Everyone else has an opinion of what should be changed and new ideas that could make the game better so I thought I’d put in my own ideas as well. Not looking to start a huge discussion on who has better opinions, but I wanna leave this here to possibly be seen and pondered over.
A few things I’d like to see would be:
1) I want to matter as an individual in WvW. I want the other team to see my name and see my gear and fear me when I come at them because they already see the armor repairing fees in their future. The point that I may possibly remember a persons name and target them is exactly what should happen, otherwise I’m just another nameless soldier on a battlefield. Realistically no I don’t know the names of my enemies, but this is a game, and I want recognition for stomping faces.
Personal stats from WvW/sPvP displayed online or something would be awesome too, and also an in game way to see server ranks.
2)C.O.D mail delivery. It’s just needed, plenty of threads about it already but just another bump. It won’t hurt the economy and will only protect from scammers(unless you are prepared to answer a million scam support tickets AND refund the lost items). Can even include a mailing fee(which with all the other gold sinks already I’m surprised there isn’t one to send any type of mail)
3)The gear “grind” is way too short, once I’m 80 and get my first tier exotic gear, I’m done, that’s it, nothing is better. And the idea that “the gear you have shouldn’t set you apart from another player” sounds great and fair and balanced on paper but in practice makes my weeks or months of hard work nothing compared to that idiot that just bought the game and got 80 in a weekend. I don’t want to run 1 dungeon 8000 times to get the 22nd tier gear and pwn everyone lesser, but I should be able to advance further than 1 last armor tier at max level and thats that. (obviously skill is very important and I love that it is, best part of the game, but at the same time I earned SOMETHING by working harder for longer).
TL;DR Perfect balance is not always fun. In WvW, you have to earn your gear which gets you a little further ahead of someone else. Please make more armor tiers at max level and leave “perfect balance” to sPvP, thats where it fits.
Community
You’ve managed to build a great community. During headstart while TP was down I could trust everyone to trade through mail, people would kindly pick you up if you were dead. But the 1 thing that I think is hurting just a bit, is the fact that I have to think about everything I say. I’m afraid I’ll lose my game privilages if I manage to hurt some kids feelings somehow. Don’t get me wrong, not everyone needs to be told they’re “kitten noobs” all the time, but some people, they really need to know they are just bad. I want them to get better because they are on my team in WvW. It kills me to refrain from telling them they suck because I could be banned for it.
Just my thoughts on the game in it’s current form. A final note I leave to ANet is this: You have a great great game here. I’ve logged over 280 hours already and still loving all the content and that wont change for a long while. That said, there are things that are not perfect, but that you have the capability to make perfect. Please don’t let your own ideals about what the game should be ALWAYS outweigh what the community wants to see. Stick to your guns but know when you are wrong and something needs changed. Keep this in mind and your game will continue to thrive for a long long time.
Thanks for reading.