The legendary weapons cause frustration for some players of Guild Wars 2 – when will this finally be fixed?
The Legendary Bugs – Weapon Crafting Delays
Anyone who has been diligently playing Guild Wars 2 since the release of Heart of Thorns and is working on completing their legendary weapon has probably already experienced some frustrating encounters.
Many of the legendary weapons are bugged in their crafting process. Occasionally, the texts are misleading or contradictory, certain steps cannot be completed at all, and sometimes they even encourage players to deliberately end an event in a failure.
The accusations have become louder in recent days, questioning why no one is addressing these errors. Now, Matt Pennebaker from ArenaNet has spoken out on reddit, but he doesn’t bring only good news. He stated that he had only recently taken over the responsibilities from his predecessor Linsey Murdock and still needs to familiarize himself with many details of the legendary weapons. However, they plan to proceed according to a priority list to fix all errors as quickly as possible.
- Blockers, meaning everything that completely hinders progress, will be fixed first. This includes bugged quests or unfindable resources.
- Next, everything that encourages “toxic gameplay” will be eliminated. It cannot be the case that one has to hinder the enjoyment of other players for the legendary weapons.
- Finally, they will address minor bugs that are not really problematic, such as missing icons or small inconsistencies in object names.
ArenaNet wants to work through all these points, but it may indeed take a while until every error is resolved. The community will have to be patient.
Finally, Pennebaker announced that they are already working on additional legendary weapons, but he cannot disclose further details. “Sorry, but some things simply have to remain a secret.”
