Game of Bones.8975 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I know this has been discussed many times in the past, but since then new players have joined and others' opinions may have changed. In the ease of movement category, I think the PoF is better hands down. The story content and meta-events from HoT are much more interesting. I can explore PoF on my own, for the most part, but in HoT there are many places where travel along the third dimension (tree-tops to underground) has me turned around. For those of you who craft Legendary weapons, do you prefer Gift of Maguuma Mastery or Gift of Desert Mastery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I prefer HoT maps in all cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 They are both ...ok. I really prefer the Core Tyria maps. Not necessarily the content, but the maps.I'm hoping for some really good content/maps in the upcoming expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perihen the Thawk.9527 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Path of Fire maps are better for slow, immersive exploration, in my opinion. There's nothing in Heart of Thorns that quite compares to the Dwarven ruins in Desert Highlands, for example.Path of Fire has so many of these secrets tucked into corners of the map. They mostly don't have rewards attached to them, but they really turn the exploration up a notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Based on where I actually play the definitive winner of that question is HoT for me.One thing I really hate about PoF is amount of running for the sake of running due to lack of WPs. It was probably designed that way because of mounts but movement speed increase does not compensate for the distance increase.As for the gift. HoT wins here as well. Desert requires you to do all the stuff AND you still have to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I'm replaying both on different toons. I find PoF to be the more varied and interesting. HoT was great, but with only 4 maps and one of those really only existing for a single battle, I find it less engaging overall. I do enjoy Verdant Brink and Tangled Depths a lot though, but PoF wins it between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tails.9372 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Just looking at the maps: HoTBoth PoF and HoT have each only one map I actually like but HoT has better metas (none of which I would call great either) and I like what Dragon Stand tried to do even tho IMO it ultimately failed at it for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante.1763 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 TBHHot for the color( green is nice.) POF for the lay out. Sorry but i despise a map that has multiple levels when the map doesnt support multiple levels well, or..or my favorite when the map gets -locked- to a level and you cant scroll. If the map functioned id probably say HOT over all, as it is, POF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aihao.5824 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 i prefer pof maps, just rememer my suffering at tangled depths when i first time entered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene.3190 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I like them both, and like that they are very different. HoT is much more claustrophobic, great verticality, and has the better group metas (opion). PoF has the repeating hearts, open spaces, different agro range considerations, and I play much more solo (but will often jump in to help with champs or people wanting to do a hothouse (sp?) run or what not).And because they are very different, I can have great adventures depending on my mood, or what character I feel like playing and what sort of content they are better at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliamRationem.5172 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 For me it's HoT. No contest. The maps are incredible. The combat is intense. The event structure is particularly well designed. I feel like I know much more about what is going on in the HoT maps because every bit of it is designed for you to play through as part of that story as it unfolds. And that is integrated with the meta event in that zone as well as the overall story. It's all really very well done, in my opinion. For me, it doesn't get any better than Heart of Thorns for open world play in an MMO. Let's have more of that, please!PoF is good, too. It feels a bit like a playground for the absolutely stellar mount system they've created. But even better is going back to HoT with all of the mounts and masteries unlocked! Recalling how difficult it was to get around at first, navigating the jungle while swapping between gliding and various mounts feels like a great accomplishment!Other issues I have with PoF are the enemies. They're not as dangerous as HoT enemies, generally, but somehow they manage to be more annoying (e.g. extreme aggro range, condi bombs, etc.). The maps feel rather empty of meaningful events, too. They still tell a story like most events do, but that story is much less coherent to me on some maps. I felt the story itself did a better job of driving that, where in HoT it all seemed to work together better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashberry.4510 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 HoT maps by far. I like PoF as well, but the HoT maps feel much better to traverse. Mounts are clunky compared to gliding with updrafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artcreator.4859 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hot maps definitely, pof maps are cool, but the HoT maps were downright AMAZING, no other MMO reaches that level.Feeling like you were really lost in a jungle was awesome, and as you played more and more you slowly started to understand you way around, combine that with the mastery system (learning languages to talk to the hylek, getting a glider, bounce mushrooms) and it really felt like you were learning to master and enviorment that was kicking your ass when you first tried it.wonderful experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battledrone.8315 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 pof by a country mile. hot should be deleted. the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battledrone.8315 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 @artcreator.4859 said:Hot maps definitely, pof maps are cool, but the HoT maps were downright AMAZING, no other MMO reaches that level.Feeling like you were really lost in a jungle was awesome, and as you played more and more you slowly started to understand you way around, combine that with the mastery system (learning languages to talk to the hylek, getting a glider, bounce mushrooms) and it really felt like you were learning to master and enviorment that was kicking your kitten when you first tried it.wonderful experiencei have never been lost in a jungle, but i am pretty sure , that it doesnt work this way.it is a bad expansion, nothing more. it cost them many players and took them to niche status forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajinSoul.4512 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I prefer PoF maps. The HoT maps all feel a bit samey (jungle) and navigation through the maps is a hassle though mounts help a bit. Meanwhile the PoF maps do follow the desert theme yet spice it up quite a bit. Every map in PoF is quite distinct from eachother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quench.7091 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 If you cut out the Living World maps from both ends and only consider the base expansion maps, HoT is better. HoT Living World maps just didn't give the same kick as the original HoT maps. The original PoF maps were mostly used for bounty trains. The developers did not put bounties into their newer PoF Living World maps, so thank you developers. PoF Living World maps brought back what the Silver Wastes and HoT introduced into the game, which is to center things more around meta events, but with much better art and easier to comprehend map navigation. I like PoF Living World maps more than HoT Living World maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erzian.5218 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Definitely HoT. I feel that the different layers in combination with the masteries added more complexity than the mounts and together with the overall much tougher enemies made exploration very interesting and sometimes challenging (in a positive manner). I found pof a lot more boring in terms of exploration but I liked the personal story better.Oh, and the hot meta events that require Splitting up and coordinating your players are part of the few open world events that I actually like and don’t just find plain boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuks.8241 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hot. Green, vertical. Love the exploring and the enemies. Metas are also better.Pof is cool but just to much flat desert. I do like the big temples, ruins and cities with secrets in pof though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniara Devious.3948 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 When it comes to gameplay and replay value, the original core Tyria maps are superior to both HoT and PoF.PoF is slightly better than HoT due easier navigation and lots of secrets in those maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solanum.6983 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 They each do what they're meant to well Hot does the tangled Forrest feel well just like PoF does the vast landscapes well.For me I do rather PoF tho just because it has a lot of variety in it's maps and in my opinion is aesthetically more pleasing, with HoT It's a lot of the same for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram.8256 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I prefer everything in PoF over HoT. PoF is the most fun map I have played yet (well obviously GW pre-searing is the best map in any game, ever). I spend so much time just exploring and having fun, that I keep forgetting to do the story or quests. It is just a fun & interesting map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antycypator.9874 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I don't like exploring HoT for map completion, because some points are available only during meta (Dragon's Stand) or after meta (Auric Basin), but I like enemies and difficulty level, unique map style (jungle). I like that mobs can be dungerous there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoni.7015 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I prefer the HoT maps. They are much more adventurous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fueki.4753 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 In regards to the maps, I definitely prefer PoF over HoT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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