Hoover.6394 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 When they first revealed Arborstone I was feeling indifferent towards it, but now after playing the expansion for a bit I start to really like the place, the experience boost is a nice touch which makes me feel happy to send my characters to before I log out everytime. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterson.5172 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 if you had to ride a golf kart around your home sure... 3 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geckoo.6018 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) Honestly, i would rather have Arborstone's concept applied to somewhere in New Kaineng in a more compact space with a city theme that, in my opinion, would make more sense for a permanent 'Tyrian' outpost in Cantha. Arborstone looks great, but it works in small service clusters that are too far away from each other. This means that the small little corner with banks, TP, forge and other black lion NPC's is cool... but then crafting is on a whole different level (literally) with cooking and jeweler being on a different place for some reason. The inn is cool conceptually, but too much verticality comes to play against it since it's not something that you easily find, is more like something that you can accidentally stumble upon. And the same thing happens with the strange out of place Canach's casino. All of that could be handled better in a city environment. The casino would fit better since it already has that city club vibe. The inn could be easier to spot and being part of a massive city with great views it certainly fits better. The NPC's and services also fit better on a market plaza surrounded by buildings than some empty ruins on a forest and the crafting area also fits better as an artisans row from a big city. I know that we are beyond changing any of this, but i enjoy thinking about how things could've been if the expansion hub had been in Kaineng instead of Arborstone. Edited March 15, 2022 by Geckoo.6018 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucianDK.8615 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Yeah, Arborstone is just a big failure as a player hub. Why do things need to spread out that much? Just like Eye of the North at the beginning. On opposite sides of the huge room. Eventually they allowed you to mount in there. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanosh.2631 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, LucianDK.8615 said: Yeah, Arborstone is just a big failure as a player hub. Why do things need to spread out that much? Because they want to keep the incentive to buy access to those gemstore hubs I guess. It does feel weird to have two crafting stations in a different place then all the rest though. And I kind of miss the portal from Eye of the North after upgrading it to connect with all capitals and home instance. There is only portal to LA in Arborstone 😕 Overall I like it. And the hotel resting area is a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laken.9018 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Arborstone is ....fine The Inn buff is nice but I honestly find myself porting back to the Eye of the North mostly unless I need access to Cantha stuff or the mystic forge. It middle for me right now. Used more than the Lily but nowhere near as much as The Eye. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaeys.3102 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 There are better places to access crafting stations/forge/etc, so that part is meh for me. I like Arborstone because it offers easy access to three of the four EOD maps and has some fun distractions of its own. I spent about an hour in the Canach Club last night having a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I just started logging out in the inn. With so many mastery points just waiting for the experience to spend them the bonus was enticing. I’m even going so far as to have my characters /sleep in the beds before I log off. Watch out though, sometimes they slip right through and end up sleeping under the bed. I ran across one PC autorunning into a corner in one of the rooms. Any guesses as to why someone would do that? The only thing I could think was that they thought the buff required staying logged in the whole four hours like some Korean MMOs do with afk “training”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintermute.5408 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I do love living in gothic churches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I hope it gets better and looks more cleaned up through future content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice.5790 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) It's a free lounge. Larger than necessary, but still convenient. Without the fractal gate of Mistlock, but with a casino. The exp boost tends to fall flat pretty quickly though. Glad you enjoy it. Edited March 16, 2022 by Solstice.5790 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortnitemareCourt.8354 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 There's also no laurel vendor unless I just missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice.5790 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Yes, there are a couple of things missing, dungeon merchant and so on. But there's also no legendary vendor in the other lounges 🙂 They're not identical, but Arborstone is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zok.4956 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Anet does have a lot of experience with hubs/lounges. Eye of the North, Lily of the Elon, Sun's Refuge, several Gemstore-Lounges, etc. Arborstone feels like Anet did not really learn from their experience with all the existing hubs/lounges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zok.4956 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, Solstice.5790 said: They're not identical, but Arborstone is free. No, it is not free. It is an announced/advertised feature of a paid game expansion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice.5790 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Yep, but it's not a lounge pass from the gemstore you have to pay for in addition to the current game / expansion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatwi.3562 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 5:41 AM, Geckoo.6018 said: Honestly, i would rather have Arborstone's concept applied to somewhere in New Kaineng in a more compact space with a city theme that, in my opinion, would make more sense for a permanent 'Tyrian' outpost in Cantha. THIS, SO MUCH THIS! Arbeostone can suck a lemon thb. It's dreary, overly large, uninspired, and just plain boring. It shouldn't even exist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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