Guild Wars 2

First, let me say that I AM a casual player. I have several thousand hours in GW1, enjoyed the heck out of it, but there were areas that I was just not good enough for. I’ve been with GW2 since the last beta and love it. But my highest character is in the 50s and I was playing the end event with a level 41 thief. It at least had a full skill bar, but I’m thinking that upping its level to 80 still left it under-powered and under-armored compared to the real level 80s in the event. Battling in a huge mob was a rush – at least when I wasn’t seeing several seconds between a button push and the action happening. But, maybe keeping people like me out of a few (not all or even most) events would be good:
– Fewer players might make the event run smoother?
– The people with a full set of level 80 characters care more than I do – at least about the most elite stuff – I have no idea what a precursor is or why I want one.

The Halloween maze was fun because it was fast to get out and get back in. Perfect for a casual player. The last event was a several hour battle against overwhelming odds and if you had to portal somewhere and run back, well, this was an area (for me anyway) tough to travel alone in. I’m guessing many casual players dropped out, but I was stubborn, tried to pull my weight and made it (with the help of many others) all the way to the ramp and got stampeded by hatchlings, then couldn’t get back in.

Was I overall a plus to the event? Don’t know. This should be as much “what can you contribute?” as “what’s in the chest?” .

Should this have been a “seniors” event? What do you think?