Ok, I will admit, my own pride is mainly bruised. But, I will post yet again in this forum. I fail to see the usefulness of a special event that is so elitist (The Clock Tower). I have been trying for 4 days to pass this ridiculously hard jumping puzzle. The first 2 days as Asura, only to realize they have a camera issue and jump disadvantage that makes it extremely hard for them to complete, on top of the fact that you can’t see your avatar because of all the other players body blocking you. As soon as I made the switch to a human avatar I instantly made it twice as far, but still not complete. (To all of those who say it’s easy, congratulations you’re in the 5% of lucky people that it was designed for, here’s a cookie.) I’m not a bad gamer, I have completed many other jumping puzzles with relative ease, however none of them required so accurate a time schedule. Any lag causes instant failure because of the jump timing, coupled with the wait time it’s the most aggravating combination possible. Now, you can brush this off and say it’s not your fault that I have a bad connection. Well that is partly true, but given the fact that it has been stated that this puzzle was designed for 5% of users, I fail to see WHY that was a good idea. Over 3 million people play this game, why the designers have chosen to aggravate, enrage, or otherwise push away 2,850,000 users, seems like a bad business plan, especially since it’s the VERY FIRST special event. Now, in reality there are a certain percentage of people who will never complete it that will still enjoy it. However, I doubt the numbers who enjoy it will offset the number of people who dislike it or have utterly given up trying to complete it. (There are also reports of people giving away account info to those who can complete it for money, that’s really sad.) Until now I’ve had nothing but praise for Guildwars 2… I’ve told all my friend gamers and family gamers to try it. Now I’m going to tell them to hold off, the designers make events just like every other pay to win video game, way too hard for too many people so a few elite people can have an ego boost. This game was supposed to be about helping your neighbor, hence the ability to heal anyone unlimited amounts of time. This puzzle has fallen so far from that tree it belongs in the recycle bin. I will admit it is beautifully designed, and looks amazing, it is visually stunning. However, the good looks and the loot are hardly worth the amount of time the average gamer is required to spend to complete it, if they ever complete it. It’s already a limited event, why limit it to 5% of the game population as a whole. Good job developers, you have officially tarnished my view (a once dedicated fan) of you, and judging by the size of this forum, I’m not the only one. I will reflect this in the amount of money I spend on Gems, as will my guild. You just lost money; I hope the 5%-10% ego boost is worth it. I don’t need to pay for something I can’t complete and neither does my guild. Be glad you don’t charge a monthly fee, or I wouldn’t be playing anymore.
the update totally borked my loggin abilities. My computer is fine, yes my virus software has GW2 specially enabled to allow always. No my internet is not bad, yes I reset my router, still nothing. It shows a repeating 1k 0k 1k 0k download, and keeps searching. The only way to shut it down is to use task manager to force it to quit. Please fix this soon!