Guild Wars 2

I was doing map completion for Legendary and did the Heart quests, I was rewarded with some karma and 80c – 3s. Even my teleport costs are bigger

Thats why I thought why do the Hearts doesnt count as Events? We would get then the map event rewards when we finish the heart quest.
The thing is some hearts are so time consuming and after finishing them we get what? only 1 silver?

I dont think that getting the gift of exploration is such a big think, that the gift is so “expensive” that all other rewards should be so low like 1 silver. + I know that the reward is getting access to the Heart shop, but lets be serious, we only use them do convert karma to gold, to craft some minor stuff or getting our collection, but in the whole the items from the Heart shop are bad, I dont know what has to be done to make those shop better (cause they are a lot of them). Thats why I think it would be easier to make a Heart count as a Event to get some event rewards.

Please post your opinion, Do you like the reward system of the hearts, and how would you change it for better. I get that Hearts are old story but they are still a big part of GW2

Hmm… to be honest, I see the heart vendors designed as a convenience for characters levelling, rather than for characters doing map completion. Saves a few gold until you’re ready to purchase something more specific from The Trading Post. Having said that, it probably is rare for anyone to purchase stuff in this way.

As for the cost of Waypoints vs the Gold you get from hearts – to be honest, I think Waypoints should cost more than the hearts, because you’re paying for the convenience of instant travel.

I do think though, that the karma reward from completing hearts is a little low. Wasn’t so bad when karma boosters were a thing, but now they’re gone, I think the heart vendor karma reward could do with a small boost – might help populate the world a slight bit more for people wanting to ‘farm’ karma via hearts instead of event trains.

Whether it has been effective or not, I do believe the Map awards were designed to get people to other maps, and particularly with Daily events add population to events.

Hearts are generally solo and do not require a group to complete. The reward reflects this. They are also non repeatable content. Not something that would entice players to revisit a “done” zone.

I’d like to see a Karma boost, but I do not think they rate inclusion in Map Rewards.