Guild Wars 2

I think that when ArenaNet looks at a decline in activity since launch, they need to factor in players whose computers have been one-shot by a lightning bolt crit, and are unable to play for multiple weeks even though they REALLY want to be playing!

Such is the case for my poor old computer. We had a Thunderstorm encounter a couple weeks ago, and before I was able to come home and take my computer out of combat, Thunderstorm used Lightning Bolt, which crit my computer, instantly downing it, despite the fact that I had equipped it with Toughness gear in the form of a surge protector (I know this won’t do a kitty’s worth of good against lightning). When I saw my computer in the downed state, I ran over to it, but try as I might to revive it, Computer just couldn’t rez. Tried taking it to the nearest waypoint for repair, and it just wasn’t possible :/

So for now, I can only browse the forums whilst waiting for the insurance check (my router and small TV also died – it was some massive AOE). My account won’t show any in-game activity these past couple weeks (I hope), but I’m really excited to get back to playing!