Greetings.
I must start with expressing how much i am LOVING the PVE aspect of GW2, even though i’m PVPer. I hated PVE in every game i played except Darkfall. PVE was always easy, boring grind, you could do it with pinky finger of your left foot. In GW2 i really enjoy PVE, even basic simple mobs (well, Darkfall is still superior in that aspect, but unfortunately inferior in many others…)
That said, DE system is even more awesome. Each location has a story, and that story often leads to a big kitten boss that you have to take down with ~50 to 100 people. And its huge, and its great.
That said, GW2 offers a termendous improvement over other games. While in WAR you are turned into 1hp 1dmg dealing turkey if you try to enter location of a lower level, and in WoW you just oneshot everything in lower level locations, GW2’s downscaling means you actually can enjoy every single content in the game when you’re max level, instead of being tied to your narrowed “max level content”. So, at max level you could fight all those cool bosses in the world, that are awesome, huge and give nice loot chests when down…
Except, you can’t. Because you have no idea where the event is currently up, and where it isnt. This, in my opinion, is a HUGE PROBLEM. I can’t stress enough how huge. It feels like you have all that stuff but you can’t get it because… its too pricey to jump around locations looking for bosses to be up! Waypoint cost (if used like that – jumping from locaton to location unti an event is found) will be way too much, even gold contribution chest wont cover it. This means that the game has all sort of great content, but you cannot enjoy it. You are missing it!
Guild Wars 2 desperately needs some sort of Dynamic Event finder system. I can see several ways of implementing it:
1) When you complete location to 100%, or maybe when you discover whole location, you can always see all event markers on it from any point in the world.
2) Rift style event finder, where you have a list of world bosses that are now up and can instantly (for a waypoint cost of course) teleport to the event, or can teleport to a random event (for lesser cost, probably)
3) World-wide chat channel
4) World-wide LFDE system, where people can browse a list of people who willingfully marked themselves as “seeking an event” and whisper them where their help is needed
I know some people think LFD (dungeon) system is really needed, but this one is needed even more! Because, in case of dungeon, its not going anwyhere. Its always available there for you! Just find a group, no hassle. In case of dungeons, you can afford to spend time grouping. DE will be finished by the time you learn about it that way.
