why so much hate for the Jps they are fun and easy
Because the core argument in favor of jumping puzzles to date was that they were entirely optional.
Now they’re required as part of the monthly achievements for January.
It’s easy to argue that those achievements are optional, of course, but for more casual players, those achievements are one of the few ways they can keep up with the more regular players in terms of obtaining karma and tokens for forging.
Really, I’m much more bothered by the fact that Fractals is still required. It made sense being there in November, but this is January now. And Fractals was a huge part of the update that made many people quit this game. The devs should know by now that even the people who like Fractals aren’t keen on being forced to keep running it for monthly achievement points, and those who don’t like it probably don’t like being reminded about it every month.
Seriously. Don’t force players to run Fractals if they don’t want to.
In all reality, no one’s being forced to do anything. I really don’t think a casual player cares too much about their achv points, nor do I think they’ll cry over it. Everything in this game is optional. Do you want specific gear, do you want to do achievements, do you want to do jumping puzzles, dungeons, do you want to grind for things?
Jumping puzzles are one of the easiest things in the game, it’s not hard to do them.
As for fractals, you could run fractals 1 and 2 and knock them out easy. It’s just another thing to do that isn’t the same as always.
IF you really want to complain about something, go for WvW. It’s been there every month since launch and certain classes have trouble tagging for kills. Other than that I don’t see why you’re complaining.
Like I said, it’s ALL optional. Achievements, monthlies, JPs, grinding, everything. Stop complaining because they actually add variety and don’t just give away free karma.
(Hopefully cough ANET cough )