Update - Thursday, February 9, 2012 (Winds of Change Part 3)

Do we get another hero?

Finished the third chapter a little while ago. Overall, this chapter was pretty fun to play with some nice and funny dialogue in between. Don't really care for the the look of the Imperial Weapons, but that's just my personal taste. Trying to figure out what the heck I'm gonna' do with all these requisitions.

The only thing I can say I'm disappointed about is that...



Other than that, WoC was fun and I thank John Stumme and the rest of the Anet team for putting it all together for free!

Just tried it with the Imperial Flatbow, they CANNOT be added.


They can't be dyed either, at least the bow can't.

New offhand dagger, in the place of a shield, will have to see how it works in combat.

That's cool, lots of interesting greens it seems.

The story was nice and I like the new items, I hear stories of hidden stuff too
HoM compatability for the last 2 new heroes is still needed though and same counts for the new weapons, if they can't go in, I won't get them tbh.
And sadly no tengu were remembered in my hall
But, the update is still fresh I'll just lurk in the fora and wiki to see what it has to offer more than shiny stuff.

small story spoiler below

Where do you get those greens? from mobs?

That dagger (shield) looks great

EDIT: ty for the answer

The dagger was from one of the boxes you get for 3 requisitions. Its a thing of luck, but I cant resist those.

i was getting excited thinking about a tengu razah-type but now i have lost all motivation to start woc

on a side note, out of curiosity, is this update "larger" than the sorrows furnace update?

Fun fact: that weapon is the same one that the guard gets stabbed through the chest with. At one point in time, we were considering adding it as a sword (I wanted to call it "Guardsbane") but we ultimately decided that was taking things a little too far. XD

I knew it looked familiar, I can't tell you how many times I've talked to that NPC in Minister Cho's Estate telling him to "replay the cinematic" so I can see him get stabbed in the chest and the branch just wiggle around... lol

It is madness I tell you, madness.

Spear got nerfed -.- dropped the 30hp....

Okay, all my respect for WoC 3 has been lost. I liked the spear, the quests were decent, but the disappointment outweighs the niceness -.-

^Was expecting a quick nerf to the spear, or else it would have been broken.

I've been enjoying part 3; the two quests I've done so far are fun and distinct from each other, and I like how there are so many rewards. I'm expecting great fun from this, and it already seems an improvement over part 2, which I liked a lot as well.

enjoying it- the only complaint i have is: why can't we get anything woc related with all these imperial commendations? Please let us trade them in for ministerial ones.

1. Help a ranger guardsman to take on MoP waves from 2 sides.

2. Solo quest, hear the plan of Am Fah And Jade Brotherhood then run away.

3. Defend Kaineng Center from the bandits and kill the 2 factions' leaders.

4. Help peasants from the attack of the remaining bandits.

5. Escort people from MoP.

6. Fight the Tengu waves.

7. The Final confrontation.

Did I miss anything?

Gold Imperial Staff... I had a hero who needed something anyway.



If this is already posted somewhere, my apologies.

Are you really surprised they would fix that? And even still, that little change has ruined all of the third part of WoC for you? Really?

I think the quest is a little bit too rushed, why would Reiko face us alone when she still got so many troops?

While I like the little twists like a dagger that works like a shield, it doesn't change the fact there's practically no innovation when it comes to items - it's more of the same, again and again and again.

It's such a great shame that in over 5 years, including a large expansion (EotN) there have been almost no new weapons added that I'd really want to get (only more of the same with different, not really "better" looks) and that the biggest addition to the game item-wise that made me enjoy it for a moment almost like it was 2005 again was something unintended (the Mausoleum 2010 incident). Shame that most of the coolest "virtual treasures" to hunt for are things of the past coming from 2005-2006 content, and many not dropping anymore at all. I don't believe it's impossible to innovate without making things that would be strictly better than what's currently the best.

At least the gameplay of the new quests is pretty enjoyable, but I don't see myself doing it more than once.