It would be nice if small changes could be made here and there that show progress in the rebuilding, even if they are just temporary.
I suppose the main issue there is that users would basically be re-downloading the entire L.A. map with each patch where they made a change.
Where are my gem sales? I want gem sales! Nerf EVERYTHING!
As far as the “trapped in a single moment in time”, the whole world is pretty much trapped in a moment of time, or at least in a time loop. As much as everyone would love to see LA rebuilt, until the Living Story moves time along, LA isn’t going anywhere. We saw the same thing with the Queens Pavillion, before it became the Pavillion. Before it was a giant hole, and construction site, then the patch came, and overnight it was transformed.
So unless you are doing the PS, or the LS, the game is trapped in (almost) the same exact time frame as when the game first launched. Thats why we don’t see Orr being cleansed, can fight the same world bosses repeatedly, do the same dungeon paths, etc.
“You know what the chain of command is?
It’s the chain I beat you with until you
recognize my command!”
The Quandary: So here we are ~9 months since the smoldering ashes of LA have cooled and still the city lies trapped in a single moment in time.
Consideration: There have been workers hammering away at the various bridges throughout the city and still they have been unable to throw some boards over the dangerous holes just waiting to swallow some unsuspecting traveler. At least put up some Caution Tape at the damaged areas.
Questions: Are there some issues with building contract negotiations that are precluding the work start-up? Have not enough Council palms been greased? Where are the good-hearted people collecting donations of cash and materials to contribute to the rebuilding effort? Where are the dedicated engineers and crafters looking to make a name for themselves with statements like “See that bridge over there…I built that”?
I am not saying that the repairs in LA should happen overnight but what I am saying is LA looks to be in the exact same state of disarray as it was 9 months ago.
Come on people, pick up a hammer and some nails and let’s get cracking.
I completely agree. I hate going to LA because of all the disarray. Its too difficult to get around. I mean I understand putting rocks and boards in the paths in WvW because ppl are trying to do things quickly so that’s a strategic obstacle. But in LA all the rubble is just for show – can’t we have rocks, boards, and holes that are only cosmetic so we can just get to the places we’re trying to go? (Now that there are no actual events in LA anymore.)
And yes, all these workers should have accomplished something over all these months. I think it would have been great if the areas with workers had progress over time and eventually were even completed. And some of the workers could have conversations about how they completed them.
As it is, LA is just somewhere to avoid unless you need the MF or WvW gates.
it’s this luck based mystic toilet that we’re all so sick of flushing our money down. -Salamol
I have a feeling that it’s a pretty common problem in MMO’s, actually.
Best example I can think of off the top of my head…
Anyone that played City of Heroes (Rest in peace… such a good game…
) could tell you about the construction projects that NPC’s worked on since seemingly forever.
Any CoH veterans remember the Faultline zone? Did those NPC construction workers /ever/ make any headway in rebuilding that area?
Hell, that zone was so much trapped in time, you could actually go there and meet a young NPC named Penelope Yin.
You could then go to another zone, and see the very same NPC, all grown up and part of a major super hero team.
It was weird…
Lion’s Arch feels like it’s kinda in a similar limbo… I dunno how much developer resources it would take to fix things there, but I would guess that they are just focusing on other things right now.
“If half as many people were half as brave in real life as they were online…
… The human race would never have to worry about be oppressed again.”
I think trolls should have their computers smashed. ’Its all part of the game. U mad bro?’
They could at least start with fixing the Fort Marriner Waypoint since it’s stuck being contested.
I think Lion’s Arch destruction and rebuilding was another half thought up idea by Anet like underwater game play. Why take the time to make it fully rebuilt when they could just ignore and deny it’s even there.
Same type of complaint was brought up in GW1 how players said it’s been 4 or 5 years since Ascalon destruction and nothing has changed.
Kill stuff to unlock weapons skills, most confusing thing I ever heard of. (sarcasm)
Same type of complaint was brought up in GW1 how players said it’s been 4 or 5 years since Ascalon destruction and nothing has changed.
But look at Ascalon now, ~250 game years later and it’s not much better. The city is still in ruins, and haunted. The land itself doesn’t offer much, and is no where near being as fertile as it once was.
“You know what the chain of command is?
It’s the chain I beat you with until you
recognize my command!”
If you’re going to try and sell a living world, you’d think this would be fairly high on the priority list.
Sadly people here always complained about the temporary content of the living world
and how bad it is that other players can’t replay it whenever they want, and so they
stopped the living world.
And even if LS 2 has still the living in its name, beside some tentrils its more or less
all content frozen in time because people didn’t wanted a living world.
EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.
