Guild Wars 2

One thing I liked about the nightmare tower achievement categories is that I knew exactly how long I had left on them. That bar on the right was a timer and I made sure I had things squared away well before the bar filled.

Fractured, I realize after the fact that it was supposed to be only two weeks (hence, “fortnight”) but I think I, like my guildmates, didn’t actually realize just how little time we had left to get it finished.

This isn’t the first time we’ve missed out because we didn’t know how much time we have left to go. When new content is advertised on the releases page, you tell us when it starts but not when it ends. And considering not every living story lasts four weeks, that is a very important detail. Some players are too casual to keep up with this newer, rapid, irregular beat that was announced back in July.

Some solutions:

• I highly recommend including the completion date on the release page. On the release page for Wintersday it says starts December 10th, but when will it end? That information is more important than when it begins.

• Warnings on twitter would help. Let us know in advance when the content is coming to a close. Of course, not everyone follows Twitter and it relies on the human element to maintain it.

• Include some way for us to see the time ticking down in-game. Knowing how much time we have left via a bar like the Nightmare Tower injection bar or through the achievement window like we have with dailies and monthlies would be a great way to get an exact quantity. This is more costly and complicated than the previous two, of course.

• Create an in-game calendar for tracking events. This is by far the one thing that I don’t see GW2 getting for a long time but it’s the option (IMHO) with the most potential usefulness. Having a calendar that shows exactly when to expect the next update or the run-time of an event would go a long way to helping individuals and guilds (ESPECIALLY but not NECESSARILY if guilds can put events on it) better allocate time.

Thanks in advance for reading. Personally I would be happy with at least the run-time of the event posted on the release page. At least at that point I can put a hard date on when I need to have achievement categories completed.

This is a very good point/suggestion. I second this!

I agree with all of those suggestions. Twitter would be great and easy, as would stating it on the release pages. In general I don’t like the tracking clutter on my screen for LS content… its great when I want it, but I wish I could make it go away completely sometimes. An in-game calender would be awesome.

Totally agree. It has been suggested after various metas ended since the early TA removal and also in the CDI thread, so far w/o a response. An end date in the patch notes would solve this entirely for most ppl, although a tracker like we had for Nightmare Tower, but in the AP menu would also be useful.

The Halloween one I believe they put an end date in the notes iirc, so there is precedent for doing it