Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2 for around two years, mostly PVE, but occasionally paired up with one other player. It has become obvious to me that the Personal Story arcs in Heart of Thorns and more especially in recent Living World Seasons are becoming increasingly more difficult to complete as an average solo player.

Hero Points have become much more challenging too. In the original game, an average player could expect to complete them all solo. In Heart of Thorns it is extremely difficult to win Hero Point battles unless you are playing in a group with other players.

I am close to a decision to give up playing any Living World Season content as it has more or less ceased to be fun. The story leading up to Confessor’s End was imaginative and very well written. I especially liked the element of sneaking around that was introduced for the first time, but the final chapter was a real slap in the face.

The worst chapter of the new content, is Confessor’s End in Lake Doric. The difficulty level is ridiculous! The final battle in the Lower Chamber is an awful design! I know that many highly skilled players, equipped with the best Legendary weapons and armor have managed to succeed, but average players like me, equipped with normal Exotic gear and weapons, just get killed again and again in a horrible loop of death. This is not fun!

ArenaNet need to patch this chapter and tweak the difficulty down somewhat, otherwise they will alienate a lot of players.

I wonder if they have introduced a new policy to focus on extreme challenges suitable only for group players and are turning away from PVE player content.

Please ArenaNet, fix this!

Solution found!

I was also stuck at Black Haven waiting to speak to the Agent to activate the next part of the quest. Nothing happened, then I noticed a swirling green star, way off over the other side of the map. When I walked over there the Agent was standing there. When I spoke to him the “instance” opened up and I was able to complete that part of the mission/story.

Hope you find this useful!