Guild Wars 2

We’ve all seen threads about the fact that GW2 is alt-unfriendly (massively so). I have a suggestion to mitigate this. How about a new item, let’s call it the ‘Vision Crystal’, that does the following:

1. The Vision Crystal can only be purchased (from the gem store for say 1600 gems) by a character that is Lv. 80 with full map completion.
2. The Vision crystal is account-bound, and can only be used by Lv. 80 characters.
3. Double-clicking on the Vision Crystal will permanently reveal/open all waypoints on all maps for that character (but not POI’s, Skill Points or Vistas).
4. A character using the Vision Crystal will no longer be able to get the completion rewards for any map zone, so use of the Vision Crystal should be weighed carefully.

No one, and I mean no one wants to go through the incredibly tedious and boring process of map completion multiple times just to allow them to do events on their alts instead of using their ‘main’ all the time. I have 8 Lv. 80 toons, and I’m for kitten sure not doing all that make-work stuff 8 times. Seriously A-net, how ’bout it?

Name a more alt friendly MMO then GW2, then you will have a point.

Running the world with a lvl 80 alt should not take you more then a weekend to open 75% of the WPs even if we assume you got lvl 80 by just doing the starter zone event grinding or crafting.

Ronah.2869:

Name a more alt friendly MMO then GW2, then you will have a point.

Running the world with a lvl 80 alt should not take you more then a weekend to open 75% of the WPs even if we assume you got lvl 80 by just doing the starter zone event grinding or crafting.

• GW1

Viking Jorun.5413:

Ronah.2869:

Name a more alt friendly MMO then GW2, then you will have a point.

Running the world with a lvl 80 alt should not take you more then a weekend to open 75% of the WPs even if we assume you got lvl 80 by just doing the starter zone event grinding or crafting.

• GW1

So you got all map open for all alts in GW1? Don’t remember that
The only things you unlocked for account in GW1 were skills for the heroes and hard mode but nothing else

That’s funny, I saw map completion as playing the game. If you’re joining an MMO and don’t want to explore the world of Tyria, it seems kind of silly. I could understand if you’re a hardcore WvW player, but if you call yourself a PvE player its just a contradiction since PvE is alot more than just fractals or dungeons.

Guild Wars 2 has some of the best open-world content available on the market. I recommend enjoying it instead of worrying about moar shinies.

Reminds me of those people who grind alts to level 80 in the Queensdale train.

Yeah GW2 has a lot more replay-ability and is very alt friendly. The maps don’t take a long time to uncover and if you just want access to all the WP’s then it really doesn’t take long to sprint through a map and unlock them.

GW1 was alt friendly because the game intelligently had a very low level cap, you could hit the cap pretty quickly (as long as you weren’t starting on Prophecies) and that meant you could go do whatever content you wanted, not to mention all the missions were replayable and there was a lot of story – but GW1 is kind of unique so yeah.

Maybe I should explain further. I’m not a ‘great player’, but I do have 100% map completion, all slayer achievements, 400/500 in all crafting disciplines, etc. I do all the living story meta’s, though they get old quickly. I have over 10,000 AP and 20K kills in WvW. All 8 of my Lv 80 toons have 100% ascended trinkets and exotic gear.

I like variety and challenging combat. What I mean by challenging combat is: any fight where my character might actually die despite my best effort. I can usually solo most champs or a WvW camp w/ Mercs on any one of my toons, but I sometimes fail. That’s what I like.

No offense intended to those who like minigames, jumping puzzles, random easy mobs or Lion’s Arch fashion shows. Whatever floats your boat. A-Net has said that it wants to let us play what we like. I’ve already ‘been there, done that’ (the title says it all) and I don’t want to do it again. For me, doing map completion 8 times is like watching reruns of the same mediocre TV show 8 times when I could be doing something much better.

Daddar.5971:

We’ve all seen threads about the fact that GW2 is alt-unfriendly (massively so). I have a suggestion to mitigate this. How about a new item, let’s call it the ‘Vision Crystal’, that does the following:

1. The Vision Crystal can only be purchased (from the gem store for say 1600 gems) by a character that is Lv. 80 with full map completion.
2. The Vision crystal is account-bound, and can only be used by Lv. 80 characters.
3. Double-clicking on the Vision Crystal will permanently reveal/open all waypoints on all maps for that character (but not POI’s, Skill Points or Vistas).
4. A character using the Vision Crystal will no longer be able to get the completion rewards for any map zone, so use of the Vision Crystal should be weighed carefully.

No one, and I mean no one wants to go through the incredibly tedious and boring process of map completion multiple times just to allow them to do events on their alts instead of using their ‘main’ all the time. I have 8 Lv. 80 toons, and I’m for kitten sure not doing all that make-work stuff 8 times. Seriously A-net, how ’bout it?

Well I am doing my 8th world complete now, so take me off your “no one” list please. I still enjoy doing world completes besides a few annoying hearts here and there (stealth heart in Ascalon I’m speaking about you).

Having said that I would not mind something like this being put in. But what if you regret it later that you can’t get world complete anymore? After all once we can craft precursors it might be more realistic to work for getting another legendary later on and for that you need world completes.