Category: Gaming

Living World Season 2

I’m slowly working my way through living world season 2 – even though I’ve already completed HoT. I decided it would be better to continue as much in order as I can (I’ve also done some of season 3, and some of PoF, but I have not completed either of them). In some ways I’m happy I’ve completed HoT before doing season 2 because I understand what’s going on a lot better and I can see where it’s leading. Of course that also means there isn’t much of a surprise.

I’m pretty close to reaching 3,500 achievement points and obtaining a new reward. I’m excited about that! I’ve been working on daily quests, along with doing the living world, and some map completion. I’m only 64% of the way through map completion so there’s still TONS to do. I’d also like to start working towards a legendary claymore, but I heard someone talking about how a new one will be released before too long (next month?) so I may hold off.

What is everyone else up to in game? Let me know in comments!

Closer to those Goals

I’m on the final story quest in Heart of Thorns expansion, and I’ve actually managed to complete one of the maps – I’m also pretty close to completing the final two maps thanks to some HoT HP trains that have been running over the past few weekends. I’ll need help with the story (which irks me a bit, seeing as the entire rest of the story I was able to do solo) but I’m REALLY looking forward to finally completing this so that I can move on with the living world stories, and then move on to PoF. Unlocking the mounts that are available is something I want to complete, and maybe I’ll even get caught up with the current living world story.

Stranger things have happened!

Donating towards the Guild

As much as I love GW2 and my adventures in it – there is one very big major issue I have, and that is how smaller guilds are blocked from ever achieving any of the really neat guild hall upgrades, and sometimes even the guild hall itself.

I wish you could unlock it with gems, or gold, or harvested items, or anything that didn’t necessarily require you to have a group come together all at the same time. I feel like guild halls should be something that everyone gets to enjoy, whether you are in an enormous raiding guild that does fractals on a daily basis, or you’re in an ultra casual family friendly guild with friends who meet up once a month.

The way that guilds are handled bugs me. It always has, and unless something changes, it always will.

Still, it doesn’t stop me from donating as much as I can to ours, in the hopes that we earn enough guild status from one of the few events we can complete to actually get something done. The members of KR have worked really hard to reach the level and outpost that we have so far, and I want to continue to help and level it further, but with one person it’s not that easy.

Achievements to Mark Progress

I admit, I love achievements. I love the satisfaction of completing them and I love how they make me feel when I can’t always see what I’m working towards. I love that they give me a goal in game when I’m floundering on what to do.

There are a LOT of achievements in GW2. Some are easier to obtain than others. Some I know I will never get. Some I didn’t even know exist and come as a surprise after they show up (usually after a world boss or a meta event that I haven’t checked out before). I like that we’re rewarded for the number of achievement points we go after, and it motivates me to keep doing things.

I know it hasn’t always been this way, and I know a lot of people do not like achievements, but I think I like the combination of being able to work on them when I want to, and ignoring them when I just don’t care. Some days I just want to look for cats, for my housing instance, and that’s OK too.

Happy gaming!