Guild Wars 2

Another patch, another set of changes to dungeons that aren’t mentioned .

This is getting sad. The general consensus among dungeon runners in GW2 is that dungeons are a forgotten part of the game. The only time we see changes are when poorly implemented exploit “fixes” go in, completely unannounced.

For instance, Alphard’s change a few months ago that broke her spin/pull/boom mechanic so that the bomb now explodes before the AoE even shows up. When that happened, I wrote a very nice, polite post simply asking for a comment as to whether that was a bug or intentional. Guess what I got. A simple answer? “Yes, we meant to do that” or “Oops, we’ll take a look”? Nope. An infraction.

Or the last patch, where the troll from AC was copy/pasted into HotW p1. How do we know it was copy/pasted? It still drops AC tokens FF’s S.

The lack of interaction, discussion, or community involvement with the dungeon community is frustrating and turning players away. I, for one, don’t plan on sticking around much after ESO comes out. This wouldn’t be the case if there were at least some community interaction with regards to dungeons. Seriously, go look at the dungeon forums and try to find a red post that isn’t an ironic necrobump or a CC saying “ok guys, let’s get back on track”. Simply having someone make a meaningful post in there, even just once a week, would keep a lot of us happy.

But no. We get stealth “fixes” and silence.

Oh dear. I’ve suggested that ArenaNet might want to consider not isolating an entire section of it’s player base. I suppose I should expect another infraction for this.

Please reconsider how you’re presenting yourselves to your customers. I’d be willing to buy gems again if I felt that the company had an interest in the community. Hell, I used to regularly buy ~$20 of gems per month. But then LS took over everything, and the rest of us were forgotten. Why would I support a company that is ignoring its product?

Keep in mind however that many of the “stealth” changes are made due to exploits and such, and thus they will not discuss it.

They should at least be able to say when a boss’s mechanics are revamped (or just copy/pasted). Especially when the new version appears to be completely broken.

New reward items have been added as well, for example the Ring of the Catacombs.

lordkrall.7241:

Keep in mind however that many of the “stealth” changes are made due to exploits and such, and thus they will not discuss it.

Yes, we’ve heard that before. I think only a few instances of changes would this actually be a reasonable excuse. I think there’s a deeper issue (lack of dungeon involvement) that is trying to be discussed here.

Wanze.8410:

New reward items have been added as well, for example the Ring of the Catacombs.

Ghostly spineguard too!

Ethics.4519:

I think there’s a deeper issue (lack of dungeon involvement) that is trying to be discussed here.

Exactly, and your sig says it all. He was pretty much the only one to ever openly care about the dungeons or the community around them, and since He was laid off, no one has taken His place.

I don’t think they knew what they had with Him. He kept a modicum of a constructive atmosphere in that subforum, something that’s been missing for a while. (No offense to the dungeon subforum regulars. Love you guys, our isolation unites us!)