Guild Wars 2

So after playing on the new patch a bit, my biggest disapointment is not with the Devs but actually with the players. I would have expected with the new freedom of the wardrobes we would see more diversity in costumes. Instead I alot of the same everywhere. Those ghosty wings and twilight everywhere. Couldn’t we do better than this and put some creativity into costumes? I know its not everyone but its still depressing to see so many costumes that amount to just waving glowing stuff around. It feels like 15 years ago on websites where everyone was dumping blinking, glowing, red scrolling marquee text everywhere. If everything glows and blinks and spews particles, none of it looks cool anymore.

…I think your expectation might have been a bit backwards. Now that there’s the wardrobe system, there’s very little keeping those with Twilight and wings from putting them on each of their characters, instead of just as many as they have items for.

I’m actually expecting more wings and Twilights now, just as I’m expecting to see more people dual-wielding one-handed legendary weapons. I might have only had one pair of Holographic Shattered Wings before, but now I have the option of sticking them on all my characters for a nominal fee. I won’t, naturally, but people have the option now, and, well, those skins aren’t super common by accident.

Ya, I know, I see how it works. I just wish people weren’t so incredibly tasteless. One glowing item to a character is usually pleanty. I’m just hoping once people realize everyones mom has twilight they will stop feeling special and do something more interesting and less eye-bleeding.

But…particles!

PARTICLES EVERYWHERE

-shot-

In seriousness, it’s kinda amazing how much more a good dye job or mix-and-match look does to make a character stand out, compared to a bunch of special effects. Most of the special effects look good on their own, but they can easily make a character too busy, visually. If each part of a character is fighting for attention, the character as a whole can end up looking very forgettable.

Agreed.

Also it seems like its the most boring Legendaries are most popular. The greatswords are litterally just glowing swords. Why no Minstrel or Meteorologicus or Kudzu? I’d at least expect some bronies with the Dreamer and at this point I might even welcome it.

I wouldn’t say that the greatswords are the most boring, at least not inherently; they suffer from tragic overexposure, to the point that now I don’t even notice them. First few times I saw them were exciting, but I’m afraid this is just bound to happen over time, as long as they continue to be so many people’s default long-term goal.

No idea when / if they’ll ever get around to introducing new legendary weapons, but hopefully that would add some more variety. There are plenty of rare weapons, but legendary weapons have a best-in-show factor that makes them both practically useful and prestigious. (Even if I don’t notice someone’s Eternity, you can bet your boots they notice and feel good about it, having accomplished a long-term goal.)

Ya, more legendaries would definitely help.

It kind of puts those dystopian future movies into perspective: everyone dresses alike because they think those jumpsuits are snappy.

Anyway, the thing with all of those players is that they aren’t dressing for individuality. They’re dressing for status. So, no matter how obtrusive those holographic wings and legendary are, they won’t be caught dead without displaying their gaming prowess. Hopefully, players will eventually get bored of everyone looking alike, and then start down the individuality road again. Worst case scenario, LFG starts demanding legendaries and wings for entrance.

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

Anyway, the thing with all of those players is that they aren’t dressing for individuality. They’re dressing for status. So, no matter how obtrusive those holographic wings and legendary are, they won’t be caught dead without displaying their gaming prowess.

And I thought I was cool for making “Divinity’s Edge” characters with the T3.

Now there’s Twilights everywhere.