Guild Wars 2

The things that actually make these dungeons fun for me are the mechanic driven boss fights. That’s pretty much the bread and butter. Favorite parts in the game so far:

SE story, last boss, very fun, t2 reference.
CoF story, last boss, really fun mechanics, Logan stopped whining.
Dragon in Frostgorge, cool mechanics, fun all around.

When the mechanics are fun I don’t stop to remember how much HP they had. When it’s boring that’s all I can think about. The golem boss in SE is the best example, they have more HP then the boss does and 3 mechanics at most each, yet you wail on them for 4-5 minutes. The biggest let down yet was the Zhitan dungeon, so many cool parts I didn’t mind the 3 random bosses with seemingly no mechanics that started the dungeon. The dragons, the giants, so cool. Then you fight Zhitan, who spawns some mobs, then clings to a tower while you shoot him in the face and he literally does nothing about it. I have a hard time believing this was intended, unless the idea was, O.K. Zhitan fight, let’s see, kill a ton of trash, and then press 2 for 3 minutes. (Also where was Trahearne? He was just not there because he was busy or something?)

I like challenges. I play a warrior and I prioritized Power, Toughness, and Vitality. I still get smacked around like I’m made of paper.
- Making mobs have huge health pools isn’t challenging.
- Making mobs one shot you, isn’t challenging.
- Mechanics that are only challenging to figure out, are only challenging to figure out, and have 0 replay challenge so that’s kind of awful in its own way.

And to agree with some others, 40 times through a dungeon is a little much. You done good by making three separate paths, that’s nice, but you can choose the path, so you get locked into the easiest one because no one wants to do the harder versions (mostly because there is no reward). Have it randomly pick for you, and give more for completion. Or just give out a piece when you complete all 3, so that’s 3 runs per piece of armor, plus weapons is around 25 runs to get a set, and at least it’s not 25 of the easiest one you just ground out.

Lastly I want to say I am not at all upset in this game so far, there are things you should tweak, I know most will be fixed, maybe not to my specifications but in a way we all feel is fair. I really enjoy this game, and i will not be returning to that other MMO because it has show me there is a much better format to play, where the combat can be exciting and engaged, and the fights CAN be interesting and change every time.

Keep up the good work.