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They should employ someone in quality control with the only requirement being common sense.

It's pretty good tbh. Worth the playthrough. Some mastery bonuses are valid in any map. We'll see what they do with making the content more rewarding and fixing the meta(s). Atm I have no reason to go back to those maps. Could be different for you if you like AP or the new legendaries.

I mean, they did so much work on the expansion. The hype was real. Then they go ahead and ruin everything by frustrating a huge part of the playerbase. Do they expect people to just throw money at them after doing that? I already skipped out on the supply drop and home instance contracts - and I don't plan on getting anything non essential after this fiasco. It's not just the meta failures that got to me, I'm fed up with people arguing in guild and basically everywhere else...

Well, to me it makes sense to have batteries everywhere as Cantha is powering literally everything with those. The rezz and gliding boost is extremely useful even outside of EoD maps. And in EoD it just adds another layer of gameplay. I agree the charges should persist across maps though. Won't ask the same for wp as it would probably be a nightmare to implement.

They're so dense a neutron star might form at Anet headquarters 😀

New low - saw a group asking 200 Dhuum KP for meta

I do agree it's not intuitive to get around in the city o: The design itself doesn't even bother me, but getting from point A to point B can be such a pain

We did casual strike run for first time, no requirements, made it first try. Next time bf asked for 500LI - they friggin wiped lmao Strikes only hard if you come with glass canon builds. Some heals, barrier, tanky builds sure make it so you hit stuff longer but people don't end up dying due to small mistakes. EDIT: Besides, unlike with meta, your guild and friends can help you with strike. BIG DIFFERENCE

When it comes to genders Anet is super inclusive: You get he/she/they/them, feminine/masculine/neither appearance When it comes to letting people complete a core expansion meta it's like: NO! OUT! GIT GUD! Only super organized squads can do it, with all the map/mastery buffs, boons, food etc. And everyone should be able to make sense of the visual kittenshow we threw together. Even then it might fail but whatever. Is your PC even able to handle that fight? Don't know, don't care.

It also gets frustrating when people start venting about the meta in guild chat. Then someone "smart" who completed it says it's easy and how it's just a matter of time before they get it done and that makes the person who failed for who knows how many times even more frustrated and I have a fight on my hands... Ppl call players toxic but Anet is so much worse for causing and not fixing this mess asap.

This 🙂 My 2am successful run did their best to have as little random players in instance as possible. If a certain portion of the players can't be carried through a meta it's a failure on Anet's part. It's like they're designing content for themselves, not the actual people who pay for the darn game.

From their last Dragon's End meta announcement post I understood the following: "You are just a number. We are only looking at success rates until we get what WE envisioned." People having a horrible time with the event? People not having fun? Mounting player frustration? It's like whatever.

So the only ones who are having fun with this are hardcore players and streamers like teapot who can profit off of this by making content. Everyone else is sad, disappointed, mentally drained and is having their expansion ruined by Anet's open world elitism. We envisioned it like that, why would player opinion matter, it's fine. People don't want you in map? You don't have killproof? Your problem. I am simply bamboozled by their reasoning. I literally cannot comprehend how they can be so dense. You have to be pretty heartless to push casual players or people with disabilities into such content. Even if they ask for help my hands are tied, they might even get called out for ruining meta runs and whatnot - so congrats on introducing player toxicity into open world and making people's lives miserable after taking their money.

They announced some changes but they still insist on this being an elitist meta where everyone is supposed to be good or get out. Which is already happening, people are being asked to leave unless they're raiders or such I really feel sorry for the casual players who just wanted to experience the expansion and unlock their turtle.

Heard people now leave early if they see the dps isn't going anywhere and players keep getting downed all the time. Lots of afkers too because people are fed up with repeatedly doing events on that map - means those people aren't getting the damage buff.

Another observation: Everyone plays new classes in strikes and their damage is pretty much horrible - but you make it through without major issues. Content that's supposed to be more challenging than metas has no dps checks and no timer to ruin your run at launch. An open world meta on the other hand is an elitist clusterkitten. They can't even slash the boss HP a bit as a temporary fix so people can experience the expansion in full...

Definitely not alt friendly. Switched back to main character after a few minutes on alt due to that.

I mean, it's a pretty novel mastery, I like it. Myb they'll improve it with LW. Not having the same upgrades on other characters is a total pita tho. Wanted to do stuff with a different character and realized I can't do basic stuff on map - changed back to main after 5 minutes.

Good for you. I despise it, after getting my kill I don't even want to be in that map anymore.

I just find it hilarious how they're teaching people how to dodge, CC and what combo fields are when they enter expansion maps. Like, they know how bad most people are at this game. Then, 3 maps later, everyone in the map is supposed to pull decent dps, coordinate and know what they're doing.

If it makes you feel any better, you get spirit shards in the background. The exp isn't wasted, they fixed that a long time ago. It's just that you have no visual indication of that happening... Derpy fix tbh And yeah, I did finish it at 3am with a raid group, we literally didn't taxi any pugs into the map, even acted like idiots so they leave 🤪 But worry not, it's not like you can get the turtle anyway. Seitung meta bugs out and can't be completed so you can't finish turtle collection atm. Tried 3 times today already.

The game folder can be copied from one PC to another without issues. You could try downloading on another PC and copying the game via USB. Or if you're super desperate a friend could zip up their game folder and upload it to gdrive/onedrive for you to download. Not perfect solutions, just options, in case nothing else works.

The word casual has the following meanings: - Not showing effort - Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility - Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions - Marked by blithe unconcern - Without or seeming to be without plan or method You are not a casual, you just don't have much time to play. Casuals are ppl who randomly show up and do 2-5k dps at best. Check in with a dictionary next time before you explode.

The only thing they would have to know is how to DPS. Which they don't. And some will never learn. Some cannot learn even if they want to. There's people with disabilities who play this game and want to experience all the content. Heck, I have a grandma and another 50+ year old person in guild who don't want to hear anything about rotations. I'm so tired of this meta at this point I've sent a ticket just to ask what the hell is wrong with them to release open world content which requires 3 raid squads to complete.

OMG this stupid dragon literally does nothing at times. Not phasing, not moving, you can't DPS it, you just look at it and waste time! Proper squad setup with subgroups and all, you could even notice the extra DPS in preevents - still a fail and a full map of frustrated ppl.