I disagree, to a point, that this game is alt unfriendly. There are many ways to use alts. It’s ONLY alt unfriendly if you somehow decide that all alts must have BIS gear, which isn’t a requirement of the game. In fact, different alts for some of us, serve different purposes. I can do anything in the open world on an alt, even in rares. I can run dungeons with the exception of high level fractals on any alt…that’s any dungeon I choose.
I’m not sure why BIS gear is such a big deal to have on every alt.
By the same token, every alt now has the same magic find, they can all work on achievements for you, they can all help your bottom line.
I just don’t get it.
Different people get different things out of an MMO. I have no idea what you get out of it. I know that what I get out of it depends, at least in part, of having BIS gear. Are you saying that how I play the game and what I enjoy is illegitimate?
If so, why even talking, just move on. There will be no persuasion here.
If not, then the only question is whether this game had something for me that is now gone. (the ability to gear alts in BIS gear and to easily change builds from one BIS outfit to another)
I was VERY careful not to say that ANet SAID anything or PROMISED anything (I actually edited my post to make sure we didn’t get into that old argument… yawn). All I’m saying is that objectively it went from that to this. Period.
And, for me, this is terrible for alts.
P.S. For the record, I don’t get your viewpoint either.
P.P.S. For someone like me, I probably shouldn’t be playing MMOs. I should stick to single player games where the achievements are well understood and the bar doesn’t move.
The problem is simple. You’re playing this game, with the prejudice of playing every other game.
In many other MMOs you need BIS gear to do stuff and so for those games that attitude is probably correct.
But when a new game comes out, if you drag your prejudices from other games with you, if you try to play this game like you’ve played every other game, you’re likely to be disappointed.
Why have a fixed, this is how I play games attitude? Does that help you somehow?
I’m not pointing out that you’re doing it wrong. I’m pointing out that your insistence on this is damaging the amount of fun you’re having. If that’s okay with you, by all means, feel free to continue.
In other games, I was a completionist. I had to stop here, because it would kill me. I can’t enjoy this game as a completionist…but it’s a different game.
I don’t see how he’s dragging his prejudices. He just said that he has a certain style to play games. And you’re telling him that’s not how he should play this game.
How would anyone enjoy anything if that was the case? It’s different with say, a real life job, because you’re actually working for someone else. But people come on here to enjoy themselves. Saying that, “You can’t enjoy yourself because of your playstyle”.. |: Who are you to even tell someone that?
On the one hand you speak of people deserving to play as they wish in their variable ways. But then when someone plays in a perfectly acceptable way, which Anet has made punishable due to the nature of their game (i.e. it obstructs him from goals he may have despite not actually doing anything wrong) he should just abandon his style? Hypocracy much.
I ? Karkas.
