Guild Wars 2

I am pissed I was on the overflow server—- if I was on my Dragonbrand home server, I would have been lucky enough for it to bug and I could have done something fun instead.

DaShi.1368:

Branwin.4609:

The only lesser rewards I can think of is NOTHING. You guys are in denial—- the rewards SUCKED. 2 and a half hours for a 20 slot bag and some rares and exotics that do not apply to my toon I was on? Get real. Glad it’s over and I hope it never comes back.

That’s better than anything I’ve gotten in over 100 hours of play.

Then you’re doing something wrong— at level 80, rares and exotics that are just randomly generated stats but same skins are commonplace.

epicsmooth.7825:

Branwin.4609:

The only lesser rewards I can think of is NOTHING. You guys are in denial—- the rewards SUCKED. 2 and a half hours for a 20 slot bag and some rares and exotics that do not apply to my toon I was on? Get real. Glad it’s over and I hope it never comes back.

Oh I’m sorrying they didn’t give you 5 legendary items, 500,000 karma, and 500 gold.

Wow, you’re a mind reader.

How about something significant and unique to this event besides some dumb back which is only 2 slots better than what I already have? Or how about at least SOME gold to offset the fact that I actually LOST money to this event due to all the wiping?

It’d be great if I could use anything I got from that chest, but no, as an engineer I got a staff, a bow, and two heavy items.

No way! I feel disillusioned about this game more and more but I really want to enjoy it in it’s entirety. I just can’t anymore.

What end loot? It’s the same as everything else you get in this game—- nothing special but a 20 slot bag. Woooooooo

The only lesser rewards I can think of is NOTHING. You guys are in denial—- the rewards SUCKED. 2 and a half hours for a 20 slot bag and some rares and exotics that do not apply to my toon I was on? Get real. Glad it’s over and I hope it never comes back.

I guess that is where “fun” is subjective. I completed the map but to me it seemed incomplete. Both ally and enemy NPC’s are unmemorable and boring, the events beyond the one-time event are just like everything else and bring nothing new to the table, and the scenery is just a cleaner version of Orr anyway, but smaller. I am waiting until phase 3 to tell myself I don’t like it, but so far, I am uninterested and can’t wait until people are back in Orr so I could continue doing what I was doing there.

TheAltarBoy.3176:

phantomdust.4729:

Fantasma Of Doom.2409:

Maybe it’s just a couple of days because it’s new, wait a couple of days and try again.

While this sounds reasonable, I don’t want to wait to play. I don’t have the leisure of waiting either; I want to play when I can, not at some time that’s dictated by the mechanics of some part of the game.

So the game should be designed specifically for you?

I loved this jumping puzzle. I didn’t find other players being there problematic.

I like difficult and complex puzzles, the one at Pearl didn’t even feel like a puzzle. It was just me jumping toward a chest. There was no skill involved.

I can understand the complaints for tower (even though I thought it was more than fair) since it was a one time puzzle for a limited time only. With the stepping stones puzzle it’s here to stay, you can go back whenever you want when there are less people and have a blast.

I don’t want to be stuck with jumping puzzles I can do one handed because others can’t be bothered to wait for the crowd to die down. I’m all for them adding a mix of easy medium and clock tower-like difficulty puzzles so everyone can get something out of them.

I think if you took away the other players in your space, the challenge would still be there and you wouldn’t be doing the puzzle “one-handed” it would just take away that extra element of frustration. For people like me, who are neither the best nor the worst at jumping puzzles, I already get frustrated with some puzzles, and still feel challenged, when no one is around. When there are five largest possible Norn in your view and you keep messing up and you feel it’s because they are throwing you off, you aren’t just frustrated, you get pissed, livid, fuming, etc. and that is not what playing games is about, man. The OP is not saying “Make a game for ME” and they are not asking to nerf or alter the puzzle itself, just the fact that

IF

you WANT to do the puzzle, you are forced to do it with other people around. And although they could be patient and wait for the excitement (wait. what excitement? this event is kittening boring!) to die down, why should they have to wait their turn like a secondary citizen? That would make it more them playing your game, which isn’t okay either.

People are saying the loot is terrible because anyone can be bumped up to 80 and take part in this event but after the weekend is over it will be 80 only, and they speculate the loot will be better. Of course I got my info from the forums—— hahahaha!

Maybe they will put in real activities and a reason to go there, too. But I am kind of hoping they don’t— I still need stuff in Orr! No one is there!! I’m all alone!

Is this a rhetorical question?

So far, I haven’t found ANY kind of enemy NPC that drops good loot. All the loot is just randomly generated stats on the same skins. Nothing rare to go after, no themed loot off certain enemies, etc.

