Guild Wars 2

…the start of the Super Adventure Box thing. Has the game drastically changed for the better?

I would, say, they did improve… but then they stuck a giant thorn up some people’s kitten.

Updating now….guess I’ll run around for a bit and try to re-teach myself how to play my toons.

Some thing it’s improved and some thing it hasn’t. There have definitely been changes. If the changes are to your taste, it’s improved. If the changes aren’t it hasn’t. lol

^ very well put…makes total sense

A lot of temp content that you’ll never see, a few convenience changes (wallet, lfg, etc), more Ascended gear, and a lot of gem store stuff.

Otherwise, everything is pretty much still the same from when you left.

Not all that content is temporary. The Not So Secret jumping puzzle is pretty cool. The Tequatl battle if you can get in with a good group is fantastic, Scarlet’s invasions are fun for some people (and decent farming for others), and the new dungeon path is permanent and I quite like it.

There are also a couple of minigames that weren’t around back then, set on a rotation…Crab Toss, Sanctum Sprint (a sort of Guild Wars 2 version of super mario kart), and Southsun Survival.

The moa races (which I could care less about) are new too. The Karka Queen event is new.

Many of the world bosses have been made harder, and you can actually die and fail them.

And there’s WxP so you can specialize in WvW, plus a new PvP map for SPvP with a pretty kitten good observer mode and a solo queue for tournament play, so you don’t have to face premades.

These are all changes some people might see as positive.

Then there are plenty of quality of life changes. The end to culling, the account wallet, the ability to aoe loot, hell even the ability to preview weapons on the trading post. There were many quality of life updates no one even thinks about, but they’re still in the game.

Edit: Probably shouldn’t forget guild missions either, because I really enjoy some of those.

Toneiusmaximus.4273:

^ very well put…makes total sense

Makes a lot more sense than your hastily thrown together posts.

People that post two cryptic lines and then complain when the suggestion isn’t in-depth enough get on my nerves.

If you want proper answers, ask proper questions.

in my very honest opinion

3 steps forward , 1 step back

I would say extend your hiatus.

Toneiusmaximus.4273:

…the start of the Super Adventure Box thing. Has the game drastically changed for the better?

Nope gone backwards the last few updates

Zackie.8923:

in my very honest opinion

3 steps forward , 1 step back

forward=to oblivion 1=improvement

It’s obviously a matter of opinion. Some people like to state their opinions like they’re hard core facts, but the only way to tell is to judge for yourself.

Only thing that kept me playing was rolling new alts once I reached 80. Made a couple ascended items, had to really choose a “main” to use them on. Started logging in less. every other day, couple times a week, once a week, then not at all. Booted the game up today, was reading the patch notes from Tuesday and cancelled the update.

I’m just done with it. Not to say the game is bad, I had a lot of fun. It’s just not an immersive MMO that can keep me logged in. It has a limit and I’ve reached it.