Greetings fellow heroes of Tyria,
First, I’ll thank you in advance for reading this post.
Since two months now, I’ve quit Guild Wars 2, shortly after the relase of HoT & the Raid few weeks later. My post is only to make a simple criticism, but also suggestions and maybe some improvements.
First point !
My number one issue is with the Story of HoT.
Very short for me, missing few points and I also felt sad when I don’t saw any hostile jungle, traps and more importantly the Bloodstone from GW1. <SPOILER> Eir’s Death leave me with a strange feeling. This death was not brave, not epic. It was quick, sad and felt like it was a missing point before the release of the expansion “Oh my, we forgot to do something with Eir”. I would have loved seeing her fighting like a injured wolf, shacking of rage and the will to survive, with her bare fists for weapons. To die like a Norn of her status should die : Like a Hero.
Also, I wished more informations about Rata Novus, about the innovations of this strange but wonderful city. More details for the story, more story instances, more dialogues with the team to fully understand what’s going on and what was the plan.
For the humans, I’ve wished that the Queen made a speech for Logan after the end of the story, and also some rumors for Zojja status in Rata Sum.
More important for me, maybe a quick dialogue with the Pale Tree, about the death of Mordremoth and what’s going to happen to her and her childrens.
But not, everything stop at the moment you kill the Dragon, and a few speech with the team.
For me it’s a mistake that need to be corrected in the future, because it may leave a feeling of abandon to the player.
In my opinion, a few side quests could be very usefull to make us live the change that we have bring to the world. For example, the Pirates taking new HQ at various locations in Tyria. The Consortium making improvements to Southsun Cove. Maybe bring some map changes for Orr, after all the curse has been lifted by Trahearne, maybe some fresh plants and other can be great for the immersion.
Second point !
The Raid.
I got few problems with the Raid, but none with the system itself. Has an explorer before everything, I love to explore new areas, discover every secrets and learn new things about each races. But with the Raid, I can’t comply to this envy. Why you will ask ? Few words are enough to describe my feelings. META. I can’t play all the time to GW2, and furthermore, I can’t spend enough time to make my Ascended gear to comply to the actual Meta. So because of this, I can’t join any group, or be usefull during the bosses. So I can’t visit those new places and discover all of their secrets. My main point is on the White Mantle, who’ve been bringed back even more with the patch next week.
I believe in a system like the story instance, where you can visit AFTER the rescue of the team who’s doing the Raid. You can fight few monsters, but nothing the level of Vale Guardian or any other boss of the Raid. I think this can be great for people who can’t spend “enough” time on GW but can still appreciate the new things added.
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Third point !
The Nether.
You’re surely gonna say “What is the nether ?”. In fact, that is the way I call the emptyness I feel for the game after the living story. (Rumors step aside). In all those months, we have nothing more about the events of the death of the dragon. But furthermore about the OLDER events. Like the Consortium as I said before.
The Tengus are still passive, protected by the Walls, but do not care about the fate of the world with two dragons down already.
Fourth point !
Unlocking success and collections are great, seriously. But why this system can’t adapt for other purposes ? Like the Lore, Researchs, Bestiary…
Maybe and why not, some Housing system ? The unlock of the mini-games like Polymock, the Tavern’s Fight and others ?
Maybe some trading system between cities, with an escort and few golds at the end for the players who did all the way up.
Fifth point !
We have a beautiful world, why can’t you do something with it ? Maybe some dynamic weather, snow storms in the Shiverpeak Mountains, flood in the Maguuma Forest or even in Tyria near the Lion’s Arch ?
That’s only some few of the ideas I’ve found with the time. But to make a complete list here, it would take more than just one post. It will only give us the immersion and the fact that the game is alive with us.
Sixth point !
This last one will be for the shop :
- New guild halls, smaller maybe or something like a huge camp ?
- More weapons who CAN’T be acquired trough Black Lion Chests, like Braham mace & shield, etc.
- Tickets to explore the raid freely, like I said, with the instance.
- Polymock pieces when the Polymock is goin’ to be released
- More outfits and armors from GW1 Characters ( Like Gwen, who’s already ingame )
- Re-introduce deleted story quests with the “China” Update. ( Yes, the restructuration after the release of GW2 in China)
