Guild Wars 2

I think folks would enjoy a permanent portable Bouncing Mushroom! It could be used to have a jump-off spot for gliding, anywhere gliding is allowed. It would be even better if it were like the Aviator Box and Box-O-Fun, allowing nearby players to use it for a limited time. In that case, perhaps a better graphic would be a miniature grove of mushrooms.

What do I want to see in Adventures? I’ll risk being a bit selfish. I’m away from home 9+ hours a day for work, come home to reacquaint with my toddler, make/eat dinner, enjoy a little down time, get little one ready for bed, and then put myself to bed. I want an Adventure with attainable objectives that I can do in that time frame, sometimes one-handed while little one sits on my lap enjoying the Adventure with me, and easy to come back to with the many interruptions that come with being a parent. How many ArenaNet customers are parents? How many have already bought multiple accounts to include their kids whey they are old enough to play? (I’m guilty of that…)

I don’t want to compete with elitist players who try to push ArenaNet’s hand by making conveniently easy statements like “this game sucks” when they don’t always get their way, as well as statements like “if you can’t do it like I do, then leave”. I make great use of the block list whenever I see silly anti-game chat like that. My time is too precious to waste on their negativity.

Reasonable time frames. Don’t forget about us folks who aren’t into PvP and WvW, and don’t have hours to figure out all the invisible tricks to the jumping puzzles, multiple-step achievements, or watching the same long cut-scene over and over to finally accomplish one goal. If there are timed events, please make them tiered. That is, they can be accomplished in any amount of time, but faster times reap better rewards.

Please keep non-Uber folks in mind when you make the finishing touches on this expansion. I believe people enjoy an affordable game with beautiful music, amazing artwork, varied scenery, fun adventures, cool costumes, and desirable rewards; we enjoy chatting with new friends from around the globe, and watching the “I want it all and I want it right now” folks blissfully (and politely) passing us by, leaving us in their dust.

When I hear the word Adventure, I think of Dungeons & Dragons and Choose Your Own Adventure books, both of which I enjoyed as a youth. It’s teamwork and fantasy, not competition.

I trust ArenaNet to make this a fun expansion – they’ve done a great job so far.