Guild Wars 2

Please, Anet, for the love of God – narrow the participating area for this Event.
Its absolutely annoying to be in LA during this event. Actual area is even bigger, than the one, which is shown on the Map.
It affects Crafting Stations, TP and many more areas outside the circle( which is waaay bigger than its supposed to be).
Getting knockeddown, while going from point A to point B isnt the biggest problem.
The actual problem is that if you leave your character somewhere around in LA and you come back later, you automatically participated in the event, resulting in not full set of Fragments(3).
And there comes the another bad flow – the Fragment gain is tied to one participation in the event per account , so if you get 1 fragment by unintentional participation, you cant get more during that day…
This resulted in 3 missed Mad Kings Chest for me and maybe more for other people.
I had a conversation with other players and they had the same issue.

The most annoying part for me is when I arrive in LA just before it ends, just get to where I was going and then get dropped in the Mystic Forge. Yes it’s a minor annoyance when it happens once, but it happens regularly enough that it puts me off going to LA.

I agree that the event area should be reduced to match the circle on the map. Especially since you can’t play from further away even if you wanted to because the dialogue won’t show up in chat and the event UI doesn’t tell you if he said ‘Mad King says…’ beforehand.

The Mad King says you will participate wherever you are, no matter what you are doing….or else.

The Mad King says – just go do your business in DR until after the festival ends. Problem solved. I guess it’s more fun to complain on the forums, though. /shrug

While I can appreciate that Mad King nearly killing a player AFKing at the crafting station in LA is a problem, I also question why people are AFKing in LA and then complaining when they know this is going to happen during this time of year?

The festival has been running for 2 weeks, Mad King Says is on a schedule. Anet probably isn’t going to change the radius of this event 4 days before the end of the festival.

But, assuming a player is new and they’re strolling through LA one October day and suddenly fall violent ill, unbeknownst of the Mad Kings presence, I’d imagine that new person would question WT…in this case, the questionable radius is actually a good thing, as it lets newbies know about this event.

@kurfu – i think you are missing the big picture.I am well aware that i can do everything i usualy do in LA at other major cities.
Its maybe my 3rd post in the forums, so its absolutely no fun to me, posting here.
Read carefully my post and you will see that the SIZE of the actual area is not the only/biggest problem.
The think that bothers me( and at least 20 more players) is that they get incomplete Fragments amount for a Key, which is caused by :
a) the area ;
b) 1 participation opportunity per account
thus, disabling the option to get UP TO 3 Fragments and thus – to missing the event gain(even if you plan to do it later)
Im advocating for the mass players that got crippled in Fragments, because of this.
Its a good idea + bad design = burdening experience.If i dont share this, things wont improve and if all follow your way of thinking – LA will be empty during Haloween(which isnt what Anet wants – taking the decoration and other Festive stuff into account).

@HazyDaisy – i agree with you, but it will be the same next year or with another similar activity, if measures arent taken.
As far as people AFKing in LA – its the biggest Hub in the game right now.
Its the most populated city, based on average time spent in it + count of players.
Forcing a horde of players to break their habbits(hubbing in LA), just for a particular event is a mistake.

DianTheJoker.4372:

@HazyDaisy – i agree with you, but it will be the same next year or with another similar activity, if measures arent taken.
As far as people AFKing in LA – its the biggest Hub in the game right now.
Its the most populated city, based on average time spent in it + count of players.
Forcing a horde of players to break their habbits(hubbing in LA), just for a particular event is a mistake.

Anet clearly disagrees with you. When they destroyed LA a while ago, they forced everyone out of it for a long time. It was by far the most populated city at the time, even more than today. I’d even say it was the only populated city back then and they were perfectly happy with forcing everyone out of it.

On the one hand, it’s kinda annoying, on the other hand, half the time, he doesn’t say Mad King Says, and I get key parts just for AFKing at the bank. :P

@Vincent – comparing the Living Story and global lore events with that magnitude to a normal Festive event is just bad example.
Destroying LA was part of something big, which had effect on many layers of the game experience.It created immersion , lore and overall was very well executed.If forcing people out of LA is their idea, then i have nothing to say…Still, the decorations and Mad King doors and other Haloween stuff proves the other, so following the common logic, id say they dont want to force players out, which adds problematic value to the event.

