Get rid of jumping puzzle in Kugane

[Aquaslash]

It's one thing to make a game challenging. It's another to just be a jerk. And whoever thought it was a good idea to put that sightseeing point in Kugane at the other side of a ridiculous jumping puzzle is exactly that. A jerk.

I can't do it. I just cannot do it. I've been trying for nearly two hours, and near the top, I overshot a jump and fell all the way back down. I just don't think it's very fair to people who want to fill their sightseeing log up, because most people won't ever be able to do it.

So here's an idea. Maybe, in a future patch, give people who've leveled at least one job to 70 another way to get up there.

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[Vayanne]

I still haven't climbed to the top. I suck at jumping to the point that I never finished a few games just because I could not pass a jumping puzzle. I tried a few times but I still have more important goals for the game and the this is not a priority. I still think it's a nice addition to the game. I admire the agility and tenacity of the people who manage to do it.

[Maku]

It doesn't need removed, but they do need to fix their hit boxes. When I am tapping slowly to get both feet just slightly OFF the platform to be floating in the air to get a good angle then something needs fixed.

[Niqote]

They can certainly improve for next time, but forcing others to not experience it because you have chosen to act out in frustration?
That is not alright.

[Felis]

What we really need is an Aethernet Shard at the top. So once you complete it you can always just aethernet back up there if you want to see the nice view again.

Then it will not optional anymore, but neccessary to unlock all city aethernet teleports.
Just hide a key at the top that give the player access to the hidden elevator.

[Avatre]

The first time I got to the top of the tower it took me 3hours(this was when DPS queues were still 45min-1hour long, rather than the 20-30min now). Gave me something to do when I finished my hunts/MSQ. Still go up the tower every now and then just because(only that very first corner and the final jump still give me trouble)

[Kosmos992k]

It doesn't need removed, but they do need to fix their hit boxes. When I am tapping slowly to get both feet just slightly OFF the platform to be floating in the air to get a good angle then something needs fixed.

I disagree actually. If there were not a sightseeing log entry at the top, but the route to the top still existed people would be exchanging tips online for how to do it. People would be talking about how you can glitch your position just right to get the jumps done and so on. It would be considered an 'easter egg' and players would have been lining up to thank the dev team for including this kind of thing. I wish that in fact there were no sightseeing vista up there, not because I want the challenge removed but because I want players like the OP to stop acting like it's too hard and then whining that it means they can never finish their sightseeing log.

It's a moot point now, but I honestly like the idea that this exists, and hope that there are others alreaddy in the game or included in future that don't have a sightseeing vista, but exist to be found and challenge players.

Oh, and thank you Dev team for including this kind of thing. Next time don't put a vista there, just give us the breadcrumbs to get started on it and watch us go.

[Avatre]

It's a moot point now, but I honestly like the idea that this exists, and hope that there are others alreaddy in the game or included in future that don't have a sightseeing vista, but exist to be found and challenge players.

Oh, and thank you Dev team for including this kind of thing. Next time don't put a vista there, just give us the breadcrumbs to get started on it and watch us go.

I currently know of three total jumping "puzzles". Two of which lead to sightseeing logs(Kugane Tower and Kugane Bathhouse), and one that leads to nothing(last set of arches on the left side of Rhalgr's when you enter from the Fringes, backside you can jump up to sit on the arch over the water). I really do hope they add more(Azzim Steppe would have been awesome to get on top of those rock formations near the Dawn Throne...making you circle the whole thing to get up top).

[Maku]

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What do you disagree with? My whole argument was to fix hit boxes. I too don't want it removed as I stated.

[Bacent]

It's optional. It's also optional to get achievements. It's also optional to craft. It's also optional to do anything involving relics.

Many people have gotten the sightseeing point in Kugane from the jumping puzzle. Don't like it? Don't do it. It's optional like a whackload of other things in game. If there was nothing at the top, there'd be a lot less people trying to do it at all.

And 'oh no you tried it for two hours woe is you!'. Others took much longer to get up there. I've seen a few people who said it took them a couple of days of trying for 1-2 hours a day.

Lets also get rid of savage everything too, since it takes some people over two hours to learn anything from the fight, if at all. It's ONLY optional to do those as well.