Instead anet drops the ball once again, creating an activity that, instead of making me want to come back again and again for more, has me wishing it could go faster so I could get the achievement already.
The core problem is how ridiculously easy it is. There is no point to do anything other than mindless catapult/snowman spam for the entirety of the game.
Here’s what I would do to make it a much more rewarding experience:
1. Starting difficulty
Increase the base strength of the mobs so there would need to be some teamwork where a couple people kill them with the rifle while the others start setting up fortifications
2. Enemy strengths/weaknesses
Give each different mob a specific strength or weakness, i.e. taking more/less damage from specific siege and player weapons, doing more damage to walls, etc.
3. Actual fortification strategy
-Increase enemy scaling, but also increase health to walls and scaling on fortifications upgrading so there is a bigger decision between coverage or power.
-Make the wall placement more intuitive (make the blue placement marker show exactly where the wall is going to be/face and only that), so that it is easier to use them to create linked walls or choke-points.
4. Make the repair pistol actually do something
5. Skritt mercenaries and mortars
Make these strong counters against the boss so they actually have a use.
6. At the very least, increase gift rewards
Between the fact that it is a boring ez-mode tower defense and the poor rewards, there is no reason to play this over the jump puzzle or bell choir for entertainment or farming purposes.
Needless to say, since I’ve finished the 30 rounds achievement, I will not be returning to this activity unless it is a daily. I really hope Anet puts a little more thought into this next time around.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on both my suggestions and the activity itself. Leave em below.
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