Guild Wars 2

This is the 2nd post of this nature that I’m posting here. The first was deleted because I put the word “ArenaNet” in the title. I don’t mind that. I should have read the rules, but I feel it’s important for me to say this because I hate to see this game ruined.

Now I’m an older person when it comes to video gaming, so it would probably be dumb to cater to somebody like me because kids are where all the money’s at, but it’s obvious to me-without having read any development notes, articles, or anything but these message boards (mainly WvW)- that you folks had a plan in mind when you created this game.

In this game, I haven’t spent any money besides the original $60. It amazes me how you’re able to profit. Surely there are enough people buying gems & gold or whatever to tide you over. I appreciate that you aren’t trying to reach into my pocket. That’s #1.

1. is, I have never stopped to check what gear I was wearing or if my trait points were just right before I ran into a fight. I love that. I love that I can jump in there and play with everybody else without having to play 600 hours in some dungeon killing the same boss over and over gain for gear points. Some people like doing that, though. I happen to not.

1. WvWvW makes this the best game I have ever played. Even better than Donkey Kong. In the beginning of the World of Warcraft, there was a certain atmosphere that they ruined by broadening the market they appealed to. They’ve probably made billions of dollars by now, but I wouldn’t ever play that game again. Canned PvP, grinding for tokens, points, armor. Having to set your traits up exactly one way to have the best chance of success. The game went from roving armies of death running around attacking each other to people sitting in the major city decked out in their Sunday’s best, riding the 600th epic mount, and sitting there. Looking dull and thinking dull. This game has so many options, so many possibilities. The world bosses are awesome. There’s no need to sit around waiting for somebody to group with so that you can go forward. In my opinion, you haven’t raised the bar. You’ve entirely redesigned it. It’s not a bar anymore.

In short, I love what you’ve done here. I haven’t had this much fun playing video games since passing the joystick around on Summer Games on the Commodore 64. The dead nerd in me has been resuscitated. The only thing I would ask for is more variety for the character voices.

Dragon Age had multiple voice actors available at the creation of each character. I loved the sound of the Dwarf yelling “charge” in wow. Yesterday I was playing with my buddy who is also a Norn, and I couldn’t tell who was grunting. I could only imagine if there were 5 Norns.

Thanks again for a great game. I’ll be sure to behave on your forums.

Commodore 64? Donkey Kong? And still playing games today?

You’re alright in my book, gramps.

Ditto that. Amazing game that really feels like a sandbox rather than a set theme park.