Guild Wars 2

As much as I appreciate Anet changing the locked content to apply only to new accounts/players, it concerns me that the solution is just to put blinders on the experienced players and keep plowing ahead. No, I don’t want these level gates on my alts, but just because it doesn’t directly inconvenience me the same way it will newbies doesn’t mean it won’t affect me in the long term.

I’m glad the nerf hit everyone across the board, so we could all have a taste of the new flavor of gw2 and what Anet wants. The huge response has been good imo- Anet needs to know about the flaws in the system as much as we are anxious to tell them. But if their reaction to hearing what is problematic is to nod and say, ‘no, that’s what we want and we know best’ I really hope they are right. Many of the things I found refreshing and addicting about this game are the things being removed and altered for new players. They are aiming at players unlike myself, and maybe it will be the right strategy for them. Maybe it’ll bring in tens of thousands of new players and they’ll all adapt into the end game systems over time and put in over 4k hours like I have gladly done. But I am sad for the new players like me who will feel stifled, confused and bored by this system and walk away for good. Those are the players i’d probably hit it off with the best.

I truly hope the adventurous, freespirited people gw2 was originally created for get into the game, manage to have fun through the grind and make it to 80, and somehow get their traits so they can have a chance to enjoy the true flexibility and creativity the game has to offer. We need new people coming in, falling in love and staying, because too many friends have already left (not due to the patch but the myriad reasons that have been discussed ad nauseum on the forums for the last year).
I’ve decided to hunt newbies and try to help them through, partially out of altruism and partially because with my wvw guilds dead the only thing left for me in this game is to grind t6 mats.

tl;dr even if veteran players don’t have to see the levelgating it’s still going to affect everyone.