Guild Wars 2

I’ve come across several instances where one of my race/professions has been unable to complete a quest.
In one case, it was early enough in the storyline that rerolling the character wasn’t that big of a deal.
In another, the character is level 35, and no matter what I try I can’t complete the required quest.
If we had the “Abandon Quest” option, as we did in GW1, especially for multiple choice quests, things would be so much easier.
I’m dreading what the options will be like as I level my characters up.
I submitted this suggestion to the GW2 folks, and they suggested posting here to find out how folks feel about the idea.
So… How do you Feel about it?

What quests are you unable to complete (nothing is required by the way)?

My Human “Street Rat” Thief was unable to complete the level 8 quest “The Rescue” in which you decided to save your friend “Quinn.” I deleted and rerolled her, and she easily completed the alternate level 8 quest “The Greater Good.”
My Sylvari Ranger is unable to complete the level 28 “Dead of Winter” quest, and she is currently level 35. I’ve retried the quest dozens of time. She’s level 35 from trying so often, and getting as many skill points as she can to get to where she has all but about 8 or 9 possible skills.

you mean the quest doesn’t complete, or that you just arent able to defeat every enemy in the quest due to dying over and over?

in the last case you can always find a friend or guild member to come help you in your storyline. but normally they are all doable alone. not saying easy, but doable

In “The Rescue” I barely did any damage to the first boss. Died over and over and over.

In “Dead of Winter” I’m the only one damaging the boss’, the NPC’s are ineffectual, the weapon sporatically works. I’ve sent in bug reports, but no response. I have no guild members, and no friends in-game. (I’m 60 years old.)

More options are always good, and I can’t think of any reason not to have it.

age shouldn’t be a problem for a guild imo
but besides that, yeah the npc’s arent always that helpful.
had 1 quest that I did on my ranger, and when i finally succeeded, i had no pieces of my armor left cuz it all broke from respawning XD

I mostly wait till i’m a couple of levels higher than the recommended if i solo it.
some indeed need balancing for the more squishy professions, especially with multiple mobs.

lets wait and see shall we, since the staff asked you to make this post. gl further

I finally discovered the “BUG” in “Dead of Winter.” The HoM Stone I received from the Karma Vendor in Lion’s Arch appears to have been the cause. Once it was out of my inventory I had no bugs during the quest. (I updated the bug report to pass that along.)
Unfortunately, I still can’t complete the quest.
I desperately need the Abandon Quest option!

btw, maybe not the best place to say this, but it might help: have you tried using a shortbow? you said in one of your other posts that you use a longbow and axes. A shortbow has a higher rate of fire and still maintains the distance between you and your target(s).

I find it easier to kite with a shortbow compared to using a longbow. no solution, but it might help. gl

I have axes, but I never actually use them. I don’t like the Ranger’s Shortbow skills.

That being aside, I’ve had no problems in quests, except those mentioned above. Changing my playstyle for one quest, even if I have no choice, is not the issue.

The fact that I got stuck, and I’m sure others do too, should prove that having the Abandon Quest option would be very helpful.

The story mode is somewhat dependent on completing an objective.

I had one encounter where the single NPC was extremely tough in that he did a lot of damage. I knew I was under geared and yet I kept trying. Died 20 times or so, hurting my ego, but finally I learned to dodge the attacks correctly, learned to perfect my timing, and realized I got better because of it. I learned to watch my cooldowns, to use blinding skills to make him miss, and used the terrain to my advantage. It felt good when I finally got it. Learned my lesson and moved on.

Can you Abandon all the way to the last quest? Then why have it at all if it’s a debatable topic. Go level up some more, grab some better gear, and come back to finish the tough ones. Almost positive you’re just undergeared for the fight.

And if you need help I’ll gladly help out, just add me in game.