Guild Wars 2

Just going to pop in and say I loved it.

Previous to this I had played very little GW2. Lots of schoolwork and life keep me away from gaming and so when I do I preferred to play/ watch SC2 over GW2 just because I was afraid it was going to be another WoW…

This event changed my mind entirely. I began the event when the Mad King popped out of the statue in Lion’s Arch and did not stop until I got most everything done and had a ball with EVERYTHING. Clocktower was my absolute favorite and I spent about 6-8 hours trying to do just that.

Really I wouldn’t change a thing. There were good easy things for EVERYONE to do and there were hard and time consuming things for the hardcores. Excellent job Arena. You have a new fan and I will be playing much more GW2 in the future

(P.S. Add some more jump puzzles like the tower please!)

Josh Foreman.8250:

Aurelian Omenkind.2470:

Tried 4 or 5 times, then said “nope, I’m’a farm some more candy corns.” Been happy since.

When I made this map I was HOPING that people who aren’t into jumping would do exactly this. They’d see a fun Halloween looking environment, maybe get to the first chest and snag a goodie, then be on their merry way. I see now it was a mistake to make the hardest jumping challenge in the game part of an in-your-face update like a holiday event. I’m not going to stop making difficult stuff like this, they just won’t be so prominent in the future. I honestly hate making people upset and have a very high level of empathy. So it’s been hard hearing all the people that are so angry, frustrated and sad because of something I’ve made. But it’s just another lesson learned.

Just going to drop in here and say that this was my first EVER jump puzzle and I loved every second of working on it.

My girlfriend told me about GW2 before it came out and I pre-ordered to play with her. I’d say all told before the Halloween event and the tower specifically I had played MAYBE 5 hours. Now I would say I’ve still only played about 15 hours or so but that is 10 more hours than previously. (Note: not much time to play because of school and the rigors of a masters program)

The difficulty was not a turn off to me. It was AMAZING. Here finally was something that I could do and spend time on and have a BLAST without having to spend hours farming or grinding or doing much really than finding a door and going have some fun. The difficulty simply gave me a feeling of accomplishment after I put in about 6 hours worth of work into it.

Just wanted to post this to say great job and thank you for the puzzle. I’m going to play GW2 way more in the future now BECAUSE of the tower and this event!

Good job!