So i played nonstop to reach 80. I got 80 and started to see people with awesome gear. I found out how to get the awesome dungeon gear. I started to run dungeons to get this gear. Heres where my fun ends. Its basically a grindfest to get the set of gear that you like. Ive literaly run sorrow’s embrace over 40 times. Even when i get a full set of gear, i dont know what stats benefit my class the most. Without a dps meter, theres no way to figure out what is optimal for me to put out the most dps. So basically im grinding a dungeon over and over for gear that im not actually sure will benefit me. After grinding dungeons i got super bored of, i tried some WvW pvp. Ive fallen asleep many times in this WvW. Its seriously a very boring and annoying pvp style. First, it takes 10 minutes just to get to the battles. 2nd, its a mindless zerg. I know it takes stratagy to take key points and what not, but the actual fighting is sooo boring. When you get owned by 20 ppl, you have 1 waypoint thats 10 minutes away. So your forced to run all the way back, most likely missing the end of the battle. I cannot stand this for more than 1 hour. Its funny, most of the time my guild starts with around 30 ppl. After 1 or 2 hours, that number is down to 10 people. You get badges randomly and it takes ALOT just to get 1 piece of the pvp gear. If anything, they need to give a badge everytime you make a player kill. Set some kind of standard so people know what to expect. Getting random loot is just stupid. Back to dungeons. I sit in LA for an hour trying to get a group together. Everytime i post somthing, its out of chat view in 20 seconds because so many other people are posting in the map chat. After 5min, “my messages are suppressed”, so i have to spend money to port out and back in. Sometimes its better to wait outside the dungeon and hope that people are there looking for a group. MAKE A LFG CHANNEL kitten One of my biggest issues with this game is how all 80 gear is statistically the same(exotics). I get that you want it to be fair but this gives me no incentive to play this game much anymore. If i already have a full set of exotics, why would i care to get a new set, other than for looks. If i actually could see what stats are best for my dps, i would have more incentive to grind for the set that works the most. They nailed the pvp fairness aspect, but in pve, you NEED to have certain gear be superior. I like the way arah gear looks but its so dam hard theres no drive to get the gear. i can run another easier instance that takes 20 minutes and get gear thats just as good as arah gear that takes me 2 hours to get badges for. Lastly, i have issues with tournament pvp. This is the hardest kind of pvp to get people to do. On my server, its nearly impossible to find 5 people to do this with you .I think if they used the wow arena model, this game would become a serious esport. For 1, finding 1 or 2 people is much easier.Also, having a rating system gives players a sense of accomplishment everytime they beat another team. Just adding a ratings system would keep players on for endless hours.
dungeons, pvp, wvw GEAR GRIND
1 gold will buy you a full set of Green level 80 accessories of your choice.
1 gold will buy you a full set of Green level 80 armor of your choice.
From here, you use this until you farm enough materials to do 1 of 2 things:
1) Farm enough materials to sell to buy your Exotic armor
2) Farm enough materials to make your Exotic armor
Choice is yours, but is hardly a grind.