Guild Wars 2

This topic is to suggest, ANet, that you not delete posts of protest that are politely worded from threads such as the extremely popular Ascension gear threads.

I realize this is your backyard, and that I agreed to give up all of my rights to free speech and self-expression, but I am sincerely concerned that you are announcing gearchecked dungeons three months after GW2 release.

I love this game. Really, really love it. I’d been anticipating it for years. I would like to keep loving it. A major reason why I’m with you and GW2, Anet, is that I was tired of gearscore and gear grind in WoW. I feel this type of gaming brings out the worst in people. The upgrade focus leads to all kinds of elitism, greed, poor sportsmanship, and was directly responsible for a dramatic shift in the WoW community once it became established there.

I would hate to see this happen to GW2. Oh wait, it’s already happening.

I posted about this in the merged Ascension gear thread, and my post was deleted within minutes.

I would urge you at this point to allow protest posts to remain, if they otherwise conform to the forum terms of service. Believe me: you don’t want to get a reputation as a company that deletes posts arbitrarily and censors it users.

You’ve worked really hard to build this community, and it shows. The cries of protest are because people are afraid to lose what ANet and the player community have worked so hard to develop.

If you go down this road, we will all lose.

Gearscore. Locked dungeons. Gear tiers. PvP. Deleted posts. Think about where this going. It will go there very, very fast if you don’t stop it, and in a very short time, all the plans you have laid for the future of GW2 will mean precisely nothing.

We’re not complaining because we don’t like you. We’re complaining because we care about the game, the community, and ANet.

Deleted posts are not damage control. They are the opposite of that. Damage control would be revealing a coherent plan for how introducing these things will somehow NOT imbalance the game and upset the community.

We’re all ears, ANet. We know you are capable of doing the right thing. Let us know you’re listening. Don’t try to make the backlash appear weaker than it is.