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Jumping Puzzle Feedback [Merged]

I swore I wasn’t going to post on these forums in case I caught something nasty, but I just can’t get rid of the itch (maybe I got that from posting the last time? :P). For your enjoyment/ridicule/rage inducement, I give you my opinion. You’re welcome.

Having completed both of the holiday JPs, I agree that this one for me was considerably easier than Clocktower. I actually enjoyed banging my head off that one for a couple of hours, knowing that the puzzle was doable, I just had to get everything perfect for one run. This one took a few minutes rather than hours and most of that was due to a) learning various mechanics that I had to look out for (melting snowflakes, mortars etc) and b) me derping on some of the jumps. My tag-team mmo partner in crime who did not manage to complete the CT event actually got further through the puzzle than me on his first run and completed on the attempt after I finished the first time.

This puzzle, IMO, was way more forgiving as it was pretty obvious that the frostbite mechanic was on a percentage of health per tick and that everyone moved at the same speed. I didn’t have the problems of Charr and Norns blocking my view (but then again I am one of those Norns :P), however whoever suggested “ghost” images for other players wins +1 cookie.

There wasn’t quite the sense of achievement as there was with CT (no punching the air shouting, Yes! on this one) but it was still enjoyable nontheless. I could have stood a bit more being metaphorically slapped in the face by the puzzle, but I was still happy with what we got.

If Anet are to continue to put one level of difficulty in for all people, then the arguments re: difficulty will not end. If they change it so that there are multiple difficulties then the arguments will merely change, dependant on whether the reward at the end is the same for all difficulty levels, or different. The joys of the internet and various other games who have handed rewards out on a plate to the baying mobs that frequent them mean that, unfortunately, Anet are the unwinnable position of not being able to please anyone at any time…well expect me, but I’m easily pleased and am still having a blast with this game.

TL:DR. Personally, CT was better. For the community, I suspect Wintersday wins.

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Posted by: Mithalder.8469

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I wanted so hard to enjoy this event and indeed I may have, if it had been in any way playable for me. Friday’s event lagged so badly that I could not play. Spells did not cast for 2-3 minutes, then all of a sudden I’d die due to a mob that ate my face some time previously, but I couldn’t see it at the time. Got no credit for the event as I was not able to hand in the few shells that I’d managed to loot when the game was vaguely playable. Those were the minute or two I had after the four or five disconnects I experienced during the time.

Saturday was better, but not by much. After waiting patiently for the trebuchet, I got the message to go to the island. I think I missed something here? Regardless, I actually managed to get to the island and make the push inland. Incredibly laggy again, but at least stable this time.

Sunday. Knowing the problems I’d had in LA on Friday and Saturday, I moved my main over to the island ahead of time, dropped settings to minimum and disabled everything on my system that was not essential to the running of the PC. Unfortunately once the event started, I got exactly the same problems as the LA event. I couldn’t see mobs or where other players were. Spells would not cast due to massive lag and constant disconnects. I persevered to a spiral ramp, I think, but I had no idea what was happening around me, just spammed AoE in the hope that I hit something. After the n th disconnect, (or what I assumed was another disconnect, everybody that had finally appeared on my screen was running into the walls for 3 minutes, except for one warrior who was spinning on the spot all that time. It made a change :P) I alt-f4’d and ran Terramorphous a couple of times on Borderlands 2 with a friend who was having similar issues. He didn’t drop anything useful either!

I am disappointed to have missed so much of the weekend, even more so now that I find I have missed out on the reward chest at the end.

I would like to say that I liked the idea and had I actually been able to participate in the majority of the content, I’m sure I would have enjoyed it. Unfortunately the reality of it has left me feeling less than excited for future events like this.