Guild Wars 2

The thing about Guildwars which I liked was the low level cap.
So you hit 20… (Ding end game)

You get your base max gear at 20 and you’re off exploring the world with no worry of having to upgrade or anything of that sort, just enjoy the journey and the story.

With guildwars2 its different
The thing with such a high level cap is you have to upgrade your eq every 10 – 15 levels or so. like it or not, and by the time you get to 80 and get your full exotics, theres only 1 level 80 zone and you dont really get feel the rest of the game… because…. thats the last stop….

You could say, hey so now you can go back to the lower zones and complete the map.
Okay but why? they’re not worth it… you get low level rewards, its just more grinding for title.

If you look at some of the places, Blazeridge Steppes, Ebonhawke and Tarnished Coast for example do they need to be 30 – 45 zones? Blazeridge Steppes and Tarnished coasts are areas where dragon champions come, the Shatterer and Tequatl the Sunless.

Who actually goes there to level up? I didn’t… These are like places Id backtrack to instead of spend time in to do filler levels before the next story line.

So right now we have Arah the only level 80 zone.
Melchors leap 75 – 80
Frostgorge sound 75 – 80

And thats it? (add more if you know)

Wouldnt it be nice to have some of those filler zones like Timerline Falls be 80…
At least map competition would be more rewarding and not just a chorish grind for title.

I leveled through each of the zones you labeled as “filler” so… no i don’t think so.

I’ve been leveling in Blazeridge Steppes. Also the one right beneath it whose name I keep forgetting. From the sounds of this Tarnished Coast, I also need to go there too. thanks for the tip.

It amazes me when people complain about lack of end game. When Anet has said so many times that their concept involving end game is that they wanted the whole game to feel like end game. The idea was that players move through the game experiencing the whole thing as if it were the end game. They weren’t doing their end game the same cookie cutter way so many mmo’s do. They’ve posted this many times. They even recently posted it on a blog called “the end game reimagined”. Maybe just noone listens or takes it seriously.

When you quest in a low lvl zone, lets say lvl 1-15 you have items dropping your lvl. Even rare ones if you’r due. It does pay to get back to the lower lvls.

Also due to downscaling I dont see zones as limited to those lvls. Those ‘limits’ serve as a guide for those with these lvl of below.

I expect them to add more content later on but so short after launch its not really needed. If they do add extra zones I hope its not about better gear… that would really spoil it for me :S

Besides the more zones available to lvl up the less grindlike it will feel when you lvl an alt.