Guild Wars 2

Edit: Put this at the top because people missed it in the post: (I am a filthy casual who only plays PvP/WvW, but I love creating characters more than anything)

Pretty simple really….

I want to continue to buy character slots, spend my cash on gems to gear them and make them shiny but I am completely discouraged by the fact that I have to grind for their elites regardless if you have it unlocked or not on another character.

After you make 1 of each class, there is no point at all for any more characters with the current elite grind system….

Anet, you have the statistics available at your fingertips.. Please do some research to see how your character slot sales have been affected since HoT release, and please consider making elites account bound.

I really, really want to buy more character slots, without feeling punished for spending my money on your gem store.

(I am a filthy casual who only plays PvP/WvW, but I love creating characters more than anything)

Every time I have gone to buy a character slot lately, my only thought is “I can’t be kittened grinding just be on par with everyone else in WvW, I just want to play the game”

To me, the thought “I just want to play the game” should be of concern in reference to a video game. It shouldn’t feel like a task or a job, I already have one of those but atleast they pay me for it.

Elites, with how HP’s are right now, are fine IMHO. Once you learn the maps its quite easy to hammer out all your HPs to finish said elite spec now. the first couple where hard, had to learn placement and such. But the last 4-5 I did I was able to complete in under 3 hours each. So really, its a non issue. Just more annoying then anything else.

what we should be demanding is more content from the HoT purchase. I feel like I did not get my money’s worth out of this expansion. A month in, my two mains are full ascended, FoTM 80 equiped (AR), and all 9 of my characters have their elite specs.

All there is to do for me is Raids (seems to be elitists groups now), FoTM Grinding(dull and boring) DS and Teq, with a mix in of WvW when the server feels like bonding together.

Map Metas in HoT are constantly failing. If you are lucky to get in on a good map, eventually you will get a crash or a disconnect kicking you to a failed/failing map, so I just stopped doing them.

This game is extremely lack luster, and still buggy as hell.

You can get the entire elite spec done in 10 minutes by flying around Verdant Brink. Dunno what youre whining about.

sirsquishy.8531:

Elites, with how HP’s are right now, are fine IMHO. Once you learn the maps its quite easy to hammer out all your HPs to finish said elite spec now. the first couple where hard, had to learn placement and such. But the last 4-5 I did I was able to complete in under 3 hours each. So really, its a non issue. Just more annoying then anything else.

what we should be demanding is more content from the HoT purchase. I feel like I did not get my money’s worth out of this expansion. A month in, my two mains are full ascended, FoTM 80 equiped (AR), and all 9 of my characters have their elite specs.

All there is to do for me is Raids (seems to be elitists groups now), FoTM Grinding(dull and boring) DS and Teq, with a mix in of WvW when the server feels like bonding together.

Map Metas in HoT are constantly failing. If you are lucky to get in on a good map, eventually you will get a crash or a disconnect kicking you to a failed/failing map, so I just stopped doing them.

This game is extremely lack luster, and still buggy as hell.

I’m a PvP/WvW player.

I am not going to finish work and use my spare time playing a game mode that requires me to grind and play parts of the game I don’t enjoy. I would much rather spend my money and waste my free time on a game that doesn’t punish me for being a customer.

I’ve already put $100 into LoL skins in the last 2 weeks instead of character slots like I normally would, simply because I am not punished for doing so. I buy what I want, I then use what I paid for. (Anet can check that my account is in the top 10 on gw2effeciency for character slots, also top .03% of wealth, mostly from, you guessed it, GEM SALES with cash)

I am not a PvE player, if the game forces me to PvE, I’ll go back to GTA or Farcry where the PvE is actually fun and gives me a sense of accomplishment.

sephiroth.4217:

sirsquishy.8531:

Elites, with how HP’s are right now, are fine IMHO. Once you learn the maps its quite easy to hammer out all your HPs to finish said elite spec now. the first couple where hard, had to learn placement and such. But the last 4-5 I did I was able to complete in under 3 hours each. So really, its a non issue. Just more annoying then anything else.

what we should be demanding is more content from the HoT purchase. I feel like I did not get my money’s worth out of this expansion. A month in, my two mains are full ascended, FoTM 80 equiped (AR), and all 9 of my characters have their elite specs.

All there is to do for me is Raids (seems to be elitists groups now), FoTM Grinding(dull and boring) DS and Teq, with a mix in of WvW when the server feels like bonding together.

Map Metas in HoT are constantly failing. If you are lucky to get in on a good map, eventually you will get a crash or a disconnect kicking you to a failed/failing map, so I just stopped doing them.

This game is extremely lack luster, and still buggy as hell.

I’m a PvP/WvW player.

I am not going to finish work and use my spare time playing a game mode that requires me to grind and play parts of the game I don’t enjoy. I would much rather spend my money and waste my free time on a game that doesn’t punish me for being a customer.

I’ve already put $100 into LoL skins in the last 2 weeks instead of character slots like I normally would, simply because I am not punished for doing so. I buy what I want, I then use what I paid for. (Anet can check that my account is in the top 10 on gw2effeciency for character slots, also top .03% of wealth, mostly from, you guessed it, GEM SALES with cash)

I am not a PvE player, if the game forces me to PvE, I’ll go back to GTA or Farcry where the PvE is actually fun and gives me a sense of accomplishment.

well yes, this I can understand. Also they nerfed the reward system under WvW for elite unlocks. You dont get them in bonus chests anymore. Its one of the main reasons I no longer WvW. Hell as of late I dont even log into the game anymore, just to get my daily account chest when I can remember.

GW2 has really gone to the dogs with HoT IMHO.