Guild Wars 2

My gaming background…
Extensive. First games were the classics on the Apple 2 line like Ultima, Wizardry, etc. and the Atari 2600 games of old.
I play a lot of games from FPS types (CoD/BF/UT) to single player RPGs and some RTS games.
As far as MMOs I started with UO (as a player and part of the community volunteer program) then moved on to EQ, Asheron’s Call, DAoC, Anarchy Online, and a few other games before starting in WoW. Played WoW off and on for a few years. I played GW1 very briefly at it’s launch but never got into it. I’ve tried a few other MMOs that never caught my attention (Aion, Conan, Rift) until SWTOR in beta and for about 6 months into release.

Do I love or hate Guildwars 2?
Love. Not a complete, head over heels love but I’m definitely very fond of it. The bugs and lackluster monthly content are probably the two things that keep me from being totally enamored, but I’m having fun with the core content at this point and with the right group of people (having a great guild definitely helps) it can be a downright blast.

You don’t need a red post, they put it on the kitten website (if only people could read):

An Epic One-Time Event
This is it: the final battle against the fierce Ancient Karka on the brand-new Southsun Cove map. Only the combined might of the heroes of Tyria has any hope against a creature this powerful, which means we need you! This once-in-a-lifetime event takes place only on November 18—don’t miss it.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-2012/

Both Canach and Fahd are bugged on Fort Aspenwood.

MatthewMedina.5419:

The reason we chose the times that we did, when concurrency is at its peak, is precisely because it offers us the highest chance for the largest number of people to attend.

I understand this argument when talking about days during the weekend, but can you honestly say that 3PM Eastern/12 Pacific on a Friday is a period of peak concurrency? You have that many people playing during the day in the U.S.?

Wait, you don’t mean they’ll happen only once during the event do you? That would be a terrible design decision. You’d basically be saying we should play 24/7 or miss out.

There’s a Mystic Forge in the Heart of the Mists so no need to waypoint to a capitol.