Guild Wars 2

Vayne.8563:

stayBlind.7849:

I would rather invest in lower-budget games that didn’t have to implement features that don’t build upon how the game was designed simply because not enough time/money was put into designing said features.

I’m sure everyone would rather do that…but in reality, intent and execution are always two different things.

In this case the intent and execution are so much different, that one has to ask yourself whether stated intent and the actual one were really the same. Because if they were, it means Anet is just abysmally bad at designing their own games and predicting player response. Which doesn’t offer good prospects for the future.

Fyrehawk.1674:

In my opinion, Arenanet was being entirely genuine with their comments regarding the planned implementation of ‘Ascended’ items but I am also suspicious of them stretching the truth. Just consider the name – ‘Ascended’ – it literally sounds like there should be lore behind it, a full blown story and with it new amazing content. ‘Ascended’ to me sounds like something that should of and was originally intended to be implemented in a full blown content expansion.

Strictly speaking thereis lore and a story behind it.

The original ascended gear are almost all relics from GW1 and/or GW lore. The implication is that they’ve turned up or been found during analysis of points of history and alternative realities that are the fractals you are helping stabilise for research purposes.

However, people wern’t happy with this implementation – because unless they participated in fractals they could not obtain the relics – story and reason be kitten ed. Hence we now have flavourless alternative pathways; laurels, guild commendations etc.

Once more, the old adages about the colour of the grass and what you wish for holds true.

Astralporing.1957:

Vayne.8563:

stayBlind.7849:

I would rather invest in lower-budget games that didn’t have to implement features that don’t build upon how the game was designed simply because not enough time/money was put into designing said features.

I’m sure everyone would rather do that…but in reality, intent and execution are always two different things.

In this case the intent and execution are so much different, that one has to ask yourself whether stated intent and the actual one were really the same. Because if they were, it means Anet is just abysmally bad at designing their own games and predicting player response. Which doesn’t offer good prospects for the future.

The states intent is NOT so different. With the exception of the single line “everything you love about Guild Wars 1”, the rest of the manifesto is more or less representative of what’s in the game.

If you don’t understand it to be, then that I was suggest is your problem. Because to me the manifesto is fulfilled within the bounds of current technology.

Vayne.8563:

Astralporing.1957:

Vayne.8563:

stayBlind.7849:

I would rather invest in lower-budget games that didn’t have to implement features that don’t build upon how the game was designed simply because not enough time/money was put into designing said features.

I’m sure everyone would rather do that…but in reality, intent and execution are always two different things.

In this case the intent and execution are so much different, that one has to ask yourself whether stated intent and the actual one were really the same. Because if they were, it means Anet is just abysmally bad at designing their own games and predicting player response. Which doesn’t offer good prospects for the future.

The states intent is NOT so different. With the exception of the single line “everything you love about Guild Wars 1”, the rest of the manifesto is more or less representative of what’s in the game.

If you don’t understand it to be, then that I was suggest is your problem. Because to me the manifesto is fulfilled within the bounds of current technology.

Current technology is sitting in LA/Fractals/CoH until dragon timers pop?

Vayne.8563:

Because to me the manifesto is fulfilled within the bounds of current technology.

Ah, then they promised something that was impossible for them to deliver, so instead they decided to deliver something very different? See my previous comment about being bad at designing and prediction.
Or, alternatively, they might have known they will be unable to deliver, which doesn’t actually make it any better.

And the manifesto fits what’s currently in the game only if you force it in with a sledgehammer.