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Returning to Guild Wars 2 – World Boss Wonderment
SBFord
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Returning to Guild Wars 2 – World Boss Wonderment
In a land of Dragons and Magic and whatever a Karka is, the enemies a player may face in Guild Wars 2 should not be taken lightly. In my previous articles I have given players some tips and knowledgeable tools to get their bearings after joining, or rejoining, the land of Tyria. In todays jaunt back into the ever-changing world, we’ll be talking about World Bosses and Meta Events, including what they are, and why you as a new or returning player should care.
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There's the same old same old in this game, outside of the mounts system which they should have implemented from the beginning, there's no real improvements to the game. It's still CPU heavy rather than GPU heavy, the rewards suck, and you spend all your time trying to farm stuff just to get some gold in the AH who's prices keep increasing by a factor of 100 each year.
If these developers over at Arenanet were interested in improving the game, they should look to the developers of such games like The Elder Scrolls Online, or Diablo III, or Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft.
Hahah nice one xD.
Yeah, gw2 needs to upgrade the World Bosses rewards. Anyway ,the World Bosses are very spectacular events, and any New player should give a try.
And for veteran players, kill some World bosses is necessary as part of legendary achievements.
FFARR is good
Aloha Mr Hand !
However, on the Teq battles I've received several ascended boxes, which is pretty good considering they are pretty rare.
The thing is, loot drops across the entirety of the game are pretty terrible in the sense that, most people don't really "need" anything.. as it's all pretty much horizontal progression. At least the boss battles give you a lot of rewards as opposed to a little.
"World Boss" in GW2 has been nothing but a train on a schedule for years.
Step 1. Download GW2PAO or GW2TacO
Step 2. Show up
Step 3. Profit (Although not by much)
For the general population in the "know" these events might seem fairly common place, repetitive, and maybe even a little boring after the dozenth time they've been run. For players that are just returning or starting for their first time, however, should still complete these events for a variety of reasons, all mentioned in the article.
Granted it's rare that I can truly delve deeply into each boss in an article, simply due to the fact the article would be as long as a novel and be about as interesting as unbuttered toast, the legacy bosses I chose specifically will help new players get a handle on the basic mechanics of some of the tougher boss fights that they'll encounter.
About this time a really good friend from Guild Wars One kept pressuring me to try an outer space sandbox game called Eve Online and I resisted her with with a lot of vague excuses until finally Guild Wars One became so incredibly horrible, server-wise, that I downloaded the Eve Online client in sheer frustration over the ever-increasing lag and intentional lack of Guild Wars One server support by ArenaNet (where does ArenaNet route their Guild Wars One game servers through... Antarctica??) This friend's continued friendship was important to me and so I downloaded the Eve Online client and signed up for (if I remember correctly) a month's free-play. Currently, of course, Eve Online is forever free-to-play but back then the max f2p that could be achieved was about a month or so with a trial account.
Now, if you too are getting tired of the many slash and hack magical fantasies out there and if you want to maybe try Eve, I have some random thoughts; hope that you find them useful. Some unique things about Eve are that everyone plays on the same massive one-of-a-kind server so there is intentionally really nowhere to hide. So PvP, wanted or unwanted, is pretty much always an option. There are "safer" zones available where PvP is uncommon (but NEVER impossible) because the penalties against any aggressor in these "safer" zones can be incredibly severe. But pretty much anyone can aggress anyone at any time (except for fellow team mates or members within the same "tribal" corporation). And even fellow corporate members are not often actually strictly off-limits to aggression when certain thing are set to happen. So if you do NOT want a game where you have to always be a little bit on edge, please play something else. The only absolute time that you or your spaceship are totally safe in Eve is when your spaceship is docked up in one of the many thousands of huge floating NPC station fortress city structures available that exist in some areas of the Eve universe.
I've tried to stay pretty much focused on Eve as my main video game activity since June of 2011. And I gotta say again that I just love this game. Yes, scamming and griefing and unwanted PvP are a part of Eve but in my opinion just a small part of the game. Eve has a reputation for being full of scammers and griefers and this really isn't strictly true. The game is simply designed to allow things to be done that most other games simply do not allow. This can be a sort of a shock to a new player just starting out. It is true that the skilled veteran players usually aren't the ones being scammed and griefed and they usually aren't the ones who are primarily flying the stuff that gets blown up when stuff starts blowing up. The fairly difficult learning process in Eve is not for everyone. So Eve can definitely be cruel to some of the newbros. For some players, Eve can be a really hard game to learn and some newbros to the game obviously don't yet have much experience or the reflexes or the instincts needed to effectively play yet. So most pilots who really enjoy the game (I am one of them) usually try to gain as much knowledge and expertise and experience as quickly as they possibly can. Do this and refuse to give up and you can absolutely definitely become one of the sharks doing the eating instead of the ones being eaten. Please join a genuinely helpful and active corporation to start the critically needed learning process please. There are literally thousands of good corps to choose from (but a lot of worthless corps out there too). Make the needed effort to find a good corp and work hard and focus and you too can eventually someday enjoy the game as an effective and knowledgable player. The non-sharks just never seem to have as much fun.
Eve isn't for everyone. Please don't be misled, this is a very difficult game with a steep learning curve. It's brutal and unforgiving and incredibly difficult to dive deeper than just a few feet below the surface. The surface is where most casual players swim. Space is dark and cold and hostile and Eve can be all of that and more. Please remember that this is a game about spaceships flying around in a vacuum close to absolute zero. Join a genuinely helpful active corporation please if you want to have fun. But even so, you probably won't have much fun for months (or maybe even years) as you gradually work your way up the food chain. It's almost impossible for most newbros to enjoy the harsh learning process with a whole lot of constant joy and you will, again, probably be a new brother for a few months or maybe even longer. It all depends on you and what you're made of. Personally, it took me years and a whole lot of effort and I'm still nothing much.
Probably this means that I don't have much natural talent, just persistence. But now Eve to me is incredible, wonderful, amazing, unique, fascinating. And I wouldn't trade it for a shipload of Black Desert Onlines or WoWs or anything else that I've ever played. And (unfortunately) this even includes Guild Wars. You want to try this game out as a newbro? It's my opinion that it's very possible, with work and dedication, to actually play and enjoy the game as a free-to-play player. Or, better yet, buy a monthly subscription and open up more of this huge universe if you feel like it. Look me up in-game and maybe I can personally help with a bit of a needed boost. Me and a bunch of my out-of-corp friends enjoy teaching new pilots how to enjoy. My avatar's first name is Farr and its last name is Arrow. But don't even bother to waste your time playing unless you are willing to give Eve at least 2 or 3 months before passing judgement. Just please go play something else. Guild Wars 2 might be possibly actually a good option. Please remember that it's whatever you yourself want, whatever you like. It's your internet.
Most people know this but for some boss fights if the area is full of players and you try to port there at the last min. you'll get bumped to an empty map and there may not be enough players to beat the boss. Those can actually be the best fights, as people get ported into the empty map most know what to do, once we beat Teq with only seconds to spare.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
I've done Teq mostly and have many ascended gear chests and a more then a few ascended weapons.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Funny Fact: This is my go to when I am in the mood to drink and play.
Moving in on Modremoth with your army feels awesome.
However I highly suggest going in with a tanky class like elementalist healer cause trying to dodge a million enemies while you are drunk is just not going to work