Disclaimer: I understand that the Living Story is a BIG part of/selling point for Guild Wars 2. That said, I’m not against the Living Story content since I typically enjoy it, where it belongs.
A.) Please, if you want the WvW community to take Season 1 seriously and you wish to encourage competition between the servers, DO NOT add Living Story content to WvW during a “Season”, especially despite an explicit promise to not change anything during Season 1.
“To further incentivize spending your points we will not be introducing any new ability lines during the season, nor shall we be making any other changes to WvW, with the exception of bug fixes, until the season concludes. This is to ensure that the playing field is as level as it can be at the start and the finish of the season.”
Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/welcome-to-world-vs-world-season-1/
Please, do not alienate your die hard WvW community by going back on promises of a legitimate tournament between the servers.
If you insist on shoving LS content down the throats of players who wish to have no part in it, PLEASE do it during the off season when the majority of us will not be so offended by it.
B.) I understand that the PvP community is dying despite Anet’s futile efforts to revitalize it, but substituting the bonus chest for winning an Arena game for a handful of LS garbage is only going to drive players away from playing Arena games.
I realize that there are very highly ranked players who literally have hoards of glory and no use for the typical win bonus, but these players are very few and far between. DO NOT mistake the high profile of these players for the majority of your PvP community. The majority of us (or perhaps just those of us who are below rank 50) would rather have a chest full of PvP gear than a hand full of Halloween bags that sell for hardly any value on the trading post.
This is especially true with low rated players whose matches are frequently 4v5’s and 5v4’s.
Perhaps I speak for myself when i say this, but hopefully not, I would rather grind hot join matches to get my PvP fix until the end of the Halloween event just because the reward for winning an Arena match is absolute and utter trash. I’m not even going to address the issue with match making and the leader boards as that’s a completely separate discussion.
For all of my condescension, please take it as frustration and not an attack on Anet. GW2 is by far the all around best MMO I have played to date. I only wish to see this game continue to succeed, I just happen to express it through tough love.
The bottom line is that there are separate and distinct areas of the game. If you want to play PvP, you can; if you want to play WvW, you can; if you want to experience the Living Story, you can. So why force us to experience the Living Story content in game modes where it doesn’t belong? It is nothing but a source of contention and frustration for your customers.
Sincerely,
A concerned WvW’er/PvP’er
Bump this thread if you agree, lets get the Dev’s attention!