I MISS LOOT TABLES IJS

Keep in mind, fun and easy are always subjective.

I went to the “FREE NEW MAP” and there was almost nothing to do. I want to hope that after phase 3 today it will be a bit better after the event takes place, but uh….. not holding my breathe. We will see though— maybe we will be pleasantly surprised. But probably not. But maybe. But no.

The new PvP map and dungeon are great. You can tell their real talent is in their dungeon developing team or whatever. It’s a great new dungeon in my opinion.

I enjoyed being a part of a world altering event (that lighthouse will never be the same) even if it was buggy, laggy and in all actuality, kind of lame. The event, is lame. The NPC’s introduced are so blase. There are next to no rewards and the new mystic forge/commendation stuff is garbage. The “free new map” is so kittening boring. Same boring events with NO rewards, no skill challenges, no hearts, there is NOTHING behind this new event and “free boring new content”. The one thing I do like about the new map is the jumping puzzle, even if I am forced to try it out with a bunch of heifer Norn taking up my precious breathing room.

I don’t even know the story behind this event, besides LA got a bad, bad, BAD case of the crabs.

That being said, I enjoyed being present when things were going down. I think it’s a great idea and in the future when they know what they are doing (because they clearly do not).

As far as “free stuff being handed to us on a platter” I don’t know of anything that isn’t too difficult to get (even legendary weapons—- it’s just a grind) but I also don’t know of too many things in this game that are worth obtaining.

Why do people jump down someones throat if they express their feelings? Seriously. Some of you are so kittening rude.

The puzzle itself, is GREAT. It might not be a challenge for some, but for me, it is a challenge with or without groups of people in your way. I’m not the worst jumper but I am not as coordinated as others.

I agree, I refuse to do any puzzles if anyone is doing the same one. I just wait til they finish. I dont think you should HAVE to wait like everyone is suggesting though.

There is NO benefit or point in doing a jumping puzzle with other people. It is simply NOT a group activity.For fun, maybe, I have a friend I do jumping puzzles with sometimes. But they are not a fat norn, they are Asura. That makes them okay to be around.

However, sometimes you don’t want some kitten near you going “over here, dude, over here, over here, here, here over here here here NO YOU FELL here here herehere” or some kitten mesmer popping their portal in your face. It’s a nice thought but I prefer to do jumping puzzles the right way.

I think they should KEEP the puzzle and similar puzzles in the future but not one where, if you want to do the puzzle, you are forced to do it with others.

I agree with this. I think the idea of one time events is great in theory but horrible in practice. We might not pay a subscription fee, but I didn’t buy this game to miss out on some of the best parts of the game, and I don’t think anyone else did either. Surely there can be a way they can do these “one time” events and make them span all weekend or something, instead of having everyone “tune in” at the same time.

What if the servers act up because everyone is trying to log in?

I kept telling my guildies I needed to clear out of Lion’s Arch or I’d kidnap him with promises of more candy. At first I didn’t understand Quaggan Appreciation…. this, and the Quaggan who wants to be a pirate in the Norn mountain area made me realize. TOO CUTE.

I agree. I suggested in a few other threads that an in-game calendar would be great, highlighting special events ahead of time would be great and we wouldn’t have to hunt around the internet to figure out what to do. Not to mention, you could do personal events with guildies and friends in-game. If not that, something similar. It’s one of the few things I miss from WoW. The GW2 website is great but it could be a lot more functional in my opinion.

I also think the patch interface (or log-in screen you get upon start-up) should feature what exactly is being patched/fixed, so we don’t have to go on the website to see what changed. I know not everyone uses the forums or website so it would be a great feature in the future.

lookitsandrea.8531:

Branwin.4609:

I understand why they didn’t extend it for Sandy. Oh well, it is what it is.

I think they need to remove the “Act” function of this event and other events and make all holiday content accessible from the beginning of the event to the end. Making some things only available for one day, or a few days, is kinda lame.

I love having certain events of the game available for a limited time. It really adds to the lore, and it makes the whole experience more realistic (considering it’s a fantasy game, this of course has it’s limitations but they took advantage of it).

It also helped me keep track of what was going on and what I needed to do. I found it to be quite organized. Besides, the only event that was limited was entering the dungeon. If you didn’t have time to complete it, then all you need to do is enter and leave and you would have received that part of the achievement. Otherwise, everything has been available since the start of that act. That has given you several days to complete them.

And how would you have the Mad King roam Lion’s Arch while at the same time we’re trying to kill him in the dungeon?

If you’re talking about realism in a game, you’re silly.

