Guild Wars 2

This reminds me of the presents from Wintersday, and I think that’s much more reasonable: a good solution. It is not possible to have monsters that preclude zerker warriors from chewing through them but are also bite-sized enough for lower level characters. Those are mutually exclusive, and I think this is the right call—it actually encourages folks who are struggling to work together.

I think we all need to make room in the world for content we don’t like. We need to accept, deep-down, that we will like some parts much more than other parts—and that the game will sometimes be set up to reward participating in those areas we don’t like!

This isn’t me being harsh or like, “GO TO ANOTHER ZONE,” but GW2 is a compromise between millions and millions of players. I think we all wish that Activity A was more like Activity B sometimes, but there are players who love Activity A and they deserve to have it in their game.

I get the impression that the addition of more vistas, skill points, etc may be an outcome of this month’s events. More locations and features are being constructed throughout.

It seems like this is sound from a development perspective:

1. Open the zone with “low stakes,” as an add-on
2. Wait several months to collect user experience data and bug reports
3. Fix the bugs
4. Use overall user experience and reactions to bridge that final gap into real content

That way, by the time the zone “counts,” it has already been thoroughly vetted by your users. The last thing they’d want is to have untested content required for world completion.

Helmet: Mind of Koda
Shoulders: Heritage (Heavy)
Chest: Riveted
Gauntlets: Jalis’ Gauntlets
Leggings: Pit fighter
Boos: Ascalonian

This is what happens when you try to build an armor set entirely around a bear hat.