Guild Wars 2

…and this is why:

-I’m lvl 73 guardian, but still very new to the class, and don’t have all my trait pts yet. Tixx event is giving me a great opportunity to work with PUG’s and see how my guard strategies work in action (since they are primarily group based) without running any dungeons. I’m not against dungeons, and in fact plan to run them alot, but Tixx event is like a nice practice skirmish thing.

-I got my first Exotic drop. I have an 80 Mesmer, and so far crafted all her exotics, and have yet to be so bored as to farm Orr or anything like that. So the fact that I got an exotic from chest on like…. my fourth run was amazing to me. AND, its a Bezerker Flame hammer, and I just happen to be a hammer guard, so that’s pretty awesome.

- 6 or 7 run, I got one of the Giver recipes from a gift box that came from the chest, which is just awesome.

I’m having a fun time killing stuff. I don’t care for farming or grind or spam, but I’m having so much fun spamming Tixx, and yet I’m getting good stuff from it too. Good practice, good drops, and it’s only the first day.

I enjoy this instance far more than typical dungeons or fractals. I play at weird hours so I don’t have a normal group to run with. Most explorable runs with pickup groups are pretty painful or impossible. Fractals were a step in the right direction, but the different levels make it harder to find a group that’s just right, so they sort of divide people, plus it still takes a large chunk of time to do a full set. I was expecting that each fractal run would be about the length of a Tixx run.

This honestly feels more rewarding, too. Not to mention just more fun in general, at least for me. I’d love some more content like this, of any difficulty. Shortish, non-divisive, and worth the time/effort.