But you have a good point. After doing some exploration I realize it makes total sense lorewise that act 4 is only one day (He can only come to our world on the day of Halloween, after all) but my suggestion was not in regards to lore or how much sense it would make where the Mad King is at any given time. It was just an idea or suggestion for next year. I can’t imagine how hard it is to make something functional as a game and as a part of a fantasy lore/history bit.

That’s a great point. I could understand that if I walked away from the Halloween event feeling it did anything for the games personality, which I do not. I also feel like “dynamic” is a word that is used a bit loosely. Opinion is subject to vary, though.

I think we should be able to take our time and enjoy the event and what the game has to offer rather than rushing around making sure we didn’t miss out. Or worse, feeling like we missed out because of real life events. Ah well.There is always next year!

Hold on to your Halloween crafting mats if you really, really like it. The crafting can be a bit pricey but you can make a permanent version. Collect the Halloween stuff now, and the rest of the requirements later. A steep ridiculous price in my opinion, but if you want it as bad as I do…

I understand why they didn’t extend it for Sandy. Oh well, it is what it is.

I think they need to remove the “Act” function of this event and other events and make all holiday content accessible from the beginning of the event to the end. Making some things only available for one day, or a few days, is kinda lame.

Then look harder because that is mostly gear you can wear at level 15.

Although, I agree, it would be nice if the community ANet is trying so hard to foster would work out on the forums.

The GW2 Reddit community might not be bad, but the Reddit community in general, in my opinion, is.

Here’s why. On day one, most people did not know what to do. I don’t think we need our hands held (the GW2 community is one of the better gaming communities I’ve been a part of) and we don’t need a walkthrough or anything to dumb it down like that. But the phase 4 mail reiterates everything we’ve all already been doing since day 1, and had we gotten it or something similar to it from the get-go, it just would have made a lot more sense to me.

For the third time in this post, getting the mail on the last day is redundant and useless.

Redundant and useless.

Redundant and useless.

I thought the event was only okay, maybe even a little bit lackluster. Nothing was that incredibly engaging, everything was vague, I’m not even sure why they have Halloween in Tyria. A little bit more background would be great for those of us who didn’t play GW1. I thought it was very boring in comparison to other Halloween events I’ve experienced in games. Definitely not the best, in my opinion.

I did think the candy corn nodes was a cute touch, and I loved the town costumes but the RNG thing is kittening lame and a rip-off to the people who are not yet disillusioned by this game and the way it works. I felt the Mad King’s realm would have been cool but like most everything else in this event, was half-baked.

Also, I think everything should be accessible from day 1, skip the “act” BS and definitely don’t make something happen for one DAY (or five minutes, regarding that lame cutscene in Lion’s Arch). Oh well. I don’t blame it for being kind of flop-ish, the game just came out.

In all honesty, what are the odds that any other holiday event is gonna be better, or what are the odds they will take our feedback into account? Next year will be the same and it will be even less fun than it was this year.

This should have been sent on the FIRST day of the event, and not the LAST day. So. Dumb. By this time, we already know what to do and the mail is redundant and useless. Maybe next year they will do things with a little bit more common sense behind their actions? I’m not holding my breathe. Something tells me that this event is not going to improve at all.

Any information from ANet given on Reddit SHOULD be given here, is my point. Reddit is a third party site and not a clean one at that.

I was able to craft my engineer an “engineer-y” looking set at 50. Yeah, the leather sets are lacking in variety but not completely. I am also working on piecing together ANOTHER engineer/steampunk-ish set now. The great thing about the way the armor system is and the way they implemented custom colorization is that you can mix and match pieces for a unique look. The downside to that at the moment is, like it’s been pointed out, there isn’t a robust selection to choose from and generally medium armor wearers look the same.

For the seasonal events they need a calendar system that at least points you in the right direction to kick off the event. Also, the introductory page for the Halloween event itself was very vague and lacking. I don’t need specific run-downs on every single little thing, I surely do not want a walk-through, but I should not have to go to the forums or a third party website such as Reddit (which is a low brow, disgusting website, in my opinion by the way) to figure things out.

On a side note, for the Halloween event if you DID figure out to talk to the Priory NPC to start the scavenger hunt (luckily I logged in that general area) you get a mail with the scavenger device and a “Show Me” icon. The “Show Me” icon shows you…. where you already are! It was completely useless to have, but it would have been extremely useful if the intro in-game mail was sent PRIOR to talking to the NPC so you knew where to go from there.

There, there’s a critical complaint AND a suggestion/idea on how to fix the problem.

I agree wholeheartedly, I was going to make a post about keeping us in the dark unless we are on Reddit, but decided to look up “Reddit” instead. Reddit is a tacky site to use in my opinion and GW2 has it’s own website. Why not make use of it?

