Here is my feedback:
i player all of the events, the first one, with the karka attack, awesome idea and implementation, but frustrating lag even on the normal server (not overflow), me and my friends had like 5 frame for second. Arenanet should know how much player are going to play in one server, and should make their count BEFORE the acutal Event.
The second and third event i liked them a lot, very less lag, but the two fase of destroying reinforcement are too overpowered, not only some of them you have to kill’em twice (one for the armor and one for the actual monster) but are so powerful and so many that we got likely wiped out in a couple of minutes, with some survivor struggling by the wood bridge and can’t resurrect anyone because of the massive army of karka.
The ancient karka battle is very very fun, but the feeling i would never ever battle it again is a little depressing.
Now for the rewards… i like the idea of pets and special skins, but the randomness and rarity for them are too much frustrating i don’t know i’m gonna play for some time. i opened and crafter like 40-45 consortium chests looking for Mini Karka and the highest drop i had was a couple of shark’s thoot axes, and i lost all (i repeat ALL) of my hard earned money doing dungeon and WvW.
Don’t misunderstanding, i know that these things are rare and all, but i’d like to have some other way to obtain it without spending a lot of money (real and virtual) for only a chance. I’d like to be sure to have some thing (i’m speaking about mini Karka for myself, but this concept can be applied to any item) for example crafting in the mystic forge, i don’t care about materials, they may be rare or long to farm, but when i mix’em together i’m sure to drop what i want.
How it is now it seems to me a system that reward more luck than perseverance, and will be frustrating soon (for me and a couple of friends that couldn’t get the item they wanted) or later.
It would be perfect if these event mini-pet comes like Halloween ones, three for gems (500 are affordable with some farming) and one super-rare for mixing them togheter in Mystic Forge. In this example, i wouldn’t have to waste, for example 15 gold to get nothing but shoulder or water mask skins, i would have buyed gems and get what i wanted.
May be the frustrating of the moment speaking, but i don’t think i will play for a while, and most of it i will not even try to get next items, it would be just a waste of my in-game money and above all time.
Good play for other players