Guild Wars 2

I just played the Story mission of HOT. Unfortunately it has the same problem as most Story missions in the game so far: NPC behaviour.

Especially in the first part, in the cave, most NPCs didn’t do anything most of the time. Only the Pale Reaver was actually fighting while the others just stood there and watched as I did all the work. I really wish this problem would be solved – preferably not only in the new missions but also in the old ones which are already there.

The whole experience of the Story of Guild Wars 2 is affected by ‘heroes’ not fighting. We are always told they are so great and important but I will never forget the first Charr missions where Rytlock fought without making damage. It’s not only annoying but completely ruins the atmosphere.

I really hoped things would be better in the new missions.

NPC behaviour already worked so well in GW1, I don’t understand why it doesn’t work in GW2 at all. You generally can never rely on them to fight, rez or do anything else, which is quite frustrating.

I am currently setting my traits after having a short gaming break and being too lazy to think about traits.
While doing this I found out that one thing which would be really good to have would be the possibility to save 3-4 sets/builds of traits for different occassions (maybe the same could go for skills?). I may for instance like to have different traits depending on if I play alone or in a group and it’s quite a fuss to reset them all individually – and I’d have to remember exactly what they were! (which is probably the hardest part)

The ability to save builds was also one of the really good aspects of Guild Wars 1. It was a fast way to adapt to different things you wanted to do. As resetting traits became easier now, I think it would also be a good addition to Guild Wars 2. Being able to easily share builds with others was very nice too, of course, but the ability to just save them would already make a big difference.

It’s absolutely great. I love it. It’s fun and really well done, even the music.
So much work for 1st April.

Thank you AN!

I’m also disappointed that I can’t get a weapon skin for my Engineer. I’ve never used a shield so buying a skin for that would not make much sense.