Ashantara.8731 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Dear devs of PoF,I want to praise you for all your hard work, making the expansion a gem in every regard, story design, architectural design, environmental design, sound design, objects, animation, but most importantly, the writing, as well as QoL-wise (for instance the way items work, their mechanics, and how you never keep anything in vain in your inventory, how everything is useful and you never have to worry about "doing something wrong" with them).Okay, but on to the point of this post:I am just playing the "The Departed" mission, and so far the story in general (before that mission) has been a blast -- but this particular mission just blows my mind. This is exactly what I have been waiting for in a GW MMO ever since the annoucement thereof during GW1. It stimulated all my senses, and most importantly, it stimulated the brain. This is what classic RPG adventuring looks like. I have goose bumps. The way you enter the underworld, no map, no skills, exploring at its best. Then the story recap, your "purpose", and everything else. The whole idea of "finding yourself".Gosh, I hope this team will do all future content. No more travesties like LWS3 with its terrible writing and childish dialogue and humor. No more mediocre content that leaves you thinking, "It could have been..., but it wasn't."<3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacial.9516 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I loved The Departing mission. I wasn't very fond of some of the previous story steps (particularly the previous encounter with Balthazar, it felt rushed. Reminded me of Eir. Should have been built up a bit more) but I reaaally loved what they did with the Departing and hope it continues! It's definitely in my top 3 for story instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hourglass.2486 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I just did that story last night and man was that a great story line. I would also like the praise the music department the music score for the entire expansion is amazing. The writers and art team also did an amazing job as well as the sound design when comes to mounts and every dialog in the game feels like actual MMO with depth story lines. I hope that Anet continues with this kind of style in on out. Keep you the good work Anet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenme.6491 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I really enjoyed it up to the point where I had to do it twice for not bringing a greatsword with me. cause mesmers don't do enough damage and that thing restore half hp if u don't do CC. the only way to do CC fast enough is with greatsword. and I really enjoyed it except for that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 @hourglass.2486 said:I just did that story last night and man was that a great story line. I would also like the praise the music department the music score for the entire expansion is amazing. The writers and art team also did an amazing job as well as the sound design when comes to mounts and every dialog in the game feels like actual MMO with depth story lines. I hope that Anet continues with this kind of style in on out. Keep you the good work Anet!:+1: @Thenme.6491 said:I really enjoyed it up to the point where I had to do it twice for not bringing a greatsword with me. cause mesmers don't do enough damage and that thing restore half hp if u don't do CC. the only way to do CC fast enough is with greatsword. and I really enjoyed it except for that part.I found that boon reversal helped a lot. See "Eater of Souls" thread for more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvari.2953 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The whole PoF story was awesome but extremely short. :( I spent more time disconnecting and relogging than actually playing the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manasa Devi.7958 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 It took me far too long to find anything. I was 30 minutes in and bored out of my skull by the time I finally talked to the judge, and then I needed another 30 minutes to find a weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsubmariner.4690 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Also a great "It" easter egg in that instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredninja.5236 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 the story is great, but this instance is fucking epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 @sacredninja.5236 said:the story is great, but this instance is kitten epicWhy "but"? It's great that it's epic! :) Or were you trying to say that the fight was too tough for you?I found it super easy with my Scourge, let's see how it works out with my Warrior, then Guardian or Ranger etc. I can imagine it's more difficult with certain professions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxjon.1790 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yeah the story in the expansion was Great! Hopefully Season 4 will be as good :D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryelis.3508 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 This whole instance was absolutely lovely, even with the moments of frustration in it.Finding yourself again, reminding us that our characters aren't impossible to kill (not that they stayed dead) but that we have enough strength within us to fight our way back. The throwbacks to GW1 by going to the Underworld and getting a glimpse of that, the Eater fight that was difficult but doable and made me panic whenever he suddenly tore off after me to go for the life drain, all of it. I sadly didn't get the time to explore the instance as much as I would have liked, but I will be doing the story again to do so. I was surprised, invested in what was going on, and overall happy with this instance. If they keep doing stuff like this, I will be more than happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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