By: flosch

flosch — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:22:20 +0000

It’s gotten better. I think my Sunday marathon was a combination of returning to the game and being highly motivated, and the Sunday afternoon rush of crowds of players. I’ve gotten more used to it again, and leave a lot of events just where they are by now.

Guild Wars 2, I might pick up when it goes on sale. Some of the design decisions are not my cup of tea, but it seems it’s nice to just dally around every now and then, and without a subscription…

By: Ravenspite

Ravenspite — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:01:36 +0000

Having never played Rift I’m not quite sure how the dynamic events work in that game. If, as you state, the alerts for dynamic events basically amount to “cool stuff happening in a different zone” then I can understand how the constant treadmill of new and non-static (as opposed to mobs which are confined to a very specific area, or path) content can keep you playing with the “I’ll just see what new thing this next event has to offer before I log off” mentality.

Guild Wars 2 does the same to a degree, but alerts for the same type of dynamic content aren’t anywhere near as widespread – you might get to know, at best, whats happening a quarter of the way across the zone, but rarely more than that.

All this means is that you don’t get the constant drip-feed of dynamic content and natural breaks in the frenzy do creep up and give you a chance to complete some quests, or explore, or craft (all of which grant XP and help with levelling).

I’m no Guild Wars fanboy by any shot, and really had no intention of buying the game when it was released, but so far I’m finding it very refreshing from the constant friction with other players that WoW provides and find that even short bursts of play can be rewarding.

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By: flosch

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