Guild Wars 2

Today I want to talk about 2 quests under the Current Events tab. Both quests “Informed Politics” and “Open Letters” require players to locate the same item, Posted Messages on the side of buildings all over Krytan territory.

So, right away the average joe, not knowing the 2 quests require the same action is going to get confused. Me, I can tell there are 2 diff quests so this wasn’t much of a problem until the point where both quests overlap.

At Viathan’s Arm in Kessex Hills there are 2 posters each of which goes with both quests. Tearing down one does not complete the other, yet only one location is listed for each quest.

I swear I have sent in bug reports claiming one quest was broken because the location would not complete, not knowing there were 2 posters in one location. Both quests requiring players to perform the same action just adds to the confusion.

There is no need for these to be separate quests. It’s as if 2 people were assigned to code this, neither of which knew about the other. There needs to be oversight, bugchecks, someone to supervise.

Also, there are 3 quests labelled Ley Line Researched, Ley-Line Research and Ley-Line “Research”, none of which have anything to do with each other. Sometimes “Ley Line” is hyphenated sometimes not. Again I picture 3 devs at the water cooler, each assigned a quest, none knowing really whats going on. Either that or one person ran out of creativity when naming these things.

And these one off items like the dwarven thumb serve no purpose other than to advance the plot. I’m sick of carrying these things around on each of my characters who are on different steps of the quest. It gets to the point where I can’t remember if I need these items for each toon. You need to ditch these items.

Somebody needs to be in charge. Someone should be checking these things before you release them.

Different posters for different ‘quests’.

Ley-line Research ‘quests’ have to do with the overall Current Event story, which supplements the Living World Story. Thus, have something to do with each other.

You can always consult the Wiki if unsure whether to keep souvenirs, or not.

Be assured, most of it is intentional. You may not appreciate ArenaNet’s special brand of humor.

Good luck.