Guild Wars 2

As it stands right now there’s very little reason to pay for this place. Here are the reasons.

LACK OF MERCHANTS: No Black Lion weapon skin merchants, no dungeon merchants, no Zhaitaffy merchant, and probably a few others I’m forgetting. If the Terrace is going to be worth the cost, it really should give you every possible reason to go there instead of LA. The lack of these merchants sort of kills it for me. At the very least the dungeon merchants should be available.

LIMITED PORTAL: The portal should also link to Ebonhawke and Fort Trinity, as well as the pact bases. If I’m going to pay 300 gems for this, I want as few loading screens as possible.

NO FLAVOR: No clever banter, no clever dialogue, no unique NPCs. At least some merchants that sell unique fun consumables or account bound crafting mats from heart vendors would make the place much more attractive. Instead it feels extremely small, dull, and unimpressive, which leads in to my next point.

NO PRESTIGE: In other MMOs, VIP areas are impressive to some degree. For example, in SWTOR the VIP area sat above the hub town at the top of a sleek express elevator. I never went up there, but man it made me a little jealous. The Terrace doesn’t provide that kind of prestige at all. We get a small corner where nobody travels in the middle of a town that practically nobody visits to begin with, which will go back to being dead again after the Jubilee is over.

These are minor gripes I know, and I’m not going into full detail about everything that’s disappointing about this place. The silence is nice at least, as is the free port to DR. However, I still think the lack of features need to be addressed. I just bought a pass for 300 gems and I’m probably going to end up using LA a lot anyway. Feels like a waste.

Please give me a better reason to park here Anet!