User talk:Warwick/Rants/Anet General Failure at the game

Eternal Grove is one of the only missions in the game which poses significant challenge in either mode (though ofc with multiple human it becomes much easier), and I still think it needs some changes made to it, such as Tree Huggers added to the Allies list. Danika is just plain stupid, though I've yet to have her bug that badly. (Mostly she just stands around and whines about the Urn) Tahnnakai (sp?) Temple is an easy mission because as long as you can outdamage the enemies you can just steamroll through them. (Which is why it's harder with H/H, hench lack firepower and you have to manually flag out of AoE, pull enemies yourself, etc.)

In general, I don't think that all missions ought necessarily to be perfectly balanced. In every campaign there is at least one "THK" mission to weed out the nubs who have gotten that far and still can't play the game. In Prophecies it is THK and also the Ring of Fire missions. (if you're really nub you also probably had trouble in Crystal Desert.) In Factions it is first Vizunah Square/Nahpui Quarter (depends if you can get a good joining party or not) and then The Eternal Grove/Gyala Hatchery (though that one's much easier). In Nightfall, it is the Realm of Torment, though certain others can be trouble depending on what skills you have available to you. So basically I like it when there are a few major jumps in difficulty, it keeps you improving your skill as you play and makes the game interesting.

That being said, the level of difficulty varies along the campaigns. A mission may be harder or easier compared to the previous. ANet could work harder to fix this. For example, Zen Daijun is a big shock compared to Minister Cho's estate. But Consulate Docks is really easy and even fun compared to Blacktide Den (H/H) or Jokanur Diggings (HM). So meh. Also, primary quests need changes, since there are those which are just unnecessarily hard (harder than the actual mission they lead to) and some are just a total waste of time. (T/C) 23:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)