Game is in a Sad State

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Posted by: Mordalus.8146

Mordalus.8146

I love GW2. Been playing since launch. I even love the HoT maps, masteries, etc. But boy is the game in a really sad state right now:

HoT maps – really tough to enjoy these incredible maps with the megaserver system in its current state. The last thing I want to do is actively search for a populated map. The megaserver system should automatically place me in the most populated map but it never does.

PvP – wow such a fun game mode in complete and utter disrepair with the current matchmaking system. I’m completely demoralized with the long losing streaks and I know I’m not as bad as the system makes me believe.

WvW – epic fights are gone in the frontier maps. nobody likes them. the only decent fights are at stonemist now and the wvw population seems dead.

Collections – love the system HATE HATE HATE the absolutely incredible grind

Fractals – swamp anyone?

So many great systems in place, but the implantation is so poorly done. I can’t think of any game mode that is fun at the moment. Maybe raids but my guild isn’t doing them. I used to give money to anet monthly. But I’ll be talking with my wallet until they get it together. ESO is now my MMO of choice and GW2 the backup. I hope anet gets it together.

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Posted by: Knighthonor.4061

Knighthonor.4061

SPvP was killed with HoT intro of Arenas. Now we get punished for losing so now Min/Max mentality kicks in and with that being said, people when getting multiple losses won’t want to queue up anymore. The only mode that doesn’t have this is Unranked and that has maps that many don’t like. So really I just stop playing SPvP, which before HoT was one of my two primary areas of gameplay. Mete Events being the other.

I just stopped logging in now. No fun anymore to be punished for playing. I left WoW’s Arena when they first introduced it in TBC for this very reason. Punishment makes people try to minimize the punishment and that means even more min/maxing, which leads to nothing but premades and playing unbalanced classes over classes you simply enjoy playing.

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Posted by: cptaylor.2670

cptaylor.2670

And all we’ll get at this point is a Guild Chat acknowledging that they’re listening but nothing actually being done. Especially about the matchmaking system. I started way too late apparently. I’ve been playing staff daredevil thief and am actually getting pretty good at it, but when you lose 15 times in a row only to get on a dragonhunter or a necro and have a slightly better chance of winning, (only to be followed by 3 losses getting rid of your pips) it’s discouraging. I’ve been trying to grind out the last 4 tiers of sapphire to get the last set of wings I need, but it’s apparently not going to happen this season. I advertise that I’m looking for a group in map chat, nobody responds on any character.

The game seems kind of dead right now, and no content outside of bugged poorly matched pvp leagues and gem sales, there really isn’t a whole lot to keep people’s interest. The next quarterly update is going to be reiterating on collections and making improvements, right? So we get a chance at more bags and chests to open to salvage greens and wait another 4 months for an actual content update?

I don’t know. I used to have a high opinion but due to lack of communication it’s rapidly dwindling. Perhaps it’s from when I started playing and there were little content updates every two weeks that I got spoiled. Now we’re lucky to see something every six months it seems.

I still choose it over WoW, but grinding out this pvp season that’s 10 times worse than last season is doing nothing but ruining my interest, and there is f*** all else to do that I haven’t already done outside of raids.

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Posted by: Ricky.4706

Ricky.4706

it all balances out in the end, eventually there will be 5k people that love love love the game and really enjoy the empty maps. if that was the goal, then we are getting close and people will eventually stop complaining.

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Posted by: Kythan Myr.4719

Kythan Myr.4719

Agreed. Things can swing the other way. No guarantee though. Things do seem demoralizing at the moment especially since administrative dev teams are in flux atm.

I COMPLETELY agree with OP about those points though. I’ve had the same problems with HoT maps, PvP, and WvW. There’s soooooo much promise but nothing really solid to grasp. Things that were implemented, brought new life into game but either burned out quickly or was implemented in such a boring and uninteresting way.

They try so hard to bring us new stuff (raids), but with the size of their dev teams and things changing, I feel uncertain about how things are going. For me, the biggest help would be more players in HoT maps. I’m trying to finish all that HoT stuff everyone else did, and I just don’t find the successful maps no matter how early I show.

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Posted by: DGraves.3720

DGraves.3720

I didn’t read it but considering how these things work you’re probably right and I completely agree. I’d hate to deviate from the norm.

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Posted by: OrbitalButt.5708

OrbitalButt.5708

I didn’t read it but considering how these things work you’re probably right and I completely agree. I’d hate to deviate from the norm.

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Posted by: style.6173

style.6173

I love GW2. Been playing since launch. I even love the HoT maps, masteries, etc. But boy is the game in a really sad state right now:

HoT maps – really tough to enjoy these incredible maps with the megaserver system in its current state. The last thing I want to do is actively search for a populated map. The megaserver system should automatically place me in the most populated map but it never does.

PvP – wow such a fun game mode in complete and utter disrepair with the current matchmaking system. I’m completely demoralized with the long losing streaks and I know I’m not as bad as the system makes me believe.

WvW – epic fights are gone in the frontier maps. nobody likes them. the only decent fights are at stonemist now and the wvw population seems dead.

Collections – love the system HATE HATE HATE the absolutely incredible grind

Fractals – swamp anyone?

So many great systems in place, but the implantation is so poorly done. I can’t think of any game mode that is fun at the moment. Maybe raids but my guild isn’t doing them. I used to give money to anet monthly. But I’ll be talking with my wallet until they get it together. ESO is now my MMO of choice and GW2 the backup. I hope anet gets it together.

Really true. I have a feeling ANET realizes it as well and that’s partly why you see the leadership change.

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Posted by: Agemnon.4608

Agemnon.4608

SPvP was killed with HoT intro of Arenas. Now we get punished for losing so now Min/Max mentality kicks in and with that being said, people when getting multiple losses won’t want to queue up anymore. The only mode that doesn’t have this is Unranked and that has maps that many don’t like. So really I just stop playing SPvP, which before HoT was one of my two primary areas of gameplay. Mete Events being the other.

I just stopped logging in now. No fun anymore to be punished for playing. I left WoW’s Arena when they first introduced it in TBC for this very reason. Punishment makes people try to minimize the punishment and that means even more min/maxing, which leads to nothing but premades and playing unbalanced classes over classes you simply enjoy playing.

If it’s any consolation I beat a team with five necroes on it and they were all soloQ too. I was a revenant and we had two eles (also soloQ).

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Posted by: Shinya.2598

Shinya.2598

What does “nothing to do” even mean?
There’s alot left to do for me, how much do you even play?