and the living story so far
First the positives (yay):
1. New skins are really cool, fused weapons and gloves look really cool and fit really well with the whole theme. Plus the the new gem store weapons where a very nice additions.
2. Dungeon is pretty sweet and the boss battle and the end was nicely done.
3. The living story segments where also really good, and the titles will be nice to show off later on in the game life span.
4. Cool new characters, pretty sweet, with cool unique item skins.
The negatives (boo):
1. Weapon distribution, pretty sure A-net were not too sure what to do here. Would have loved a fused weapon but hey I am not gonna waste cash on a gamble. Having a skin available on a gamble for a small period of time is not good.
A one off payment in the gem store I feel would have been fine, though having it as a reward for completing the whole thing would have been dandy (finish the living story and get the gloves and a weapon of your choice). Eventually as the game grows up and new players are gonna come in they are still gonna have the same feeling but without the whole gamble.
2. Lost and Found – the only thing I did not like about this story. The current state of the game is not designed for this type of quest. I mean I spent 3 days waiting for my last item to spawn because A) it was random and
I had the foolish idea to get the items as they were released. No tracking and random, not good.
Suggestions:
1. Find a way to keep the dungeon in, it was really fun and a nice short run. Would be nice at the end of the year that A-net would release dungeons like this is some sort of Asura simulator (or something like that). Like a round up of the years mini dungeons. I mean they are pretty fun and quick to do (going by this one that we have seen so far).
2. No more lost and found quests until we can track them properly. Not much to add to that really I think everyone knows what was up with this quest.
3. Skin distribution, lots of cool skins and well not a lot of them widely available. I am not saying make everything available with ease. But don’t make us gamble (as I said before). Smack them in as a reward for resting at the bonfire at the end. So it ends up something like this:
Skin 1 – taking part at the end of the event (easy access everyone gets one). Nothing special now, but in a years time the new players will be jealous.
Skin 2 – completing all aspects of the story (like the fused gauntlets). Gotta earn it while you can.
Skin 3 – one off gem store payments (like Rox’s stuff). For the cool one off skins that are on these special characters. Looks cool only for a limited time and more importantly supports A-net. If people want it then they will pay but at the end of the day you are guaranteed to get what you want.
So what do you guys and gals think? Go anything to add? Do I make sense or am I just blowing hot air?
Oh and thanks for reading.