Guild Wars 2

Just got to ask… Where is that Horizontal Progression that everyone was so excited about?

I see only one kind of “progression”(if you even can call it that way) in the game now… HUGE grinds for skins! This is so unexciting and boring… I just can’t understand why we can’t get useful stuff for our efforts? I mean things that I need for some reason. Things that can expand my characters abilities. Things that opens up new builds. Where are those things?

Useful stuff = Vertical progression: getting better things than you have.
Skin grind = Horizontal progression: no increase in stats, just pretty to look at.

You have your horizontal progression.

The new sgil and runes are very much horizontal progression.

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Useful stuff = Vertical progression: getting better things than you have.
Skin grind = Horizontal progression: no increase in stats, just pretty to look at.

You have your horizontal progression.

This is exactly right.

OP, what did you think horizontal progression meant?

Danikat.8537:

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Useful stuff = Vertical progression: getting better things than you have.
Skin grind = Horizontal progression: no increase in stats, just pretty to look at.

You have your horizontal progression.

This is exactly right.

OP, what did you think horizontal progression meant?

New skills, traits, professions, weapons, new infusions, useful runes, useful sigils, unique weapons(with unique sigil type attributes), maybe some other entirely new options…

I can hardly call skins a horizontal progression…

Also… The way you get new sigils/runes is a problem: open store and then press buy, done! You can’t feel like progressing this way!

no the new sigils and runes are a vertical progression, DOWN into the recycle bin/trash, or the forge.

the new trait system is horizontal progression.

so are new sigils/runes whenever they are added.

PaxTheGreatOne.9472:

no the new sigils and runes are a vertical progression

no, they’re not numerically stronger than previous sigils/runes, they’re on the same spot of the power curve.

have you tried looking to your left for this “horizontal” progression?

sorry, couldnt resist. but yeah, skins are horizontal progression

Gobble D Goop.4081:

have you tried looking to your left for this “horizontal” progression?

sorry, couldnt resist. but yeah, skins are horizontal progression

I have my skins… I don’t need more because I don’t like most of the new skins – it seems that they just glow more. So I will stick to the ones I already have. Also… Playing with dolls isn’t what I would call progression.

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Useful stuff = Vertical progression: getting better things than you have.
Skin grind = Horizontal progression: no increase in stats, just pretty to look at.

You have your horizontal progression.

While I agree cosmetics are horizontal, they did mention unlocking new skills, adding new/diferent weapons to classes, etc. 2 years ago…….