Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’ve been playing since release and I’ve always felt the same way about World Bosses. They don’t include the world as much as they should. I can’t help that many of them, including the ones introduced in the living story, are just raid bosses in terms of the mechanics they use. I’m fine with that, don’t get me wrong. But I feel like you can do so so so so so much more with world bosses. I felt like tequatl was a step in the right direction though since then it seems like you’re going backwards.

World Bosses need more world. This means including things like…

1. NPCs
2. Pre Events that are Dynamic Events, not required but help.
3. The environment (destructibles, rockfalls, lava, etc)
4. Interactables
5. Usable Items (the airstrike in EOTM is a good example of a usable item that’s unlocked via event)

Right now most bosses are just raid bosses. They have mechanics that inhibit the way you play and require you not to stand in an area. Knights are a good example of this. AoEs and you can’t use conditions. Marionette was a good example of this with the champions. I understand that this is just my opinion and isn’t a representation of how everyone feels. I just think that you can add so much more depth into fights without just introducing mechanics that you’d typically find with raid bosses.

If you look at the link below, this could help spread out players and make fights more interesting instead of inhibiting mechanics, aoes, and tons of HP. By spreading out players you can also help reduce lag. Along with this since players wont just be in a huge zerg of people, it will help with players feeling more unique and more like heroes instead of just being another faceless grunt in a sea of players.

I’m going to look over some of my favorite boss fights that haven’t been touched to give you an idea on what I mean.

Here is my first one, Shadow Behemoth.
http://imgur.com/a/H46i9

If you have any ideas on how you would improve world bosses or perhaps some ideas for Shadow Behemoth himself, reply below. I’m interested in seeing what people think of the current bosses and how they may be better.

I’ve been wanting this for a while.