Guild Wars 2

… but not getting anywhere. I did the whole night and day cicle three times today. I’m trying to gear up for raids, I’m looking for Black Diamonds for my engi, or Freshwater Pearls for my guardian, or anything valuable to sell and buy them but I didn’t drop anything to sell or the items I’m looking for. I’m trying to get ascended for two more characters but I feel like I’m not advancing a single bit. Since the expansion came out I dropped 5 Black Diamonds and not a signel Freshwater Pearl. I sell old t6 but they are worth nothing. I open every single airship cargo just to find those milling stones and some crap useless green and some stuff I can’t even sell. Sometimes I farm Auric Basin, never got lucky with chests. After doing those events I find myself with a couple of yellows, maybe an exotic that sells for 1g, a ton of bags and a ton of greens. Sometimes is hard to even find a map that is doing events, sometimes I get locked in my lfg because I taxi’ed too many times. I feel there in the same spot I was when the new stats came out and I feel I’m wasting my time.

I won’t even bother doing fractals because I read the droprate is abysmal.

And why even bother? Raids are like once a week, and what else am I farming for? Doing some more meta events that I could do with greens since you get one shot even in full ascended?

Yes, why bother? Wouldn’t you rather have fun in the game?

saturn.4810:

Yes, why bother? Wouldn’t you rather have fun in the game?

i think anet forgot the whole point of gaming… to have fun

saturn.4810:

Yes, why bother? Wouldn’t you rather have fun in the game?

I have fun by doing raids and instanced content. Dungeons are dead, fractals are too, for raids I need to gear up more characters since different builds are needed. To do so I need to farm. But farming doesn’t net you anything, no items you need, no gold, no nothing. And I would enjoy it if I got any reward for the time I’m spending, or if I could reliably find working maps.

Lucky Shot.7650:

saturn.4810:

Yes, why bother? Wouldn’t you rather have fun in the game?

I have fun by doing raids and instanced content. Dungeons are dead, fractals are too, for raids I need to gear up more characters since different builds are needed. To do so I need to farm. But farming doesn’t net you anything, no items you need, no gold, no nothing. And I would enjoy it if I got any reward for the time I’m spending, or if I could reliably find working maps.

Have you tried the gemstore? It’s available for all your GW2 needs. Why be a poor farmer in game when you can be a rich gem owner. P2W FTW!

Tspatula.9086:

Lucky Shot.7650:

saturn.4810:

Yes, why bother? Wouldn’t you rather have fun in the game?

I have fun by doing raids and instanced content. Dungeons are dead, fractals are too, for raids I need to gear up more characters since different builds are needed. To do so I need to farm. But farming doesn’t net you anything, no items you need, no gold, no nothing. And I would enjoy it if I got any reward for the time I’m spending, or if I could reliably find working maps.

Have you tried the gemstore? It’s available for all your GW2 needs. Why be a poor farmer in game when you can be a rich gem owner. P2W FTW!

I bought gems and I buy gems, but I refuse to use them to buy gold. It’s fine for me to use them for gemstore items, the point is I should be able to get the things I need in the game. The point is, if I spend the whole afternoon farming I should get somewhere and gain something. I I complete a one hour and something event I shouldnt’ get a kitten loot bag with a green, some ascended material that isn’t used in ascended armor/weapon crafting and some crowbars that are used to get more greens, more unsellable useless stuff and a couple of milling stones. The point is I shouldn’t be locked out from a map event because I can’t taxi and because the map I’m in is not doing the events. If I decide to farm I should be able to do so consistently. Few days ago I couldn’t log a decent map and I just disconnected. There’s nothing to do in the game besides unless you can get a working map, and even if you do you’ll probably gain a ton of godkitten greens and nothing else. Where are the rewards?

-“The point is, if I spend the whole afternoon farming I should get somewhere and gain something.”

Well, no?
You’re not supposed to farm, you’re supposed to give Anet money. They really need it. It isnt even called buying gems, its “supporting” Anet.
I dont disagree with you, personally, but thats how the Economy looks like to me.