Ok I just did 6 jumping puzzles last night. Some of them were repeats just for the chest at the end of them and some were new first time runs to discover the content. Of the 6 chests here is the loot breakdown.
Troll Garden in L.A. Regular chest. ~level 55 loot(Repeat)
Ogre Chest in L.A. Regular chest. ~level 55 loot(Repeat)
Now I can understand having anti-farm code and so the last chest is totally understandable but when you make it through a really hard jumping puzzle for the first time and get to the chest and find useless loot it really disappoints. Maybe it should be that the first time through a puzzle no matter what you get level appropriate loot? Just saying.
So for anyone going out there to do the jumping puzzles be aware the loot will stink after a few so plan not to do to many a day.
For every ounce of dirt you throw you loose and once of ground.
Chest loot is hit or miss for most people, but for me its always miss. Nothing but garbage ever drops for me so I usually don’t bother redoing platformer puzzles only do em now for the achievement.
Just wondering, Xabbu, did you enjoy the actual puzzle? I think people are far too reward-oriented. Our eyes are always somewhere other than where we’re at. Sad thing.
Deb ~The Chewbacca Defense [TCD];
Waiting For Death [WFD]
@ Borlis Pass Server
If I looked at a big cave with many places to fall and die in real life….I’d better have a really good reason for doing it other than to have an achievement, otherwise, I’d be risking my neck for nothing. The question is logical. Does the reward at the end of a jumping puzzle warrant the risk and time involved? In the case of most jumping puzzles the answer is sadly, no. I think we should at least get a some coin and maybe some karma for repeats.
Just wondering, Xabbu, did you enjoy the actual puzzle? I think people are far too reward-oriented. Our eyes are always somewhere other than where we’re at. Sad thing.
Yes I did enjoy doing them the first time, except the wind bridge in Goemm’s lab. That bridge was just a luck based thing that I got passed on about my 50th try.
For every ounce of dirt you throw you loose and once of ground.
If I looked at a big cave with many places to fall and die in real life….I’d better have a really good reason for doing it other than to have an achievement, otherwise, I’d be risking my neck for nothing. The question is logical. Does the reward at the end of a jumping puzzle warrant the risk and time involved? In the case of most jumping puzzles the answer is sadly, no. I think we should at least get a some coin and maybe some karma for repeats.
just a different personality type What’s the reward for climbing Mt. Everest IRL? Basically an achievement and that’s it
I haven’t heard of any decent loot coming from chests. I have done all the most difficult ones already and I gotten at best blues. The malchor’s leap gem one I thought for sure would be good cause that was a real pain, but alas nothing of note
If I looked at a big cave with many places to fall and die in real life….I’d better have a really good reason for doing it other than to have an achievement, otherwise, I’d be risking my neck for nothing. The question is logical. Does the reward at the end of a jumping puzzle warrant the risk and time involved? In the case of most jumping puzzles the answer is sadly, no. I think we should at least get a some coin and maybe some karma for repeats.
Ok, I’m always being accused of being too literal, so at the risk of having that thrown at me… you can’t compare a game with real life risks. Why, I’ve played games where if you died, you could lose everything you were carrying, and you don’t even have to worry about that here.
I am enjoying the jumping puzzles/vistas a lot… a surprise to even me, but I think if you MUST have a reward to value the experience, then maybe you should skip these “events”. Seems to me that’s shortchanging the fun, but… whatever floats your boat!
Deb ~The Chewbacca Defense [TCD];
Waiting For Death [WFD]
@ Borlis Pass Server
What’s the reward for climbing Mt. Everest IRL? Basically an achievement and that’s it