I kept Jade Quarry alive for two hours.

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Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#1
And I only got to play twice. We played a total of ten games.

What is it about Jade Quarry that turns people off? Is it that nobody ever goes there? That same thinking is probably the reason nobody goes there anyway.

Why is Jade Quarry so bad, besides its drop-dead activity? Is there any way we can make it worthy of being played on par with Fort Aspenwood? I don't think I've ever seen Jade Quarry active by itself since we had the double Kurzick/Luxon Faction weekend when the titles were revamped.

Edit: Perhaps in the future, I can encourage many of you to come play with us all and bring the Quarry back to life for a while again.
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crazybanshee
Desert Nomad
#2
From what I've been told, its easier for luxons to win than kurz so it's unpopular (just what I heard, I've never done it) So even when people want to do it, good luck getting enough people together there
Bahumhat
Bahumhat
Krytan Explorer
#3
If I remember correctly, It was more popular than Fort Aspenwood during the Open Beta weekend. Don't know what happened.
bhavv
bhavv
Furnace Stoker
#4
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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

What is it about Jade Quarry that turns people off?
Cant be H/H'ed.
Saint Zeth
Saint Zeth
Ascalonian Squire
#5
Both Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry don't give as much faction as AB or FFF. The concept of Jade Quarry is also pretty bad. Covering an NPC while he slowly brings Jade back to your side is just boring to me. I prefer Fort Aspenwood since it requires some degree of strategy, and the Kurzicks and Luxons have two completely different roles. Maybe if some improvements were made to Jade Quarry to make it more fun, then people might actually start to play it.
Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#6
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Originally Posted by crazybanshee
From what I've been told, its easier for luxons to win than kurz so it's unpopular
I've only lost to the Luxons once, and every time I was Luxon (which was once or twice), we won.

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Originally Posted by bhavv
Cant be H/H'ed.
Lol, fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Saint Zeth
Both Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry don't give as much faction as AB or FFF. The concept of Jade Quarry is also pretty bad. Covering an NPC while he slowly brings Jade back to your side is just boring to me. I prefer Fort Aspenwood since it requires some degree of strategy, and the Kurzicks and Luxons have two completely different roles. Maybe if some improvements were made to Jade Quarry to make it more fun, then people might actually start to play it.
It's only a total escort mission if all you're doing is winning. You need two evenly leveled teams to really get it to be something fun. The problem is, that's hard to do when you can only pull from so many people that really want to do Jade Quarry. I'm having trouble keeping it active because Luxons keep failing, and so they leave, and so all the games we have are ending up being a sweep for the Kurzicks, which does turn it into a boring escort.

If we can get an active player-base, we might not have that problem.
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cebalrai
Jungle Guide
#7
Most people couldn't even tell you how to get there.
Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#8
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Originally Posted by cebalrai
Most people couldn't even tell you how to get there.
I know, that's another big flaw of it. Aspenwood is closer, and everyone talks about it. Nobody talks about the Quarry, so nobody really ever bothers to go there, therefore cutting down the player base.
Dr Strangelove
Dr Strangelove
Furnace Stoker
#9
Aspenwood is really a lot more fun. The few times I tried quarry, it was pretty much shrine capping on steroids. Unlike in AB, you don't have to stop to cap the shrines, so anyone who can clear a shrine in seconds dominates. There's really not much point in attacking the jade carriers or other players, making it kinda lame.
Spaced Invader
Spaced Invader
Frost Gate Guardian
#10
Thanks for putting this up. Just joined in time for the last round to get the 1% on my new char.
Shayne Hawke
Shayne Hawke
Departed from Tyria
#11
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Originally Posted by Spaced Invader
Thanks for putting this up. Just joined in time for the last round to get the 1% on my new char.
I saw you there, I'm glad I could help.

Anyways, it's late for me right now, so I'm gonna go to bed. Quarry's closed, unless someone else wants to bear my burden of pulling everyone else together.
Sakura Az
Sakura Az
Lion's Arch Merchant
#12
hey! i remember you! i got the people there to begin with so that a guildie of mine could finish his canthan cartography title. hehe i rock. anyways.. yeah.. i got everyone there to start with >.<