Guild Wars 2

I’ve just come back to the game after taking a break for a couple of months and I’m really liking the map bonus rewards, I think they’re a great idea.

I was however wondering why there’s no progress bar for these in central Tyria? In the HoT map you can turn on a little progress bar above the mini map, and I can’t figure out what you can’t also do this in central Tyria?

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Have just found out that the difference between the two is that the HoT maps have a “meta reward” as opposed to a bonus. I think it would be a great idea if the meta reward concept was extended to the central Tyria maps.

I’m not sure a ‘progress bar’ is needed in the Core maps. You are either half-way through your progress goal, or have hit it at any given time. If you just got a reward, you will get another one after completing either one or two pieces (no more) of content that qualify (event, mini-dungeon, jumping puzzle).

I suppose some players would appreciate knowing if they are near the cap for any particular map in each week, though.

It turns out there are no meta-events in Tyria for the bar to apply to.

DGraves.3720:

It turns out there are no meta-events in Tyria for the bar to apply to.

While not in the same way as HoT, there are still plenty of meta events in Tyria. Most maps have at least one meta. They’re much shorter chains than HoT and not necessarily ongoing, but they’re still there and could be beefed up to make the older maps more enticing.