Guild Wars 2

If you don’t agree with me, that’s fine. Just try to make your reply constructive and not rage-filled…

I just finished unlocking my Reaper a few days ago (before the nerf from 400 to 250 HP) and though it had its fun moments I would not want to repeat that on my alts. I managed to solo most of those events by the skin of my teeth and I’m not sure I could do it on my other toons without help…

That said, I am not proposing a difficulty decrease because I greatly enjoy HoT new difficulty, but like many others have said they should at least figure out a way for HP to be soloable (but still difficult) so that when the maps inevitably empty we can still unlock our elite specs.

Possible solution? Followers
If I remember correctly, GW1 had followes and in the story mode you have followers in the sense of your group of lackeys (though they’re iffy). Don’t see why adding a one-follower per person mechanic would be too bad; it would allow people to pick a follower that complements their play-style so they could then to those things by themselves. I would still think they could have better rewards for people who do work together (more xp/karma/whatever) but at least it would be doable.

Some problems with this are obvious:
- Having followers in dungeons (prohibit followers in groups bigger than 2 people or in dungeons altogether).
- Large-scale events and bosses (like Dragon’s Stand) would not require as many people, which some could see as a problem (though most aren’t too difficult anyway).
-WvW and PvP (not allowed seems easy enough unless someone else has another solution).

I don’t expect this thread to go anywhere, but I thought it was interesting and would share and see what other people thought; hopefully this thread remains peaceful :p