Guild Wars 2

Still haven’t ventured outside Lions Arch…

Anyone else?

I’ve been here most of the time too.

I left within 5 min from experiencing an empty plaza with a stupidly separated bank and trading post and offset Mystic toilet( and i am fairly sure devs know this buy the poorly implemented speed boost npc). I don’t go all gooey for aesthetics if it totally undermines functionality. That alone basically killed new LA for me, I havn’t even bothered looking for crafting or portals without expecting tumble weeds.

wow you really are a grumpy hermit.

I spend 7 hours in there. most of that was looking for stupid karka. the rest was trying that JP. I wanted to kill stuff today instead, but time got away from me.

I was there the entire time from getting off work. Did the jumping puzzle with no guide, that took about 3 hours soooooo lol

Yea, been doing the karka and helping other guildies do it as well, everytime we get one or 2 done, 2 or 3 more show up and away we go again!

Lol! I spent all day there like a kid. Some friends and I searched all the jumping puzzles, found interesting NPCs, and I love the karka princess! I love the idea of scavenger hunts in game! The city is GORGEOUS!!!! I honestly don’t think Grumpy would like much of anything, so be it. Or maybe we became a bit spoiled having small clumps of bank/trading post/crafting areas.
Such an exciting day!

Fester.9328:

Yea, been doing the karka and helping other guildies do it as well, everytime we get one or 2 done, 2 or 3 more show up and away we go again!

Sounds like a lot of work. Glad I’m not in your guild. lol

Grumpy Hermit.9681:

I left within 5 min from experiencing an empty plaza with a stupidly separated bank and trading post and offset Mystic toilet( and i am fairly sure devs know this buy the poorly implemented speed boost npc). I don’t go all gooey for aesthetics if it totally undermines functionality. That alone basically killed new LA for me, I havn’t even bothered looking for crafting or portals without expecting tumble weeds.

Aren’t you a real grumpy hermit?

Vayne.8563:

Fester.9328:

Yea, been doing the karka and helping other guildies do it as well, everytime we get one or 2 done, 2 or 3 more show up and away we go again!

Sounds like a lot of work. Glad I’m not in your guild. lol

I just waited for dulfy to put up a guide. This is as much “fun” for me as watching grass grow.

I spent 13 hours there. … I need to go to sleep now …

spent a few hrs…..really nice.

kitten JP Karka. I couldn’t properly type after trying to get that one for 2 hours. Finally a nice mesmer took pity on me and portaled me to the spot to shoot it.

Well the art direction is subjective, sure there are some nice touches, personally its a bit to club med retirement home/empty theme park for my taste. Did the karka hunt in 30 min. Couldn’t be bothered with the JP yet but from what has been suggested here there 3hrs potentially…less with mesmer portals and teleport to friend canisters so limited long term content. There’s an ecto gambling currency pit which i doubt i’ll use but hey if players want the ability to gamble other than the Mystic toilet then kudos. My biggest concern However is the sparseness of utilities. If LA is to be a long term community driven hub of activity it needs to be user friendly and I don’t believe it is in its new state. Perhaps this is just an Anet incentive to use up bank and TP express items…very cunning though just an assumption. I might come to appreciate it more but as of now my initial impression is its feeling like gimmicky poo with glitter on it. I am just being realistic if you want to see me grumpy lets move over to the current state of specialisations and balancing. Don’t get me wrong i usually embrace change and there are many things I enjoy from this latest patch, But I think the dust needs to settle awhile before we all become complacent again.