I read these forums quite a bit I always find a lot of complaining about the living world temporary content. Why it makes no sense to me what it seems you want is well Underworld, DOA, and FoW back from Guildwars, or that gear treadmill from WoW and other games. When I played Guildwars I did those things along with others also, but I focused more on titles I liked to explore the world to me it was more interesting than constantly farming the same crap everyday in hopes to get that one drop I could sell for a few extra ecto’s . I could earn enough in basic drops usually and go buy one outright lol.
Anyway living story content yes some parts are temporary some get added in permanently does it matter Guildwars 2 is a completely different game from Guildwars and Wow. Why does it have to follow the formula of any game before it? What good does that super gear do you it? Does it make you play the game better? No not really because if you were a great player you would not need the Gear to be great you could do the content without it. Gear grind is a cop out and always will be. I cannot say anything about cosmetic gear grind everyone likes shiny cool looking weapons and armor but that is a choice not an advantage. No one should need special gear to do a dungeon skill should be what is used.
Stop complaining the people who made this great game they did it for you and all around you. I would like to see anyone come up with ideas like they have and pull it off. If you know anything about programming you would be amazed at what they have done. We used to have game boxes with awesome graphix, but you put the game in and you got computer stick figures. Now you get what is on the box itself and it plays better and faster than the stick figures ever could.
So what Guildwars 2 is not a WoW clone or even an upgraded graphic version of Guildwars. It can use some improvements yes but the game is only a year old now. Give it time to mature you will be surprised at what is gonna happen with it.
Guildwars 2 has so much potential more than any game in history. Instead of coming out with a new expansion every time it changes constantly. It lets the developers experiment with content that no other game does, and its live. Right now they are keeping the basis of the game the same, but who says that will always be the same forever. Expansions are a way to bring back people when they get tired of a game. Living story is meant to keep people playing because they do not know what is coming next. If you think that is grind and its not rewarding enough (with virtual items and gold), then this is not the game for you. I wish people would readjust their thinking and understand this game is different so should be thought of that way.
Call me a fanboy if you want to does not matter to me. Just remember its a game and the developers are trying new exciting things that no one has been able to pull off because gamers are too fickle to realize how great something can be without having to follow the style of other games.