“I just forgot that I’m in a room full of giant Charr and Norn” LOL

It was a fun puzzle. If someone has arthritis that badly, I’m not sure they should be playing games like this.

Easy puzzles are easy? kitten off you kittening kitten.

Yeah I figured out I was loading in too slow. It would be nice if you could skip the cinematic or something. I will try again later when less people are on and lag isn’t so bad. I hope I can at least try it, from what I’ve seen it looks tough but it looks amazing at the same time.

The way I gather it works is, you sit in the waiting room until people fill it up and the progress bar fills up. And then when it does fill up you all go through the cinematic and are ported at the bottom of the tower. But as soon as I am ported inside, before I jump or move, I am ported BACK to the waiting room. I am usually there at the bottom of the tower for a second or two and I get a loading screen and am put back in the queue room.

Is there a prerequisite or do I have to be in a party for it to work? I assume it’s a bug or something, but it won’t work and I can’t even attempt the puzzle!

Exactly. I would love them to elaborate on what there is to do, who to talk to, etc. to get things rolling. If I hadn’t already been in Lion’s Arch I would have never known to talk to the Asura to start hunting for book pages. After you talk to them and begin the quest you get a mail item that gives you the candy meter and it says “Show Me” at the bottom of the message. Clicking the icon brings you to the map and it shows a circle right where you already are.

They could have sent an introductory mail with that “Show Me” icon BEFOREHAND to show you where to start the festivities. That’s all I’m sayin’.

There are pros and cons to the events for sure. I liked the quest where I had to find the pages for the book. I like my witch costume. I love the candy corn nodes and the IDEA of the trick-or-treat doors. But mostly everything leaves much to be desired, and I was incredibly excited for this event. I am still stoked for the next acts but I don’t see what they can do to make this drop rate thing any better.

Also will be there be an almost complete lack of introduction or direction in the future?

Does anyone know if this will be how all events work?
I know you typically get 1 free hat item.

But will we always have to spend money to open boxes with bad chance drops and have to fight clusterkitten mobs for Christmas doors and stuff like that in the future?

Or have to hunt for elusive festive items to be able to craft them?

And will holiday costumes always be limited to towns clothes?

I understand how it works. I’m not having problems equipping it!

I am saying I was underwater, and when I jumped out my action bars switched and I still had four charges! But re-equipping consumed ANOTHER candy corn!

Please read the ENTIRE thing, not just select parts and then call ME a nitwit.

Is this a bug or is it intended, is what my first and foremost question was!

On a side note, I should be able to do activities like THIS without having to SIT AROUND an area and wait for someone else to do the work for me. That might be YOUR kitteny style, but NOT MINE. Thanks.

Yeah I know I have to have candy corn in my inventory. Let me put it down for you my friend:

1. I used one candy corn to use my machine underwater.
2. I swam thru a tunnel and popped up OUT of the water.
3. Upon hitting dry land, my action bar switched from my machine options to my normal weapon options. I still had 4 unused charge buffs from my machine.
4. I tried to put my machine back on because I had my four charges— no luck.

And that’s operator error? kitten off.

I’ve been running around everywhere and every time it says I have a good reading and I use the matter meter nothing happens. That’s a candy corn wasted.

Another problem is that while hunting on my engineer, I had the matter meter out underwater and when I submerged it dissappeared— I still have 4 charges but my action bar is back to my rifle. That’s another candy corn wasted because I cannot “re-equip” my matter meter.

Is this how it’s supposed to work, and will opening a bug ticket even do anything at this point? I feel like issues like these fall on deaf ears as I’ve opened up threads and tickets about bugs outside the Halloween event and they are still not fixed.

“This event has only just begun” but it’s also only here for a very limited time— if we don’t have the time to grind everything out how will we be able to see everything?

I’m not gonna lie, I bought the witch costume and the pet trio.

Witch costume trumps the pet trio— the pets are so boring but the witch costume lets you ride on a broom AND summon a pet cat. Why didn’t they put as much thought into…. I dunno, ANYTHING else as they did the 2 TOWNS COSTUMES

How can you people say this? It’s only been one day!

“Don’t be such a kitten” isn’t helpful.

Other backpieces show up; an engineers backpack is technically a back slot item.

I’m sure glad I didn’t even think to check the gemstore until it was obvious Halloween had officially begun ;D

Sounds like you were eager and wanted to start Halloween a little early.

Mine’s at 3% xD

I will not be able to play it until after work, but I’m super stoked to be able to take part in GW2 first holiday event and can’t wait to play tomorrow

In my honest opinion, clones are meant to confuse and baffle and I like to believe the rezzing clones “bug” is working properly.

A refund feature would be nifty as well.