Guild Wars 2

Talindra.4958:

Gulling.. don’t let this break you. Do other stuff and play other thing in the game .. or maybe come back again later when most ppl master it better.. we used to do 100cm for holo dancer and the core where I can sell for gold. But later stop doing it.. don’t hv the patience for it. And the effort.
Oh btw Dessa is Arkk’s mom?? ol

Ty for cheering me up! I will not be broken that easily, I come from a land where we have -40 Celsius in the winter. Though I love fractals so much and I don´t know what else I should do in the game. Kind of like loosing a very dear friend.

Ps) Arkks dad is that eye from Lord of the rings. He is scared of his son.

IndigoSundown.5419:

@ Gullig

While English may not be your native tongue, I found your narrative to be compelling and interesting. There were strong indications that despite the frustration, you are trying (and succeeding, unless I miss my guess) to make lemonade out of the Arkk lemon. Were you to want advice, I’d suggest focusing on the tongue in cheek rather than the frustration. Regardless, if you do decide to move on, I hope you find other challenges and fun wherever you go. If you decide to stay, there is no problem with foregoing something you don’t enjoy in favor of doing the paths you do enjoy.

P. S. I hope your arm gets better soon.

You might just be…spot on
I have almost returned to normal state now, though I can only play games that fit my patience when it comes to wiping (Candy Crush, Super Mario Bros 1). Also on the positive note – I now know who will be my mental opponent on future boxing-classes.

Arm is much better, ty so much for asking. I bet you are the kind of player that can cheer up any pug in no time on a rainy day!

zealex.9410:

@Gullig Man ill tell you what i did after the first day i tried it (wiped on arkk for like 3 hours) i decided ti leave the boss and w8 for ppl to learn the fight better. In the mean time i watched some kills on youtube and ask for advise from the ppl that aploaded them. A week or 2 after i went in and was better at it than even ppl who had the title.

Ty for the tip. I watched the Youtube-fights a few times before trying 100cm for the first time, but Arkk just kept on killing us anyway. For days. It´s them one shot abilities that I remember so well from my time in Wow. They will always kill pug-players, someone will always rage, a keyboard or two breaks on a regular basis. Everyone like me and their cats have a horrible time on those conditions. I´m very happy for you, and all the rest who got the title though! I hope this fractal is for you and that it gives you the same pleasure as Chaos, aka “DISCO FLOOR FOREVER!”, fractal gave me.

Benjamin Arnold.3457:

Gullig.8796:

Ashen.2907:

If fractals are fun for you, but one particular fractal, at one particular level, with CM isnt..wouldnt a wiser decision be to play the other fractals or levels, etc?

It would be like me quitting GW2 because I dont care for one particular event in one zone.

I totally understand and you are probobly right. It is just that my left side hurt since I fell on the floor. I have never let a game dmg me IRL before, both mentally and physically. I am very scared what game developers are turning fractals into and I don’t wanna not be able to join daily runs cause one of them happen to be 100 (Yes, I can clear 100, but I HATE it). Maybe it just burned me out.

I understand the frustration you feel. Sometimes it is best to just put it down and take a breather. We don’t build these experiences intending to cause people physical or mental anguish, but we understand that everyone has different opinions and emotions and will react to things differently. And obviously, the bugs are just plain frustrating.

When I find myself failing at a particularly difficult challenge, I’ve learned over the years that the more angry or frustrated I get, the worse I do, and then the more angry I get, and then it is just a self perpetuating cycle that leaves me feeling terrible. These days I have been trying much harder to realize when I’m starting to get frustrated, when my emotions are clouding my judgement and causing my blood to pump too fast. In those times I try to take a deep breath and calm down, and either walk away from the game for a day, or try again with renewed vigor and concentration.

Remember that it isn’t about the rewards, it is about the experience of the journey and the self improvement that always comes with overcoming a difficult challenge, and not every challenge can be completed in a day, or even a week or a month. The hard things in life are what make us stronger people.