@Rauderi – if you are feeling cool with getting 1-2 fragments and being unable to unlock the chest that day, a lot others are not.

DianTheJoker.4372:

@Rauderi – if you are feeling cool with getting 1-2 fragments and being unable to unlock the chest that day, a lot others are not.

If I AFK two days in a row at the right time, I can open the chest~

Really though, the only bit I can see as the slightest bit annoying is getting teleported to the forgecauldron while trying to do bank stuff. The range ought to be limited to the Piazza, yes, but it’s not entirely rage-worthy to get caught up in it. It can’t kill you, and if you’re flying during the teleport, you glide right over the cauldron and thumb your nose at the pumpkin-headed yukster.

I’m not against reining in the event range. And /emote range.

Sorry if i sound very disturbed by this – im not and just wish simple overlooked bugs/mistakes to be fixed.
Im just an optimizer and 2 days for 1 chest, when i can get 2 days – 2 chests is not the most efficient option for me.
Well, still thinking they should revisit this next Halloween or if some activity with the same mechanic emerges.

I’ve gotten 1 fragment during one mad king says and the other 2 for that day 2 hours later. Where does it say you can only have one participation per account per day?

Yep what Skittish said……. I haven’t found a limited on how many Mad King says you can do in a day. I’ve done it multiple times on the exact same character.

Then, this means that The Mad king either doesnt love me for not falling to his tricks or there is something very fishy, since :

- Got 2 fragments by unintentional participation(10 mins AFK in LA at TP);
- Went with the same character 2 hours later, with the intention to get the remaining fragment, got the event Gold and Karma reward, but no chest with fragments;
- Then i went with another character 2 hours later, since i thought its character participation limit, got Karma and Gold reward and STILL no fragment…

I really dont get it.
So, its either you are mistaken or just the game hates me
Edit : Or not just me, since i heard from at least 5 more people, that they have the same problem.

kurfu.5623:

The Mad King says – just go do your business in DR until after the festival ends. Problem solved. I guess it’s more fun to complain on the forums, though. /shrug

Im foncused, Did the Mad king say “Go do business in DR”?, “Complain on forums”? or
just “Shrug”?

Or all 3???

DianTheJoker.4372:

Then, this means that The Mad king either doesnt love me for not falling to his tricks or there is something very fishy, since :

- Got 2 fragments by unintentional participation(10 mins AFK in LA at TP);
- Went with the same character 2 hours later, with the intention to get the remaining fragment, got the event Gold and Karma reward, but no chest with fragments;
- Then i went with another character 2 hours later, since i thought its character participation limit, got Karma and Gold reward and STILL no fragment…

I really dont get it.
So, its either you are mistaken or just the game hates me
Edit : Or not just me, since i heard from at least 5 more people, that they have the same problem.

You are limited to getting 3 key fragments per day. It doesn’t matter if they come from teh same event or from doing the event multiple times, but once you hit 3 key fragments in one day you can’t get anymore

Skittish.4539:

I’ve gotten 1 fragment during one mad king says and the other 2 for that day 2 hours later. Where does it say you can only have one participation per account per day?

You’re supposed to be able to, but sometimes it just doesn’t work.

OriOri.8724:

DianTheJoker.4372:

Then, this means that The Mad king either doesnt love me for not falling to his tricks or there is something very fishy, since :

- Got 2 fragments by unintentional participation(10 mins AFK in LA at TP);
- Went with the same character 2 hours later, with the intention to get the remaining fragment, got the event Gold and Karma reward, but no chest with fragments;
- Then i went with another character 2 hours later, since i thought its character participation limit, got Karma and Gold reward and STILL no fragment…

I really dont get it.
So, its either you are mistaken or just the game hates me
Edit : Or not just me, since i heard from at least 5 more people, that they have the same problem.

You are limited to getting 3 key fragments per day. It doesn’t matter if they come from teh same event or from doing the event multiple times, but once you hit 3 key fragments in one day you can’t get anymore

He only got 2, total, from all of that.
Sometimes you don’t get credit for more than one participation, even if you have 2 keys sitting in your inventory.

