Anet, please listen to us

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Posted by: eXeth.9134

eXeth.9134

I’m trying to understand why you would bring updates like these to us.
I’ve seen so many people complain, new players regretting buying the game, veterans telling your new potential customers that they should stay the kitten away from your game. How can this be a good move for you?

You have to remember one important aspect to this: We are not China.
The game will not function here as it does in China.
Our gaming culture is very different, and for a good reason.
What ever happened to “Play your own way?”

Honestly, I have no idea why you would do this to the leveling system. I am sure you guys do not really think that the casual newbie gamer can’t comprehend having 5 skills unlocked at an early level. People are not that stupid, and it’s disrespectful to treat them as such.

Also, by not having vistas and skill challenges available at an early level it seems like you are trying to prolong the early game to distract from the lack of an endgame. That is the wrong way to go about it, and I am sure you also understand this.
You’ve effectively destroyed the fun in making alts, crippled the combat system and leveling experience, and removed a lot of the fun in exploring areas of the game for both veterans and new players.

I sincerely hope you will realize that what you are doing right now is a huge mistake. I hate seeing one of my favorite games being destroyed like this, and that is the reason why I’m writing this. Not because I’m mindlessly angry and want to kitten about something, but because I really care for the game and the great community.

This gaming community is the most kind and helpful community I’ve ever been a part of, and what you are doing now is tearing us apart.

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Posted by: XunlaiSpy.9384

XunlaiSpy.9384

You have to remember one important aspect to this: We are not China.
The game will not function here as it does in China.

The students I know over there are frustrated playing their version of the game too.

Also, by not having vistas and skill challenges available at an early level

I noticed the skill challenge restriction but I was too peeved to notice the vista restrictions. So much for leveling up by exploring the world.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

You have to remember one important aspect to this: We are not China.
The game will not function here as it does in China.

The students I know over there are frustrated playing their version of the game too.

Also, by not having vistas and skill challenges available at an early level

I noticed the skill challenge restriction but I was too peeved to notice the vista restrictions. So much for leveling up by exploring the world.

You can get vistas from level 2. They simply don’t show up on the map prior to that. I’ve been getting vistas as I pass them on my character. It’s a gate for information, not for what you can do. The only exception seems to be skill points, which is okay because you can’t use the skills you buy with them anyway at low levels.

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Posted by: Azure.8670

Azure.8670

I was about to make a 2nd mesmer or guardian next week. I cannot believe how out of touch ANET is with us. I understand they have a vision and I try so hard not to bash, but things like this….

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Posted by: Kamui.4038

Kamui.4038

You have to remember one important aspect to this: We are not China.
The game will not function here as it does in China.

The students I know over there are frustrated playing their version of the game too.

Also, by not having vistas and skill challenges available at an early level

I noticed the skill challenge restriction but I was too peeved to notice the vista restrictions. So much for leveling up by exploring the world.

You can get vistas from level 2. They simply don’t show up on the map prior to that. I’ve been getting vistas as I pass them on my character. It’s a gate for information, not for what you can do. The only exception seems to be skill points, which is okay because you can’t use the skills you buy with them anyway at low levels.

We used to get our first skill at level 5, and before that you could amass some skill points so you could afford at least 2 different utilities to try out. Now we are being harassed, forced to go back and redo earlier areas and backtrack (same for the living story) because of a terrible system that shouldn’t be here in the first place.

It is NOT okay.

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Posted by: eXeth.9134

eXeth.9134

The only exception seems to be skill points, which is okay because you can’t use the skills you buy with them anyway at low levels.

I’m sorry, but that is still really bad in my view. You will then have to go back to those maps and do all the skill points later in the game, when you could have simply saved them up for when you did gain access to them.
It makes it more like a grindfest; “Go here!” “Now go over there!” “Now go back here again!”, and it’s much less appealing to play. They’re taking away our choices in the game.

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Posted by: Zheng Kai wen.4539

Zheng Kai wen.4539

I think this update changed so tired
So with the Chinese game companies what is the difference?
What to open next? VIP?
Its better to update some plot torture novice or a new map of the New World when will it appear

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Posted by: Aedelric.1287

Aedelric.1287

Arena Net reads the forums and no doubt understands peoples concerns, but they are famous for their apathy and lack of community interaction.

Hell will freeze over before they take action on behalf of their player base demands.

“I am Evon Gnashblade and this message is acceptable to me.”

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Posted by: butch.8136

butch.8136

If they created this system entirely for new players only (not for alts, etc), would this solve everything? I think it would, as every single complaint is from people who are used to the old system.

So either they let the two systems coexist or they circumvent the leveling process by giving us more tomes, scrolls, etc.

Razor xxxx (Desolation ; Off)
Bring back: ‘Gamer’ title + MAT’s!
Throw out: Hotjoin!

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Posted by: HHR LostProphet.4801

HHR LostProphet.4801

The only exception seems to be skill points, which is okay because you can’t use the skills you buy with them anyway at low levels.

Did you pick up that line from the video I’ve posted?

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Posted by: Vorch.2985

Vorch.2985

You have to remember one important aspect to this: We are not China.
The game will not function here as it does in China.

The students I know over there are frustrated playing their version of the game too.

Also, by not having vistas and skill challenges available at an early level

I noticed the skill challenge restriction but I was too peeved to notice the vista restrictions. So much for leveling up by exploring the world.

You can get vistas from level 2. They simply don’t show up on the map prior to that. I’ve been getting vistas as I pass them on my character. It’s a gate for information, not for what you can do. The only exception seems to be skill points, which is okay because you can’t use the skills you buy with them anyway at low levels.

No, it’s not ok.

This isn’t just alarmist flaming. There is a serious issue that has been manufactured this patch.

The leveling in this game has be SERIOUSLY effected, for the worse. The only thing that was gated that I can understand is the story (it was disjointed otherwise). Placing a simple tutorial for different abilities and features would have been VERY appreciated (a la PvP tutorial).

Gating mechanics for new players AND old players with new characters is NOT appreciated.

Here’s what people thought of GW1 when it first came out: http://tinyurl.com/bntcvyc
“A release is 7 days or less away or has just happened within the last 7 days…
These are the only two states you’ll find the world of Tyria.”

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Posted by: Malkavian.4516

Malkavian.4516

Arena Net reads the forums and no doubt understands peoples concerns, but they are famous for their apathy and lack of community interaction.

Hell will freeze over before they take action on behalf of their player base demands.

They have been doing interactions with the community the past couple of weeks. It has been 1 day though since this patch was out so I’ll give them a bit of time to see how they respond to the feedback.

FOR SKYRIM!!!!!

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Posted by: Aedelric.1287

Aedelric.1287

Arena Net reads the forums and no doubt understands peoples concerns, but they are famous for their apathy and lack of community interaction.

Hell will freeze over before they take action on behalf of their player base demands.

They have been doing interactions with the community the past couple of weeks. It has been 1 day though since this patch was out so I’ll give them a bit of time to see how they respond to the feedback.

Couple of weeks… Out of two years since the game was live, not a great average that.

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