Completion rewards are too low. Discuss.
TLDR-You arent rewarded enough in Guild Wars 2.
The main reward is the experience of having fun while playing the game. If you want to grind – play not to have fun experimenting the game, but rather play through mediocre content just to get a reward in the end – there are lots of other MMOs out there exactly like that.
TLDR: if you didn’t enjoy reaching completition, you shouldn’t have done it.
“I think that players are starting to mature past the point of wanting to be on that
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
The main reward is the experience of having fun while playing the game. If you want to grind – play not to have fun experimenting the game, but rather play through mediocre content just to get a reward in the end – there are lots of other MMOs out there exactly like that.
TLDR: if you didn’t enjoy reaching completition, you shouldn’t have done it.
So why provide any rewards at all then? Why have exotic armor which is better than what you get in the course of doing the game etc etc
Jade Quarry [SoX]
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
The rewards are tuned to the level of the zone.
I think the rewards for the level 80 maps are just awesome.
That 6 gold exotic scepter I got for Frostsound Gorge completion was pure win.
So why provide any rewards at all then? Why have exotic armor which is better than what you get in the course of doing the game etc etc
To give people a feeling of progression and of change as they play through the game. Not to pretend players are donkeys chasing carrots dangling in front of their faces.
It truly amazes me how many people actually seek grind. When a game designer makes content for grinders, it’s telling his players that they are little better than blind animals being mindlessly foolished by the promise of a reward that will never come (aka, the famous carrot). People should demand better, instead of seeking the mediocrity of grind.
“I think that players are starting to mature past the point of wanting to be on that
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
treadmill, of being in that obvious pattern of every time I catch up you are going to
put another carrot in front of me” – Mike O’Brien right before Ascended weapons
This is the biggest issue in Guild Wars 2, I hope they come up with better rewards in this game.
Lions arch=tele to pvp use portal. You’ll save lots of money in the end. You’re welcome.
So why provide any rewards at all then? Why have exotic armor which is better than what you get in the course of doing the game etc etc
To give people a feeling of progression and of change as they play through the game. Not to pretend players are donkeys chasing carrots dangling in front of their faces.
But if playing the game is enough they shouldn’t need that sense of progression.
Jade Quarry [SoX]
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
Miranda Zero – Ele / Twitch Zero – Mes / Chargrin Soulboom – Engi
Aliera Zero – Guardian / Reaver Zero – Necro
So why provide any rewards at all then? Why have exotic armor which is better than what you get in the course of doing the game etc etc
To give people a feeling of progression and of change as they play through the game. Not to pretend players are donkeys chasing carrots dangling in front of their faces.
Please explain how giving players item rewards that they can’t even use for their given profession (like giving an elementalist two pieces of heavy armor for completing a particular map) helps to contribute to the “progression” of that character. Ah, that’s right, it doesn’t.
This is one of many areas that the ANet team needs to work on. Please don’t make excuses for the devs and let’s be honest in admitting that this is something they need to fix.
Remember when our developers talked about “strengthening the core game”?
How’d that work out for us so far?
Now let’s try some ideas that will really work.
How’d that work out for us so far?
Now let’s try some ideas that will really work.
personal story rewards are fairly meh till the end you get some gemstore items but are still pretty underwhelming, even the pact weapon you can choose, sure they look mostly cool but they arent even exotic.. you save the world here’s a rare weapon of your choice.
as for map completion, its a bit bleh at times you mostly get stuff you cant use so its for an alt or glob fodder. sometimes tho its a bit frustrating to get like in my case 20 lemongrass and 2x of the same exotic boots that were only worth 60s from completing cursed shore.. was just a complete wtf moment… then on a different character complete mount maelstrom and get a scepter with a sigil worth 4g. rng is fun!.. not
You easily make 20g+ from completion rewards of all 70+ maps.
That’s enough to get a lot of lvl 80 exotic stuff; quite the reward, when you consider all you did was exploring.