i personaly loved the mad kings clocktower.... took 4.5hours to finally beat that thing. And if felt so good when i did. No powerleveling, no team carrying you to victory, just plain skill. Either you can overcome it or you cant. 

Oh yea and i also agree with you on the reapers rumble.... awesome mini game.

I kind of wish the mad kings clock tower was even harder, unless this is a warm up puzzle for even harder future ones.

I mean it took me about 35-40 minutes, but mainly due to the annoyance of norns/charrs and not knowing to jump down onto that platform, but once I did it once I managed to do it again...

...yeah that's right, I managed to do it two times in a row, second time I only got some trick or treat bags so I left.

Originally posted by TwoThreeFour
Question: where is the "puzzle"? It looks pretty straightforward with minimal puzzle-elements. Other than that, it looks like a nice jumping challenge in the sense that it suits the theme and looks nice aesthetically.

It's a puzzle by players getting the right jumps and the right pace. It's a speed puzzle.  In fact, the most puzzling part is the two pillars you jump off @ around 70% through, because alot of people (myself included) couldn't figure out to jump down and just died as the ooz came up and killed them.  There's still a lot of "wrong" jumps and even three chests that are fake, set there by the Mad King to cause people to stop their path and fail the challenge.

http://soundcloud.com/maclaine/sets/guild-wars-2-halloween-2012

an addition to the awesome event is the masterpiece music made by Jeremy Soule...again Jeremy proves he is one of the best game music composer ever!

Originally posted by Siphaed

  Some people (like the chick in the video above) think that by going almost completely nake it gives you an edge of some kind; I find that to be an odd myth.

Originally posted by Thradia

Originally posted by Siphaed

  Some people (like the chick in the video above) think that by going almost completely nake it gives you an edge of some kind; I find that to be an odd myth.

 

I haven't run the CLocktown yet, but I go naked not because it gives me an edge, but to save armor damage when I fall on the jumping puzzles one million times! lol I am not a good jumper and naked saves my armor!

 

It took me three and a half hours to defeat the Clock Tower, after that I did it three more times in 15 minutes period. Once you get the hang of it it's easy, you just have to memorize every jump and base on your instinct :)

Originally posted by Thradia

Originally posted by Siphaed

  Some people (like the chick in the video above) think that by going almost completely nake it gives you an edge of some kind; I find that to be an odd myth.

 

I haven't run the CLocktown yet, but I go naked not because it gives me an edge, but to save armor damage when I fall on the jumping puzzles one million times! lol I am not a good jumper and naked saves my armor!

 

That's actually a myth.

Dying from the jumping puzzle doesn't give you armor damage, just as falling to your death doesn't give you armor damage. Going naked really only helps if there are enemies that might fight you.

Originally posted by rastapastor

http://soundcloud.com/maclaine/sets/guild-wars-2-halloween-2012

 

an addition to the awesome event is the masterpiece music made by Jeremy Soule...again Jeremy proves he is one of the best game music composer ever!

That was actually done by a different GW2 composer, Jeremy Soule is no longer working on GW2.

I'll try and find his name (Maclaine Diemer?), but he'd posted on Reddit regarding this piece not long ago.

Here's a screen grab from his emergence.  I am so glad I was there.

I don't seem to be having a problem with it...

In fact, I've done it so many times the rules of physics no longer apply to me in that realm and I can navigate it as I wish. Even if it means flying. 

---

Originally posted by BillMurphy
Here's a screen grab from his emergence.  I am so glad I was there.

 

---

Off-topic, Bill. Shame on you!

. .
~

The people undressing (taking of their armor) are doing it because of solidarity towards the other players they are grouped with. It makes every character take up less space on the screen so it does make it kinda easyer for yourself and mainly for the others to see the jumps they have to take.

Most of the players i played with did this on their own or when asked by the group. Specially if you are Norn or Charr and you have bulky spiky armor taking up much space.

There are no other benefits from it than this.

Yeah people stripped down to not block the view for others so much.

I enjoyed jumping around with naked human females - just wish I could have convinced myself that they actually are girls. *sigh*