Guild Wars 2

Today, I tried Belcher’s Bluff because, hey, it’s the daily (I assume this is the goal of the new dailies, right? To get me to try new things?). Well, I lost (didn’t care about that) until I noticed I did not receive my credit for participating in the activity. I’m going to have to cry foul on that.

The daily is ‘Activity Participant’ not ‘Activity Victory’.

I spent the 5 silver on the stupid mug, I spent 10-15 minutes looking for someone to play with, I spent 3-5 minutes drinking up and down my health as my opponent did the same, I bloody PARTICIPATED. Why didn’t I get credit? I could understand being required to win at the stupid thing if it was under the PvP category since the activities are technically competitive play (least favorite type of gameplay for me in every MMO I’ve ever tried) but they aren’t.

Well, never doing Belcher’s Bluff again. I probably would have actually enjoyed it had it been a part of an event like Wintersday instead of some foolish ‘activity’ that PvEers can do as a poorly veiled form of PvP.

This on top of seeing fractals in PvE twice (on two separate days) sorta makes me side with the others who despise the new dailies. Especially since PvPers and WvWers are constantly defending it (FYI, you don’t spend a single copper to get your achievements done which you would have gotten through your NORMAL play anyway, PvEers are the only ones who cannot get theirs done through normal game play anymore on a consistent basis).

That’s because Belcher’s Bluff isn’t a Daily Activity. Go to LA and speak to the Activity Directer near the Loin statue today’s Activity is Sprint and it’s fun once you get the hang of it.