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xiaoqun099
Joined: 28 Aug 2012
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But my favorite part of the entire experience had to be Morgan's Leap, which is a platforming puzzle located at buy Guild Wars 2 Gold Morgan's Spiral in Caledon Forest. I had a blast leaping from precariously placed branch to even-more-precariously placed floating rocks, and somehow I managed to complete the puzzle on my first attempt (subsequent attempts would prove more challenging, thereby proving that I just have mad beginner's luck), and I was rewarded with a chest of goodies and... another platforming puzzle! The second puzzle is considerably more difficult (thanks to the addition of turrets that fire on you if you stay in one place for too long), but after a few hours of careful jumping (made more bearable by a few others who happened to be attempting the puzzle as well -- hi Gnomergon et al.), I finally made it to the top, this time rewarded by... spiders!? That's a terrible reward, ArenaNet! Oh well, the accomplishment felt rewarding nonetheless, and I can't overstate how great it is to have these opportunities to switch up my playstyle every now and then.
Of course, not all is hunky-dory in Caledon Forest, as it happens to be home to what I feel is the absolute worst renown heart I've encountered so far: Arias' garden. Arias, you see, is a lazy mudsucker who can't take care of his own garden (which really isn't a garden, by the way, so much as a crater overrun with mosquitoes and brambles), so he tasks hapless passers-by with the unenviable job of cleaning up around the place. But there's a catch: Many of the tasks (such as destroying grub nests and clearing encroaching briar patches) can't be completed by a mere Sylvari (disregarding the fact that most of us have already brought down a creature five times our size with naught but our bare hands), so Arias transforms you into a miniature treant to help with your duties. The only problem is that the treant form is the most underwhelming thing in the history of ever. Sure, you can clear those brambles and crush those grub dens, but when an angry spider or grub pops up and wants to pick a fight, the earth-crushing strength Guild Wars 2 Gold that previously allowed you to smash those briars suddenly disappears. The treant moves slowly, attacks slowly, and did considerably less damage than my character could do with nothing but a pair of daggers. Maxing out the renown for Arias is particularly excrutiating, and I can't say I'd be concerned if Arias were to "mysteriously disappear."
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