I've become vaguely obsessed with death in GW2.
It all started with the the Experience Survivor achievement for the monthly. 100k experience without dying.
I kept looking at the bar. But it wouldn't move! I wasn't dying, but it wasn't moving, either. So I started tracking things. Experience since my last downed state. Experience since my last overflow. Moving zones.
I realized that moving zones / logging reset the counter. Silly bugs. Started a fresh zone, got my 100k. Phew.
But the lifetime survivor achievement... it isn't moving either. Could it be that I need 500k experience on a character that has never died? Only one way to find out...
This actually struck me as a fun way to play. Remember Cautious, the warrior who leveled to the cap in WoW without dying? Or Neverdied, the frost mage with a snazzy video? Sounds excellent.
Enter Clawswitz (the Cautious Cowering Charr).
Normally, he'd be running into the fire. Sword in hand, he'd scream out his warcry and charge right into the mayhem.
Instead, I'm trying to get Clawswitz to 80 without dying. Ever.
Ground rules:
- No deaths. Downed ok. Vengeancing from downed to come back to life, awesome.
- No escort services. I could cheese this thing by getting my 80 friends in a group and tagging what they kill. That'd be lame.
- No crafting. Stockpiling mats to just zap from 1-80 isn't quite the spirit of the challenge.
- Anytime I run from a challenge, I need to fess up to it. So that fire elemental in Metrica Province? Admitting it right now: I didn't go near it.
Going with melee wasn't exactly my wisest decision. Soloing a skill challenge with a greatsword is suicidal. Soloing it with my rifle is cake. This might be different if I stacked vitality instead of power... but nobody said charr had to think things through. I'm a bit unsure how warrior will work out - I'm jealous of thieves and the ability to flee combat right about now.
I'm not rushing with this. More of a fun side project for when I want a break from crushing opponents in WvW.
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