Guild Wars 2

I was playing on one of the hardest jumping puzzle i have come across, however it was also very enjoyable, it was the obsidian sanctum,

in case you dont already know it is located in the wvw area so its pvp which makes it very hard,

however all the time i was there i only met 1 other person i could fight and he wasnt interested in combat, like me he just wanted to complete the puzzle, so we ignored eathother,

i was very impressed with the puzzle and how well it was made, including an area almost pitch black, and traps you can activate to kill other players, that i started to wonder why such a well made puzzle was all but empty,

it took me just over an hour and a half to complete and what did i find in the reward chest of probably the hardest jumping puzzle in game, a few greens and a blue,

now i am a little new to the game but i was expecting something like a legendary weapon to justify the difficulty of the place so you can imagine my disappointment,

i have been increasingly dissapointed with rewards from jumping puzzles, it just dosnt seem to justify the time spent doing them,

if the obsidian sanctum had a legendary reward the place would be packed with people which would make it much harder due to fighting which would justify the legendary reward and because its in the wvw zone you cant log in there so you would have to re run the puzzle every time.

It takes like 10 min once you know it, and you can also get a mesmer portal straight to the end.

Once you know it, you can complete it in 15 min.
There are also some shortcut, and mesmers can portal you from the beginning directly up to the chest skipping everything

I could theoretically tell you:
- rewards in this game, be it puzzles, dungeons or LS are notoriously bad and many people raised such concerns on these forums.

But if I do it, somebody will come and say:
- you are not supposed to play for the reward, its the fun that counts

And the thread will continue to the point it gets closed and infractions are being handled out. So I wont answer with the “theoretically posed issue” forget it and move along, some people on these forums hate rewards

EDIT: lol, i just realized a thread called " Dungeon Rewards might be a little too good" exists on the same page. All is void.

If I was unimpeded, I’m certain I could finish it in <5 minutes. There is no jumping puzzle in this game that takes me more time than that. And that’s why jumping puzzles are worthless (but still very fun!); you cannot design rewards around the less skilled players because the most skilled players make a mockery out of it and may very well become quite wealthy doing so.

One of the main issues is, is that people want to do the puzzle without it being camped by people who’s sole purpose is trying to stop them. So they do it once (by using a portal) then never coming back.

Shanaeri Rynale.6897:

One of the main issues is, is that people want to do the puzzle without it being camped by people who’s sole purpose is trying to stop them. So they do it once (by using a portal) then never coming back.

The premise was fun at the start.

Until you had turret engineers camp the dark room. Boy was that infuriating.

Obsidian Sanctum is hard?

I finish it in under 5 mins with out a mesmer portal as one of my typically average runs.

proof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rDC3ILUamc

Kai.6317:

now i am a little new to the game but i was expecting something like a legendary weapon to justify the difficulty of the place so you can imagine my disappointment,

i have been increasingly dissapointed with rewards from jumping puzzles, it just dosnt seem to justify the time spent doing them,

Boy, if I had a legendary rewarded every time I finished that JP… I’d have legendaries on all characters, legitimately without skinning with the wardrobe :P

Kai.6317:

now i am a little new to the game but i was expecting something like a legendary weapon to justify the difficulty of the place so you can imagine my disappointment,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAA

wipes tear from eye

JPs are far too subjective to be rewarding anyway. Someone like me can run that JP in 10-15min, versus others that could take 1hr+ depending on familiarity.

I do envy your optimism.

Your quest for a legendary weapon will strip you of that. I guarantee it.