This is my first ever post to this forum and I didn’t know game developers answered questions. Big credit to you for that.

Also, I want to thank you for all the wonderful time I had in all the other fractals. Chaos and Nightmare being my absolute favorites. Music in Nightmare last segment is amazing.

Also ty for the feedback. I guess my problem is time and the fun factor. I don’t have, as more people have pointed out, time to spend wiping and wiping again for hours. I got a job and family. As for the fun – this is only a subjective opinion and I hope other people find Arkk fun.

Ashen.2907:

If fractals are fun for you, but one particular fractal, at one particular level, with CM isnt..wouldnt a wiser decision be to play the other fractals or levels, etc?

It would be like me quitting GW2 because I dont care for one particular event in one zone.

I totally understand and you are probobly right. It is just that my left side hurt since I fell on the floor. I have never let a game dmg me IRL before, both mentally and physically. I am very scared what game developers are turning fractals into and I don’t wanna not be able to join daily runs cause one of them happen to be 100 (Yes, I can clear 100, but I HATE it). Maybe it just burned me out.

I just wanna say ty for all the answers. The fact that more players hate Arkk makes me hate him more, and in some strange way that feels better. I wish the ability to bomb him back comes in next patch.

Feanor.2358:

Oh geez, the newest content added to the game with the intent of being challenging can’t be beaten by rolling your face on the keyboard! How dare they!

For the record, I haven’t killed Arkk on the CM yet either. We’re doing it with some guildies when we have some spare time and we’re making steady progress. It’s not that hard.

Ty for your opinion. Let me be clear on one thing. I don’t raid. I simply don’t have the time. But imo I am a good fractal player. 99cm is easy for me. Also I play to have fun, and Arkk is not my idea of fun. I understand some ppl like the challange and big gz to them. But having a pulse of constant 200 is not my cup if tea.

Ok, this is not gonna be pretty. I apologize in advance for very hard subjective opinion. I also apologize for english that might not be 100% correct.

I only do fractals in this game. My MP and AP is horribly low cause of that. Sometimes I take a beating for it, but mostly it’s all fun and games. I take that back. It WAS all fun and games untill Arkk came into my life.

“How hard can it be” I said, not knowing my mind was delusional. 1 day of wiping passed. The one shot abilities started to get to me, but just slightly.

2 days of wiping and I realized Arkk started to come to me at night. The evil little midget starred at me grinning “I WILL NEVER DIE!”

After 3 days of wiping I made a decision. I no longer have the privilige to sleep. If i wanted this kill, and oh I wanted it more than a person stuck i Sahara wants a glass of water, I needed to pull an all nighter.

This is where things got bad, really bad. And I can tell you I am normally a “refined player” when it comes to raging. I just don’t do it. My old, experienced soul tells me that it the wrong path. Instead I try to encourage and sooth ppl, never giving up my faith in humanity.

Everything, including the %$#@ humanity was lost on that 4th night! I played the game so long I started to think Arkk was in my hallway. He wasn’t grinning though, no he was LAUGHING his pants off at us! At 3 AM I slipped on my Yoga carpet when getting a glass of water. I fell hard, almost broke my arm, and spilled water all over my keyboard.

My first thought was “Ah sh#t, they pulled!!” The sound from the Chronos clock-ability rang in my head. I cleaned my keyboard in what must have been world record time. Then I was game again. By now, I had started to randomly shout IRL. Not realizing I wasn’t on TS.

And so at 5 AM the frase all fun and games forever died for me. My keyboard freaked out. It started to change weapons, use long CD skills on random etc. I tried typing some kind of explanation. It came out as “KGFJKNDRJB”.

Shaking and biting my lips I looked at the PC power button. Then I pressed it hard, pretending it was Arkks nose.

Either I am horrible player or new 100CM is horrible. Either way I’m never playing this game again. I don’t care how cute the new mount bunny is.

Feel free to have opinions about this. Other Arkk ragestorys would maybe make me feel a bit better.