Guild Wars 2

I found the landing at the Straits of Devastation to be the most dangerous part actually. Ofcourse, it’s pretty easy to solo scout as a level 80 thief since I can just drop aggro and outrun everything, or if I feel like – kill everything (apart from strolling giants etc :P).

One of my guildies, a necro also doesn’t seem to have any problem strolling through it solo as there isn’t much that is actually a threat to him.

However none of that helps you so, how about just taking the opportunity to make new friends? Make it a game to try get one or two new people to take you to each new Poi?

Thanks Bear, however I probably can’t play till tomorrow evening again, having resigned to the fact that I would miss it and made other plans. I wish ANet actually posted that it would be repeating until x-time and date. Ah well, such is life. I don’t ever win the lottery either. :P

Good luck getting your precursors all!

Hmm, since you lost my original post here it goes again +more:

Good stuff:
New Map is very pretty and dangerous! Very nice!
New Jumping puzzles (especially Skipping Stones) is awesome.
Fractal dungeons quite fun for the most part!

Not so good stuff:
Didn’t get to participate in opening or ending, but the map itself was a tad laggy (non event time). Possibly due to lots of people exploring
One-shot events rate a zero from me since I couldn’t participate. Sorry. Maybe run next 1-shot event at Oceanic time?
Hard to complete -investigation- steps when NPCs are bugged and are now missing.
Possibly lack of play testing on each server?
Left over items from investigation steps… what do we do with them?
Getting a group for Fractals will probably be more and more difficult for non grinders.
Also means it’s harder to get a group to do Story mode dungeons as the pool of players is spread out more.
New pretty land seems to have no purpose for non-crafters after story arc? Pretty sure I’m getting same drops from the zombies at Orr, for less effort. More events there (in Orr) that you can do with smaller groups more often too…
Mad King was better executed / delivered than Lost Shores

Suggestions:
More play testing for next event? (not sure if it’ll help, also I know it’s hard to load-test for big events)
Pick a different time slot for your next 1-time event. Anywhere but the one you have been currently catering to.
Timers + Titles on jumping puzzles?
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/New-Titles-and-Timers/first#post785802

Mark.3450:

Why do Anet sell this game globally if they do not intend to cater to their global audience? Final event at 6am on a Monday morning for Oceanics?

If they can’t repeat then I think it would be awesome if their next one-time event was at Oceanic time. Hmm deja vu – I think I just typed this elsewhere. Probably a thread that will be folded into here? :P

If they can’t do repeats then maybe they should schedule the next one time event to happen at Oceanic time for a change.

I think it will need some tweaking, because if I log in now and can just waltz to the chest in 2 minutes not having to fight anything, the people that survived the lag-fest for a few hours may be a bit annoyed if I pull a precursor or something that they didn’t. :P

Perhaps a mailed gem shop chest + key as a “sorry you couldn’t make it” thing is an alternative, but then I’d just feel like they’re pitying me. [shrug] I’m ok with not getting anything since I wasn’t there. They just have to make sure the people that were there will get stuff – which I think they’re already addressing on the dev thing. Keep an eye on your mail.

I think it would be fair if they made the next one time event only happen for prime-time Germany. Then the next one maybe Japan time. Then maybe if I get lucky East Coast Australia. :P

They catered for their largest player-base right? That means they know the numbers for each timezone and should be able to make events to match the number of people available (though not easier). Ofcourse the rewards should be the same.

Dempsey.8760:

I am a cop I cannot just request time off at a moments notice

For what it’s worth I think the real world was a slightly better place because you were at work (regardless of what you did) instead of in game. People keep forgetting that real life should trump your virtual one each time. Still can’t fix your grievances with the game though. Sorry.

Would be nice if they cycled the timezones of these one-time events, like next time cater to… I dunno, Singapore time maybe – which is still awkward for me. But hey, give other people the chance to get precursors too right?

haviz.1340:

Joseph Skyrim.2470:

I think they did it the wrong way. Story mode should be MORE rewarding than explorable – but can only be run by each character once (as the lead). This way people will be jumping to do story mode, and when there’s no one running story they can idle through explorable.

Hope they change it that way anyway.

Why would something easy reward you better than something harder? Besides, what reward at level 30 (AC) could be better than tokens for 80 lvl exotics?

Oh I was just thinking that they might put some import on the Destiny’s Edge “story” but yeah, if that’s not the case then they can just ignore what I said above. :P

Hi all! Just had a silly idea (probably a bad one) that I thought I’d share anyway. How about adding a few more titles for players for more obscure stuff? For example, you have some people on the forums who have posted excellent suggestions. If you take up the suggestion, why not reward them with an in-game title?

What the title itself is, I dunno – “the Thinker”? “the Inventor”? “the one with bad ideas?” whatever. Just thought it would be a nice thing to do.

Also, ever since the Mad King’s jumping puzzle I’ve been now actively hunting all the jump puzzles in the game. This is where my second suggestion comes in. Timers! Just a simple stop-watch when you begin a jump puzzle, and stops when you reach the “end”. Not sure how applicable this is with -all- the Jump Puzzles as I haven’t done them all yet but there are a few I can think of where it will work.

Then record the time in the Jumping Puzzle section and display the current fastest time to beat (and who currently holds it) server wide, and if you happen to be the fastest you get another title! :P “Champion of the Dark Reverie” for example. Ofcourse – you can potentially lose that if someone beats your time.

As I said, silly ideas. Thanks for reading anyway!

I can only hope that at least five thousand people remained connected to get the loot. Flooded market means low prices for me. :P

Look on the brightside Anubis, if you manage to hang in there you’re supposedly guaranteed exotics and a precursor or something… Gives you a higher chance of getting them than the people who can’t play (like me). :P

Hang on, if I’ve completed level 1 of the fractals that means I can’t just choose to do level 1 again? :/ Hmm this was in the patch notes wasn’t it… goes to look

So everyone has to make it with the wisps at the same time? Just wondering. My group tried it for a bit then just went… nope screw this and exited. Hell, even being turned into a dolphin to swim through krait was more fun (and no, that wasn’t really fun either – but very funny. :P).

I think they did it the wrong way. Story mode should be MORE rewarding than explorable – but can only be run by each character once (as the lead). This way people will be jumping to do story mode, and when there’s no one running story they can idle through explorable.

Hope they change it that way anyway.

Also wondering about these items. I think I have a magic scroll I got from a quaggan that I tried to give to one of the lionguard people, but he refused to take it. When I went to try the next day he was no longer there at LA. Kinda scratching my head about what was the point of that.

The zone seemed a bit laggy even without the event, so I’m kinda glad I wasn’t able to participate in the -one time thingy-. They obviously didn’t cater well enough for it if everyone was lagging which means that maybe in the future they shouldn’t run one time events – or maybe send people off to an instanced place after a hard to reach portal. The second chest on the Skipping Stones puzzle (awesome btw, kudos to the designer of that) would be an appropriate place.

The -event- itself however… I found the Mad King more epic.

Just thought I’d put up a link to my silly blog here, since there’s a whole forum section dedicated to holding GW2 related links!

http://josephskyrim.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/explorer-of-tyria.html

While playing through as a Norn Engineer I found that running the quests when you first meet the Orders of Tyria that the Priory representative (only) usually says different things to what the text reads.

Also in one part he is talking while the Vigil rep is still on screen (cutscene).

Just for reference during that quest line I picked Priory -> Vigil -> Whispers -> Whispers if you are trying to reproduce it. Happens a few times particularly on the first half of that quest arc.

Minor in the scheme of things, but just odd. Thought I’d report it incase you weren’t yet aware.