Guild Wars 2

Going through the world the events are fantastic! They have great storyline, mechanics and interactions between players. There is a few problems with the events though.

Reward:
I am always finding myself completing an event chain and there is NO good reward, I unlocked a waypoint which is useful but not amazing. I get some karma and a few silver coins.

Once I complete a chain I hang around just keeping the npcs from losing the event and feel really unrewarded for doing so. Maybe it should unlock a really good area to access for the next half and hour. Maps could co-ordinate and have someone keeping the npcs safe whilst everyone else loots and relieves the watcher so he can get his loot too.

Now I realize if you make it too rewarding it will cause too many people to complete them and the world will be a pretty bland place with no events happening. There must be a way to involve everyone constantly and also to keep the events rewarding.

No real consequence:
So we lose a waypoint…big deal. I personally think failing teq should punish the whole zone and make it all become infected. If you manage to beat him you are rewarded with no poison in the air and an increased magic find in the area maybe. I understand teq is a massive boss and needs serious co-ordination but we should be truly rewarded for beating him.

At current if you fail the area around teq stays tainted…your not thinking BIG enough! It needs to be a lot more punishing than that. No-one goes there anyway apart from to do teq or if they are getting completion. This of course would only apply to the actual timed teq and not the guild ones.

No awareness of people nearby:
If I am doing an event there should be a small event icon for the whole map to say someone is attempting this event! I LOVE when I find someone else attempting an event and I get there just in time to help them up. That is true camaraderie. If someone is nailing an event then green swords should show up on the event, if they are struggling a little orange and if they are getting destroyed then red swords should appear. You could even just copy the sword symbol from WvWvW.

This would really bring the community together and help people not feel so alone in this game. I understand the new servers will hopefully be sorting that but this would be even more amazing. GW2 is at it’s best when a large group of players unite and fight together complementing each others skills and helping each other.

ALL of my most memorable moments in guild wars 2 are times when I grouped with lots of people and accomplished a task. World bosses, WvW battles and sieges.

Thank you for reading.
Let me know how you all feel.