Hi Anet + community.
So I wish to formally come out, and say that I’m bored with this game. Prior to GW2, I was a GW1 Player for nearly 5 years. The fact that GW2 isn’t even a year old, and me feeling pretty fed up with it, brings up concerns for me, and my confidence and pride in Anet. There are some huge fundamental issues which I’ll go over.
1) Lack of changing content in WvWvW. Been playing WvW since the start, and man this got bland stupidly quick. I’ve had even taken up commanding, and dropped 100g for the tag, but quite frankly it only made the game fun for about a week or so, until you realize that it’s still the same old thing. The titles need work, as do the ranks.
2) Ability to make money in the game. Please offer other alternatives BESIDES farming CoF P1 over and over again, and flipping the auction house. Boost drops/ money making opportunities please! The value of items is way too low, and those that have money are simply getting richer, as the poor have a harder time buying anything in the game.
3) Classes are pretty ok in my opinion, obviously it isn’t perfect, but it’s nothing horrendous either. Thief’s invisibility took a huge chunk of fun out of the game for me in WvW, and made them a nuisance to fight above all other classes. People have caught onto this, and are exploiting this class/build.
4) RNG. RNG. RNG. Anet this is so stupidly greedy, and frustrating I cannot even begin to explain. RNG is single handed the worst thing I’ve seen in this game. Offer at least other alternatives to getting items from the black lion shop. I dropped at least 200g attempting to get my molten skin. I’ve heard even worse stories! I understand that you guys need to make some coin as well, but this isn’t the way to do it. This makes the game scream “Cheap Asian pay2lookgood mmo market”.
Overall if you want people to keep on playing, make some kind of incentive to do so! It’s unreal how many times I’ve logged in thinking, “here we go again, time to farm for 3 hours, and head off to sleep. Repeat this another 5 nights a week for the next 3 months, and I’ll finally be able to buy that sword”. I don’t want another part-time job! You guys want to reduce the amount of people buying from gold traders? Don’t do garbage like this! It’s seriously easier for me to go spend that few hours worth of real life work for 100g. I’d save myself a whole lot of effort, and anxiety playing your game for weeks on end. If people have a easy way to get a hold of disposable income, you can kiss your notorious gold traders, and botters goodbye. Make legendary weapons account-bound with all the requirements it takes to complete them. The gold chase has made many players in-game very bitter towards each other, pointing fingers at the players that are lucky. The American Dream huh. Anet team, go watch the Great Gatsby when it comes out, as the general concept of the movie is a pretty straight reflection of your game. People are giving an arm, and a leg to try to get a surplus of 100-500g.
Also being primarily a WvW player, it’s been one of the worst reward systems the game has to offer. There is no incentives other than the thrill of open world PvP. No one cares about the fight anymore if you’re not on a top tier server.
That’s it for my rant for now I guess, I’m just disappointed, and sick of how repetitive this game has gotten.
(edited by Rapid Agility.5873)