morning when there are no overflow servers can be a pain. Simple solution: make it possible to travel to an overflow server, and make sure there always is one up.

There’s one last thing that I would personally like to see, and that is that Fractals level become account wide. It might be nice to switch character if the team needs it. You won’t be able to join really high levels (if you haven’t played much) because of the lack of resistance items. However, this is not really something that bothers me that much, I just don’t really see the point in it being character based while the whole game is account based. I haven’t really found the answer for this yet.

But all in all, Fractals is the nicest Dungeon in this game in my opinion, and I have really enjoyed playing it so far! Keep up the good work!

“I have 3 rings so it’s not a problem for anyone else”. Sorry that is flawed logic.

Those problems you listed are pretty major problems too, fyi.

Courageous Mithos.8745:

I’m at Fractals level 14 now, did the daily at level 10 a few times and I already got 3 rings, so the drops are all in all not that bad, but it might just take you a few days to get there.

Your sample size of one person definitely demonstrates that everyone will get all the rings they need to progress within a reasonable timeframe.

That said, Fractals are fun and can be challenging and rewarding, they’re good content on a stand-alone basis. The implications they have for the game as a whole, however, are a bit more dire.

Sub 20 = Easy to find groups, since a higher percentile of the population is at that level of progress. You will get more and more jaded as you progress to more challenging levels, which YOU will find easier because you have our rings already, I still havent gotten one yet, dailys on my main everyday and now a 2nd char as well.

Zeppelin.6832:

“I have 3 rings so it’s not a problem for anyone else”. Sorry that is flawed logic.

Those problems you listed are pretty major problems too, fyi.

Please elaborate instead of just stating things.

First of all, about the 3 rings, it’s not what I said. I didn’t base any statistical findings on my one sample size. Hell, I haven’t really said at all how many times I actually done the daily. Of course, there will be a few unlucky players who it will take 10+ tries to get a ring. But guess what, you can also craft them!

Now by saying this, I’m going to hear people moaning about the “great” costs of these rings, and that you have to buy gems in order get gold, etc. No, false. I think every run in Fractals will give you around 1 gold worth of items (if not more). Salvaging rares and exotics which drop quite generously can get you those 50 ecto’s quite fast. I think that by the time you are at level 10, you have earned enough with the fractals to actually make an ascended ring.

Second, how are the problems I listed major problems? Other than the disconnected thing they are going to fix, the overflow is annoying if it is not busy, but in my experience if you search properly, you can find some one who is in an overflow server.

Bottom line just is, most people search for “flaws” in order to claim “needed changes” that make the game easier for them.

Courageous Mithos.8745:

Zeppelin.6832:

“I have 3 rings so it’s not a problem for anyone else”. Sorry that is flawed logic.

Those problems you listed are pretty major problems too, fyi.

Please elaborate instead of just stating things.

First of all, about the 3 rings, it’s not what I said. I didn’t base any statistical findings on my one sample size. Hell, I haven’t really said at all how many times I actually done the daily. Of course, there will be a few unlucky players who it will take 10+ tries to get a ring. But guess what, you can also craft them!

You can craft rings? That’s news.

I’m assuming you mean the back pieces, which yeah you can craft for 50 ectos (assuming you get a vial drop, yay more rng). That will get you up to level 19. If you want to progress further, you need 250 more ectos (good luck getting that, oh plus another rare drop) or a ring drop.

You can try to make excuses all you want, but the system is broken.

You’re right in that fractals look good on paper. But the problems they have, and they are massive, are completely game breaking.

I enjoy fractals as well, but the negative things outweigh the positive right now. Anet seems to listen to the community and in time they will come around to fixing it.

Sadly, quite a few from my friends list are no longer online. Contacting them I get the same result “waiting for things to get better/fixed, before I come back”.