Guild Wars 2

What exactly is the purpose of the hole in the rocks right next to the aspect crystal near the mordrem?! It’s ridiculously easy to fall in to, and there is almost always an enemy nearby that puts you in combat. Now you can’t even WP to get out of it. You have to exit the game entirely to get out of the hole!

Seriously, Anet, I’m sure someone thought this would be a fun little trap, but think things through please!

There is a general unfinished feel to the last section of the map. There are parts where you stand and can see through the world.

The hole takes it to an entirely new level. It’s not buggy, its just a player sized hole directly next to the crystal. Anet was 100% aware of it; it’s impossible they put a player sized hole in plain view and weren’t aware you had to exit the game in order to get out.

They sometimes will do this with hidden falls, and it’s like ‘haha now you have to WP to get back because we threw you down a hole,’ but in this case you have to actually quit the game to continue.

I saw the hole and though: mmm, there may be a lost coin inside… but nope, no exit, nothing inside. I was lucky and could wp out, but it seems it can be worse.

Fluffball.8307:

The hole takes it to an entirely new level. It’s not buggy, its just a player sized hole directly next to the crystal. Anet was 100% aware of it; it’s impossible they put a player sized hole in plain view and weren’t aware you had to exit the game in order to get out.

They sometimes will do this with hidden falls, and it’s like ‘haha now you have to WP to get back because we threw you down a hole,’ but in this case you have to actually quit the game to continue.

It seems you know too little about how geodata and pathing works.

Maybe it’s a nod to real life “sinkholes” that trap and kill many animals in desert regions?

Aethelbert.1497:

It seems you know too little about how geodata and pathing works.

I don’t understand what your point is. Are you saying you think Anet tested their map so badly they didn’t see the in-plain-sight, 1 foot from an aspect crystal important location player trap? It’s literally just a ring of rocks intentionally placed. There is no weird terrain junctions that accidentally form a hole. It’s just a fence.

i just wp out…
u fall in it once.
now i know where it is ill be more cautious getting that crystal.
and it is possible to miss stuff i mean they are people occasionally this stuff happens.
no reason to get so upset over it.
maybe just submit a ticket or bug report or something(spose theres this)

(not sure if it was intended, but u seem outraged, constructive criticizem is more useful than rage)

Noticed this one, too. If I remember correctly, I got out on my Guardian using Leap of Faith. Similar skills might also work, given you have the possibility to use them…

i lol’d hard when i fell in

You are forced to wp out. Anet is getting creative with goldsinks.

traps mean you have to play the game rather than just run around on auto pilot

You can actually jump out of there, it just requires you jumping on a specific part. Or call a friendly mesmer to port you out.

There’s a similar trap about 30 seconds east of there, which I got stuck in and reported it as a bug to Anet.

saventis.1485:

traps mean you have to play the game rather than just run around on auto pilot

No, it means you have to turn the game off. This is not an acceptable addition. What happens when they add more of these and you have to quit the game every few minutes?