What you missed if you didn’t play Guild Wars 2 last weekend

Posted by on November 23, 2012 in Games

Last weekend, Guild Wars 2 tried something new with a one-time event that was variously spectacular, clever, and disastrous.

I have the utmost respect for how ArenaNet puts drama, action, and storytelling into its open worlds. But [last weekend's] battles against the karka on Southsun Shoals were a misbegotten spectacle of epic misproportion. I was there for four hours on Sunday afternoon, and it was four of the worst hours I’ve spent in Guild Wars 2 thus far, because I knew what ArenaNet was trying to do. I could tell how it was supposed to go, and so I was keenly aware of how it wasn’t going.

Read about it in this week’s Guilded.

  • mygaffer

    MORE 9/11 references Tom? You’d think you would have learned your lesson with your radio appearance.

    All joking aside an interesting read. If there was ever an MMO I would try it would be probably be Guild Wars 2.

  • amanda_chen

    I’m in the pic. I’m in the pic! That’s me, Vaginus Straddlespunk.

  • petereff

    I was incredibly disappointed with the Lost Shores event. The final Boss fight was available from about 8:45 am- 4:00pm Australian time. It’s a shame if you are a grown up who has to work. Any time after that, it was a hunt for any overflow servers who were still running it. I got on to three servers… the first two disconnected after 45 minutes and the last one came down for ‘routine maintenance’ whilst in the second stage of the boss fight. Despite four hours of infuriating play, I never got to the final boss fight so I won’t even be one of the people who get reparations from Anet. To add insult to injury, they sent me a feedback form after the event, trying to respond to it got me a ‘can’t connect’ message.

    Next event, I’m staying in bed.