Guild Wars 2

So the new area was added and we had 2 world events related to them, I’m sure there’s a lot of threads about it already however I’m wondering what’s there to do in this new zone.

I think I saw one event in there…. there’s no skill points, no vistas, no hearts. Nothing really.

There’s a nice jumping puzzle and a rich oricalulcum node guarded by a champion…. that seems to be it.

So Anet do you plan on adding more events to this island later or something? Maybe have it invaded by another set of dragon minion or the karka coming back for revenge. I can see it becoming a second orrish zone with a lot of events running around and I would really like to see another meta-event chain like the temple attack in Orr (which I still like). But right now…. it’s a empty zone…. a pretty empty zone but an empty zone.

3-4 hidden chests in the shipwrecks. Many world events for a decent amount of credit. Passionfruit….and probably the hardest hitting normal mobs.

Southern Cove is that place where Arenanet’s Manifesto went to die. The Karka ate it up so theres no evidence.

There is also a ever present champion in the lair now.

been wondering this too

Yeah I was really expecting it to draw people away from Orr with attractive Karma events, interesting mobs and different loot.

But it’s really not offering any of that.

The events are too few and too far between. You simply spend too much time looking for stuff to do compared to Cursed Shore where you have a dozen events all within a minutes walk.

And the lack of AoE spamwavesofmobstodeath type of events really doesn’t make the loot all that great either.

As far as I see it it’s just another place to pick up some Orchialicum and to complete your daily thanks to more mob variety.

Its another choice for people that like to just wander around a zone in a "Oh shiny!" mentality. Just meandering off in some direction and wandering to a DE or node and fighting what they encounter on the way.

That can be pretty relaxing at times, and can still be pretty lucrative, especially in 80 zones, but you eventually get bored of Zombies and ice monsters. Crab monsters is a nice change of pace.

Dee Jay.2460:

As far as I see it it’s just another place to pick up some Orchialicum and to complete your daily thanks to more mob variety.

I agree with this. Now, over time, more events might be added unless the unseen evil overlords have told ANet that they can only produce more dungeons going forward.

I also wonder if the hard-hitting nature of certain mobs was intended to make a zone that was more challenging for all who said, “The Risen are not hard, just annoying.”

it’s already a dead zone

Hopefully they didn’t intend for it to be a one-off event, only to be used for the weekend. There really should be more DEs in it. I don’t mind there not being skill points or vistas or zone completion, but they should put in the work to give it some replay value.

Was there last night. Saw around 5 people. Guess I have to look up on the web(lame) where the cool stuff is, since nothing in-game actually clues you in. At least nothing obvious, like NPCs telling you about hidden treasures near X or Y.

so the retaking is no more? i see on my UI that “the party is working to wrest the island from the monsters” or something like that all the time. if it ain’t happening, i don’t wanna see it in my UI.

cesmode.4257:

Southern Cove is that place where Arenanet’s Manifesto went to die. The Karka ate it up so theres no evidence.

I think I saw Jimmy Hoffa’s corpse there too. Agree with your post. the new zone is emblematic of the decline of a once great game.