Guild Wars 2

I am surprised they did not leave Teq the way it was (or at least just have a tight timer). Teq is one of the signature bosses of GW2 and is used in many promotional videos. It stands to reason it would be a major drawcard to attract players to the game.

ArenaNet should create a new boss that is fully instanced and accessibly to guilds. It would solve many of the problems with the current situation.

The Tequatl redesign is the worst content ArenaNet has added to the game to date and if this is the future of open world bosses in GW2 I feel a large portion of the playerbase will simply stop playing the game.

Two reasons:

1. Adding turrets as a necessity to win the fight. Absolute disaster as any random can jump into them and do absolutely nothing.

2. The mechanics of the new fight do not lend themselves to random players jumping in.

At this time unless you are part of a very organised guild and are willing to camp for hours at a time there is absolutely no point in attending the Tequatl fight. There are no loot drops if the boss has not been downed. I can not fathom why anyone would camp a boss for 6 hours with nothing to show for it.

ArenaNet was trumpeting the fact that Guild Wars 2 would represent the new paradigm of all inclusive content that leaves no one behind. Yet they seem to be finding the urge to return to old school MMO design irresistible hence we get a mess like the new Tequatl fight.

Sadly this will be yet another part of the game that is mostly left to rot as eventually no one will bother with it (especially after Boss Week finishes).

Welcome to Sea Of Sorrows.

Most people are just turning up for the Here Be Dragons achievement. You don’t have to win or even try to get this one as it does not require a boss kill. Hopefully once boss week is over the only people attending the event are the ones actually interested in doing well.

Well obviously this isn’t high on their priority list.

Hi ArenaNet
When will you be adding Player / Guild housing? Also will you be adding hobbies (eg. fishing)?

Just tried to complete this quest and it is bugged and won’t activate at the south gate. Trahearne follows but no one else.