Guild Wars 2

Vincent.7452:

DianTheJoker.4372:

@Vincent – comparing the Living Story and global lore events with that magnitude to a normal Festive event is just bad example.
Destroying LA was part of something big, which had effect on many layers of the game experience.It created immersion , lore and overall was very well executed.If forcing people out of LA is their idea, then i have nothing to say…Still, the decorations and Mad King doors and other Haloween stuff proves the other, so following the common logic, id say they dont want to force players out, which adds problematic value to the event.

I’m not trying to say they want to force people out with the event. The mag king says is barely a very minor inconvenience every 2 hours and in the worst case, if someone doesn’t like it, they can relocate to a different city. Maybe I’d agree with you if the event actually locked us out of LA but it’s such a trivial issue that it’s very easy to deal with without relocating.

What I was saying is if you’re one of the probably very few people who feel this is too problematic to stay in LA, I doubt it bothers anet that you feel the need to switch to a different hub considering they forced everyone out at one point.

Im starting to doubt your “Reading and Understanding” skills.Sorry if this offends you( not my intention), but :

1. I can accept the incovenience, IF the area of participation was the actual area shown on map – i see the circle, i dont go there;
2. As you can see, based on the percentage of players kittenponded that they are annoyed, its not “very few people”;
3. I am well aware(i work in the gaming industry), that Anet wont fix this now and i wanted to address the issue for future activities/next Halloween;
4. The biggest problem, which you can see from my previous post, is the unobtainable 3rd fragment;
5. I have nothing against getting downed(the event cant kill you), STILL it should affect only the shown area;
6. No game should force its players to look for a workaround, caused by design flaw.If this happens and players are totally fine with it, the game(developers) will continue to make those bad decisions, the players will continue to “relocate” and the mistakes will be present more often, since “we can somehow adjust”…

Then, this means that The Mad king either doesnt love me for not falling to his tricks or there is something very fishy, since :

- Got 2 fragments by unintentional participation(10 mins AFK in LA at TP);
- Went with the same character 2 hours later, with the intention to get the remaining fragment, got the event Gold and Karma reward, but no chest with fragments;
- Then i went with another character 2 hours later, since i thought its character participation limit, got Karma and Gold reward and STILL no fragment…

I really dont get it.
So, its either you are mistaken or just the game hates me
Edit : Or not just me, since i heard from at least 5 more people, that they have the same problem.

Sorry if i sound very disturbed by this – im not and just wish simple overlooked bugs/mistakes to be fixed.
Im just an optimizer and 2 days for 1 chest, when i can get 2 days – 2 chests is not the most efficient option for me.
Well, still thinking they should revisit this next Halloween or if some activity with the same mechanic emerges.

@Vincent – comparing the Living Story and global lore events with that magnitude to a normal Festive event is just bad example.
Destroying LA was part of something big, which had effect on many layers of the game experience.It created immersion , lore and overall was very well executed.If forcing people out of LA is their idea, then i have nothing to say…Still, the decorations and Mad King doors and other Haloween stuff proves the other, so following the common logic, id say they dont want to force players out, which adds problematic value to the event.

@Rauderi – if you are feeling cool with getting 1-2 fragments and being unable to unlock the chest that day, a lot others are not.

@HazyDaisy – i agree with you, but it will be the same next year or with another similar activity, if measures arent taken.
As far as people AFKing in LA – its the biggest Hub in the game right now.
Its the most populated city, based on average time spent in it + count of players.
Forcing a horde of players to break their habbits(hubbing in LA), just for a particular event is a mistake.

@kurfu – i think you are missing the big picture.I am well aware that i can do everything i usualy do in LA at other major cities.
Its maybe my 3rd post in the forums, so its absolutely no fun to me, posting here.
Read carefully my post and you will see that the SIZE of the actual area is not the only/biggest problem.
The think that bothers me( and at least 20 more players) is that they get incomplete Fragments amount for a Key, which is caused by :
a) the area ;
b) 1 participation opportunity per account
thus, disabling the option to get UP TO 3 Fragments and thus – to missing the event gain(even if you plan to do it later)
Im advocating for the mass players that got crippled in Fragments, because of this.
Its a good idea + bad design = burdening experience.If i dont share this, things wont improve and if all follow your way of thinking – LA will be empty during Haloween(which isnt what Anet wants – taking the decoration and other Festive stuff into account).

