Guild Wars 2

Judging by the complaints raised in the various forums its been very clear that GW2 is suffering from trying to cater to too wide of a player base in terms of skill. Both parties get angry when they encounter some content that is either too easy or too hard for them and complain that arenanet isn’t catering to them enough. Is it even possible to have both playing the same game? easy skill lvl players complain they shouldn’t have to recruit a friend if content is too hard for them and should be able to solo everything. Difficult skill players complain that they can barely stay awake playing through content designed for low lvl skill players (75% of the game).

This is not unique to GW 2, every MMO goes through this.

Hard + Easy = Just Right

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The only problem with trying to design content and challenges for both is that the unskilled group always wants to go do the hard stuff but instead of taking on the challenge they just complain it’s too hard. I’ve seen it in every single game I’ve ever played. Even if they only made .000001 of this game intended for hardcore or simply players who want a near impossible challenge you would have other players saying they should be able to do it too without being frustrated etc. It’s actually pretty nauseating.

Look I’m not some leet hardcore player and if I can do everything in a game it’s just waaaay too easy. There should be things that are so hard or so complex that literally everyone in the game feels a challenge on some level. I’ll be waiting at the tavern when that group of hardcore players comes back all beat up after fighting that epic dragon and I’ll either celebrate with them or tell them better luck next time.

That type of content is what adds mystique and adventure to a game and it mostly gets ruined my spoiled brats who want to be a part of everything and not feel like they can’t do something.