Guild Wars 2

‘The DR system has been cutting short and ruining gameplay’. This is what I’ve heard in the last few weeks and I have personally experienced this fact.

However, this weekend, I’ve been leveling up my alt [Guardian] and this has not affected me at all. I have played for more than 15 hours straight without any pause and the DR has not bothered me at all. Even with 8 slot bags and an extra inventory slot, I was constantly hassled with my inventory being full not the opposite. I have stayed in maps for more than 4 hours, often completing the same events and slaying the same mobs for my crafting.

For everyone who is against the DR I understand that you are entitled to an opinion and I can respect that. I myself think that if the DR is in its form a safety net and doesn’t affect true gamers such as me. GJ to Anet Devs.

DR itself doesn’t really seem to hit hard until you hit level 80. At that point, for some reason, you can kill 20 mobs and only get 1 or 2 drops. So if you are leveling, you probably won’t notice it at all.

Hopefully Monday’s patch will nerf it.

In my opinion, it’s alot harder to hit DR on a lower lvl character, but for someone playing in a place like Cursed Shore, it can be hit relatively easy. Either that, or they tuned drops down for high lvl areas.

I agree with Rpgtabbycat [can’t quote your post for some reason].

On my Thief, which is my main, I find it does affect at some point in high level maps. I do not visit the Orr area much since it is nerfed to a huge extent.

My experience is in Frostgorge Sound. The troll area specifically. The DR kicks in hard in these areas. 70-80 or 80 areas. I haven’t done much exploring on my main but I really believe that the DR wouldn’t affect in map completion and DE if you keep moving.

TBH, I really don’t worry about the DR system since I have got countless Rares and even one Exotic from loot drops. Exotic drops FTW!

Oh, it doesn’t affect true gamers such as you? Alright, then. You ever think maybe your gameplay just isn’t efficient enough to trigger it?

bwillb.2165:

Oh, it doesn’t affect true gamers such as you? Alright, then. You ever think maybe your gameplay just isn’t efficient enough to trigger it?

Maybe you are right. What I meant by my post is that a diversity of events and kills never affected the drop rate, Karma or coin I received in the end. Within 2 days I was able to obtain more than 1G without even realizing it.

FYI – 15 hours straight was just yesterday. Does 3 days straight with only smoke breaks count as a true gamer in your books?