Please, Anet, for the love of God – narrow the participating area for this Event.
Its absolutely annoying to be in LA during this event. Actual area is even bigger, than the one, which is shown on the Map.
It affects Crafting Stations, TP and many more areas outside the circle( which is waaay bigger than its supposed to be).
Getting knockeddown, while going from point A to point B isnt the biggest problem.
The actual problem is that if you leave your character somewhere around in LA and you come back later, you automatically participated in the event, resulting in not full set of Fragments(3).
And there comes the another bad flow – the Fragment gain is tied to one participation in the event per account , so if you get 1 fragment by unintentional participation, you cant get more during that day…
This resulted in 3 missed Mad Kings Chest for me and maybe more for other people.
I had a conversation with other players and they had the same issue.

My drops from 25 BL Chests :

Unidentified Dye – 3
Revive Orb – 4
Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap – 10
Transmutation Charge – 5
Grasping Phantom Glider – 1
Tome of Knowledge – 5
Bank Access Express – 3
Trading Post Express – 3
Teleport to Friend – 1
Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock – 4
Improvised Pistol Skin – 1
Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket – 1
Merchant Express – 9
Toy Miniature Egg – 2

Well…i think i was kinda lucky

P.S. : Forgot the 25 ToT bags

No, its the event : Protect Scholar Breandan while he examines the seabed near Broken Spit (73)

After this event, he becomes merchant and sells one of the items required for Treasure Hunter collection.

Actually, this isnt the quest stalled, but the one that comes before it : Clear Broken Spit of the Risen sea creatures replicating themselves (73)
Its on 6/6 replicators destroyed and 0 risen remaining from 2 days.

As title says.

Bad thing is, that Treasure Hunter achievement needs a quest, which occurs after this one, so for now the collection is stalled and impossible to complete.

So, i decided to start working on some Legy’s…What a surprise – both Legendary collections i started(Twilight and Flameseeker’s Prophecies) , seems to have bugged quest chain prerequisites!Really, whats the point of having those, when a person cant achieve them?

Talking about Bashing Bauxite and Oouo…I see people complain, since 8!!! months…
And taking the fact Legy’s are something everyone goes after sooner or later, why this hasn’t been fixed already?

I spent 2 days doing stupid tasks, just to get my First collection and i feel like i wasted a lot of hours just for nothing.I’m an elitist type and to be unable to finish something, that i know i can, but i’m artificially crippled, just kills my joy and the fun!

Not fixed at all.

Bump.Bump.Bumpity – bump!

Title.Tried relog,change zone etc…

Dont you get it – you buy Gems from store – you are rewarded (in some strange hidden way).

Happened to me in all MMO`s ive played.Ppl spend money on the game(f2p or b2p – doesnt matter) and they get rewarded by the RNG.Hideous,but true.Whenever i buy some ingame currency,the RNG is always in my favor after (not forever).

Only ppl who pay IRL money know what im talkin bout.Its a game , yeah , but its also a living for the ppl who made and publish it.So dont be frustrated when they “promote” their best investors

Ok … One time is fine… But 2 times?FIX THIS!

Im done with this idiotic buggy mode.

FINALLY got to kill Liadri…almost…

She got immortal at 1 hp…Shotted her like 20 extra seconds…Didnt died.Any explanation or hotfix for this , please.

Im uber frustrated now,since i invested 3-4(may be more) hours of my time and didnt got nothing at end,even i accomplished the task.Please,consider fixing this ASAP!

And this is why i opened this post.

Wasted 2-3 hours + countless number of tickets , just to get bugs on 2 of 3 arenas i enter.

Either perma knockdown,either entering with opened floor(more than 50s for repairs due to this bug),Oozes dont despawn and i fight windy boss + 7-8 Oozes.

The other annoying thing is the big wait time before you can enter.10 ppl waiting is quite the queue…Just to enter and fall down.Imagine the frustration of waiting 15 mins in line , enter and fall to your demise.

Fix buggy gauntlet!

P.S.:Thank you!