Because it sure seems so. For example, am doing “ossuary of unquiet dead” atm, everything went well until we ran into a risen abomination champion. He wiped my team and me, and by pure luck I got him on the third try because he didn’t build up his million frenzy stacks and 2 shotted me. That says a lot, since I’m a healer Guardian.
Now the big question is: Why was he there? It’s a flipping STORY quest. If Hulk has taught us anything then it is that foes who become strongers the longer a battle drags on and are very tanky to begin with is really cheap. And that’s the keyword. CHEAP!
It doesn’t feel like ANet are going about the right way with making events hard. I’ve always accepted that GW2 is the kind of game that challenges you, but there is a BIG difference between challenging and cheap. I feel like it’s mostly cheap and frustrating in some cases, not engaging and challening.
Like, say I could solo the krait witch in Timberline Falls a few months ago. Now I can’t, because she summons minions all the time. That’s CHEAP. When you need to be cheap to be challenging you’ve kinda failed. How ironic then, isn’t it that later in Malchor’s Leap, I can solo a champion golem, labaled as a GROUP EVENT, with ease.
And what about the veteran dwayna apprentice in Straits of Devestation? Buffing all nearby risen with a chance to root you for like ten flippng seconds, denying the mobility you’d need to kite them around, while also having veterans and chain aggro upon attacking the target itself. Again, I got lucky. Or maybe lone post, again in straits in devestation, how is ONE GUY supposed to defend it vs all those numbers? The arrows carts don’t do squat, they die really fast. Is it a group event? If so, why is in not LABELED as a group event?
And another thing, sometimes bosses glitch and reset their hp, meaning your hard work is out the window. For a game that claims to break the mold, I had hoped this mechanic would have been done away with.
Despite all this, it’s an astonishing game. I just feel more focus should be placed on polishing the current world instead of pumping it with skins and minigames, which btw we don’t even get to keep (mini games) which really sucks. And as a final disclaimer, this is, of course, my opinions, no one has to agree.
Peace.
