Guild Wars 2

So, I’m playing on an alt and entering the Order of Whispers for the first time. Everything’s going great. The story is fun (if not a little easy at times), and Tybalt is clearly awesome beyond reason. However, then it comes time to actually visit the Whispers HQ in the story.

Why in the name of Grenth is a level 39 story step placed in an area with level 48 monsters? That’s a 9 level difference.

SERIOUSLY?! The monsters’ levels are displayed in purple. Purple!

I can stay on my toes enough to fight reds in small numbers, but a single purple can seriously wreck my day (and they did, frequently).

So, what I want to know is why? Is there any good reason for doing this? I’ve played through both the Vigil and Priory stories and have never encountered this issue in ANY other story step.

Really, why?

It’s actually kind of funny that I was actually thinking this exact same thought earlier today when I was running my Thief through the Whispers story today. While it was definitely confusing at first, the mob density in that part of the zone was thankfully low enough that I was able to make a run for the quest location with little to no problems.

Admittedly though, it is a little weird to have such a level difference like that. Though the geographical location probably plays a large part of it, and the proximity to the zone entrance ensures that you can reach it pretty easily.

It’s the Order of Whispers.

Technically you can avoid all the monsters by taking the bridge over the river then hugging the wall till you get to the cave entrance, thats what i did way back when and i didnt get a sniff of trouble….of course my warrior guildmate didnt listen to my idea and he siffered abit getting there till i showed him how lol

Just remember the order is about stealth and subtlety not brute force, we find the easier way is often the one with least resistance(or aggro).