OriOri.8724:

DianTheJoker.4372:

Then, this means that The Mad king either doesnt love me for not falling to his tricks or there is something very fishy, since :

- Got 2 fragments by unintentional participation(10 mins AFK in LA at TP);
- Went with the same character 2 hours later, with the intention to get the remaining fragment, got the event Gold and Karma reward, but no chest with fragments;
- Then i went with another character 2 hours later, since i thought its character participation limit, got Karma and Gold reward and STILL no fragment…

I really dont get it.
So, its either you are mistaken or just the game hates me
Edit : Or not just me, since i heard from at least 5 more people, that they have the same problem.

You are limited to getting 3 key fragments per day. It doesn’t matter if they come from teh same event or from doing the event multiple times, but once you hit 3 key fragments in one day you can’t get anymore

ive had the same issue actually. where i got 2 fragments and couldnt get the third later at all.

DianTheJoker.4372:

@Vincent – comparing the Living Story and global lore events with that magnitude to a normal Festive event is just bad example.
Destroying LA was part of something big, which had effect on many layers of the game experience.It created immersion , lore and overall was very well executed.If forcing people out of LA is their idea, then i have nothing to say…Still, the decorations and Mad King doors and other Haloween stuff proves the other, so following the common logic, id say they dont want to force players out, which adds problematic value to the event.

I’m not trying to say they want to force people out with the event. The mag king says is barely a very minor inconvenience every 2 hours and in the worst case, if someone doesn’t like it, they can relocate to a different city. Maybe I’d agree with you if the event actually locked us out of LA but it’s such a trivial issue that it’s very easy to deal with without relocating.

What I was saying is if you’re one of the probably very few people who feel this is too problematic to stay in LA, I doubt it bothers anet that you feel the need to switch to a different hub considering they forced everyone out at one point.

Does it really matter if you get knocked down while AFK? I thought he always leaves a bit of health, at least he has never even put me in a downed state. Even if he could kill you in Lion’s Arch what would it matter? If you are in the city the Waypoints in the city are free.

Its an annoyance more than anything else. And apparently its also bugging some people out of getting all 3key fragments? And if you are AFK it doesn’t matter, but if you are running through LA and just randomly get knocked down every few seconds it does tend to get annoying.

I dislike getting thrown into the mystic forge while I have no interest in that event. All I wanted to do was use the bank npc.

Vincent.7452:

DianTheJoker.4372:

@Vincent – comparing the Living Story and global lore events with that magnitude to a normal Festive event is just bad example.
Destroying LA was part of something big, which had effect on many layers of the game experience.It created immersion , lore and overall was very well executed.If forcing people out of LA is their idea, then i have nothing to say…Still, the decorations and Mad King doors and other Haloween stuff proves the other, so following the common logic, id say they dont want to force players out, which adds problematic value to the event.

I’m not trying to say they want to force people out with the event. The mag king says is barely a very minor inconvenience every 2 hours and in the worst case, if someone doesn’t like it, they can relocate to a different city. Maybe I’d agree with you if the event actually locked us out of LA but it’s such a trivial issue that it’s very easy to deal with without relocating.

What I was saying is if you’re one of the probably very few people who feel this is too problematic to stay in LA, I doubt it bothers anet that you feel the need to switch to a different hub considering they forced everyone out at one point.

Im starting to doubt your “Reading and Understanding” skills.Sorry if this offends you( not my intention), but :

1. I can accept the incovenience, IF the area of participation was the actual area shown on map – i see the circle, i dont go there;
2. As you can see, based on the percentage of players kittenponded that they are annoyed, its not “very few people”;
3. I am well aware(i work in the gaming industry), that Anet wont fix this now and i wanted to address the issue for future activities/next Halloween;
4. The biggest problem, which you can see from my previous post, is the unobtainable 3rd fragment;
5. I have nothing against getting downed(the event cant kill you), STILL it should affect only the shown area;
6. No game should force its players to look for a workaround, caused by design flaw.If this happens and players are totally fine with it, the game(developers) will continue to make those bad decisions, the players will continue to “relocate” and the mistakes will be present more often, since “we can somehow adjust”…